Pegah Tabassinejad

Pegah Tabassinejad is an Interdisciplinary artist, educator, and wanderer living and working as a stranger—an uninvited guest—on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh, and Sel̓ íl̓ witulh people.

Tabassinejad's new media practice primarily revolves around the construction of digital and live performances, video installations and city projects.  

Her practice acts as an interrogation on themes that include the intersection of digital and surveillance culture on identity, virtual and physical presences and absences, and the forces that structure and shape the movement and perception of marginalized bodies in private and public space.  

Tabassinejad holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Simon Fraser University and a BA in Stage Direction from the Art University in Tehran. Her projects have been shown locally and internationally in Europe, North America, and West Asia.

Her notable projects include “Game [3 Berlin/Tehran]” (Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin), “Game [2 Vancouver]” (VIVO Media Arts, Vancouver), and showcasing the film at Cineworks Independent FilmMakers Society, “Winter/Interior/A  Doll’s House” (Iranshahr Theater Hall – Tehran), “Monitoring [Tehran]” at TADAEX04 (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition).