Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar (b. Iran 1983) is a visual artist whose practice focuses on the intricate relationships between politics and aesthetics, knowledge and representation, visibility and violence. She is interested in the ways that image-making can either reinforce or challenge our common sense, and the forces that shape perception. Her works invite audiences to reflect on and to rethink how and what we see, often by drawing attention to parts of the political and visible order that have previously been excluded.
Hoda’s artistic practice embraces a variety of media and approaches – primarily using photography and video, though her recent projects have involved working with archival images and other materials including text and sound elements. She has employed diverse techniques ranging from 3D photography and printing to mirror-making, and her documentary projects often involve collaborating with participants, and other forms of intervention that disrupt traditional approaches.
Hoda’s work has been widely exhibited and published online and in print, and is part of numerous private and public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris, National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, Getty Museum Collection in Los Angeles, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation in Germany, KADIST in Paris, National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Art Gallery of NSW and more. Her first major survey exhibition A Curve is a Broken Line opened at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney in 2023, accompanied by a publication.
Works shown courtesy of South London Gallery
Hoda Afshar (b. Iran 1983) is a visual artist whose practice focuses on the intricate relationships between politics and aesthetics, knowledge and representation, visibility and violence. She is interested in the ways that image-making can either reinforce or challenge our common sense, and the forces that shape perception. Her works invite audiences to reflect on and to rethink how and what we see, often by drawing attention to parts of the political and visible order that have previously been excluded.
Hoda’s artistic practice embraces a variety of media and approaches – primarily using photography and video, though her recent projects have involved working with archival images and other materials including text and sound elements. She has employed diverse techniques ranging from 3D photography and printing to mirror-making, and her documentary projects often involve collaborating with participants, and other forms of intervention that disrupt traditional approaches.
Hoda’s work has been widely exhibited and published online and in print, and is part of numerous private and public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris, National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, Getty Museum Collection in Los Angeles, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation in Germany, KADIST in Paris, National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Art Gallery of NSW and more. Her first major survey exhibition A Curve is a Broken Line opened at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney in 2023, accompanied by a publication.
Works shown courtesy of South London Gallery