This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Zahra Hooshyar
Zahra is an interdisciplinary artist based in Northern California, who describes herself as constantly stuck in diasporic liminal spaces.
Zahra and I met at Anderson Ranch Arts Center where she was working as a ceramics intern. She was my workshop assistant for a week-long terra sigillata workshop, which we can now fondly refer to as t-siggy thanks to Zahra. She’s one of those people who feels like magic when you meet her. She engages with a desire to be submerged fully in the wholeness of life.
Zahra is a first generation Iranian-American, who was born and raised in West Virginia to a cute and short pair of Iranian immigrants. We recorded this episode on the day her BFA thesis show opened. She is graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Persian Studies, and as you’ll hear from our conversation, Zahra is a human containing multitudes of experiences and knowledge.
Please enjoy this episode with Zahra
To learn more about Zahra’s work follow her on Instagram @zazahoosh and check out her website http://www.zhooshyarstudios.com
Studio Mix #12 :|: Zahra Hooshyar
Be Careful by Greentea Peng
Prelude by Ali Azimi
Lamp Lady by Sevdaliza
It Never Rains Here Morteza by Kiosk
No Bus by lophiile
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Zahra Hooshyar Biography:
Zahra Hooshyar is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on ceramics. Born and raised in West Virginia to a cute and short pair of Iranian immigrants. She is a first generation Iranian-American that is constantly stuck in diasporic liminal spaces. Hooshyar will be graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Persian Studies.
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
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