Artist Hike: A Walk of Resistance and Remembrance

This walking journey encourages participants to confront and reflect on the challenges and emotions they face in their lives. By passing an emergency blanket among participants, they'll physically experience the resistance of the wind, symbolizing their personal struggles. As they navigate various landscapes, they will explore both internal and external challenges. This exploration aims to provide insights into resilience and growth, deepening the connection between their inner selves and the outer world, and offering a path toward personal discovery and healing.

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Minoosh Zomorodinia is an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist, educator, and curator based in the Bay Area. She explores the complex relationship between humans, nature, memory, and technology through her work. By employing psychogeography in her daily rituals, she captures the passage of time in varied environments. Her work adresse redefining borders, land colonization, and interconnectedness between humans and nature. She focuses on mapping in the digital age, merging the physical with the virtual in her investigation of space, memory, and identity. Zomorodinia co-chairs the Women Eco Artists Dialog and is a member of the Art Program Committees for several Bay Area Art Centers. She has received numerous awards and grants, such as the YBCA 100, the Lucas Artists Fellowship, the Andy Warhol Foundation grant, the Alternative Exposure Award, and the California Arts Council grant. She has completed residencies including the Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi Residency, Recology Artist Residency, Kala Media Fellowship, among others. Her work has been showcased both locally and internationally at venues like the Asian Art Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Untitled Art Miami, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Pori Art Museum, and the Nevada Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in media outlets like Hyperallergic and KQED. She holds an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute, as well as a MA in Graphic Design and a BA in photography from Azad University in Tehran.

www.rahelehzomorodinia.com

Host or Publisher Headlands Center for the Arts