CV
Email maryam.firuzi@gmail.com
(Born in Shiraz, Iran)
Education
2022, Short course, Studio Photography, Speos photography School, Paris
2016 Post-Graduation in Film Studies, Art University, Tehran. Iran
2013 Graduated in Cinema, scriptwriting, Art University, Tehran, Iran
2008 Graduated in Soft Engineering, Azad University, Arak, Iran
2004 Master Certification in Persian Calligraphy, Tehran, Iran
Photo Exhibition
(Solo)
2020 “Giso”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 “Before our chance to watch ends”, Silkroad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 “Reading for Tehran streets”, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran
(Group-Selected)
2023 “33 RD Month of photography”, Bratislava, Slovakia
2023 9 th Daegu photo Biennale, “the ongoing power of photography”, Daegu, South Korea
2023 “Open your eyes” photo festival, Zurich, Switzerland
2023 “Bienal sur arte” Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023 photo festival Baden- La Gacilly, Baden, Austria
2023 Deo exhibition with babak Kazemi “À un cheveu près” , Apollonia-art-exchange,
Strasburg, France
2022 19e edition of Festival photo La Gacilly, La Gacilly, France
2022 Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE
2022 IWPA Winner tour exhibition, WRP foundation in Geneva, ”, Centro Andaluz de la
Fotografia in Almeria, FCCJ in Tokyo, ”, Instituto Cervantes de Paris
2021 “world press photo 21 and global peace award exhibition”, Freundeskreis
WillyBrandtHaus” Berlin, Germany
2020 “ Quarantine” Online exhibition, Silkroad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 “Distorted Sight” Sales gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 “Obiettivo Pace – The Alfred Fried Photography Award“, Austrian Cultural Forum
Rome, Italy
2019 “Concealment”, at Noisy le Sec // festival du Film Franco Arabe, France
2019 “concealment”, IWPA tour exhibition, Dubai, Beirut, Amman, Paris, Singapore,
Marseille
2019 “Focus Iran3″, Art & Folk craft museum, LA, USA
2019 “Experiences in -3″, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 “shadows”, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy
2018 KLMP, White Box, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 “Documentary thought”, Afrand Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 “Unfinished Line”, Tirana National Museum, Albania
2015 KLMP portrait photography, White Box, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art Residence
2022 Cite international des arts –
the photography – installation and video Art project: “There is Always a Distance”
Art Fair
2022- 2021 Paris Photo, By Silkroad Gallery
2020 Tir Art, By Silkroad Gallery, Tehran
Acquired
by Cnap ( Le Centre national des arts plastiques), France
Membership
National Iranian Photographer’s Society
Nahal International Student Short Film Festival Academy
Curator
2018 “My steps leave no Trace”, Group Photo Exhibition, Maks Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Filmography
“The provisional Death of Bees”, Experimental film, 27 min, Writer and Director, 2017
“The Sheltering Sky”, Experimental Documentary, 15 min, Co-writer and Co-director Mehdi Javaherian, 2013
“The Straw Feast”, Short Documentary, 17min, Co-writer and Co-director Mehdi Javaherian, 2012
“Still at Last”, Short Film, 3 min, Writer and Director, 2011
Film Screening
2018 “The provisional Death of Bees”, Solaris Film Festival, Nice, France
2018 “The provisional Death of Bees”, Balkan Can Kino Film Festival, Athens, Greece
2017 “The provisional Death of Bees”, The International University of Paris, France
2017 “The provisional Death of Bees”, 15th International Festival Signs of the Night, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 “The provisional Death of Bees”, Short on Tap Festival, London, UK
2017 “The provisional Death of Bees”, 15th Signes de Nuit International Festival, Paris, France
2017 “The provisional Death of Bees”, 15th International Festival Signos de la Noite, Lisbon Portugal
2017 “The provisional Death of Bees”, Smita Patio Documentary and Short Film Festival, India
2016 “The provisional Death of Bees”, 33th Tehran Short Film International Festival, Iran
2016 “The provisional Death of Bees”, 7th Iranian Short Film Association
2013 “The Sheltering Sky”, Nahal Student Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
2013 “The Sheltering Sky”, Tasvir-e Sal Festival, Tehran, Iran
2013 “The Straw Feast”, Nahal Student Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
2012 “Still at Last”, Nahal Student Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
Award & Achivment
(Photography)
2023 Accepted in New York Times Portfolio Review, The USA
2023 Finalist, Art photography award, Lensculture, Amsterdam
2022 The Peace Medal, The global photo peace award, Vienna, Austria
2022 The Laureate of IWPA, France
2021 Accepted in the Hamburg portfolio review, Germany
2019 Gold Medal in Trierenberg Super Circuit, Linz, Austria
2019 nominated (portrait Professional category) in FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS,
2019 Finalist in The International women photography association (IWPA), France,
2019 Honorable Mention from Tokyo International Photo Award, Japan
2018 finalist in Center OF Contemporary Artist (COCA), Italy
2018 The Alfred Fried Peace Medal, Global peace photo award, Vienna, Austria
2018 Finalist, Focus on Iran3, Farhang foundation, Los-Angeles, US
2015&2018 Finalist in Kuala Lumpur International Photo awards, Malaysia
(Film)
2017 Best Short Film for “The provisional Death of Bees”, Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, France
2017 Best Short Experimental Film for “The Provisional Death of Bees”, 6th Khorshid short film festival, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2017 Best Short Experimental Film for “The Provisional Death of Bees”, Action on Film Festival, USA
2017 Best Short Experimental Film for “The Provisional Death of Bees” in Woodengate International film festival, Romania
2017 Special Mention for “The Provisional Death Bees”, Signes de Nuit, Italy
2017 Best Short Experimental Film for “The Provisional Death of Bees”, Binalood Film Festival, Mashhad, Iran
2016 Best Sound, Best Set Design, Best Photography, for “The Provisional Death of Bees”, 13th Nahal Film Festival, Iran
2016 Special Jury Award for “The Provisional Death of Bees”, 13th Nahal Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
2016 Nominated for the best short film for “The Provisional Death of bees”, Tehran Short Film Festival, Iran
2013 Best Experimental Documentary for “The Sheltering Sky”, 4th Khorshid Independent Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
2013 Special Jury Award for “The Sheltering Sky”, 4th Khorshid Independent Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
(Academic)
2016 Best Thesis of the Year in Art, “Self-Reflexivity in Iranian Cinema”, Iran
Publication
photo book
2023 Escape Vital: femmes photographes iraniennes, by Anahita Ghabaian, by textuel publication
2022 the book of la gacilly photo festival, edition 2022
2021 Cover of book “Iranian literature after Islamic revolution” by Dr Laetitia Nanquette, Edinburg university publication,
Magazine (selected):
2023, “Schmers uberwinden” by Bertram Weib, GEO WISSEN, Germany
2022 Être femme en Iran: plongée dans l’intimité des invisibles écrasées par le poids des tradition by Nadjet Cherigu, Le Faigaro, France
2022 J’ai comprise que les femmes etaient les racines de tout se qui arrive, by Valery Bushet, Madam Figaro, France
2021 “reading for Tehran streets”, stranger sounds magazine, USA
2020, “Reading for Tehran Streets” Shahr magazine, Tehran, Iran
2019 ” Reading for Tehran streets”, Chaeg Magazine, south coria,
2019 “Reading for Tehran streets”, Dastan Magazine, 101, Tehran, Iran
2019 “concealment”, Dodho magazine, 07 Issue, spain
2019 «Die einzigen Orte, an denen man sich frei fühlen kann», Written by Renate Van Der Zee, Bellevue Magazine
2019 “In DE CAFES VOELEN WE ONS VRIJ” Written by Renate Van Der Zee, flow magazine, The netherlands
2019 “A Silent Act of Resistance’: the hidden tattoo studios of Tehran”, Written by Renate Van Der Zee, Guardian Newspaper, London, UK
2019 ”Yoga in Streng Islamitisch Iran” Written by Renate Van Der Zee, Yoga International Magazine, Netherland
2018 “Tehran Coffee Houses” written by Renate Van Der Zee, HP Magazine, The Netherlands
(Article)
2020 “Staged Photography, the art of reflection”, academic article, Photography Magazine, No5, Tehran, Iran
2017 “Self-Reflexivity and its Functions in Cinema”, academic article, Journal of Dramatic Art and Music, Tehran, Iran
(Interview-selected)
2023 “A un Cheveu pres” with Myriam Ait-Sidhoum, DNA newspaper, France
2022 “quei fiori tra le macerie, with Germano D’acquisto, Vanityfair Magazine, Italy
2021 « Elles parisphoto » with fisheye magazine. France
2020 “Dedication to Idea and Concept”, by Niloofar Shandiz, Sazandegi Newspaper, Iran
2019 “experience in making short film”, by Roozbeh Panahpoor, 24 magazine, Iran
2017 “Dromen Van Vrijheid in Tehran”, by Renate Van Der Zee, Opzij Magazine, Netherland
Lecture & Artist Talk
2022 Artist Talk, Leica Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018 “Staged Photography”, Photograph Magazine, Tehran, Iran
2014 “Searching for a Possible Relation between Cinema and Photography”, Art University, Tehran, Iran