Sadaf Sadri

Art

Statement

Sadaf Sadri is an Iranian artist based in Seattle. They use video, photography, machine learning and experimental practices to explore the intersection of traditions, cultures and technology to create alternative narratives and challenge the mainstream understanding of gaze, surveillance and queerness. 

Committee

  • Kemi Adeymi
  • Rebecca Cummins
  • Ellen Garvens
  • Flint Jamison
  • Afroditi Psarra

Education

  • MFA, Photo/Media, University of Washington, 2022
  • BA, Cinema / Cinematography, Art University of Tehran, 2015

Excerpt from commentary by Aurora San Miguel

I think commercial cinema is just too far from the aesthetics of my work. I think experimental film gives me the freedom to get closer to my audience and have a real interaction instead of recreating an interaction.

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3 screens on wall, each showing different video
Sadaf Sadri. Unconsented Visibility, 2022. Video. Installed at the 2022 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery. Photo by Jueqian Fang.
3 screens on wall, each showing different video
Sadaf Sadri. Unconsented Visibility, 2022. Video. Installed at the 2022 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery. Photo by Jueqian Fang.
Object made of synthetic fur and other materials hanging near a video projection of a hybrid creature
Rowen Foster and Sadaf Sadri. Illegitimate Fusions, 2022. Video projection and object made of synthetic furs, wool, synthetic feathers, silicone, urethane foam. Installed at the 2022 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery. Photo by Jueqian Fang.
Video projection of hybrid creature
Rowen Foster and Sadaf Sadri. Detail of Illegitimate Fusions, 2022. Video projection and object made of synthetic furs, wool, synthetic feathers, silicone, urethane foam. Installed at the 2022 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery. Photo by Jueqian Fang.
Sadaf Sadri. This Country Does Not Exist, 2021. Generated photo printed on Vellum Paper, Map of the world. Image courtesy of the artist.
Pillows and duvet on bed
Sadaf Sadri. Untitled, 2019–2020. Photography. Image courtesy of the artist.
Looking up towards a surveillance camera in a building
Sadaf Sadri. Under Surveillance, 2018. Photography. Image courtesy of the artist.
Looking up towards a surveillance camera in a building
Sadaf Sadri. Under Surveillance, 2018. Photography. Image courtesy of the artist.
Collage of face with non-English text below
Sadaf Sadri. Misfit, 2018. Collage. Image courtesy of the artist.
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