Bio

Sahar Abarasteh is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Iran, Tehran who is currently resided in Winnipeg, Canada.

She completed a BA in dramatic literature at the Azad University in Iran (2005) and graduated with an MFA in painting from the same university (2016). This Spring, Sahar will be graduating with a second MFA from the School of Art, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.

Works

Letter to a child never born

  • 2021
  • Sahar Abarasteh

The surveillance video depicts the omnipresence of internalized social norms restricting the lives of many women living under the gaze of the rigid traditions.

Letter to a Child Never Born Director: Sahar Abarasteh, 2017 | 00h 02m 37s | VP | Canada