Yalda Eskandari is an Iranian artist, who has been working as an interdisciplinary artist since 2011. Her work particularly focuses on definition of reality, on how our definition of the word could impact the way we define placement and femininity. Her research-base work references psychological and sociological perspectives to challenge established mindsets on the viewer’s mind. She currently is living and working in the US.
Yalda Eskandari
Born in 1987, Tehran, Iran
Education
2023-2026 MFA – interdisciplinary art, University of Oregon, USA
2011 BA – Visual Communication, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2024 “The Fragments”, Washburn Gallery, Eugene, OR, USA
2022 “Door of No Return”, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 “A Projector Naturally Sheds Light onto a Screen”, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2011 “The New Curtain for My New House”, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2024 “Asian Celebration Art Exhibition”, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR, USA
2024 “New Oasis”, LVK Gallery, Eugene, OR, USA
2024 “Lost Trails”, LVK Gallery, Eugene, OR, USA
2024 “NFT NYC”, Artists Village gallery, New York, USA
2022 “Unsigned”, Curated by Operator (Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti) and Anika Meier, LA billboard exhibition, LA, USA
2022 “Unsigned”, Curated by Operator (Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti) and Anika Meier, Francisco Carolinum Museum, Linz, Austria
2022 “Complicit x NFT NYC”, Curated by Matthew Morocco, New York, USA
2022 “NFT Liverpool” Adelia Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2020 “Art x Femenism”, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
2011 “Noor Expo”, Tehran, Iran
2010 “Tasvir e sal”, Tehran, Iran
2009 “Group exhibition”, Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 “Best Work’s exhibition for Iranian Universities Students (Rooyesh)”, Tehran, Iran
Digital Exhibitions
2024 “In the Midst of the Banquet”, D’ARBLAY STREET Gallery
2022 “When the Curtain Falls”, Web3
2022 “Unsigned”, Web3
2022 “Monolith Gallery”, Web3
2021 “Shaping the Figural Gaze”, Curated by Jessica Ban & Helen Pinto
Awards
2024 MASS MoCA, Assets for Artists Residency, MA, USA
2024 CSWS Award (Center for the Study of Women in Society), University of Oregon, OR, USA
2024 Tiny Gallery Award, Knight Library, University of Oregon, OR, USA
2021 Honorable mention winner, PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
Permanent Collection
Northlight Gallery Permanent Collection, Arizona State University, AZ, USA