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Biographical note
Rojia Dadashzadeh is an Iranian/Canadian artist with a studio-based practice in Vancouver. Dadashzadeh works across a range of media in sculpture, painting, drawing. Dadashzadeh’s work has been published in various media outlets such as Preview, The Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, and The City Without Art? Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in Toronto, Portland, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Dadashzadeh teaches grades 7-12 within IB Visual Arts and Culinary Arts programs at Brockton School in North Vancouver. She is a member of the IB Educator Network and is an IB Workshop Leader, holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the University of Waterloo, a postgraduate degree in New Media Design from Sheridan College, Le Grand Diplôme in Cuisine and Pastry from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Arts in Art Education from the University of British Columbia. Her teaching and artistic practice are closely intertwined in ways that one informs the other.