Bio

Shirin Jafarizadeh is a photographer from Tehran, Iran, born in 1998, currently pursuing a graduate degree in photography at the University of South Dakota with a BA in Cinema Studies from Soore Art University. She has worked as a movie editor and continues to create short experimental films. Shirin began working with analog photography and traditional processes in 2019. Her work explores themes of psychological turmoil, identity, and alienation, often transforming familiar subjects and spaces into abstracted and unsettling forms. Her Vertical Cemetery photo series, featured in a solo exhibition in Tehran, redefines representation of urban landscapes by challenging perceptions of modern architecture and high-rise buildings.
Her work has been exhibited in several regional exhibitions in South Dakota and currently, she works as an interdisciplinary artist in various mediums such as photography, video-based art, alternative photographic and printing processes, and art installation to further explore ideas of subjective reality and its connection to unique human experiences. Through layering, distortion, and abstraction, she explores the connection between reality and perception, creating visually and emotionally engaging experiences.