Zohre Solati

Artist Statement / Bio

Zohre Solati, a mother of a teenage son, is an Iranian media artist and sociological documentary photographer who is both the subject and the creator of her work. “I see my body as part of the work,” she says, “as if I am simultaneously the subject and the maker.” She sees herself as an essential part of each piece, using art to understand her identity and its complexities. Solati hopes viewers find parts of themselves in her work. She believes that despite the systematic oppression of women and the layered discrimination they face in Iran, we must persist, continue creating, and never give up.

She is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice focuses on themes of femininity, identity, affect, and sociopolitical structures within patriarchal contexts. With an academic background in Fine Arts, Solati employs a cross-disciplinary approach integrating photography, performance, and body art, blending conceptual aesthetics with documentary realism.

In November 2024, Solati completed an international fellowship at the Chicago-based Goldin Institute – Global Fellows Program, where she conducted advanced research in interdisciplinary and socially engaged art. She continues to serve as an affiliated artist and alumna of the fellowship.
[Goldin Institute Profile]

In 2025, she became a member of WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialogue), a San Francisco-based international network of women artists working at the intersection of ecological and social justice.

Solati’s long-term photo-performance project, This Is Who I Am (2019–ongoing), explores self-representation, transformation, and lived experience. Her work confronts cultural taboos and investigates themes of family, geography, and politics.

Her performance work was recently featured in the article “The Gestural Feminism of Iranian Women” by Dr. Pamela Karimi (Cornell University), published in Hyperallergic, and is also included in Karimi’s academic book Women, Art, Freedom (Leuven University Press, 2024).
[Hyperallergic Article]
[Leuven University Press – Women, Art, Freedom]

Her recent works were selected by the international collective Art/Culture/Action for the global open call Another World Is Possible, with performances and video art to be exhibited worldwide beginning April 2025.
[Art/Culture/Action Link]

Her international record includes solo exhibitions in Iran and group shows in the UK, Germany, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the USA. She has participated in festivals such as The Other Side Performance Art Festival (Finland, 2024) and Video City Festival (2024–2025), where her video works were shown across galleries and public spaces globally.

From 2019 to 2022, she worked as a photojournalist. She has self-published and exhibited several independent visual works, including:

Eco-Feminist Photobook Project
SHE & I (2024)
[View Photobook]

Eco-Feminist Video Performances
[Video Performance 1]
[Video Performance 2]

Video Art
This Is Me (2024)
[Watch Video]

Performance Documentation
[Documentation Link]

In 2025, she was selected for the Paducah Arts Alliance Artist-in-Residence Program (USA) in recognition of her project
" SHE & I "within the field of ecofeminist art.
[Paducah Residency Website]

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