Dr. Raika Khorshidian

Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bonn, focusing on contemporary art, displacement and identity.

Research profile

Raika Khorshidian (Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bonn) is an art scholar, lecturer, critic, and independent curator. Her postdoctoral research project “From National to Transnational Art: Displacement, Identity, and Belonging in Iranian Contemporary Art” explores the transformation of Iranian artists' identities through analysis of their œuvres and (auto)biographies. The project concentrates on four main concepts: place, estrangement, displacement, and multiple belonging. In 2023, she co-organized with Prof. Dr. Birgit Mersmann the international workshop “Collective Traumas and Future Fantasies: The Power of (Visual) Art for Social and Political Transition in Iran” at the University of Bonn. The main topics of the workshop included protest art/art activism and art-based disobedience in the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement; the role of social media as a medium for art-political activism; art against propaganda; and art-historical studies of social change and political transition, particularly in relation to future fantasies. Besides, she co-curated two exhibitions: “Kannst du mich hören? (Can you hear me?)” at Galerie Gublia, Essen, and “Here / There” at Brotfabrik, Bonn. These exhibitions are part of a larger ongoing interdisciplinary curatorial project that aims at reviewing artworks and narratives of artists as subtle yet profound agents of social change. Its objective is to amplify silenced voices muted by political oppression and cultural misunderstandings. In this stage of the project, the focus is on female Iranian artists whose creations narrate the background of “Woman, Life, Freedom” delving into collective traumas. From 2018 to 2021, Khorshidian worked as a critic, researcher, curator, and artist manager exploring experiences of estrangement and belonging surrounding Iranian identity at Tehran-based art galleries. In addition to participating in group exhibitions as an artist, she served as a jury member for art competitions and an independent art journalist, publishing critiques and exhibition reviews with a focus on unhomely aesthetics. Whilst studying for her PhD at Tarbiat Modares University in Iran from 2015 to 2018, she also worked as a research assistant, conducting cross-cultural art-based research into hybrid art and identity in Brazil, China, Japan and different provinces of Iran. From 2014 to 2016, she worked as thesis advisor on master’s theses at the University of Tabriz and the University of Art in Tehran, focusing on accessory and jewellery design for activism and feminism. In addition, she taught on the topics of Iranian art history and design history, and on design and critique courses as a visiting lecturer at Amirkabir University of Technology (Polytechnic) and Pars University in Tehran. In 2015, she worked as a design manager at the Museum of Zoroastrians’ History and Culture. In her master thesis, she studied participatory fashion design, focusing on improving creative and activist skills among Iranian women despite constraints and limitations, and a portion of her project was selected as a finalist in Denmark’s 2011 Index (Design to Improve Life Award).

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Research foci

Iranian modern and contemporary art
Transculturality and nomadism
Art and migration
Diasporic art and art in exile
Sense of belonging in art
Collective traumas, nostalgias and future fantasies in art
Artists’ biographies
Protest art/art activism and art-based disobedience
The role of social media as a vehicle for art-political activism
Persian art

CV

Research and teaching

Since Summer Semester 2024 Lecturer on “Iranian Art: Histories and Identities” at the Institute of Asian and Islamic Art History of the University of Bonn, Germany
Since Apr 2023 Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of contemporary art history at the Institute of Art History of the University of Bonn, Germany
2021-2023 Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Art and Art Studies of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2015-2021 Vising Lecturer in the field of design history and art history at Rasmeh Design Studio, Tehran, Iran
2016-2017 Art Teacher in the field of intercultural art, AIESEC’s Professional Internships at Well State Co.ltd, Tokyo, Japan
2015-2017 Research Assistant of Art Research at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2014-2016 Visiting Lecturer in the fields of Iranian art history and design history at Pars University, Tehran, Iran
2014-2016 Graduation Thesis Advisor at University of Art, Tehran, Iran
2015 AIESEC Volunteer Trainer (Earth Charter project) at Colégio Criativo, Florianópolis, Brazil
2014 Teaching Assistant on Design and Critic course for MA students at Amirkabir University of Technology Polytechnic, Tehran, Iran
2013-2014 Graduation Thesis Advising Lecturer at Tabriz Art University, Tabriz, Iran
2013 Visiting Lecturer on Rhinoceros (3D-modelling software) course at Tehran Institute of Technology, Tehran, Iran
2013 Visiting Lecturer on Rhinoceros (3D-modelling software) course at University of Alzahra, Tehran, Iran

Education

2018 PhD in Art Research, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran
2012 Master of Art in Industrial Design, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2010 Associate of Arts in Sculpture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2010 Bachelor of Industrial Design, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Memberships

Since 2022 member of Deutsche Gesellschaft der Humboldtianer
Since 2021 member of DUZ Magazin für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft
Since 2021 member of Alumniportal Deutschland
2016-2017 AIESEC Professional Intern
2015 AIESEC Global Volunteer
2013 member of IOV (International Organization of Folk Art) UNESCO
2010-2012 member of Industrial Design Society of University of Tehran
2006-2012 member of Zoroastrian Students Center

Fellowships and awards

2023 Connect in Science-Workshop grant received from the Step Program at the University Bonn for the International Hybrid Workshop Collective Traumas and Future Fantasies: The Power of (Visual) Art for Social and Political Transition in Iran, organized together with Prof. Dr. Birgit Mersmann, Institute of Art History, University of Bonn
2023 Funding granted for the implementation of a cultural project (Gewährung eines Zuschusses für die Durchführung eines Kulturprojektes), Kulturamt der Stadt Essen, Essen, Project: Kannst du mich hören?
2021-2024 Georg Forster Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers, Germany Project: From National to Transnational Art: Displacement, Identity and Belonging in Iranian Contemporary Art
2021 German language course scholarship, Germany
2018 Ranked 2nd among PhD students in art research, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran
2017 Session’s Best Paper, International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences, History and Interdisciplinary Studies (ASSHIS-2017), Kyoto, Japan
Project: The Role of Bicultural Art Experience in Intercultural Education (Case study: 9-Year-Old Brazilian Children)
2013 Ranked 3rd in national concept design competition for “A Suggestion for Tehran”, Tehran, Iran, Project: Heartbeat of Tehran: Slow Life, Empathy and Dialogue
2012 Iran’s National Elites Foundation Scholarship for PhD
2012 University Excellent Researcher Award, University of Tehran, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran
2012 Bronze medal in National Competition of Designing Play and Toys, Sharif University of Technology, Project: Paper Theatre: One Thousand and One Nights
2012 Best Thesis Award, 2nd International Festival of Fashion, Tehran, Iran
2012 Best paper, 1st International Festival of Fashion, Tehran, Iran
2012 Ranked 1st among 18 master students in industrial design, University of Tehran, Iran
2011 Ranked 2nd in Ritoon Winter Student Contest, Project: Culture & Heritage Children’s Museum
2011 Ranked 3rd in Ritoon Winter Student Contest, Project: Dizi (Tradition Iranian Food) Ceramic Pot
2011 Finalist of Index, Design to Improve Life Award, Copenhagen, Denmark, Project: Glow Guardian
2011 Finalist, LG’s Conceptualife award for design students, Tehran, Iran, Project: Tree Kitchen
2010 Ranked 2nd (Silver medal) in National Olympiad of Industrial Design, Iran
2011 Ranked 2nd in the highly competitive nationwide MA entrance exam (among up to 60,000 students), Iran
2010 Ranked 1st among 26 bachelor students in industrial design at University of Tehran, Iran
2009 Qualified as a member of Iran’s Elite National Foundation
2005 Ranked 3rd in the highly competitive nationwide BA entrance exam (among 81,427 students)

Projects

Research projects

Oct 2021-Dec 2024 Georg Forster Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: From National to Transnational Art: Displacement, Identity and Belonging in Iranian Contemporary Art

Selected concept design projects:

2011 Tree Kitchen
2011 Gollight
2011 Glow Guardian
2010 Digital Seal of Solomon
2010 Tir-o Baad (A Wish Seed)
2009 Chess, Cheese, Bread
2009 Pneumatic Scooter (Ce Foot)
2009 Lego Cookies

Exhibitions and cultural events

Exhibitions

21 Oct-10 Nov 2023 Kannst du mich hören?, Galerie Irma Gublia, Essen
15-26 Nov 2023 Here / There, Brotfabrik, Bonn
8 Mar 2023 ZA[MI]N, AStA Foyer, Essen Campus, Duisburg-Essen University, Essen, Germany
19-30 Nov 2021 Doubt and the Earth, as an artist’s manager, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
5-16 Nov 2021 Lucretia Has Been in this Home!, as a curator, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
10-15 Jul 2021 Iranian Jazz, as a curator, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
16-25 May 2021 Home Is Leaving Me!, as a curator, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
28 Jun-7 Jul 2020 Phoenix (A Group Exhibition), as an artist, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Oct 2013 Collective Art Exhibition of Iran’s National Elites Foundation, as an artist, National Library & Archives of Iran, Shiraz, Iran
Feb 2012 INDEX: Award Exhibition on the global tour, as a designer, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
May 2012 INDEX: Award Exhibition on the global tour, as a designer, Helsinki, Finland
Apr-May 2012 INDEX: Award Exhibition on the global tour, as a designer, Luxembourg
Jun-Jul 2012 INDEX: Award Exhibition on the global tour, as a designer, Risor, Norway
Sep 2011 INDEX: AWARD Exhibition, as a designer, Copenhagen, Denmark
28 May 2003 Collective Art exhibition of Iranian Religious Minorities, as an artist, Niavaran Palace, Tehran, Iran

Cultural events

Nov 2022 Die Unbeugsamen. Über Den Aufbruch Im Iran: Texte Und Musik In Solidarität mit der Frauenbewegung im Iran, as advisor, Theater und Philharmonie Essen (TUP), Essen

Publications

Monographs

Raika Khorshidian, Parva / Parva: To Fear or to Fly [Artist biography], Tehran: Negar Art Gallery 2021
Raika Khorshidian, Leila Ensaniat, Mohsen Rasoulivalajoozi, Industrial design. Theory and Practice (2nd edition), Tehran: Varash 2020
Raika Khorshidian, Leila Ensaniat, Mohsen Rasoulivalajoozi, Industrial design. Theory and Practice (1st edition), Tehran: Varash 2014

Editorships

Editorships:

Raika Khorshidian, Birgit Mersmann, Cathrine Bublatzky, Julia Stenzel (Eds.), Collective Traumas and Future Fantasies: The Power of Art for Socio-Political Transition in Iran (in preparation)

Articles, papers, interviews

Book chapters

From Intercultural Dialogue to a Global Imaginary: A Review on Hossein Valamanesh’s Artworks, in: Eduardo Tasis Moratinos, Ti-Han Chang & Alicia Moreno Gimenez (Eds.), Identities on the Move: A Transdiciplinary Study of Global Displacement, Springer (Palgrave Macmillan) (peer-reviewed) (in preparation)
Marcos Grigorian: An Armenian Immigrant Who Shifted the Paradigm of Modern Art in Iran, in: Umberto Mondini, Alina Dimitrova & Marios Kamenou (Eds.), Human Mobility and Cultural Identities through History (Papers from the 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference of the International Centre for Studies of Art and Humanities Arts and Humanities (19-10 May 2022 – LUISS University; Rome), Rome: Edizioni Progetto cultura 2023, pp. 153-169

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Jewellery Design Based on the Female Characters in Shahnameh Ferdowsi, with Sedigheh Beyraminia & Alireza Ajdari, in: Journal of Art and Civilization of the Orient (JACO), Vol. 8, Issue 30, 2021, pp. 33-44
The Role of Bicultural Art Experience in Intercultural Education (Case study: 9 Years Old Brazilian Children)‎, with Reza Afhami, Alireza Araghieh & Alireza Sadeghi, in: Journal of Theory & Practice in Curriculum, Vol. 6, Issue 12, 2019, pp. 67-92
The Saqqa-khaneh School: Post-Colonialism or Orientalism Perspective?, with Heidar Zahedi, in: Journal of Bagh-e Nazar, Vol. 14, Issue 53, 2017, pp. 43-56
Pleasurable Experience in Old Collectivist and New Individualist Generations in Iran: Reviving “Safa” as Culture-oriented Pleasure to Decrease Generation Gap, with Hassan Sadeghi Naeini & Asghar Fahimifar, in: The International Journal of Humanities, Vol. 25, Issue 2, pp. 44-60
Fashion Trends in Society: A Case Study, with Hedayat Sookhakian, Vahid Choopankareh, Alireza Ajdari & Jamshid Emami, in: Journal of Media and Study, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014-2015, pp. 73-89
Cultural Aspects of Pleasurable Experience: Collectivism and Individualism in Iran, with Hassan Sadeghi Naeini & Alireza Ajdari, in: The Journal of Fine Arts (Tarh-o Namad), Vol. 6, Issue 7, 2014, 37-50

Conference proceedings

Bicultural Art Experience as an Innovative Approach in Intercultural Education (Case study: 9 Years Old Brazilian Children), with Reza Afhami, Alireza Araghieh & Alireza Sadeghi, in: proceedings “International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences, History and Interdisciplinary Studies (ASSHIS-2017)”, 20-21 Apr 2017, Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 221-225. https://doi.org/10.15242/DIRPUB.DIRH0417048
Saqqa-Khaneh School as Iranian Contemporary Art Movement: Post Colonialism or Orientalism?, with Heidar Zahedi, in: proceedings “International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences, History and Interdisciplinary Studies (ASSHIS-2017)”, 20-21 Apr 2017, Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 226-231. https://doi.org/10.15242/DIRPUB.DIRH0417049
Lived Experience of Introducing Persian Culture to Children of the World: Case Study Brazilian and Chinese children, with Reza Afhami, Alireza Araghieh & Alireza Sadegh, in: proceedings “10th Progress Pioneers Congress”, 9 Dec 2016, Iran’s National Elites Foundation, Tehran, Iran, pp. 1023-1029
Innovative Experience of Creating Bicultural Art for Improving Multicultural Education (Case Study: Iran & Brazil), with Reza Afhami, Alireza Araghieh & Alireza Sadegh, in: proceedings “14th annual conference of ICSA (Culture and Curriculum)”, 2016, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, p. 45
The Role of Medias in Forming Fashion Trends in Society, with Hedayat Sookhakian, in: proceedings “International Congress on Cultural-Social Impact Assessment”, 2013, Bushehr, Iran
Fashion Industries and the Role of Designers in Fashion Production Cycle (Participatory Design Approach), with Hedayat Sookhakian, Vahid Choopankareh, Alireza Ajdari & Jamshid Emami, in: proceedings “National Foundation of Fashion and Clothing for Iranian”, 2013, Tehran, Iran
The Influence of Fashion in Forming Cultural Identity (Case study: Iranian Youth), with Hedayat Sookhakian, Vahid Choopankareh, Alireza Ajdari & Jamshid Emami, in: proceedings “National Foundation of Fashion and Clothing for Iranian”, 2013, Tehran, Iran

Selected interviews (since 2011)

14 Mar 2024: Kannst du mich hören?” – Multimedialer Vortrag über Iran und das, was Nachrichten uns nicht vermitteln können", Humboldt-Stiftung Bonn
21 Nov 2023: Kannst du mich hören? - iranische Kunstausstellung, campusfmradio, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
14 Nov 2023: „Kannst du mich hören?” – eine Ausstellung über Iran und das, was Nachrichten uns nicht vermitteln können, Akduell – die studentische Monatszeitung der UDE
10 Feb 2023: Revolution im Iran, campusfmradio, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg
21 Nov 2022: Irans stiller Protest: Das größte Zeichen dieser WM, Berliner Morgenpost
27 Oct 2022: Proteste im Iran: „Wir wollen ein neues Land aufbauen”, WAZ (The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung)
6 Oct 2022: Protests in Iran: Using art to fight the system (Proteste im Iran: Mit Kunst gegen das System), Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
28 May 2022: Georg Forster Fellow in the humanities: Searching for clues in art, Meldungen aus der UDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
2011: Discussing innovations in global health care: Introducing “Glow Guardian”, BBC World News: The Health Show, UK

Reviews

Book reviews

Critics on the Book of the Principles of Product Design, with Alireza Afhami, in: Journal of the Art Book of the Month, No. 189, Tehran 2014, pp. 46-51

Exhibition reviews

A critique of “Big Fish” exhibition by Ghasemi Brothers at Dastan Gallery (February and March 2020): Journey in the Hands of the Goddess of the Sea, in: Etemad Newspaper, No. 4602, Tehran, 4 Mar 2020, p. 9
A critique of “Stairway to Odessa” exhibition by Mohammad Piryaee at Dastan Gallery (January 2020): Cycle: From Red Tomb to Stairway of Odessa, in: Etemad Newspaper, No. 4585, Tehran, 13 Feb 2020, p. 8
Documentation of Searching for Self at Home, in: Etemad Newspaper, No. 4499, Tehran, 31 Oct 2019, p. 8
Those Are Hovering without Shadows: The Timeless and Placeless Dead, in: Shargh Newspaper, Tehran, 23 Oct 2019, p. 11

Conferences & lectures

Conferences

16-17 Nov 2023: International Hybrid Workshop Collective Traumas and Future Fantasies: The Power of (Visual) Art for Social and Political Transition in Iran (in preparation), organized with Birgit Mersmann, Institute of Art History, University of Bonn

Selected lectures (since 2013)

Introduction, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Birgit Mersmann, 16 Nov 2023, International Hybrid Workshop Collective Traumas and Future Fantasies: The Power of (Visual) Art for Social and Political Transition in Iran, University of Bonn, Germany
The Burning Man Festival in Iran: Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar and a New Generation of Radical Imagineers, 16 Nov 2023, International Hybrid Workshop Collective Traumas and Future Fantasies: The Power of (Visual) Art for Social and Political Transition in Iran, University of Bonn, Germany
The Backgrounds of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement in One Painting: I Determine the Horizon, 30 Oct 2023, Institut für Sprachen und Kulturen der islamisch geprägten Welt, Philosophische Fakultät, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
An Artist’s Trajectory: A Transcultural Review of Hossein Valamanesh’s Artworks, 25 May 2023, Forschungskolloquium, Institute of Art History, University of Bonn, Germany
Gespräche während der Unterdrückung: Malerei im Iran (Conversations during the Repression: Painting in Iran), 5 Feb 2023, Bahá’í-Gemeinde Essen, Essen, Germany
Is Art Able to Save the Middle East?, 3 Feb 2023, Revolution im Iran, invited by the AStAs der UDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Die Kunst: was den Iran wiederbelebte (The Art: What Revived Iran), 17 Dec 2022, Women in Iran, invited by the Lord Mayor of the City of Essen, Mr Thomas Kufen, Essen City Hall, Essen, Germany
Iranians Have a Dream, Nov 2022, Woman, Life, Freedom, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Salzgitter, Germany
Protest Art and Future Fantasies in the “Women, Life, Freedom” Movement, 23 Nov 2022, Iran beyond the Protests: Diversity, Art, and the Impotence of Repression, invited by Prof Dr Sigrid Quack, 25th Käte Hamburger Dialogue, GCRC21, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
Marcos Grigorian: An Armenian Immigrant Who Shifted the Paradigm of Modern Art in Iran, 19 May 2022, 4th International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Human mobility and cultural identities through history), Luiss University, Rome, Italy
A History of Script in Iranian Painting and Sculpture, 17 May 2022, invited by Prof Jörg Eberhard, Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
From National to Transnational Art: Displacement, Identity and Belonging in Iranian Contemporary Art (Poster presentation), 9 Nov 2021, Hybrid Network Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
From National to Transnational Art: Displacement, Identity and Belonging in Iranian Contemporary Art, 7 Oct 2021, (Post-)Doctoral Colloquium, Institute of Art and Art History, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Bicultural Art Experience as an Innovative Approach in Intercultural Education (Case study: 9-Year Old Brazilian Children), 21 Apr 2017, International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences, History and Interdisciplinary Studies (ASSHIS-2017), Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel, Kyoto, Japan
Intercultural Sensitivity, Dec 2017, invited by Afghan students’ communities in Iran, University of Kharazmi, Karaj, Iran
Introducing Persian Art to Japanese Children (Bicultural Art Experience), Dec 2017, Iranian Curriculum Studies Association (ICSA) (online seminar)
Teaching Experience in Japan, Nov 2017, Iranian Curriculum Studies Association (ICSA), University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran
Japanese Art Education, Nov 2017, invited talk for PhD students of educational technology, University of Allameh Tabataba’I, Tehran, Iran
Saqqa-Khaneh School as Iranian Contemporary Art Movement: Post Colonialism or Orientalism?, 21 Apr 2017, International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences, History and Interdisciplinary Studies (ASSHIS-2017), Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel, Kyoto, Japan
Lived Experience of an Iranian Art Teacher in Japan, Apr 2017, invited by Iran’s ambassador to Japan, invited talk for Members of Parliament, Iran’s embassy in Tokyo, Japan
Japan and Multicultural Education of Children, Apr 2017, International Peace Festival, University of Alzahra, Tehran, Iran
Bicultural Art Experience (Iranian and Brazilian Cultural Fusion) for Improving Peace Among Brazilian Elementary Students, May 2016, the Peace Museum of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Cultural Interaction of Brazilian Students with Persian Culture, Apr 2016, Iranian Curriculum Studies Association (ICSA), University of Allameh Tabataba’I, Tehran, Iran
Multicultural Art Education, Mar 2016, invited talk for k-12 teachers and PhD students of educational studies, University of Allameh Tabataba’I, Tehran, Iran
My lived experience in Brazil, Mar 2016, Center of Literature in Iran, Tehran, Iran
Discussing innovations in global health care: Introducing “Glow Guardian”, 2011, BBC World News: The Health Show, UK
Kid’s Decision Making in Bicultural Art Experience, Case Study: Brazilian 7- to 9-Year Old Children (Poster presentation), with Reza Afhami, 31 Jul 2016, 7th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2016), Walt Disney World, Swan and Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA
A Comparative Study between Ergonomics Branches and Design Approaches (Poster presentation), with Hassan Sadeghi Naeini and Samieh Assadi, 19-23 Jul 2014, 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2014), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Supervised theses

Theses

Sedigheh Beyraminia, MA, Design and Manufacture of Jewellery Inspired by the Characteristics of Women Described in Ferdowsi Shahnameh (With Scenario-based Design Approach), Tabriz: Tabriz University of Islamic Art 2013. (Thesis Advisor)
Atieh Sadeghi, Designing Wooden Hair Accessories Based on Ancient Iranian Hair Accessories, Tehran: Tehran University of Art 2015. (Thesis Advisor)