Michael Minelli
Faculty, MFA in Visual Art
Eshrat Erfanian
Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in Visual Art
Profile
Eshrat Erfanian is an artist and educator. She was born in Tehran and lives in Toronto.
Erfanian’s practice attempts to subvert the reading of the images generated by the new technology. Her work ranges from video and video installation to digital photography and site-specific installations. Erfanian’s work has been exhibited in the Jewish museum in New York City, Incheon Biennial, numerous galleries in Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto. Her latest work is permanently installed at the Immigration Hallway in the Canadian Embassy in Paris. Erfanian is an alumnx of the ISP Whitney Museum of American Art and holds a PhD from York University in Toronto.