Tara Najd Ahmadi
Tara Najd Ahmadi is an Iranian artist who holds an MA in Motion Picture Directing from the University of Tehran and an MFA in Time-Based Media from the University of Oklahoma. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester. She works with photo and video installations, and is the recipient of many awards including the Norman Art Council’s Individual Artist Award (2011), the Madeline Collaborate Fellowship (2009 to 2012), and the OVAC Momentum Spotlight Honorarium (2009). She has exhibited internationally in places including Tehran, Split, Paris, New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Los Angeles.