About

Shahrzad Darafsheh (1982, Tehran) is an image-based artist. She holds a BA in Photography from Azad University of Tehran and a Diploma of Film Editing from Tehran Institute of Technology (MFT).

Darafsheh has received the Penumbra/Image Threads Collective scholarship for the long-term photobook program in 2022 and was one of the winners of the Urbanautica award in 2023.

Her photography practice is fluid and exploratory, guided less by fixed subjects and more by the narratives that unfold through the act of creation. Rooted in personal experience, each project evolves organically, often circling themes of identity. Through this process, individual reflections open into broader, collective questions, creating connections that reach beyond the personal.

Darafsheh's work has been published in Mohit Art Note #16, books such as "Saffron Tales" by Yasmin Khan (2016) and "Analyzing While Waiting: Contemporary art in Tehran" (2007). Her photo-book "Half-Light" was published by Gnomic Book in 2018.

E-mail: shindalmim@gmail.com