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ELHAM ESHRAGHIAN-HAAKANSSON
B. 1996 | Perth, Western Australia
EDUCATION
2018 – 2022 Master of Fine Arts, University of Western Australia
2017 – 2018 Bachelor of Design (First Class Honours), University of Western Australia
2015 – 2017 Bachelor of Design, University of Western Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Valley of Love (Vadye Esghe), Curated by Gemma Westen & Hannah Smith, Second Generation Collective in partner with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia.
2024 a love letter to the Nightingale theatre adaptation (premier), The Blue Room Theatre, Season 2024, Western Australia.
2024 You need not fear the monsters of the sea, MAP Mima, Lake Macquarie. Sydney, New South Wales.
2024 A love letter to the Nightingale, Curated by Jana Braddock. Heathcote Goolugatup Gallery.
2023 Virtual Architecture of Empathy, a love letter to the Nightingale VR, Forrest Research Foundation in partnership with University of Western Australia. Immerse Australia’s XR WA Games Week, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
2023 A love letter to the Nightingale, Perth Centre of Photography, Western Australia.
2023 Anvár, Next Wave, Digital Tower, Yagan Square, Perth, Western Australia.
2022 Áshena, Bear Witness to Me, MFA Exhibition, Cullity Gallery, Western Australia.
2022 edges of place, Art Season 2022, SPACED, Town of Victoria Park, CANVAS Collective, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
2021 Second Generation Collective, Avareh & found, PS, Fremantle, Western Australia
2021 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, MOORE CONTEMPORARY, Perth, Western Australia.
2017 Bohrân, Fine Arts Honours Research Exhibition, Cullity Gallery, Western Australia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 God of War, Neighbours at the Gate, Curated by Clothilde Bullen, Zali Morgan & Michael Do. National Art School, Sydney, New South Wales.
2024 A love letter to the Nightingale VR, 14th Edition Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Official Selection VR, York, United Kingdom.
2024 Golden Dreams, Ruthin Arts Festival; Film Screening 1st Edition, Ruthin, Wales, United Kingdom.
2023 A love letter to the Nightingale VR, Art on the Go, The Holy Art, Berlin, Germany.
2023 So Once You Were Here They Had You, with Rebecca Riggs-Bennett, Fremantle Biennale, SIGNALS, Fremantle, Western Australia.
2023 THE CHAIN PROJECT by Raewyn Hill & Co3, WA Museum Boola Bardip, Heath Ledger State Theatre, Western Australia.
2023 ‘If I met her, would she welcome me?’, Dreams & Nightmares, Boomer Gallery, United Kingdom.
2023 The Great Reveal, Lawson Flats, Curated by Annika Kristensen.
2022 edges of place, Ellen Jose Art Award for Women, Curated by Joanna Bosse, Bayside Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
2022 Loren Kroneymer, Millennial Reaper, Fremantle Biennale, Naval Store, Fremantle, Western Australia.
2021 Wayfinder, XR Festival, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
2021 Second Generation Collective, Avareh & found, Festival of Voice, Curated by Vivienne Robertson, Denmark Arts Festival, regional Western Australia.
2021 face to face, Yaar, Gallery Central, Curated by Thelma John & Fatemeh Boroujeni, Perth, Western Australia.
2021 Delara, NO SHOW, Runway Journal in partnership with Carriageworks. Carriageworks, Sydney, New South Wales.
2021 face to face, Joondalup Art Prize, Joondalup Art Collection, Westfield Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, Incinerator Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, Courthouse Youth Exhibition, Platform, Geelong, Victoria.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, HOME Exhibition, Greater Dandenong Art Council & Walker Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, Transition & Displacements, Millepiano Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, Wyndham Art Gallery, Melbourne Victoria.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, The 66th Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, New South Wales.
2020 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, 10th Prospect Portraiture Prize, Newmarch Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia.
2019 The End is Glorious, If We Only Persevere, John Stringer Art Prize, John Curtin Art Gallery, Western Australia.
2019 Dear Mona, Agendo Emerging Artist, Camberwell Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
2019 Bohrân, Potluck C3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Victoria.
2019 Dear Mona, Potluck C3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Victoria.
2018 Dear Mona II, Brilliant, Undercurrent, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
2018 Dear Mona, Emerging WA Artists, Heathcote Goolugatup Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia.
2018 Bohrân, Critical Animals Research Symposium, the Lock Up, Newcastle, Sydney.
2018 Dystopia, Urban Screening, The Brisbane Powerhouse & Tasmanian Architects Film Night, Hobart Brewing Company, Hobart.
2018 Bohrân, Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia.
2017 Bohrân, School of Design Prize Giving Ceremony, Cullity Ceremony.
2017 Bohrân, Corridor Film Festival, Bali, Denpasar, Indonesia.
2017 Dystopia, Urban Screening, Perth Cultural Centre
THEATRE
2024 a love letter to the Nightingale theatre adaptation, presented by The Blue Room Theatre & Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, October (premier).
2021 Avareh & Found, Directed & Written by Asha Kiani, 900s of Storytelling, The Blue Room Theatre.
AWARDS & FINALISTS
2025 Jim Sharman Future Award [Pending Outcome]
2024 Directing Fellowship, Encounter Theatre & WhyNot Theatre
2024 Official Selection VR, BAFTA-Qualifying Short Film Aesthetica Festival, UK
2022 Early-Career Creative and Performance Leadership Fellowship, Forrest Research Foundation
2022 Ellen Jose Art Award for Women $15,000 Joint Winner
2021 Emerging Scholar Award: Negotiating the Local in the Global, Arts in Society, UWA
2020 Joondalup Invitation Prize $25,000 Winner
2020 Best Publication Award; The GRS Publication Awards 2020 initiative rewards research excellence, UWA
2020 Incinerator Art Award Finalist
2020 66th Blake Prize Finalist
2020 10th Prospect Portraiture Award Finalist
Received commendation
2020 Wyndham Art Prize Award Finalist
2020 The Hopper Prize Award Finalist
2020 City of Melville Sponsorship Digital Art Winner
2020 14th Arte Laguna Special Prize Award Winner
2019 John Stringer Prize Award Finalist
Received commendation
2019 Overseas Travel Award for MFA
2018 Dr. Harold Schenberg Art Fellowship $40,000 Award Winner, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2018 Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP) MFA
2017 Jean Callander Art Prize $9,000 Winner
2017 Outstanding Electronic Art Award Art Prize Winner
GRANTS & COMMISSIONS
2025 Creative Australia’s Visual Arts & Creative Strategy Major Commission, VADYE ESHGE (VALLEY OF LOVE), Second Generation Collective & Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA.
2025 National Art School’s Major Commission, GOD OF WAR, NEIGHBOURS AT THE GATE, Sydney, NSW. Create NSW
2024 Department of Local, Sport and Creative Industries Individual & Group Major Grant, A LOVE LETTER TO THE NIGHTINGALE theatre adaptation, The Blue Room Theatre 2024 Season. October 2024.
2024 Create NSW Grant, YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE MONSTERS OF THE SEA, MAP Mima, Lake Macquarie, NSW. June 2024.
2023 Co3 Dance Contemporary, THE CHAIN PROJECT with Raewyn Hill, Co3, Heath Ledger State Theatre, Boola Bardip, State Theatre of WA.
2023 Fremantle Biennale, ONCE YOU WERE HERE, THEY HAD YOU, Fremantle Biennale SIGNALS, with Rebecca Riggs-Bennett.
2022 Department of Local, Sport and Creative Industries Individual & Group grant (U-15k) & Next, Wave Kickstart artist grant, ANVAR, The Digital Tower, Yagan Square.
2021 Lotterywest Dream Plan Do 20’, Second Generation Collective AVAREH & FOUND, Community Arts Network, mentorship Lee Kinsella & Emele Ugavule, DrugAware YCulture Propel Youth grant & City of Fremantle grant.
PROJECTION/AV DESIGN
2023 AV Design, Beneath the Music, Jay Emmanual, Performing Lines WA.
2022 AV Design, The Simmering, Jo Pollitt & Maitland Schnaars, Performing Lines WA.
2021 Visual Artist Megan Hyde, Sea Change, Cool Change Contemporary.
2020 Performance Artist Daley Rangi; condensed development of Takatāpui at KISS Club with Perth Institute of Contemporary Art and PVI Collective, Adhocracy Digital Residency.
2020 Performer Michelle Hall, Dirty Mother, Fringe Festival.