Thread cultural connections with photography alum Mona Bozorgi at SCAD deFINE ART artist talk

Join SCAD alum Mona Bozorgi (M.F.A., photography, 2018) for an artist talk tracing the evolution of her practice since her time as a student, culminating in her current solo exhibition Strain and Strand. Working across photography, sculpture, and fiber arts, Bozorgi explores the role of imagery in Iranian women’s self-representation and performance of gender amid broader sociopolitical movements in the country. The talk will conclude with a hands-on creative exercise that invites participants to work through photographic imagery and fiber-based processes central to the artist’s practice.

This event is free and open to the public and presented as part of SCAD deFINE ART 2026.

About the artist
Mona Bozorgi (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran) is an artist-scholar whose interdisciplinary research and artistic practice explore the correlation between representation and performativity in photography. Her research is intertwined with posthuman critical theory and focuses on the process of the materialization of bodies and its impact on the construction and production of identities. Bozorgi’s recent work blends photography, textiles, and installation, examining the entanglement between the materiality of photographs and their meanings. Her work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries in the U.S. and internationally. In 2024, she was featured by the Florida Prize for Contemporary Art, selected for a Critical Mass Top 50, and honored as a recipient of the Houston Center for Photography Fellowship. Bozorgi holds a Ph.D. in fine arts with a focus on critical studies and artistic practice from Texas Tech University and an M.F.A. in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is an assistant professor of photography and head of the Photography and Moving Image area in the Department of Art at Florida State University.