Fatemeh Fani (b.1992) is a Master of Fine Arts student in the photography area at UW-Madison. She was born in Iran and currently is living in the United States of America. Fatemeh is a social documentary photographer and her research is focused on women, sexual minorities, ethnic minorities, religion minorities, and immigrants to express how in traditional societies and developing countries such as Iran these groups are encountered restrictions, discriminations, social injustices and are deprived of fundamental rights and freedom of expression. As an Iranian woman who has always been a witness and victim of discrimination and restriction in her country and has recently immigrated to the U.S., she is in a state of extreme emotional and identity ambivalence. These days her artistic endeavor is centered on capturing the essence of America through the distinctive lens of an immigrant. Within this creative exploration, her primary objective is to meticulously record scenes that, though evoking a sense of novelty, peculiarity, and even astonishment in her personal experience, seamlessly blend into the tapestry of everyday life for the broader community. Although all these streets, scenes, events, and people have been photographed too many times, it could be the first time that they are photographed through the lens of a person who is alien to all of them.
CV Education 2023-Present MFA, Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States of America 2018-2022 BA, Photography, University of Art, Faculty of Visual Arts, Tehran, Iran 2010-2014 BSc, Chemical Engineering, Azad University of Marvdasht, Marvdasht, Iran Teaching Experience 2023-Present Instructor of Record, Department of Art, UW-Madison, Madison, United States of America 2018-2022 Photography Instructor, Tehran, Iran Scholarships 2023 Glenn R. Allen Graduate Student Scholarship in Art Fund, UW-Madison, Madison, United States of America Honors and Awards 2023 Graduate Student Creative Arts Award, Madison, United States of America 2018-2022 Ranked 1st among students of BA’22, University of Art, Faculty of Visual Arts, Tehran, Iran 2017 Selected photo of Shiraz, Worldwide Photo Walk 2016 Selected photo of Shiraz, Worldwide Photo Walk Solo Exhibitions 2024 Veiled Voices, Unseen Agony, School of Education, Madison, United States of America 2023 Utopia, Fluno Center, Madison, United States of America Group Exhibitions 2024 Exist. Resist. Persist, Red Gym Gallery, Madison, United States of America 2024 96th Annual Student Art Show, Memorial Union, Madison, United States of America 2023 Take My Word For It, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, United States of America 2023 Untitled, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, United States of America 2020 97 Entrance Exhibition, The Gallery of University of art, Tehran, Iran 2020 P Exhibition, The Gallery of University of art, Tehran, Iran 2016 Photo Walk Exhibition, The Gallery of City Center, Isfahan, Iran |