Mitra Tabrizian


Mitra Tabrizian is a British-Iranian photographer and film director. She is a professor of photography at the University of Westminster, London. Mitra Tabrizian has exhibited and published widely and in major international museums and galleries, including her solo exhibition at the Tate Britain in 2008. Her books Another Country, with texts by Homi Bhabha, David Green, and Hamid Naficy, is published by Hatje Cantz in 2012.

Early life and career

Born in Tehran, Iran, Tabrizian studied at the Polytechnic of Central London in the 1980s.
Tabrizian published her first monograph, Correct Distance, in 1990. In 1992, she was included in a survey edition of Ten.8 magazine "Critical decade : Black British photography in the 80s". Her book of photographs, Beyond the Limits, is a critique of corporate culture and is inspired by the works of Jean Baudrillard and Jean-François Lyotard. Her films include Journey of No Return, The Third Woman, and The Predator.
Tabrizian has exhibited her work at the Tate, Modern Art Oxford, Gallery Lelong, New York, the Architectural Association, London, and numerous film festivals. In January 2018, she exhibited at London Art Fair with Arte Globale.

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