Ainaz Alipour

About Me

Education

• BFA, Printmaking, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran, 2013
• MA, Animation and Film, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2017
• MFA, Studio Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2024

Professional Activities

Professor Alipour’s research and creative practice explore the intersections of textiles, sculpture, digital media, and installation. Their work focuses on diasporic identity, gendered architectures, and cultural displacement, weaving Iranian craft traditions with contemporary technologies such as virtual reality, motion capture, and projection mapping.

Their installations and media works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Ringling Museum of Art (FL), Vox Populi (PA), IceBox Project Space (PA), Mattie Kelly Art Center (FL), ROYGBIV Gallery (OH), and various independent and institutional spaces across Iran. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include In A Frame Whose Moment / …در قابی که گاهش… at Surel’s Place (ID) and Symptomatic Echoes at the Mattie Kelly Art Center (FL).

Professor Alipour has participated in numerous residencies and fellowships, including the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Fine Arts Work Center Online Scholar Program, MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists, Vermont Studio Center, Surel’s Place, and On::View Savannah. Their work has been supported by awards such as the Margaret Miller IRA Award and Best in Show at the 30th Annual Emerald Coast National Exhibition, as well as honors from the Armstrong Family Fund and the University of South Florida.

Selected Awards and Honors

• Margaret Miller IRA Award
• Best in Show, 30th Annual Emerald Coast National Exhibition
• Armstrong Family Fund Award
• University of South Florida Graduate Fellowship
• MASS MoCA Assets for Artists Fellowship
• Fine Arts Work Center Online Scholar Award
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
• Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
• Surel’s Place Artist Residency
• On::View Savannah Residency

Teaching Areas/Areas of Expertise

• Digital Media and Interactive Art
• 2D and Color Foundations
• Digital Foundations/Computer Art
• Sculpture and Installation
• Textiles and Soft Sculpture
• Virtual Reality and Projection-Based Installation
• Interdisciplinary and Expanded Media Practices

Bio

Professor Alipour’s research and creative practice explore the intersections of textiles, sculpture, digital media, and installation. Their work focuses on diasporic identity, gendered architectures, and cultural displacement, weaving Iranian craft traditions with contemporary technologies such as virtual reality, motion capture, and projection mapping.

Blending traditional sewing and embroidery techniques from northern Khorasan with digital fabrication, motion capture, and projection mapping, Alipour’s installations create sensory encounters between material memory and technological embodiment. Their work has been exhibited and recognized nationally and internationally, and continues to explore how art can materialize diasporic identity, cultural hybridity, and the politics of space.

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