Maedeh Mosaverzadeh is a visual storyteller based in Calgary, Canada. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in the field of Drawing from the University of Calgary. Maedeh unfolds stories about life, people, and nature through illustration and animation. She is passionate about bringing awareness to environmental issues such as plastic pollution through her artistic practice. Maedeh invites viewers to reflect on environmental concerns, urging them toward positive change. She loves using vibrant and earthy colours in her work, with yellow being her favourite colour.
Master of Fine Arts, University of Calgary, 2019-2021.
Textile Design BA, Tehran University of Art, 2014-2018.
Painting Diploma, Tehran Fine Arts School, 2010-2013.
contact@mayimosaver.com
Professional Accomplishments
2023: Jury Award for Outstanding Film, The 16th Annual Animation Lockdown
Challenge, Quickdraw Animation Society, Calgary, AB.
2023: Audience Award special mention, The 16th Annual Animation Lockdown
Challenge, Quickdraw Animation Society, Calgary, AB.
2021-2023: Board Member, Quick Draw Animation Society, Calgary, AB.
2021-2022: Intermediate Animators Residency, Quick Draw Animation Society, Calgary, AB.
2021: Jury Award for Outstanding Film, The 14th Annual Animation Lockdown Challenge, Quickdraw Animation Society, Calgary, AB.
2021: Audience Choice Runner-Up, The 14th Annual Animation Lockdown Challenge, Quickdraw Animation Society, Calgary, AB.
2020: Panelist, Environmental Response, Making Art at the End of the World: Research Creation Conference, University of Calgary.
2019-2021: FGSS Awards (Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship Funding), University of Calgary.
2018: Outstanding student, Textile Design Bachelor of Arts, Tehran University of Art.
Exhibitions
2024: Mush Love Art Group Exhibition, nvrlnd. arts foundation, Calgary, AB.
2023: The 16th Annual Animation Lockdown Challenge- Quickdraw Animation Society, cSPACE, Calgary, AB.
2022: Lockdown and members film screening, Quickdraw Animation Society. Contemporary Calgary.
2021: Living with the Trouble, MFA Students Solo Thesis Exhibition. Nickel Galleries, University of Calgary.
2020: Photophobia Film Festival, Art Gallery of Hamilton and Hamilton Artists Inc.
2019: First-year group exhibition at the University of Calgary, Department of Art; Sculptor Gallery.
2019: Tooma Art Group's second exhibition in support of wildlife in Iran at Iranian Artists Forum, Paeez and Mirmiran Gallery.
2019: Jokal Art Festival, Pardis Mellat Gallery (Tehran).
2019: Another way group exhibition. Arghavan Gallery. (Mashhad)
2018: Final BFA Project at Tehran University of Art, Faculty of Applied Arts.
2018: My Imaginary Friend II illustration group exhibition at Farda Art Gallery. 2018: The Fifth Annual Print Exchange exhibition at Laleh Art Gallery.
2017: Tooma Art Group's First exhibition in support of wildlife in Iran at Iranian Artists Forum, Bahar Gallery.
Publications
2022: "In our traditional territory" written by Monica Weaver and Illustration by Maedeh Mosaverzadeh, WaveMaker Press.
2022: A Yellow Land Case Study, Interview with the University of Calgary Sustainability department, Ucalgary.ca.
2021-2022: Members shout outs, Quick Draw Animation Society weekly newspaper.
2021: Can art transform society? Interview with CKUA; Alberta's voice of Art and Culture Radio.
2020: The Longview Journal, an interdisciplinary, health-humanities journal for students working in the medical field at the University of Calgary.
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