Safoura Zahedi

Safoura Zahedi is an artist, architect, and educator. Her interdisciplinary practice blends art and architecture, craft and technology, spirituality and materiality, using geometry as a spiritual design tool to create spatial experiences that inspire connection to our natural world and across cultures. After over a decade shaping award-winning projects at renowned Canadian firms, Safoura launched her eponymous studio — SZS — in 2024. SZS is focused on creating spaces, installations, and public art that reimagine the role of geometry in contemporary placemaking through innovative digital craft techniques. Safoura teaches at Toronto Metropolitan University and has lectured on the history of Islamic geometric arts and architecture at the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts in London (UK). She serves on the Executive Board of Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT) and is committed to addressing issues of equity in the design industry.