biography

Mashid Mohadjerin’s work explores the boundaries between art and documentary photography, addressing topics such as migration, displacement, borders, cultural and social alienation and the quest for cultural identity for about a decade. In the last 6 years she is developing new ways to visualize complex issues through various visual formats and strategies within her practice. Her multidimensional approach includes archival images, text, video and collages. She completed her PhD in the Arts in 2021 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp). She is currently an artist in residence at Wiels Contemporary Art Center, Brussels.

Her artist monograph ‘Freedom is Not Free’ won the Rencontres d’Arles Author’s Book Award in 2021. Her other publications are: ‘Lipstick & Gas Masks’ (2017) on women during the Arab Uprisings and ‘Textile as Resistance’ (2018), published by Hannibal.

Mashid’s work has appeared in numerous publications such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, Le Monde, The Guardian, La Repubblica/La Domenica, Wall Street Journal, The Globe & Mail, The Global Post, De Volkskrant and the BBC.

Mashid’s work is shown in galleries, festivals and museums such as BOZAR Center for the Arts (Brussels), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Antwerp), Fotolegendo (Rome), Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp), Wandsworth Musem (London), Red Star Line Museum (BE), Noorderlicht Festival (NL). It is part of private and institutional collections. Her latest series is currently on view at Pananti Gallery in Milan.

Mashid Mohadjerin is represented by Redux Pictures.