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Raha Atashpa

Continuing Studies Instructor, Visual Arts

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Bio

Raha Atashpa is a visual artist, educator and interdisciplinary scholar working across drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. Her art-based research investigates themes like time, memory, material trace and presence, and has been exhibited in Canada and Iran. Raha is a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC, where her art-led research explores the role of aesthetic experience, creativity and embodies making in inclusive pedagogy and visual culture.

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Research Interests

Raha’s practice moves between drawing, painting, sculpture, text and installation. She’s interested in the felt sense of time, the instability of memory, and the poetics of absence, particularly how these conditions emerge through material and embodied processes. Feminist ethics, affect theory and diasporic experience shape the way she thinks about form, gesture, and responsibility in image-making. Raha sees the classroom as a space of collective inquiry, where close looking, material play and critical dialogue can intersect. Whether teaching drawing or guiding reflective practice, she encourages students to work with care, curiosity, and openness.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Drawing CSDR 112 CS26/SU

Description

Pursue an in-depth study of the human figure through drawing. Using both skeletal and live model sessions, you will learn to render the human anatomical structure using direct observation, measuring proportion and composition techniques. Practice different technical methods such as gesture or contour drawing to capture and convey the form, energy and emotion of various poses. In-class exercises will include short and long poses, and sketching for more complex and experimental compositions. This course is suitable for those with previous drawing experience.

Material List: Be prepared for your course. Download the material list to source and purchase your supplies before your first class.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Drawing CSDR 100 CS26/SU

Description

Drawing from observation, translating ideas into visual representations, and compositional organization are fundamental to any creative practice. An invaluable skill, drawing is broadly applicable to creative interests and careers including illustration, communication design, animation, architecture and beyond. Develop your perceptual and descriptive skills in this introduction to drawing using a variety of media, techniques and subject matter. You will be introduced to drawing as a means of visual investigation, exploring studies in line, shape, perspective, proportion, positive and negative space. This course is an ideal, supportive learning environment if you are new to the practice of drawing, want to learn more formal approaches to drawing, or are looking to continue developing your drawing skills.

Material List: Be prepared for your course. Download the material list to source and purchase your supplies before your first class.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Drawing CSDR 100 CS26/SP

Description

Drawing from observation, translating ideas into visual representations, and compositional organization are fundamental to any creative practice. An invaluable skill, drawing is broadly applicable to creative interests and careers including illustration, communication design, animation, architecture and beyond. Develop your perceptual and descriptive skills in this introduction to drawing using a variety of media, techniques and subject matter. You will be introduced to drawing as a means of visual investigation, exploring studies in line, shape, perspective, proportion, positive and negative space. This course is an ideal, supportive learning environment if you are new to the practice of drawing, want to learn more formal approaches to drawing, or are looking to continue developing your drawing skills.

Material List: Be prepared for your course. Download the material list to source and purchase your supplies before your first class.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.