Azadeh Gholizadeh

Azadeh Gholizadeh (b. 1982, Tehran, Iran)  earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in Architecture and Urbanism from Iran University of Science & Technology in Tehran. Drawing on her experiences of connection and belonging, she makes tapestries and sculptures that explore the emotional significance of landscape, hand-woven tapestries. Gholizadeh’s latest works examine the interplay between pictorial perspective and personal meaning, inviting viewers to contemplate how our surroundings shape our emotional lives.

Gholizadeh has been awarded residencies at the Arctic Circle Residency, Yaddo, Chicago Artist Coalition, and ACRE. In 2022, Gholizadeh was a Chicago Artadia Awardee and Hopper Prize Spring Chapter winner. Gholizadeh’s solo exhibitions include Dawn to Dusk at Goldfinch Gallery, Oh, Swallow, Where Do You Live in Winter? at Apparatus Projects and Within the Threshold at Chicago Artist Coalition. Azadeh Gholizadeh lives and works in Seattle, Washington. Gholizadeh’s solo booth, part of Curated Spotlight at NADA Miami, was featured in the New York Times’s “More Miami Art Fairs to Explore.”