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Sara Sasani, born in the winter 1985, in Tehran and has a degree Post-Diploma of News Photography- Faculty of News- School- 2005, Bachelor of social science the major of social Research- North Tehran Azad University- 2010, Master of Art Research- University of Art and Architecture- Central Branch Azad University- 2018, also master of sociology University of Science and Research, University Azad- 2024 and Fellowship of Peace and Human Rights- Golden Global-Chicago-America-2024, has held nine solo exhibitions and has participated in more than fifty domestic and foreign group exhibitions and festivals, and has curated six group exhibitions as well. He has been curious and has been teaching art and sociology in art universities. Sara Sasani has worked with domestic and foreign press as a documentary and news photographer since 2003, and has also been involved in the theater photography over than fifteen years. She has produced the work in the field of art and sociology. Dealing with women's issues and their problems, obstacles and limitations in society as well as environmental issues have always been the main focus of her work, in addition to photography; Video Art, Mix Media, Installation, Artbook and Performance have also been how to deal with his work.
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SARA SASANI
Born 1985 – TEHRAN – IRAN
Address: Unit 2, No. 2, Arabi 1 alley, Ghaem Magham St. Haftom-e-Tir Square, Tehran, Iran
Website: www.sarasasani.com
Email: sarasasanee@gmail.com
Phone number: +989126658366
Educations:
Academic:
1- Associate Degree in Photojournalism – News Faculty- university of Applied Science (2003-2006)
2- Bachelor of Social research – Azad University- North Branch (2006-2011)
3- Master of Art research- Azad University- Central Branch (2014-2018)
4- Master of Sociology- Azad University- Science and Research Branch (2019-2024)
5- Fellowship in field of Peace and Human rights- Goldin Global Institute- Chicago- US (2024)
License, Certification, Special Skill, Training courses:
1- Drawing and painting - University Jihad- art unit (under the supervision of Tehran University)- 2006
2- General Photography - The Photography Teacher License- Iran Technical & Vocational Training Organization- 2010
3- Educational institutions management- Management of Academy License- Iran Technical & Vocational Training Organization- 2010
4- Staged Photography- Professional Photography School-2013
5- Statement writing for art work – Art Professional Institute- 2014
✓ speaking to English, Textile, Painting, Print making
Personal characteristics:
Hardworking, Bibliophile, Eager learning, interested in Painting and writing
Member Sheep and activity:
✓ Inspector of Theater Photographers Association affiliated to Iran Theatre Forum (2008-2012)
✓ The member of Managing Board Theater Photographers Association affiliated to Iran Theatre Forum (2012-2013)
✓The member of Iranian Photojournalist’s Association (2005- 2016)
Work Experiences:
1- Publication:
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “Woman- Art- Freedom” book by LUP (Leuven University Press) - Belgium (2024)
✓Participated in the photography project for publish two book; “MY YAZD” and “IRAN, WINTER JOURNEY” by X-CHANGE-culture-science in 2006 and 2007, VIENNA, publisher Fotohof
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “Herfe Honarmand” (Visual Arts) magazine- number 32- Iran (2010)
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “All about Photo” Digital magazine (2020)
✓ Publication of some of photos and interviews in the “Photo News” (zeitung fur fotografie) magazine- German (2020)
✓ Publication of some of photos of mine and criticism around them by Yourik Karim Masihi in the “Dast Roy.e Shaneha” 40 essays, 56 photos from Iranian photographer Book- Tehran- Iran (2021)
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “H mag” Digital magazine (2021)
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “See-Zeen” Digital magazine, Isuue 7, under title of “9 female Iranian photographers (2022)
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “The Purposeful Mayonnaise” Digital magazine, a literature and Art journal, Volume3, Issue 3 (2023)
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “Wild Roof Journal” Digital magazine, an environmental journal, Issue 25 (2024)
✓ Publication of one interview of mine in a specialized photo book with a sociological approach under title of “Sociology of critical lens metaphor in Iranian art photography (2024)
✓ Publication of some of photos in the “Feminist Space” Digital magazine, Issue 10 under title of “What is she?” (2024)
2- Worked as photographer for newspapers, news agencies and journals below for 17 years:
✓ Farhang and Cinema Magazine (2003)
✓ KarAfarin Magazine (2003)
✓ Etemad Newspaper (2003-2005)
✓ Farhangestan-e- honar Publication (2004-2006)
✓Isca News Agency (2004-2005)
✓ Fars News Agency (2005)
✓Jahan-e-Cinema (2005-2007)
✓ Mehr News Agency (2005-2009)
✓Hamshahri Magazines (2007-2010)
✓ Iran Theater website (2007-2011)
✓Alarabic and Altefl Magazines- Kuwait (2006-2008)
✓ Tehran Municipality Organization (2007-2016)
✓ Young Journalists Club- YJC (2009-2013)
✓ Tehran Municipality Beautification Organization (2010-2015)
✓MesKar Weekly (2013-2014)
✓GhanounNewspapre (2005)
✓Mizan News Agency (2015-2016)
✓Honaronline News Agency (2015-2019)
✓Hamshahri Group Magazine (2018-2020)
3- Photography Editor of:
✓Sanat-e-Darman Medicine Magazine (2011-2012)
✓ The 3TH Tehran International Sculpture Symposium (2010)
✓ The 4TH Tehran International Sculpture Symposium (2011)
✓The 5TH Tehran International Sculpture Symposium (2012)
✓ The 9TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2004)
✓ The 10TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2005)
✓ The 11TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2006)
✓ The 16TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2013)
4- Photographer of:
✓ The 13TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2010)
✓ The 14TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2011)
✓ The 15TH International Collegiate Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2012)
✓ The 26TH FAJR International Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2007)
✓ The 27TH FAJR International Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2008)
✓ The 28TH FAJR International Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2009)
✓ The 29TH FAJR International Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2010)
✓ The 30TH FAJR International Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2011)
✓ The 31TH FAJR International Theater Festival- Tehran-Iran (2012)
✓ The 12TH Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival: Mobarak-Tehran-Iran (2008)
✓ The 13TH Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival: Mobarak-Tehran-Iran (2010)
✓ The 14TH Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival: Mobarak-Tehran-Iran (2012)
✓ The 14TH International Theater Festival of Ritual Traditional- Tehran-Iran (2009)
✓ The 15TH International Theater Festival of Ritual Traditional- Tehran-Iran (2011)
✓ The 14TH International Theater Festival of Ritual Traditional- Tehran-Iran (2009)
✓ The 15TH International Theater Festival of Ritual Traditional- Tehran-Iran (2011)
✓ The 8TH Razavi Theater Festival – Mashhad-Iran (2009)
✓ The 8TH National Theater Festival of women – Tehran-Iran (2009)
✓ The 1st Theater Festival of Truth –Tehran- Iran- (2009)
✓ The 13TH International Puppet Theater Festival: Resistance-Tehran-Iran (2011)
✓ The Photographer of a theater group under title of “A Magnificent Punishment“- Directed by BehzadMortazavi (2012)
✓ The Photographer of a theater group under title of “About L.A“- Directed by BehzadMortazavi (2012)
5- Art activities:
Exhibition:
Solo:
✓ "Chairs"- Molavi Hal- Iran (2006)
✓ "Decoding"- Iranian Artists Forum- Iran (2016)
✓ "Destruction"- Arte Gallery (2017)
✓ "Earthless"- Farda Gallery (2017)
✓ "Death Of The Female"- Ace Gallery (2018)
✓ “Monotony”- Silk Road Gallery (2020)
✓ “Fading in the landscape”- Sheydaei Gallery (2024)
✓ “We get repeated”- Seyhoun Gallery (2024)
✓ “Be deleted”- Ev Gallery (2024)
Group:
✓ Iran Photography- Vienna- Austria (2005)
✓ The week of Foreign Cultures- Paris- France (2005)
✓ Iran 5-Diwan/regional 08 -Bad Radkersburg-Loafeld/ Potrna - Austria (2007)
✓ "Enduring Power" Iranian and Middle Eastern Women's story, Photography Exhibition-UC Davis Alumni Center- San Francisco- USA (2014)
✓ "Iran, an Open Portfolio"- Colga Festival- Tbilisi- Georgia (2017)
✓ “Proxy”- Lyan Gallery- Düsseldorf- Germany (2018)
✓ “Alltag”- Afro-Asiatisches Institut- Graz- Austria (2019)
✓ “3th Culture City of East Asia”- University student & Professor Photograph and Film Festival- Incheon Hanzong Cultural Museum- South Korea (2019)
✓ “Sony World Photography Award”- Short list- London- England (2020)
✓ “Surface””- Artbazzindia- New Delhi- India- (2020)
✓ “4th Culture City of East Asia”- University student & Professor Photograph and Film Festival- Incheon Hanzong Cultural Museum- South Korea (2021)
✓ “Iran Inside Out”- Freundeskreis Willy Braundt Hous,- Berlin- Germany (2023)
✓ “La’Degar”- Surrealism exhibition- Valid world hall- Barcelona- Spain (2024)
✓ “Miss Read Art Book Fair”- Berlin- Germany (2024)
✓ “Hope” online exhibition- Subo Art Magazine (2025)
Domestic Group Exhibition:
✓ Group exhibition of Drawing “Thirteen”- Iran Cinema Art Gallery (2002)
✓ The 4th Child Photo Festival- Institute for the intellectual development children and young adults (2005)
✓ Photographers of Khabar Department (2005)
✓ Theater Image of Year Exhibition (2007 – 2008 – 2009)
✓ Iran Theater Photographers Association (2007 – 2008 – 2009 –2011)
✓ Black & White Photography with THE Support of UN World Food Program- Iran (2009)
✓ Young Photojournalists- Bahman Culture Center (2010)
✓ Two Differential Image (2011)
✓ Theater Image Expo to Support Majid Bahrami (2011)
✓ Group Exhibition of photo and performance: “Encounter"- Iranian Artists Forum (2012)
✓ Group Exhibition of Theater photo under title of “Negare"- Iranian Artists Forum (2012)
✓ The 3rd Annual Festival of portraiture- Shirin Art Gallery (2014)
✓ The 2nd Annual Postcard Print Exchange Print – Laleh Art Gallery (2015)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of "Eighth Chapter"- Elahe Art Gallery (2017)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of "One Work- One Tent"- Dena Gallery (2017)
✓ The art works Exhibition under title of "We are not alone"- Surface art place- Iranshahr gallery (2017)
✓ The First Annual Photo Exhibition- Mojdeh Art Gallery (2018)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of "Tamashay.e Tehran"- Maks Art Gallery (2018)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of "Cytoplasm"- Hepta Art Gallery (2018)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of "Decopho"- Maks Art Gallery (2018)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “Experiences in -3” Etemad Art Gallery (2019)
✓ The Second Annual Photo Exhibition- Mojdeh Art Gallery (2019)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “To Exist” Negah Art Gallery (2020)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “Quarantine” Silk Road Art Gallery (2020)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “Viseur” Liam Plus Art Gallery (2021)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “Youtab” Sharif Art Gallery (2021)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “I am, what I see” Mojdeh Art Gallery-Tehran & Doraan.e Moaser Gallery- Isfahan(2021)
✓ Photo, video, installation, performance Exhibition under title of “Alien to Another”- A Gallery (2022)
✓ Photo, video, installation and performance Exhibition under title of “Half” Sharif Art Gallery (2022)
✓ Photo and Painting Exhibition under title of “Conjunction of Present Dwelling” Sheydaei Gallery (2022)
✓ Video art exhibition under title of “Persbook-12”- Contemporary Art Annual- Dima Residency- Guilan (2023)
✓ Visual art exhibition under title of “Usefirit- unit 8”- a group project centered on new media- Didar Art Gallery (2024)
✓ Visual art exhibition under title of “Color trilogy- Red Pallet”- Gouye Gallery (2024)
✓ Installation exhibition under title of “Complement” - a location-based project- Torabi house (2024)
✓ The second bazar art book event- Rino School (2024)
✓ Countdown: 100 Nights + 1 Extra Night- Asr Gallery (2024)
6- Curator:
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of "Decopho"- Maks Gallery (2018)
✓ Photo Exhibition under title of “Youtab” Sharif Gallery (2021)
✓ Photo, video, installation, performance Exhibition under title of “Alien to Another” A Gallery (2022)
✓ Photo, painting, video, installation, performance Exhibition under title of “Half” Sharif Gallery (2022)
✓ The twelfth annual Persbook contemporary art Tehran & Qazvin (2022)
✓ Group exhibition under title of “Sfandane”- Itok Café Gallery (2024)
✓ Multimedia exhibition under title of “war in war with war”- Sheydaei Gallery (2024)
✓ Group exhibition under title of “Scattering”- Itok Café Gallery (2024)
7- Awards and nominations:
✓ Received certificate of appreciation from the second Seminar of University Theater- Tehran- Iran (2003)
✓ Honorary Diploma of top shots in Theater competition -Tehran-Iran (2006)
✓ Selected of 7th Reaserch Accomplishments Festival under title of "Photo in Field of Social Issues" -Tehran-Iran (2006)
✓ Winner of the first price of the First Photo competition "Metro and the people" (Metro vaMardom) -Tehran- Iran (2007)
✓ Selected in 29th International Festival Photos of Belgium (2007)
✓ Selected in competition of the Eleventh International Photo Festival "Francisco Freneau" – Italy (2007)
✓ Selected in Theater Photography competition-Tehran-Iran (2007)
✓ Selected in 27th Image festival of "Fadjr International Theater" -Tehran-Iran (2008)
✓ Received certificate of appreciation as an active photographer in the field of social damages-Tehran-Iran (2008)
✓ Received certificate of appreciation from Academy of art of Iran, as an active photographer in the field of Culture and Art-Tehran-Iran (2008)
✓ Received certificate of appreciation from Centerof the Performing Arts, Ministry of Culture (2008)
✓ Selected of fourth IRanian Youth Image Festival- Tehran- Iran (2008)
✓ Selected in 28th Image festival of "Fadjr International Theater" -Tehran-Iran (2009)
✓ Selected for 100 top photo of the year, with the title of “The best photos of our lives” in the Art journal of “Herfe- E- Honarmand” -Tehran-Iran (2010)
✓ Selected of “hazrat-e-Vala” theater photography competition –Tehran-Iran (2010)
✓Action for representing image on social affairs in the 7TH research achievement by the ministry of science and technology research investigation achievements from science, research, technology (2010)
✓ The second festival of women and City life (2010)
✓ Selected of Culture and Islamic Guidance as an active photographer in the field of theater-Tehran-Iran (2011)
✓ Selected of Visual Art Festival under title of "Shahr-e-asman" -City of Sky- (2012)
✓ Winner of the first price of the Shooting part of the first national festival of culture and art "clear path" (Rah-e-roshan) - Mashhad- Iran (2012)
✓ Winner of the first price of the eleventh annual press contest of home theater critics and writers- Tehran- Iran (2012)
✓ Selected of PSA international exhibition projected image division- USA (2014)
✓ Selected of third Annual Festival of Portraiture- Tehran- Iran (2014)
✓ Selected of 4th csientific Seminar under title of "Reaserchesin Field of Art" - Tehran- Iran (2015)
✓ Honorable Mention in the 2023 edition of the International Photography Awards- IPA- in the Art Book Section (2023)
✓ Honorable Mention in 2th Wlffestival (woman-Life-Freedom) - Vancouver- Canada (2024)
8- Writer and researcher:
✓ Researcher of “Fall and Winter” documentary movie - Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization – Tehran- Iran (2013)
✓ Researcher of “Blue sky and clean earth” documentary movie - Tehran Beautification Organization- Tehran- Iran- (2014)
✓ Researcher of “Begin” documentary movie- Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies- Tehran- Iran- (2015)
✓ Researcher of “Tehrangard” documentary movie- Tehran Chanel- IRIB TV (2015-2016)
9- Articles and Translations:
✓ Consumption and Widespread Use of Photography in the 21st Century from the Perspective of Frankfurt School- Researchs on Art 4th Book- Daryabeygi Publications (2014)
✓“what is a photo biennial?” AKS Magazine, number 225 (2014)
✓ “Gallery extent of an event” Honar Online News Agency (2015)
✓ Translation of anarticle under title of “The Selfie Art at Arm’s Length: A History of " – Jerry Saltz, Shahr-e- Ketab Magazine, number 5 (2014)
✓ Book under title of “Researchs on arts-4”- Tehran- Iran (2015)
✓Translation of an article under title of “5 Tips for Writing Better Photography Grant Proposal”- Sarah Leen, Aks Online Website (2016)
10- Theaching:
✓Shahriyaran-e-JavanFrume -Photography (2012)
✓ Ideal Company -Photography (2016)
✓Khabar Department- University of Applied Science -Sociology of Photography (2016- 2018)
✓ Unit 48- University of Applied Science- Photography (2018- 2021)
✓ Azad university- Unit Fereshtegan (2020)
✓ Art University of Tehran- Photography (2020- 2021)
✓ Itok Cinema institute (2024-2025)
11- Photography of Cinema:
✓“Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” documentary movie- Directed by SiavashEbrahimzadeh (2009)
✓“Solar Lights” short movie- Directed by Ida Panahandeh (2012)
✓“Tanbour” documentary movie- Directed by Siavash Ebrahimzadeh (2016)
✓“Ghomar.e Akhar” short movie- Directed by Siavash Ebrahimzadeh (2017)
✓“Souzana'b” movie- Directed by Bahman Shahravan (2018)
12- Other Photography activities:
✓ The International Festival of Islamic Fashion under title of “Women of My Land” (2005-2006-2007-2008)
✓ First Festival of Top Rated of Truism Industry (2008)
✓The 7THTehran International Sculpture Symposium (2015)
✓ Jury of the 36th Fadjr International Theater Festival (2017)✓ Jury of the first student festival of Khabar Faculty (2018)✓ Jury of the 9th Omid National Film and Photo Festival- Bushehr (2020)✓ Jury of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival (2025)
13- Designer and Writer of:
✓ Short Movies for Ifilm channel- IRIB TV (2005)
✓ Ps of the “Peace and Global Understanding” Music Album- Composed by Farid Elhami (2015)
