Zagros Mehrkian

Zagros Mehrkian (b.1985, Tehran, Iran) specilises in performance, film, photography, and installation. Originally from Iran, Zagros graduated from the École Supérieure d'Art et design de Toulon (ESADTPM) in France with a National Superior Diploma in Fine Arts (DNSEP) and hold a Master 2 degree. He is currently a PhD student in Cinema and work as a photography professor at the University of Toulon.

EDUCATION

2027    PhD in Poetry and Cinema (Iranian New Wave), University of Toulon (FR)

2018    National Superior Diploma in Fine Arts, ESADTPM (FR)

2018    National Diploma in Visual Arts, ESADTPM (FR)

EXHIBITIONS

2024    Group exhibition “Transport,” Territoires Partagés Gallery, Marseille (FR)

2024    Group exhibition “Blue Vector,” O GABINETE DE MADAME THAO, Lisbon (PT)

2023    Exhibition “zân zendegi âzâdi,” Metaxu Toulon and Armand Gatti Library, La Seyne-sur-Mer (FR)

2022    Photo exhibition “Summer in Portugal,” Villa Tamaris Arts Center, La Seyne-sur-Mer (FR)

2022    Group exhibition “Fog-Flow,” POP-UP AVU Gallery, Prague (CZ)

ART RESIDENCIES

2022    Artist in Residence, Lisbon, (PRT)

2021    Artist in Residence, CAP 2050 Project, Fondation de France, Porquerolles (FR)

AWARDS

2018    First Prize “Start Point Prize.”

2018    First Prize in Theme #6 Art and Philosophy

Date of residency: 16.  – 31.10.2024