| Parastoo Anoushahpour | |
| Nationality: | Iranian/Canadian |
| Training: | BA in Design for Performance from University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London, UK, a diploma from Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK, a MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada. |
| Known For: | Artist |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Birth Date: | 1986 |
| Website: | https://www.parastooanoushahpour.com/ |
Parastoo Anoushahpour is an Iranian-Canadian moving image artist based in Toronto. She works primarily with video, film and installation.[1] [2] Anoushahpour has worked as part of an artist collective since 2013 with Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko.[3] [4]
Anoushahpour’s artist residencies include the Mohammad and Mahera Abu Ghazaleh Foundation in Jordan, Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture in Spain, Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan, ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics in Germany and the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity in Canada.
The Time that Separates Us depicts the story of Lot's wife through the contemporary Jordan River Valley.[5] [6] [7]
Created by the artist collective of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko, Charity is an interactive documentary that examines a controversy surrounding public art in Markham, Ontario. Charity uses 360° video and photogrammetry to re-tell the community’s "confrontation with a piece of public art".
In Anoushahpour's piece The Lighthouse, two photographs are reproduced as slides and converted into a three-dimensional installation, using a rotating screen and two slide projectors. The images depict a path to a 12th century lighthouse in Dover, UK.[8]
A select list of awards and grants that Parastoo Anoushahpour has been the recipient of: