Mahshid, Noor by Sanaz Mazinani

Sanaz Mazinani is an artist, curator, and educator based in San Francisco and Toronto. She holds her undergraduate degree from Ontario College of Art & Design University and her MFA from Stanford University.

Her work explores the relationship between perception and representation by drawing on concepts such as censorship, scale, and the body as a site of action or violence. Working primarily in photography and large-scale photo-based installations, her practice intersects conceptual and formal boundaries of the photographic image in response to site, sight, and insight, especially in relation to digital culture. 

Artist CV  (PDF)
Artist Bio  (PDF)
Conference of the Birds Statement (PDF)
Imminent Infinite Statement (PDF)

Windows On The World (PDF) - SF Weekly, March 2017 

Crossing a Cultural Divide: The Art of Sanaz Mazinani (PDF) - Design: A Beginners Handbook, February 2017

Immigrant memories inspired these siblings' art collab — then the travel ban nearly tore them apart (PDF) - CBC, February 2017

Mirror Image (PDF) - The Source, April 2016 

Sanaz Mazinani and The Found Image (PDF) - Tussle, March 2016 

Seeing Fractured Explosions in Fragmented Mirrors (PDF) - Hyperallergic, May 2015

Sanaz Mazinani (PDF) - Artforum, September 2014

The 5x5 Site Specific Project (PDF) - Flash Art, September 2014 

New York Gallery Beat: 6 Critics Review 18 Shows (PDF) - Artnet News, May 2014 

In Sanaz Mazinani's Collages, Photographs Lie, Beautifully (PDF) - Artsy, April 2014

Sanaz Mazinani Warps War Photography Into Kaleidoscopic Collages (PDF) - Vice: Creators, April 2014 

Site, Sight, and Insight (PDF) - Gallery 44, April 2013 

Sanaz Mazinani (PDF) - Border Crossings, 2012

Frames of The Visible (PDF) - David Fresco