Elham Puriya Mehr is an independent curator and lecturer based in Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She earned her B.A. and M.A. from Tehran University of Art, her Ph.D in Art Research from Alzahra University, and completed postdoctoral research in Advanced Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research focuses on learning in social spaces that generate new vocabularies, practices, and knowledge. She has presented widely at international conferences and symposia. She is co-founder of Empty Space Studio, a non-profit nomadic platform in Tehran and Vancouver.
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