Sepideh Farzam is Sydney based contemporary artist. She completed Master of Studio Art in 2010 and Master of Fine Arts in 2013 at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, as well as having an undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering from Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Farzam has held more than ten solo exhibitions in Australia and Iran. Her last solo shows were held in 541 Art Space and Factory 49 in October and November 2018. Farzam’s work has been included in numerous group exhibitions in Australia, Iran and internationally, most notably the 2011 Florence Biennale. Her work is included in collections of Pasargad Bank museum, Tehran.
Farzam has taken part in several art residencies in Europe and will be attending the NARS Foundation art residency in New York in 2020. Farzam was awarded Cite Internationale des Arts Residency in Paris in 2013 and received third place in the Small Wonder art prize at Linea Spazio Arte Contemporanea in Florence 2011. She was also nominated for the 2012 Jameel Prize, V&A Museum, London.
Personal memories and what it means to be female are at the heart of Farzam’s creative practice. From these perspectives her artwork examines issues that implicate society, politics, and culture. Farzam is drawn to various media such as installation, textile and painting to develop work that offers a metaphor for the oppression of women. Childhood memories, lived experiences and her cultural background, which is Iranian, inform the work she produces.
