Rana (B. 1999 – Tehran, Iran) is a multidisciplinary visual artist who mixes several different mediums like photography, mechanics, and video art in her artworks. Her artworks are about her personal life and her lived experiences. She said, “All of my artworks show my mental states at different times. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran with a degree in sculpture. She has been sculpting for about five years at her studio. Rana works with different materials like cloth, mirror, papermache, fiberglass, etc. Her sculptures and installations aim to examine the audience with the space.  

EDUCATION

● Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

● 2023: Second Prize in Tehran’s Fifth Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition, Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

● 2020: Recognition by the Sculpture Department, The 27th Young Iranian Visuals Art Festival, Tehran, Iran

● 2018: Recognition by the Sculpture Department, Young Iranian Visual Art Festival, Ilam, Iran

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

● 2024: “File 1403”, Iran Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran

● 2024: “Exhibition of Winners from Contemporary Jewelry Design Editions”, Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

● 2023: “Memories”, The window project, O Gallery, Tehran, Iran 

● 2023: “Tehran’s Fifth Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition”, Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

● 2022: “The Judgment 1,” Association of Iranian Sculptors, Tehran, Iran

● 2021: “The Second Sateen Annual Of Visual Arts”, Tehran and Kish, Iran

● 2021: “The 28th Young Iranian Visuals Art Festival,” Tehran, Iran

● 2019: “Two Courses of Sculpting,” 4th Exhibition of Sculpture Student of UT, TUA, UN, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran

● 2019: “The 11th Annual Exhibition of The Small Sculptures,” Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

● 2023: Interactive kinetic installation commissioned for Xav factory’s second event, Damavand, Iran

● 2022: kinetic installation commissioned for Xav factory’s event, V Gallery, Tehran, Iran

● 2022: kinetic installation commissioned for Xav factory’s event, Raahpele Gallery, Shiraz, Iran

PUBLICATION

● 2024: Issue 8, Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Art, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

MEMBERSHIPS

● 2025: Member of the Iranian Association of Sculptors

● 2020-2021: Board Member of the Research and Development Association of Sculpture Program, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran

WORK EXPERIENCE

● 2021-2024: Sculpture Instructor at Soo Studio, Tehran, Iran