BIO & CV
Stacy Arezou Mehrfar is a visual artist working across photography, video and bookmaking. Her photographs and video installations have been exhibited at TEDx, Ethan Cohen KuBE, ClampArt, ICP, Australian Centre of Photography, and Obscura Festival, and have been featured in L'œil de la Photographie, British Journal of Photography, Aint Bad, Der Greif, and Artist Profile. She is the recipient of the Australian Post Graduate Award, Arts New South Wales Grant, and the National Association for the Visual Arts Grant. Her second photobook, The Moon Belongs to Everyone, published by GOST Books, will be released in Spring 2021. Stacy is faculty at ICP and School of Visual Arts.
Arezou, her middle name, means wish in Farsi.
RECENT PRESS
Lœil de la Photographie (2021)
Humble Arts Foundation (2021)
Aesthetica Magazine (2021)
British Journal of Photography (2020)
Musee Magazine, Woman Crush Wednesday (2020)
EDUCATION
UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, Australia, MFA in Photo Media (Practice Based Research)
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, Certificate in General Studies, Photography
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Bachelor of Arts
Double Major: Communication Arts (Radio, Television and Film); English
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
A Collective Performance, Art & Activism, SVA Theatre, New York (2019)
A Collective Performance, TEDxSydney 2018, Sydney (2018)
The Moon Belongs to Everyone, Black Box Gallery, UNSW, Sydney (2015)
Tall Poppy Syndrome, Wallflower Gallery, Mildura 2013 | Tall Poppy Syndrome, Edmund Pearce, Melbourne (2014)
Tall Poppy Syndrome, ClampArt, New York (2013)
American Palimpsests | This Was What There Was, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, WA Australia (2009)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Darkest Before Dawn, Ethan Cohen Gallery KuBe, Beacon, NY (2020)
States of Democracy, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest Illinois (2020)
100 Days Projection Installation, International Center of Photography Museum, New York (2017)
In Search of Lost Time, International Center of Photography School, New York (2017)
Transfer, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney (2016)
Belonging, Obscura Photography Festival, Penang (2016)
Australian Photobook of the Year Award, Touring Australia & New Zealand (2016)
Kudos Award Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney (2015)
Looking at the Land, RISD Museum of Art, Rhode Island (2013)
Ten Years Later, International Center of Photography School, New York (2011)
No Direction Home, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney (2010)
Künstler und Künstlerfreunde, Gallery Merkle, Stuttgart (2010)
Things Fall Apart, Pool Gallery, Berlin (2010)
AWARDS
Abrons Art Center, Parent Artist Relief Fund, Recipient (2020)
Australian Photobook of the Year Award, Finalist (2016)
Kudos Award, Finalist (2015)
NSW Artist's Grant (2013)
Australian Artist's Grant (2013)
Australian Post Graduate Award, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia (2013)
Moran Prize, Finalist, Australia 2011 | Head On Portrait Prize, Finalist, Australia (2011)
SELECTED REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
Lœil de la Photographie (2021)
Humble Arts Foundation (2021)
Aesthetica Magazine (2021)
British Journal of Photography (2020)
Musee Magazine, Woman Crush Wednesday (2020)
Aint Bad Magazine, Issue 14 (2019)
Der Grief, Issue 9 (2016)
Photofile Magazine, Vol 95, Australian Centre for Photography (2014)
Tall Poppy Syndrome reviewed in PDN magazine, Issue 03 (2013)
Tall Poppy Syndrome, Monograph, published by Decode Books (2012)
Excerpt Magazine, Issue 2 (2012)
Photography Quarterly 98, Center for Photography at Woodstock (2009)
SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Artist Feature on Der Grief
Interview on Two Way Lens
Interview, Flak Photo
Interview,Tall Poppy Syndrome, Urbanautica
Interview, Nymphoto.com
Excerpt magazine, Issue 2
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Camera Club of New York, Artist Residency. New York, NY
Makor/Steinhardt Center, Continuing Artist Residency. New York, NY
Makor/Steinhardt Center, Artist Residency. New York, NY
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
No Direction Home, commissioned by the Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia (2011)
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
CUNY, New York, NY
Photography Studies College, Melbourne, VIC
RMIT, Melbourne, VIC
La Trobe University, Mildura, VIC
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
University of Technology, Sydney, NSW
National Arts School, Sydney, NSW
Foto Freo Photo Festival, Perth, WA
TEACHING
Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (2018-present)
Lecturer, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (2018-present)
Lecturer, Fashion Institute of Technology, Precollege, New York, NY (2017-persent)
Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (2013)
Lecturer, National Arts School, Sydney, Australia (2012-2013)