Hajar Moradi

Hajar Moradi is an Iranian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. She is interested in mobilizing art to make conversations about questions of identity, resilience, and politics in practices of being and belonging. Her painting, installation, and video works deal with subjects such as memory, displacement, inclusivity, violence against women, and female identity in contemporary society. Her works are bold, expressive, and politically charged. Hajar Moradi holds a BFA (double-major in graphic design and illustration) from Shahed Art University in Tehran, Iran. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants from major national and international cultural organizations, including the Canada Council for the Arts (2020), the Ontario Arts Council (2017), and the First Prize – for her short animation at the Farhang International Film Festival (2014). Her work has been exhibited and screened across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, including at the Aga Khan Museum, and the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, the Harlem International Film Festival in New York, the Lucca International Film Festival in Lucca, Italy, the Barnes Film Festival in London, UK. Hajar Moradi is also the co-founder and Creative Director of Vivido Studio in Toronto, Canada. Awards: – The Canada Council for the Arts | Concept to Realization Grant 2020 – Ontario Art Council | Media Artists Creation Projects 2017 (Mid-Career and Established) – Index Award 2017 | Finalist in “Digital Activism” Category for “Jensiat” Animated Web Comic – Farhang Film Festival 2015 | Second Prize for “Osyan (Commotion)” Animation – Farhang Film Festival 2014 | First Prize for short animation “Mr. Mean”