bio and CV

Bio

Nazanin Mehraein b.1989 is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vienna coming from Tehran.

She comes from a Theater background and she is mainly theater director and dramaturgist; beside she works on storytelling in different ways from Theater (main medium), painting to video, video mapping, sound, sculpture, and installation. She works usually on autobiographical stories related to the present place both historically and politically. Currently, she primarily concentrates on sharing personal stories related to ‘women and immigration’ and expressing personal reflections through video performances.

CV

farsi/german/french/english

*Works have been selected.

Education

2020-22 University of Applied Art Vienna, Master of Transdisciplinary Arts, focus on Video Mapping & storytelling

2017-20 University of Applied Art Vienna, Bachelor of Transdisciplinary Arts, focus on painting and storytelling

2008-2013 University of Fine Arts, Tehran, Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Dramaturgy, Specialty of Puppet Theatre, shadow theater)

Performative Works

2024, “oo, She/ Her”, Video Performance, Vienna AT eindorf Kunstzentrum, Clean Eat Cook festival

2023 “Carpet of Time“, Tehran Moussem, Bozar, Performer, creative developer & visual artist, Brussels BE

2022 “Quasi”, EU Tour: Point Commun Cergy, Paris. Beurse Brussels, Kasarne Basel, visual and sound

2021 “white money”, visual and sound, Sophiensaele Berlin Germany
2020 ”MAY.BE, was sein darf”, Schubert Theater, Performer, Puppeteer, Visuals, Vienna Austria 2019 ”Titan”, Theater performance, Auditorium VZA7, Vienna Austria
2019 ”der Körper verändert sich”, School project, Lilarum Vienna, Director
2019 ”Azdirmach”, RuckiZucki Festival, Lilarum Theater, Vienna Austria
2018 ”the lost hour”, transArts, KunstRadio ORF, Vienna Austria
2015 “All Blue”, Moj-e-no theater hall Tehran, performer
2015 “Re-Shape, Digital Performance Tehran Iran
2015 Nectar, Azadi Tower, performer, Tehran Iran

Films

2020 “Mira/ó”, Video Installation, Angewandte Festival Vienna Austria 2019 “Tutu”, Film with Raschin Tavakoli, Colombia Austria

2019 ”Scheherazade’s Suitcase”, art director,puppetry animation, Joachim Festival, Vienna Austria

2018 “four voice messages”, writer, Dir: Saeid Behbahaninia, Estonia, Talin 2015 “Vol 6, Page 31”, Actress/ dramaturge, Dir: Maral Pour, Frenoys, France 2004 “D’une amitié“, Short Film, Actress/co director, Tehran Iran

Mixed-media Works

2024 seasonal journey, Print 4 in rgb colors, eat cook & clean it festival, Vienna Austria 2023 Hold it tight till the ball comes! , Angewandte Festival, KISalon, Vienna Austria 2022 Little Song, collaboration, Secession Vienna Austria
2020 “Unhomely“- Mardomak Poster Installation, Fluc Vienna Austria

2020 “No One Knows”, Installation, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna Austria

2019 ”Scheherazade’s Suitcase”, puppetry animation, Joachim Festival, Vienna Austria

2019 “Geometric Generation“, Installation, Fluc Vienna Austria

2019 “Ali Qapu”, sound piece, Angewandte Kunst Festival Vienna Austria

2019 “44100“, Sculpture Performance, Performer, Street art Vienna Austria

2018 “The lost hour“, sound piece, Kunstradio ORF, Vienna Austria

2018 “Loud, Loud, Clouds! “, Installation, Pferd Gallery Vienna Austria

2018 “Echoes of the Bones“, Installation, gallery Rustenschacheralle, Vienna Austria

2017 “Diamant Project“, Kunsthaus Eröffnung & MAK Biennale, Project Manager, installation, Vienna Austria

Dance courses attended

2018 Ritual and Dance Keith Henessy, Impulstanz, Vienna Austria 2017 Animal Bodies, Doris Ulrich, Impulstanz, Vienna Austria
2013 Instruction to forget, Aitana Cordero Impulstanz, Vienna Austria 2013 Where Is Home, Katerina Bakazaki , Vienna Austria

2011-14, Contemporary dance technique and concept Basic- Advance

Articles and Books

2023-24 Research Künstlerische Ovulation über das Konzept Blick & Beobachtung

basierend auf dem Konzept des Blicks und der Fotografie in drei Büchern von John Berger, Roland Barthes und Susan Sontag

September 2021 “From Balcony to Living room ” Illustration, Charsoo publisher Tehran Iran

December 2019 From an Image to performance: dramaturgy for image-based performing, MOIN-MOIN Revista de estudos sobre teatro de formas animadas, Brazil

October 2013 No.20 Reportage of Festival of Avignon/ Tajrobeh magazine, No 23, Tehran Iran

Events Participation (as an assistant)

2019 Light and Visuals, Tanz durch den Tag festival, Vienna AT 2017/18 Light and Visuals, Volkstheater Impulstanz festival, Vienna AT Residencies

Festivals, Fellowships, Workshops

2023 Mousem Festival, Carpet of Time, Brussels Belgium
2022 We Puppet, Celebration: The story of a rebirth, Alberta Canada
2021 Pact-Zollverein, Theater and Environment, Essen Germany
2020 Brunnenpassage, Artists are Present, Art Residency Vienna Austria
2019 Archa Theater summer school, Theater in Social Context, Prague Czech Republic 2019 Joachim Festival,” Scheherazade’s Suitcase”, puppetry animation, Vienna Austria 2019 Tea, Sate Storytelling Speaker Prize, Seattle USA
2015 8th Asia-Pacific Bureau Theater School Festival, Singapore
2015 Avantgarde Puppetry workshop with Theodora Skipeters
2013 ImPulsTanz, Turbo scholarship, Vienna Austria
2013 Avignon Theater festival Scholarship, Paris-Avignon France
2010 University of Tehran: Mime Workshop Marcel Marceau Mime school, Tehran Iran Pedagogical experience

Work with children

2024 Vienna International School VIS, Art WS, Vienna Austria
2023-24 Tehran University, AI and theater dramaturgy, Tehran Iran
2022 Hernalser Gymnasium , Theater Ws, 11 y, Vienna Austria
2021 Breitenwaida Musikschule, 7-15 y, Theater Ws, Vienna Austria
2019 Volksschule 9-10 years, Vienna, Theater Ws, Vienna Austria
2016 6th Babel F.A.S.T, Multimedia Theater Ws, Age 15-16, Targoviste Romania 2016/2017 Erdberg Refugees House/ wood Ws, Adults, Vienna Austria
2015 SEMPAD school, Theater Ws, Tehran Iran
2010 / 2012 Social Internships & Voluntary Service, Theater Ws, Tehran Iran

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