Elmira Bagherzadeh is an Iranian visual and new media artist currently living in Dallas, Texas. She received her bachelor’s in biomedical engineering in Iran in 2011. Bagherzadeh moved to the United States to pursue a degree in Art, Technology, and Emerging Communication at the University of Texas at Dallas. Bagherzadeh’s works during this period focus on the synthesis of early avant-garde experimental animation and physical computing techniques.
Bagherzadeh’s work investigates psychological themes such as perception, consciousness, and mental health. Her short animation Roohangiz was screened in international festivals such as Utah Arts, Genreblast film festival, Bange Pouyaei, and 55th Youth Cinema Regional Festival and received awards in the short-animated film category.
Awards
Best Director Award for “Roohangiz” short Animated film on 55th Youth Cinema Regional Festival
Best animation award at Bange Poyaie Student animation festival 2018
Fear No Filmmaker Award at 14th Fear No Film Festival 2017
Best Animated Film Award at GenreBlast 2017
University of Dallas Research fellowship, the University of Texas at Dallas
Spring 2020 Graduate Student Support Award, CMS area Faculty, the University of Texas at Dallas
The 6th annual Persian Art Exhibition 2021
HASTAC Scholars Fellowship 2021
Festival Screenings
12th Buffalo Niagara Film Festival 2017
5th Super Geek Film Festival 2017
The LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest 2017
Cinepocalypse Film Festival 2017
Edmonton Festival of Fear 2017
33rd Tehran International Film Festival 2017
10th Tehran International Animation Festival 2018
14th Nahal Student Short Film Festival 2017
Epic ECG Film Festival 2017
Full Bloom Film Festival 2017
Celtic Mystery Short Film Festival 2017
Northeast Wisconsin Horror Film Festival 2017
Festival of Fear International Film Festival 2017
LEIFF Film Festival 2017
Shorts on Tap Film Festival 2017
Animation Marathon Festival 2017
12th Athens Animfest 2017
Finalist in Montreal International Animation Festival- Animaze 2017
Hamilton Film Festival 2017
Fake Flesh Film Festival 2017
TOHorror Film Fest XVII 2017
3rd International Film Festival of Shimla 2017
Animattikon Animation Festival 2017
Filmstrip International Film Festival 2017
GUKIFF 2018
Exhibitions
“Butterfly time,” March 2016, group exhibition, Mashhad, Iran
“Red Flying Wheelbarrow,” October 2017, participated in Zagreb Cartoon Exhibition,
Zagreb, Croatia
“What Was Lost?”, November 2019, Group Art Installation. Exhibited at
the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication. Dallas, TX
“Your Last Breath’s Desire,” May 2021. French Ministry of Culture’s Spring of Poets.
Grotte du Lazaret, Nice, France.
“One Breath Poem: Message for a Revolution,” June 2021. LabSynthe, Dallas, TX
“Metempsychosis”, April 2021, 2020 HINDSIGHT. Exhibited at online group art exhibition, Irving, TX
“MFA Exhibition: Contemporary Farr(ah)”, April 2022. SP/N Gallery, Richardson, TX