WVAM! VIRTUAL FAMILY ART PROJECTS

CHECK OUT THE WEST VANCOUVER ART MUSEUM’S VIRTUAL FAMILY ART PROJECTS, INSPIRED BY THE CURRENT VIRTUAL EXHIBITION, GOHAR DASHTI: DISSONANCE.

When open to visitors, the West Vancouver Art Museum welcomes people of all ages to come and make art inspired by our exhibitions on the last Saturday of every month. Until we can see you in person, we will present art projects that you can do at home.

WVAM! Family Art Project is generously supported by the West Vancouver Foundation.

About the artist.

Gohar Dashti received her Master of Arts in Photography from the Fine Art University of Tehran in 2005. For the last 15 years, she has concentrated on social issues, making particular references to history and culture through a convergence of interests in anthropology and sociology. Her practice continuously develops from life events and the intersections between the personal and the universal, the political and the fantasized.

Dashti has participated in several art residencies and scholarships, including The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, USA (2017); the DAAD Award, UdK Berlin, Germany (2009–2011); Visiting Arts Bradford/London, UK (2009); and International Arts & Artists (Art Bridge), Washington, DC, USA (2008). Her photographs are held in private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, USA; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA; the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago, USA.

Gohar Dashti: Dissonance is guest curated by Pantea Haghighi.