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Reyhaneh Yazdani

Assistant Professor

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Education:

MFA
MArch

Bio

Reyhan Yazdani is an interdisciplinary artist and designer currently based in Vancouver, the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. Her research-driven work migrates between a range of media including works on paper, objects, social invitations and poetry to engage with ontological, material and spatial inquiries around and about themes of exile, language, and diaspora.

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Research Interests

Reyhan’s research interests include diaspora, exile, embodied experiences of loss and longing, material exploration, archival research, language, memory, identity, belonging, colonial and imperial violence, questioning Western modes of knowledge production, motherhood, care, cultural resilience and a joyful approach to making.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Foundation Studio Courses FNDT 165 26/FA

Description

Foundation Core is an introduction to a breadth of conceptual, technical and disciplinary approaches that includes 2D, 3D and 4D disciplines. Exploring different forms of conceptual and material-based inquiry, this studio course focuses on the understanding and articulation of core values shared across contemporary art, design, and media disciplines. Foundation Core emphasizes practices and concepts that provide a solid platform for any of the degree-focused studio cores offered in the second semester.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.