LIVE PERFORMANCES
2023 | Live AV - INSCAPE: NEW HOMEOSTASIS , Usine C, Montreal, Canada
2022 | Live AV - Border Amnesia - fanaa- Tehran Contemporary Sounds , Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - solo - fanaa- Electrons Libres, Stereolux, Nantes, France
2021 | Live AV - solo - fanaa- HYBRID-Cutting Edge Canada, HELLERAU, Dresden, Germany
| Live AV - solo - fanaa- MULTIPLICA, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2020 | Live AV - w/Hüma Utku - DAVE Festival , Dresden, Germany
2019 | Live AV - solo - fanaa - Tehran Contemporary Sounds , Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/ARIWO/Stavroz - YAAM, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/Ali Azimi - YAAM, Berlin, Germany
2018 | Live AV - IMMINENCE w/Menion - Waxing Phases - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - IMMINENCE w/Menion - Waxing Phases - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
| Live Calligraphy - SimSim, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - IMMINENCE w/Menion - Generate!_lab Festival -Schlachthaus, Tübingen, Germany
| Live Performance - Katmajuit - Summerworks Festival - The Theatre Center, Toronto , Canada
| Live AV - w/ISLAND PEOPLE [ Raster ] - Modern Bön ll - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - Retinal Waves w/Menion - Waxing Phases - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
2017 | Live Calligraphy - Tales of Transience w/Gita Hashemi/Or Sarfati - Galerie Jolibazwo, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/PRCDRL aka Procedural - Psst#1 - Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/Vilify x Claire - Laïka, Montréal, Canada
| Live AV - R Ä A H w/Or Sarfati - DAWN / HENRIK VON COLER #247 - Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
2016 | VJ set - D C M B #2 - Ballhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - R Ä A H w/Or Sarfati - SebVé, DAWN & Glass Nest - Loophole, Berlin, Germany
| VJ set - w/Régis Lemberthe - DAT festival - Museum Kesselhaus Herzberge, Berlin, Germany
| VJ set - Abstraktal Dimension - Brunnen70, Berlin, Germany
INSTALLATIONS / EXHIBITIONS
2023 | Divān-e-Digital [ Multimedia Exhibition] - UNalgorithm - SOMA - Berlin, Germany
| fanaa [Immersive Film] - MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE , Montreal, Canada
2022 | XOD [Immersive Multimedia Exhibition] - SOMA - Berlin, Germany
2021 | fanaa [Audiovisual Installation] - Digital Detox - MUTEK - Montreal, Canada
2020 | fanaa [Online] - Distant Arcades - MUTEK Montreal - Montreal, Canada
2018 | Simple Rotation - EMERGE/NCY [ Vorspiel / transmediale & CTM]- Galerie Mausefalle, Berlin, Germany
2009 | News - Charlotte Fisher + Peter Rockwell + Sahar Homami - Exposed’09: The Social Body - Art Mûr , Montreal , Canada
FILM FESTIVALS
2018 | SIMPLE ROTATION - Experimental Superstars Festival - Serbia
| SIMPLE ROTATION - Berlin Music Video Awards - Germany
| SIMPLE ROTATION - 58th Krakow Film Festival - Poland
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2023-24 | Dome Residency - SAT - Montreal, Canada
2021 | TEN Teatro Eliseo Nuoro - Nuoro , Italy
2020 | Somerset House Studios (Amplify Digital Arts Initiative) - London, UK
2018 | Temp Studio - Lisbon, Portugal
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS
2023 | Scholarship Program - Musikfonds eV
2022 | Research and Creation Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
2021 | Research Grant - Office national du film du Canada | National Film Board of Canada
| Research and Creation Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
| Scholarship Program - Neustart Kultur BBK Bundesverband
2020 | Scholarship Program - Musikfonds eV
2019 | Professional Development for Artists - Canada Council for the Arts
INTERVIEWS / MENTIONS
2023 | 2023 Korean New Media Art Tour - Inscape / Korea.net
2022 | Immersives Tiefenerlebnis per Code / NIGHT OUT @ BERLIN
| Voyage Entre Calligraphie Persane et Art Numérique avec "Fanaa" de Sahar Homami / Stereolux
| Iranian DJs Have Joined Forces for a Global Radio Protest / The Face
| These Are The Voices Of Resistance: Interviews From Iran, Female-nonbinary Radio Takeover / cdm
2021 | MULTIPLICA 2021 - Rotondes - Explorations culturelles
| Sahar homami en Visite Dans un Lycée / Rotondes
| Pirate Bloc Radio
2020 | Sahar Homami’s Audio-Visual Performances Trace the Mystical Lining to Life / STIRworld
2017 | Soho Classical
| The Most Radicalist
AWARDS
2019 | SIMPLE ROTATION- ARFF Berlin – Finalist - Berlin Heimat Awards
2018 | SIMPLE ROTATION - Best Music Video - Experimental Superstars
| SIMPLE ROTATION - 3rd place Best Experimental Video - Berlin Music Video Awards
TALKS / LECTURES
2023 | Panel - Curating Cross Border Collaborations : INSCAPE: NEW HOMEOSTASIS - MUTEK Forum - Montreal, Canada
2021 | TouchDesigner Workshop - Lycée Aline Mayrisch Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
| TouchDesigner Workshop - MUTEK ES+AR - Online
2020 | Persian Calligraphy, Visual Programming and Live AV Experiences - frame:work Conference - Online
| Expanded Cinema in 2020 - MUTEK Montreal - Montreal, Canada
| Expanded Cinema in 2020 - ABUJA ART WEEK - Abuja, Nigeria
| Genarative Storytelling & TouchDesigner Workshop - The LightHouse / LAVA - Los Angeles, United States
2019 | Expanded Cinema / Generative Storytelling - Node Institute - Berlin, Germany
| TouchDesigner Workshop - Node Institute - Berlin, Germany
2018 | Generative Narratives in Live Audiovisual Performance - VJ Open Lab - Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
2011 - 12 | Intro to 3D Modelling & Character Modelling I & II - Skins Video Game Workshop - Montreal, Canada
2010 - P | Persian Calligraphy - Studio Homami - Canada | Germany
EDUCATION
2018 | Touchdesigner Workshop by Andrew Quinn - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 | VJING AND MAPPING / RESOLUME - Joseph Lefèvre - Société des arts technologiques [SAT] , Montreal , Canada
2007 - 11 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Computation Arts - Concordia University , Montreal , Canada
2004 -07 | Bachelor of Material Science - Iran Univeristy of Science and Technology , Tehran , Iran
For a complete CV please get in touch via email.
2023 | Live AV - INSCAPE: NEW HOMEOSTASIS , Usine C, Montreal, Canada
2022 | Live AV - Border Amnesia - fanaa- Tehran Contemporary Sounds , Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - solo - fanaa- Electrons Libres, Stereolux, Nantes, France
2021 | Live AV - solo - fanaa- HYBRID-Cutting Edge Canada, HELLERAU, Dresden, Germany
| Live AV - solo - fanaa- MULTIPLICA, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2020 | Live AV - w/Hüma Utku - DAVE Festival , Dresden, Germany
2019 | Live AV - solo - fanaa - Tehran Contemporary Sounds , Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/ARIWO/Stavroz - YAAM, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/Ali Azimi - YAAM, Berlin, Germany
2018 | Live AV - IMMINENCE w/Menion - Waxing Phases - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - IMMINENCE w/Menion - Waxing Phases - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
| Live Calligraphy - SimSim, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - IMMINENCE w/Menion - Generate!_lab Festival -Schlachthaus, Tübingen, Germany
| Live Performance - Katmajuit - Summerworks Festival - The Theatre Center, Toronto , Canada
| Live AV - w/ISLAND PEOPLE [ Raster ] - Modern Bön ll - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - Retinal Waves w/Menion - Waxing Phases - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
2017 | Live Calligraphy - Tales of Transience w/Gita Hashemi/Or Sarfati - Galerie Jolibazwo, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/PRCDRL aka Procedural - Psst#1 - Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - w/Vilify x Claire - Laïka, Montréal, Canada
| Live AV - R Ä A H w/Or Sarfati - DAWN / HENRIK VON COLER #247 - Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
2016 | VJ set - D C M B #2 - Ballhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| Live AV - R Ä A H w/Or Sarfati - SebVé, DAWN & Glass Nest - Loophole, Berlin, Germany
| VJ set - w/Régis Lemberthe - DAT festival - Museum Kesselhaus Herzberge, Berlin, Germany
| VJ set - Abstraktal Dimension - Brunnen70, Berlin, Germany
INSTALLATIONS / EXHIBITIONS
2023 | Divān-e-Digital [ Multimedia Exhibition] - UNalgorithm - SOMA - Berlin, Germany
| fanaa [Immersive Film] - MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE , Montreal, Canada
2022 | XOD [Immersive Multimedia Exhibition] - SOMA - Berlin, Germany
2021 | fanaa [Audiovisual Installation] - Digital Detox - MUTEK - Montreal, Canada
2020 | fanaa [Online] - Distant Arcades - MUTEK Montreal - Montreal, Canada
2018 | Simple Rotation - EMERGE/NCY [ Vorspiel / transmediale & CTM]- Galerie Mausefalle, Berlin, Germany
2009 | News - Charlotte Fisher + Peter Rockwell + Sahar Homami - Exposed’09: The Social Body - Art Mûr , Montreal , Canada
FILM FESTIVALS
2018 | SIMPLE ROTATION - Experimental Superstars Festival - Serbia
| SIMPLE ROTATION - Berlin Music Video Awards - Germany
| SIMPLE ROTATION - 58th Krakow Film Festival - Poland
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2023-24 | Dome Residency - SAT - Montreal, Canada
2021 | TEN Teatro Eliseo Nuoro - Nuoro , Italy
2020 | Somerset House Studios (Amplify Digital Arts Initiative) - London, UK
2018 | Temp Studio - Lisbon, Portugal
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS
2023 | Scholarship Program - Musikfonds eV
2022 | Research and Creation Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
2021 | Research Grant - Office national du film du Canada | National Film Board of Canada
| Research and Creation Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
| Scholarship Program - Neustart Kultur BBK Bundesverband
2020 | Scholarship Program - Musikfonds eV
2019 | Professional Development for Artists - Canada Council for the Arts
INTERVIEWS / MENTIONS
2023 | 2023 Korean New Media Art Tour - Inscape / Korea.net
2022 | Immersives Tiefenerlebnis per Code / NIGHT OUT @ BERLIN
| Voyage Entre Calligraphie Persane et Art Numérique avec "Fanaa" de Sahar Homami / Stereolux
| Iranian DJs Have Joined Forces for a Global Radio Protest / The Face
| These Are The Voices Of Resistance: Interviews From Iran, Female-nonbinary Radio Takeover / cdm
2021 | MULTIPLICA 2021 - Rotondes - Explorations culturelles
| Sahar homami en Visite Dans un Lycée / Rotondes
| Pirate Bloc Radio
2020 | Sahar Homami’s Audio-Visual Performances Trace the Mystical Lining to Life / STIRworld
2017 | Soho Classical
| The Most Radicalist
AWARDS
2019 | SIMPLE ROTATION- ARFF Berlin – Finalist - Berlin Heimat Awards
2018 | SIMPLE ROTATION - Best Music Video - Experimental Superstars
| SIMPLE ROTATION - 3rd place Best Experimental Video - Berlin Music Video Awards
TALKS / LECTURES
2023 | Panel - Curating Cross Border Collaborations : INSCAPE: NEW HOMEOSTASIS - MUTEK Forum - Montreal, Canada
2021 | TouchDesigner Workshop - Lycée Aline Mayrisch Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
| TouchDesigner Workshop - MUTEK ES+AR - Online
2020 | Persian Calligraphy, Visual Programming and Live AV Experiences - frame:work Conference - Online
| Expanded Cinema in 2020 - MUTEK Montreal - Montreal, Canada
| Expanded Cinema in 2020 - ABUJA ART WEEK - Abuja, Nigeria
| Genarative Storytelling & TouchDesigner Workshop - The LightHouse / LAVA - Los Angeles, United States
2019 | Expanded Cinema / Generative Storytelling - Node Institute - Berlin, Germany
| TouchDesigner Workshop - Node Institute - Berlin, Germany
2018 | Generative Narratives in Live Audiovisual Performance - VJ Open Lab - Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
2011 - 12 | Intro to 3D Modelling & Character Modelling I & II - Skins Video Game Workshop - Montreal, Canada
2010 - P | Persian Calligraphy - Studio Homami - Canada | Germany
EDUCATION
2018 | Touchdesigner Workshop by Andrew Quinn - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 | VJING AND MAPPING / RESOLUME - Joseph Lefèvre - Société des arts technologiques [SAT] , Montreal , Canada
2007 - 11 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Computation Arts - Concordia University , Montreal , Canada
2004 -07 | Bachelor of Material Science - Iran Univeristy of Science and Technology , Tehran , Iran
For a complete CV please get in touch via email.