Education
2020 M.F.A in Studio Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
2016 B.A in Photography, I.A.U, Ardabil, Iran.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 As of Now, with JD Hardy, Centre Gallery at USF, Tampa, FL.
The Stone Garden, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL.
2016 Pashangeh, Yasna Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2014 Pashangeh, Yasna Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran.
Group Exhibitions
2022 Metadata: Rethinking Photography in the 21st Century, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.
The Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.
A Decade of Collecting, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.
2021 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2020 BATTIN’ A HUNDRED, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL.
2019 Body Without Organs, Carolyn M. Wilson Art Gallery, Tampa, FL.
Rumble, Carolyn M. Wilson Art Gallery, Tampa, FL.
2017 Work Share, William Harris Gallery, Rochester, NY.
2013 Architecture, Iranian Photographers Center, Tehran, Iran.
2012 Ardabil, The Gallery, I.A.U Meshkin Shahr Branch, Meshkin Shahr, Ardabil, Iran.
Presence/Absence, Andisheh Gallery, Meshkin Shahr, Ardabil, Iran.
Awards and Academic Honors
2020 Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse Award, Tampa, FL.
Creative Quarterly, New York, NY.
2019 Carolyn M Wilson Scholarship, Tampa, Florida.
2018-20 University of South Florida Full Scholarship Award, Tampa, FL.
University of South Florida Assistantship Award, Tampa, FL.
2017 Rochester Institute of Technology Scholarship Award.
Rochester Institute of Technology Assistantship Award.
2015 Honorable Mention, IPA Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 Honorable Mention, The New Perspective Awards, Isfahan, Iran.
Professional Experiences
2018-21 Photographic Print Lab Manager, USF, Tampa, FL.
Fall 2020 Teaching Assistant for Concepts and Practices II, USF, Tampa, FL.
Fall 2020 Teaching Assistant for Concepts and Practices I, USF, Tampa, FL.
Spring 2020 Teaching Assistant for Art and Culture (Online Course), USF, Tampa, FL.
Spring 2020 Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Photography, USF, Tampa, FL.
Fall 2019 Teaching Assistant for Advanced Photography, Special Topic, USF, Tampa, FL.
Summer 2019 Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Photography, USF, Tampa, FL.
Spring 2019 Teaching Assistant for Beginning Photography, USF, Tampa, FL.
Fall 2018 Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Photography, USF, Tampa, FL.
2017-18 Gallery Assistant, William Harris Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY.
Publication
2020 BATTIN’ A HUNDRED (MFA Catalog), USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL.
Artist Talk: Mohsen Azar, Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida.
W. Ellis, Richard, “Mohsen Azar: Regarding the Invisible Pain of Others”, Academia, (BATTIN’ A HUNDRED).
Creative Quarterly, Issue 58, New York, NY.
2016 Yasna, Issue 3, Yasna Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2013 Architecture, Issue 5, Iranian Photographers Center, Tehran, Iran.
Collections
The Gobioff Foundation, Tampa, FL.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
Yasna Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
Private Collector, Isfahan, Iran.