Education

2016 MFA, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art and Art History, Saskatoon, Canada
2013 BFA, University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Solo presentation at Expo Chicago, Duranmashaal Gallery, Chicago, US
2023 Weaving a Garden, United Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2023 Ornamental Rythm, Demetrio Art Group, Capital One, Toronto, Canada
2022 Re-entrant, United Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2021 Unsettled, North York Arts, Toronto, Canada
2016 The Unknown Territory, MFA final show, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
2013 Abstractive Inference, BFA final show, Negarkhane Honarha Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibition

2023 Foultitude, Project casa, Curated by Caroline Douville, Montreal, Canada
2023 Echoes of Iran: A woman’s tribute, DuranMashaal Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2020 Art Parkdale International, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON, Canada
2020 Resilience; Redefiended, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 Walking Through Glue Exhibition, MFA exhibition online, University of Montana, Missoula, MT,  US
2016 Way Out, Collaborative art show by MFA students from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2015 15, Joint MFA exhibition featuring the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2014 Prime Time, MFA process show, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Teaching Experience

2018 Drawing and Painting, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Painting, Sessional Lecturer at University of Saskatchewan, College of Art and   Science, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2015 Photography, Graduate teaching fellowship at University of Saskatchewan, College of Art and Science, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2015 Drawing, Graduate Teaching Fellowship at University of Saskatchewan, College of Art and Science, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Charity Auctions

2024 Art Gems Auction, Toronto, Canada
2023 MAC Ball Auction, Montreal, Canada
2023 C Magazine Art Auction, Toronto, Canada
2023 Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto, Canada
2022 Artists For Water, Globe and Mail Center, Toronto, Canada
2022 Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto, Canada
2021 Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto, Canada
2017 Art Draw, AKA Artist Run Center, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Artist Talks

2024 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2023 C Magazine annual auction, Toronto, Canada
2022 Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke, Canada
2022 BFA Final Thesis Critique, Guest Artist, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2021 A conversation with David Chinyama and Claudia Arana, Toronto, Canada
2017 Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada
2016 University of Lethbridge, Pennys Building, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Residencies

2018 Joya: arte+ ecología, Velez Blanco, Almeria, Spain
2016 Vorres Museum Artist Residency, Paiania, Athens, Greece

Art Fairs

2024 Expo Chicago, Chicago, US
2023 Art Toronto, United Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2023 Future Fair, DuranMashaal, New York, US
2023 Plural Art Fair, DuranMashaal, Montreal, Canada
2022 Art Toronto, United Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

Awards and Grants

2023 Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Visual Artists Creation Project, Ontario Art Council
2021 Individual Visual Artists Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2021 RBC Newcomer Arts Award, Neighborhood Arts
2017 Mina Forsyth Master of Fine Arts Collection Award in Art and Art History, The University of Saskatchewan
2016 “ICCC” grant, College of Art and Science, University of Saskatchewan
2014 International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan
2016 International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan
2013 Second Rank Prize, Laft National Painting Festival, Historic Laft Bay Artist Residency

Press

Art Toronto Selects: Rajni Perera, Art Toronto, 2023
North York Arts, Unsettled
Vorres Museum, University of Saskatchewan


Collections

Royal Bank of Canada
TD Bank
BMO
Telus
Capital One
Scotia Bank
Google
Private Collections  (Canada, U.S., Iran)