Milad Forouzandeh

Milad Forouzandeh was born and raised in Shiraz, Iran. He graduated in 2012 with a BA in visual communications from Shiraz Art Institute of Higher Education, with an approach in digital and new media art, where he was also acted as a teachers’ assistant. In 2010, he won the title of top young Iranian visual artist. His works have been nominated and selected in biennales and events in Shangyuan Art Museum, Tate Britain, The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale, NODE Forum for Digital Arts, Lisbon Film Rendezvous and etc. In 2014, Miald founded the “Dar-Al-Hokoomeh Project” with Mohsen Hazrati, an independent new media art project based in Shiraz with a vision to create a community dedicated to emerging artistic practices, workshops, talks, presentations, and exhibitions. In 2016, Milad began lecturing as an assistant professor in his alma mater, teaching Digital Arts courses. In 2017, Milad was invited as one of the guest speakers on the “Mollasadra St” episode of TEDx video series. Based on his experience as an artist and curator in DAHproject, Milad developed his practice aiming at the investigation of human behavior and emotions, and the effects of culture in the past and present. Following this path, his work anticipates future cultural changes and how they assign meaning to our living experiences. Focusing on the use of contemporary and emerging technologies, his work tends to bridge the cultural timeline between past and future.