title: Soheila Esfahani
text: # Soheila Esfahani
  
  Soheila Esfahani is an Iranian artist and educator currently working in Canada. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. She is an assistant professor at Western University. She was the receipt of the Ontario Arts Council Project Grant: Mid career artist Esfahani has also received awards from Canada Council for the Arts, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund. Notably, she was nominated for the Jameel Prize at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, UK in 2015.
  
  ## Artistic career
  
  Esfahani has exhibited numerous shows in Canada and internationally, including:
  
  * Been T(here) at Red Head Gallery in Toronto, in 2022, Pattern (dis)Placement,
  * Redeemer University College Gallery, 2019 in Ancaster, ON,
  * Interstice, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 2019
  * In-Between, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON. 2016
  * Trans-(across, over, beyond), MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Lab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Pasiechnik, Jenelle M. Embodied Engagements: The Artwork of Jamelie Hassan & Soheila Esfahani in Translations, Exhibition catalogue, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC. 2020
  * The Living River Project: Art, water and Possible Worlds exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON. 2019
  * The Source: Rethinking Water Through Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2017
  * Embracing Place exhibition catalogue, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON. 2017
  * The Red Head Gallery at 25 exhibition catalogue, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2017
  * Matotek, Jennifer ed. Material Girls. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2015.
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ "Soheila Esfahani". Culture and Language Studies. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  * ↑ "Soheila Esfahani". Rungh Cultural Society. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  * ↑ "Soheila Esfahani". EMBASSY CULTURAL HOUSE. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  * ↑ "SOHEILA ESFAHANI – The L. Project". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  * ↑ "SOHEILA ESFAHANI – The L. Project". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  