About Me
Pooya Kazemi
Born in Esfahan, Iran., 1998
Based in Tehran, Iran.
Pooya Kazemi Esfeh is a B.F.A. graduate in Photography at Tehran University of Art (TUA). He was the editor of Calotype Magazine (the specialized photography journal at the TUA) from 2018 to 2021. Additionally, He published several essays in journals like Calotype, IZ, Cheshmak, and Darz Art. He has been working on photographic projects since 2017, in which a number of them are exhibited. Currently, He works as an essayist at the Darz Art magazine (the Iranian art platform).
Education
2016-2020:
B.F.A. in Photography, Tehran University of Art (TUA), Tehran, Iran.
Work Experiences
2021-Present: Essayist
Darz Art (Iranian art platform.) Online magazine section, based in Tehran, Iran. Link: https://darz.art/en
2018-2021: Editor in Chief / Member of Editorial Board
Calotype Magazine (The Specialized Journals of Photography at TUA.) Tehran, Iran.
Published volumes:
2021: Vol. 13; "Photography and the Subaltern". Chief Editor.
2020: Vol. 12; (Photography in relation to Language). Board Member of Editors.
2020: Vol. 11; (Photography and Social Movements) (Section 2). Chief Editor.
2019: Vol. 10; (Photography and Social Movements) (Section 1). Chief Editor.
2017-2020: Member of the photography student association
(Photography Student Association of Tehran University of Art.)
Tehran, Iran.
Awards and Honors
2021: Achieved the third rank in the art magazine section at Titr 12 Festival (Iranian students' magazines festival) for Calotype Magazine, Vol. 12. (Broad Member of Editors.)
2021: Achieved the third rank among performative theater proposals' at Mokhtas festival For "the representation in three performances" Participated with Amir Mohammad Ebrahimi.
2020: Ranked second among B.F.A. students of photography major in TUA. Selected as the top students in the undergraduate program.
2019: Selected photos' at the "Nahal" Festival, photography section (International short film festival at TUA.)
Group Exhibitions
2019: "Two Cities (Tehran-Dortmund);" Fachhochschule Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
2019: "Two Cities (Tehran-Dortmund)"; Honar Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2019: "Nahal Short Film Festival", Photography section. The Iranian Artist Forum. Tehran, Iran.
2018: "Experience of the City". Honar Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
2018: "Platform 101- Vol.1: The Decisive Moment, Commemorating the day of Henri Cartier-Bresson's." Exhibition Tour (Roberoo Mansion, Negar Art Gallery, No.4 Art Gallery, Matn Art Gallery, Alihah Gallery, and Ariana Gallery). Tehran and Isfahan, Iran.
2017: "Noghre Photography Festival." Collaborated in the second photography festival of the TUA. Honar Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
2016: "Noghre Photography Festival." Collaborated in the photography festival of the TUA. Honar Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
Publications
Artistic Works
2022: Kazemi Esfeh, Pooya. "Recreate the city". A photographic project. The Comparative Media Arts Journal (CMA). Affiliated to the Simon Fraser University. Issues No. 11. British Columbia, Canada. (Accepted.)
2021: Vosoughnia, Mehdi. "Sad Sal Akkasi e Manazer e Shahri Dar Tehran" (One hundred years of Urban Landscape Photography in Tehran), Collaborated in a curatorial collection of urban landscape photographs. Photobook. Curator: Mehdi Vosoughnia. Printing: Elmi Farhangi Pub. Tehran, Iran.
2019: Winde Jorg, and Motarjem zade, Mohammad. "Two cities: Tehran – Dortmund (2018-2019);" Selected works from the workshop. Photobook. Printing: Lensing Druck. Dortmund, Germany.
Essays
2021: Kazemi, Pooya. (Eyes and Untold Stories: A review on the Look at Us exhibition; by Mahshid Nushirvani). Darz Art Magazine. [In Persian.]
Link: https://darz.art/fa/magazine/review-mahshid-noushiravani/67
2021: Kazemi, Pooya. (Narration on the Battleground of Memory and History: Notes about Photography in relation with critical history, based on the Edward Said's beyond the last sky book.) IZ Magazine, Vol. 3. Page - [In Persian.]
2020: Kazemi, Pooya. (Art in Suspension: An introduction on the arts in Covid-19 pandemic time). Cheshamk Magazine, [In Persian.] Volume 8.
2020: Kazemi, Pooya. (Looking for Students: A review on the "Play Time" exhibition, by Mahboube Karamli), IZ Magazine, Vol. 2. [In Persian.]
2019: Kazemi, Pooya. (On the Postcards of the Constitutional Revolution of Iran), Calotype Magazine, Vol. 10. [In Persian.]
Conferences
2022: Kazemi Esfeh, Pooya. "The Realms of Counter-Memory in Tehran."
(A counter-map about impoverished individuals in Tehran.) The Counter Mapping the City as an Urban Resistance International Virtual Conference. Participated with Amir Mohammad Ebrahimi. (Accepted. In Progress)
2021: Kazemi Esfeh, Pooya. "The Survivors: Sub-narrations" A photo-text project. The Blurred Future Event: Materiality, Poverty, and Instability Online Conference. Pilgrim CHAT (Contemporary and Historical Archeology in Theory).
Link: https://pilgrimchat.chat-arch.org/?p=479
Collaborations
2022: "A Counter Map of the Subaltern in Tehran", Participated with Amir Mohammad Ebrahimi. 21st Tajrobe Theather Festival. (Accepted, In Progress)
2021: "The representation in three performance" Proposal, Participated with Amir Mohammad Ebrahimi, Mokhtas experimental performative art festival.
2020: "Postcards for Beirut"; Collaborate in the international call gathering artists to raise funds for Beirut after the explosion on August 4, 2020.
Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/postcards_for_beirut_2020/
Workshop
2019: "Two Cities: Tehran – Dortmund". Participated in the international exchange photography students' workshop between TUA and Fachhochschule Dortmund, Iran, and Germany.
Lectures
2019: A presentation about "The Recreate" and "The Rap on Tuesdays" photographic projects; Tehran University of Art; Tehran, Iran.
2019: A presentation about "The Rap on Tuesdays" photographic Project. Fachhochschule Dortmund; Dortmund, Germany.
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