ARTA SHADMAN
Bio
Arta Shadman is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist and independent researcher whose practice navigates the intersections of displacement, identity, gender, and the politics of representation. Central to their practice is a commitment to community engagement, narrative change, and the creation of spaces for self-representation, where marginalized voices can be seen, heard, and felt. Rooted in critical inquiry and embodied experience, Arta’s work engages with deconstructive methodologies across film, sound, performance, virtual reality, and cultural community building.
Through immersive and experimental approaches, Arta explores how artistic production can challenge dominant narratives while creating spaces for presence, perception, and collective reflection. Their research interrogates the dynamics between creator, audience, and institutional frameworks, examining how policy, cultural systems, and storytelling practices shape engagement.
Influenced by nomadic life and transnational experience, Arta positions art not as an object but as a living statement—an act of resistance, resonance, and reimagination.
CV
Arta / Shadman
Born in 1986 in Tehran, Iran
Based in Toronto, CA
Education
2020, PhD in History of Contemporary Art, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
2014, MA of Multimedia Production, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
2011, BA of Performing Arts, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
Selected Exhibition and Performance:
2024, Fragments of Resistance, Archeological Museum, Livorno Ferraris, IT
2024, Weight of Waters, Decolonization of Mundi Festival, Biblioteca University,Genova, IT
2024, WE, Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK
2024, Identity, The Cut, Halesworth, UK
2024, Body-The Last Refuge-, Zephyra video art installation, Manchester, UK
2024, 25 Novmber International Day,Menningarhus, Reykjavik, IS
2023, Heroine’s Journey, The Sparkasse Gallery Hall, Werkstatt, Plettenberg, DE
2023, Aŭskultu, Cultural association of Spazio Piuquattro, Turin, IT
2023, Das kleine Wunder, Galerie. Plan.d, Düsseldorf, DE
2023, The Image of Night, Kunstarkaden, Munich, DE
2022, Calligraphy of Body, Luoghi Comuni, Compagnia di San Paolo Fondation, Turin, IT
2022, Mourning and Struggle, Bagni Pubblici Cultural Center, Turin, IT
2022, Epic Resistance, Paiz Cultural Institution, Turin, IT
2020, Circle, Dellolis Hall, Short film, Rome, IT
2020, Traces of Sound, Dellolis Theater Hall, (performance and sound installation), Rome, IT
2020, Trace of Sound, Bird Square, (performance and sound installation), Delhi, IN
Selected Film & Production Experience:
2017, Le Musk, First Ad, A.R. Rahman, Italy & India
2017, Beyond the Clouds, Director's Assistant, Majid Majidi, India
2015, Muhammad: The Messenger of God, Director's Assistant, Majid Majidi, Iran & Germany
Selected Press Publications:
Schlutter, B. (2023), Heroine’s Journey, Lokal Direkt, Donnestag 19, Oktober, Plettenberg, DE
Opfermann, J. (2023), Kunst als Verbindendes Element (Interview). Plettenberg, Samstag, 5 August, Plettenberg, DE
Germany
Garant/Awards/ Residency/Competition
2020, Mobility Garant, University of Sapienza, Campsite “Contemporary Art Research”, Rome, IT
2019, Mobility Garant, University of Sapienza, Campsite “Contemporary Art Research”, Rome, IT