Hamideh Sobhanifard

Hamideh Sobhanifard

Hess (Hamideh Sobhani Fard) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Qazvin, Iran, working across painting, drawing, and contemporary art practices, including video art and installation. Her practice operates at the intersection of multiple media, with a strong emphasis on conceptual approaches and critical perspectives. Her work engages with philosophical, humanity, social, and environmental concerns, examining these themes through an analytical and often critical lens. By employing contemporary visual language, Hess explores underlying layers of human experience and the complex relationships between individuals and the world around them. Inspired by current global events as well as philosophical, social, and cultural contexts, her practice responds to the conditions of the contemporary world, positioning art as a reflective and critical engagement with the present moment.

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Hamideh Sobhani Fard

Born 1986, Qazvin, Iran

Hamideh Sobhani Fard is a multidisciplinary artist holding an MFA in Painting. Her artistic practice spans painting, drawing, illustration, and contemporary art approaches, including video art and interdisciplinary practices.

She has over ten years of experience teaching art courses at universities and more than fifteen years of independent teaching in drawing and painting.

Selected Artistic Activities

  1. Participation and invitation to more than 20 artistic events and group exhibitions in the fields of painting, illustration, and video art in various cities and countries, including: – Nature Art Biennale, South Korea – Videoart Box, Milan, Italy – Cinematheque Bergen, Norway – Janusz Korczak Artists’ House, France Selected exhibitions in Iran: – Becoming (group exhibition), Gallery Club 404 – Sarayeh Project (group exhibition), Eve Gallery, 404
  • – Fourteen (group exhibition), Vanda Gallery, Qazvin, 2016 – Solo Exhibition, Tamasha Gallery, Qazvin, 2015
  • Invited participant in Autumn Leaves Project, University of Art Tehran, National Garden, 2025.
  • Participation in Tasvir-e Sal (Image of the Year) Festival with a video art work, House of Artists of Iran, 2024.
  • Participation in File 403: New Experiences of Contemporary Iranian Artists, House of Artists of Iran, with a sculptural performance work, 2024.
  • Art Director and Creative Director of the First Art Expo of the Metaps Managers Association, 2024.
  • Invited artist to the 12th Pressbook of Contemporary Art, presenting a video performance work, 2022.
  • Invited participant in the Second Kouleh Video Project (group video art exhibition), 2021, held in Dresden (Germany), Paris (France), and multiple cities in Iran including Tehran, Qazvin, Isfahan, Bandar Abbas, Khorramabad, and Rasht.
  • Recipient of First National Prize at the National Festival of Artist Teachers in the Conceptual Art category, 2022