Statement
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Wurundjeri people who are the traditional custodians of the land on which I live and work in Naarm Melbourne. I pay respect to elders’ past, present and emerging of the Kulin Nation.
Samira Khadivizand is an Iranian-Australian visual artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her practice investigates emotional and psychological dissonances rooted in transcultural identity and displacement. Drawing on classical Persian poetry, she employs symbolic visual language and material experimentation to reflect on memory, identity and belonging. Working across painting practices and conceptual forms, Khadivizand creates personal and collective narratives of diaspora -an introspective gaze that extends outward, navigating the tensions of dual nationality and suspended state of being between realms.
Biography
Samira Khadivizand (she/her, born. 1983) is an Iranian Australian visual artist based in Melbourne/Naarm. Currently she is a Master of Fine Art candidate at RMIT university. Khadivizand Graduated BA in Theatre Stage and Set Design from Fine Arts Faculty, Tehran University, Iran.
In 2010 she migrated to Australia and lived in Wollongong NSW for 5 years, where she began a new phase of her artistic journey, as a part time painter, her first solo exhibition -Beginning- was held at Lee & Me Gallery in Wollongong, between 2012 and 2014, alongside participation in several group exhibitions in the region. Khadivizand is now living and working in Melbourne since 2017.
Solo exhibitions: 2024, (Impressive Insignificance -Artemisia Gallery, Melbourne); 2023, (Timeless Past -Sol Gallery, Melbourne); 2011, Group exhibitions: 2024, (Featured Artist, Association of Sculptors of Victoria’s Annual Awards Exhibition, VAS, Melbourne); 2024, (Threshold - Honeybone Gallery, Melbourne); 2024, (Natural Machine - Mashhad, Iran); 2021-2024, (VAS’s Annual Exhibitions, Melbourne); 2023, (Falling Out of Red - Sol Gallery, Melbourne); 2022, (Zan, Zendegi, Azadi - Ladder Art Space Gallery, Melbourne); 2018, (Emerge 3rd Edition - Brunswick Street Gallery), Melbourne; 2014, (Salon Des Refuses - TAP Art Gallery & Theatre, Sydney); Awards and achievements: 2024, (Highly commended award, VAS, George Hicks foundation contemporary exhibition, Melbourne); 2024, (Highly commended award, VAS, summer exhibition, Melbourne); 2021 and 2023, (Finalist for Bluethumb Art Prize, Melbourne); 2022, First Award Winner, VAS, George Hicks foundation contemporary exhibition, Melbourne)
Resume
Education
Master of Fine Art candidate
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Enrolled 2023
Bachelor of Arts in Stage and Costume Design for Theatre
School of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Iran
Graduated 2008
Solo Exhibitions
2024, Impressive Insignificance -Artemisia Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2023, Timeless Past -Sol Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2011, The Beginning- Lee and Me Café and Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Group Exhibitions
2024, Featured Artist, Association of Sculptors of Victoria’s Annual Awards Exhibition, VAS, Melbourne, VIC
2024, Threshold - Honeybone Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2024, Natural Machine - Mashhad, Iran
2021-2024, VAS’s Annual Exhibitions, Melbourne, VIC
2023, Falling Out of Red - Sol Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2022, Zan, Zendegi, Azadi - Ladder Art Space Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2018, Emerge 3rd Edition - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2014, Salon Des Refuses - TAP Art Gallery & Theatre, Sydney, NSW
2008- 2014, Additional exhibitions in various galleries across NSW and VIC Australia, Iran.
Awards and Achievements
2024, Highly commended award, VAS, George Hicks foundation contemporary exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
2024, Highly commended award, VAS, summer exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
2021 and 2023, Finalist for Bluethumb Art Prize, Melbourne, VIC
2022, First Award Winner, VAS, George Hicks foundation contemporary exhibition, Melbourne,VIC
Bibliography
ATTEMPT TO CONCENTRATE, L. Knott, G. Alty, S. Khadivizand, Gallery Panel, ART EDIT Magazine 153, 35, 2023