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Azadeh Monzavi

Lecturer, Researcher, and Textile Artist
EducationPh.D. Candidate (ABD), Communication and Culture, TMU joint with York University M.A. Fashion, Toronto Metropolitan University B.A. Hon, Art and Art History Specialist, University of Toronto Diploma in Art and Art History, Sheridan College Advanced Diploma in Advertising, Sheridan College
https://www.azadehmonzavi.net/ (external link) 

Azadeh Monzavi is an artist/researcher and Ph.D. Candidate in the Communication and Culture program at Toronto Metropolitan University. With an M.A. in Fashion (TMU) and a B.A. in Art and Art History (University of Toronto/Sheridan College), her material approaches include upcycling fabrics and exploring ‘found’ objects through social encounters with users and designers of textiles and clothing. Her work explores concepts of social justice, home, belonging, and identity within global contexts. Through her research-creation, she interrogates the decolonizing potential of textile practices as a form of communicative media within broader and interrelated frameworks of intersectional feminist activism and visual culture. Her piece Namesake (2022) is in the Canada Council Art Bank collection, her work has been exhibited in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and she completed a residency with the Textile Museum of Canada in 2024.