mitra tabrizian is an Iranian-British artist and filmmaker. Her photographic work has been exhibited and published widely and is represented in major international museums and public collections. Solo museum shows include Tate Britain (2008). She has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, (2015)- was awarded the Royal Academy’s Rose Award for Photography (2013) and is recipient of the Royal Photographic Society ‘Honorary Fellowship’ (2021).
Her short films include The Insider (2018), in collaboration with the Booker Prize Winner, Ben Okri, was commissioned by the Coronet Theatre to accompany Albert Camus’ The Outsider, adapted for the stage by Ben Okri.
Her critically acclaimed debut feature Gholam (British/Iranian film, 2018) had a successful theatrical release and was Mark Kermode’s Film of the Week in the Guardian upon its release. The film is now available on BFI player, Amazon prime and released on VOD worldwide. She is currently developing her second feature The Far Mountains with BFI.
Exploring themes of migration, displacement, and otherness; the complexities of cultural integration—and the intersections of East and West.
Blending conceptual depth with visual storytelling, using photography as a means of navigating and reflecting on the personal and collective histories of migrants; the state of being ‘in limbo’—unable to return to the past or fully integrate into the present. Displacement is not just geographic but also cultural and emotional.