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 contemporary artist Jamal Bakhshpour’s works, titled Jamal Bakhshpour: Selected Artworks (2001).
Exhibition and Professional Experience
1997 Group Exhibition, paintings, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2001 Editor and publisher of a book with the title of “Jamal Bakhshpour Selected artworks”.
2007 Group Exhibition, paintings, Saadabad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2018 Solo Exhibition, “Reality Check”, Installation Art, MakerLabs, Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC.
2019 Group Exhibition, paintings, International Art Exhibition, Crotone, Italy.
2019 Solo Exhibition, “eclipse”, Wall sculpture, MakerLabs, Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC.
2021 Co-curator, Co-director of Pop-up Gallery, MakerLabs, Vancouver, BC.
2021 Co-curator, “Letters to Covid”, Exhibition, Pop Gallery, MakerLabs, Vancouver, BC.
Education
1998 Soore University, Tehran, Iran BFA Painting
1998 Allameh Tabatabaa'i University, Tehran, Iran. BA in French language (translation).
1999 International Academy of Design and Technology, Montreal, Canada. Multimedia Design, One semester
2007 Pune, India, Iyengar Yoga institute, teaching certificate
2015 Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Continuing Studies, Intro to Mold Design and Casting.
2018 Emily Carr University of Art and Design, continuing studies, 3D Materials + Media.