Minoosh Zomorodinia, an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist, educator, and curator based in the Bay Area, explores the complex relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Drawing on psychogeography and daily ritual, she documents the passage of time and movement through diverse environments, redefining borders and challenging the colonial legacies of land while revealing our deep interconnectedness with the natural world.

Zomorodinia has received numerous awards, residencies, and grants including the YBCA 100, Lucas Artists Fellowship, Kala Media Fellowship Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, I-park Foundation, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Djerassi Residency, ArtYard Residency, Andy Warhol Foundation, the Alternative Exposure Award, California Art Council grants, Red Bull Arts Microgrant- Oakland, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts FCA Emergency Grant. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, Pori Art Museum, and Berkeley Art Center, SOMARTS, Nevada Museum of Art, ProARTS, and Currents 826 gallery. Her work has been featured in the SF Chronicle, Hyperallergic, SFWeekly, CityArts Magazine, KQED and many other media outlets. She holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MA and BA from Azad University in Tehran.

Statement

Informed by my cultural background, religion, and politics, my work investigates the concept of “Self”, specifically how it relates to the environment. Inspired by nature, I borrow from rituals including walking, sometimes infusing humor. I integrate contradictory concepts into pieces that visualize struggles of the “self” by inserting my body into these moments of time and space. Recently I employed walking as a catalyst for my sculptures, which reference nomadic lifestyles, as well as colonialism. By tracking my paths using technology, I claim the ownership of the land, while representing a changed perception in the digital age and addressing transformation of memories into actual physical space absurdly.