Arezou Moeini (b. 1973, Tehran) is an Iranian Canadian multi-disciplinary conceptual artist based in Vancouver, BC. She received her BFA in painting from Soore University, Tehran in 1998. After her relocation to Canada, she continued her studies at Emily Carr University with a focus on 3D materials and media, and mold design. This enabled her to expand her practice beyond painting and discover new opportunities for expression.
Moeini’s installations are largely characterized by the use of light as both a literal and metaphorical medium. While the influence of her Persian heritage is apparent in her work, her pared down and playful contemporary aesthetic seeks to engage the viewer through spatial perception, imagination, and an instinctive, untarnished curiosity that we all share. Her recent installation project, Sky Within employs the geometric pattern, called Shamseh and Chalipa in Persian language, which signifies light in Iranian art and architecture.
Moeini’s works have been exhibited in various venues in Vancouver; Tehran, Iran; and Crotone, Italy. In 2021, she served as the director and co-curator of the Maker Labs’ pop-up gallery exhibition entitled “Letters to COVID”. In 2023, Moeini was short-listed for the Burrard Arts Foundation’s (BAF) Garage Program. In addition, she has edited and published a book of Jamal Bakhshpour’s artworks, a contemporary renowned Iranian artist, titled Jamal Bakhshpour: Selected works (1964 - 2001).
Exhibition and Professional Experience
2024 Eastside Culture Crawl Participating Artist, Sky Within, Scale Model, VIVA Alliance Building, Vancouver, BC
2024 Group Exhibition, Sky Within, Installation Art, 2nd Annual VIVA Exhibition, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver, BC
2022 Eastside Culture Crawl Participating Artist, Progression of Scale Model for Sky Within Installation, MakerLabs, Vancouver, BC
2021 Co-curator, Letters to COVID Exhibition [A collaborative artistic research project between SFU Department of Education and MOSAIC], Pop Gallery, MakerLabs,
Vancouver, BC
2021 Co-curator, director of Pop-up Gallery, MakerLabs, Vancouver, BC.
2019 Eastside Culture Crawl Participating Artist, eclipse, Wall sculpture, MakerLabs, Vancouver, BC.
2019 Group Exhibit, Selected Paintings, International Art Exhibition, Crotone, Italy.
2018 Eastside Culture Crawl Participating Artist, Reality Check, Installation Art, MakerLabs, Vancouver, BC.
2007 Group Exhibition, Selected Paintings, Saadabad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
1997 Group Exhibition, Selected Paintings, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
Publication
2001 Editor, Jamal Bakhshpour, Selected Works (1964 – 2001), Did Publications, Tehran, Iran
Education
2018 3D Materials + Media, Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2015 Intro to Mold Design and Casting, Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
1999 International Academy of Design and Technology, Multimedia Design Program, Montreal, Canada
1994 – 1998 BFA in Painting, Soore University, Tehran, Iran
1994 – 1998 BA in French Language, Allameh Tabatabaa'i University, Tehran, Iran