Dr. Kheyzaran Esmaeilzade

Gastwissenschaftlerin IfM

Raum + Kontakt
Raum: GB 1/137
E-Mail: Kheyzaran.Esmaeilzade@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Vita

  • 2025 Researcher, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
  • 2021-2024 Lecturer, University of Guilan, Architecture and Art Faculty, Rasht, Iran
  • 2024-2029 PhD (Art Research), Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
  • 2011-2013 Lecturer, University of Science and Culture, Rasht, Iran
  • 2007-2010 M.A. (Art Research), Islamic Art University of Tabriz, Iran

Main Area of Study

  • 20th Century Art history of Iran
  • Iran Contemporary Art
  • The dialectical relevance between art and politics
  • Intersectional relation between Art, Society, Gender and Media
  • Aesthetic, Art Theory
  • Feminism, Art Practice by none artist, Art Activism

Teaching Experiences (Selection)

  • 2024 Islamic Art History and its effect of Iranian Art and Culture, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • 2024 History of Western Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • 2023 Analysis and Critic of Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • 2023 History of Iranian Modern Art and its Relation to the Politics, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • 2023 Research Methodology and Critical Thinking in Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • 2022 Interactive Approaches in Contemporary Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • 2021 Methodologies and Writing in Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Publications

  • Articles & Book Chapters:
  • 2024 “Self-portrait as collective art praxis, A visual reinterpretation of women’s performative presentation during the Jina Uprising-Iran” MAI: Feminism & visual culture Journal, Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self-portraiture issue, Accepted- in Progress
  • 2023 “Tahlil-e enteghadi-e jonbesh-e Sagha Khane bar mabnaye nazari-e sanat-e farhan-e adorno (The Critical Analysis of Saqqā-ḵāna Movement based on Culture Industry in Theodor Adorno)’ thought” (with Sahar Homayounnezhad and Narges Zaker Jafari) Kimiaya-ye-Honar, the Quarterly Periodical of the Advance Research Institute of the Arts, vol. 12, no. 47, 2023, pp. 77–91
  • 2018 “Zhanr-e manzare va naghashi-e makan negar va goftman-e nasionalism dar payan-e ghajar and avael-e pahlavi (The Genre of Landscape and Building-Painting (the Artistic) and the Discourse of Nationalism (the Political) During the Late Qajar and Early Pahlavi Eras. An Analysis Based on ‘Mediation’ and ‘Totality’ in the Methodology of Georg Lukács(with Paisa Shad Ghazvini)).” Kimiaya-ye-Honar, the Quarterly Periodical of the Advance Research Institute of the Arts, vol. 7, no. 28, 2018, pp. 57–77
  • 2017 “Goftmane nasionalism va naghshe anha dar jaryan-haye honar-e nogara-ye Iran dar asr-e pahlavi (Discourses of ‘Nationality’ and Their Role in Developing Iran’s Modern Art Trends in the Pahlavi Era, with a Focus on Art Patronage Institutions as Mediators.)” (with Paisa Shad Ghazvini) Sociology of Art and Literature, vol. 9, no. 1, 2017, pp. 109-132
  • 2016 “(Emkan-e modakhele-ye demokratik dar rouykardhaye mosharekati-e honar-e moaser (The Possibility of Democratic Intervention in Contemporary Art’s Interactive Approaches).” Kimiaya Honar, the Quarterly Periodical of the Advance Research Institute of the Arts, vol. 5, no. 18, 2016, pp. 35–49
  • 2016 “Jonbesh-e saghakhane dar tasvir-e tarikh (Saqqā-ḵāna Art Movement as a Historical Image: A Review of Saqqā-ḵāna in the Context of Iranian Cultural Modernism.)” In Search of a New Era, a Critical Introduction to the History of Iranian Art, edited by Iman Afsarian, Herfe: Honarmand, 2016, pp. 275–95
  • 2011 “Motale-eye tatbighi main-e naghashihaye hasan esmaeilzadeh va matn-e ketab-e rozatoshohada (A Comparative Study Between Hassan Esmailzadeh’s Paintings of Ashura with the Text of Rawżat Al-šohadā.)” Armanshahr Architecture and Urban Planning Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, 2011, pp. 129–39
  • ⠀Essays & Conferences (All in Persian):
  • 2024 “National Art in the Visual Arts of Modern Iran and Its Transformations (Before 1320 AH)” in International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies, Frankfurt (online presentation)
  • 2020 “Line and Text, on the Painting Exhibition of Alireza Espahbad at Inja Gallery.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 74, 2020
  • 2019 “From Russia to Tehran at Rasht Station; An Overview of Painting in Guilan.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 72, 2019
  • 2018 “The Combination of Personal Style and Pleasantness in the Art Practice of Four Iranian Painters: Leili Matin Daftari, Manouchehr Yektaei, Ali Golestaneh and Mehdi Hoseini,” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 67, 2018
  • 2017 “The Order of Vocabulary: on the Historical Importance of the Encyclopedia of Art by Ruyin Pakbaz.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 61, 2017
  • 2016 “The Collective Spirit of the 90th and the Myth-mystic Genre in Painting.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 59, 2016
  • 2013 “Incomplete Exception: On the Art Practice of Mohsen Vaziri Moqhadam.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 54, 2013
  • ⠀Comments, Reviews, Interviews (selection – All in Persian):
  • 2022 “Some Considerations on the Violence of Collective Attacks, Regarding Cyberbullying of a Famous Artist Accused of Visual Plagiarism.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 76, 2021
  • 2021 “Pulling Down Sculptures, Art History, and Ethics.” Herfe Honarmand, 2021
  • 2020 “Pandemic and Contemplation About Death and Life.” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 76, 2020
  • 2018 “An Evaluation of ‘Visual Evolutions of Iranian Art’ by Siamak Delzendeh: Examining the Precarious Path of Art History When It Is Not Supposed to Be Art History.” Shive Bimonthly, vol. 5, 2018
  • 2017 “Tehran Sculpture Symposium: Is it a Cultural Policy Event or a Unique Opportunity for Art?” Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly Magazine, vol. 64, 2017
  • 2014 “Metaphysics of Decoration in the Art Practice of Monir Farmanfarma Shahroudi.” Memarnet, 2014
  • 2013 “Space, Architecture, and the City in the Painting of Edward Hopper.” Memarnet, 2013
  • 2012 “Qahvā-Ḵāna Paintings and the Impact of Historical and Cultural Traditions.” Memarnet, 2012
  • 2012 “A review of Tooka Maleki’s book, ‘Iranian Contemporary Art’.” Memarnet, 2013]
  • 2012 “A Review of Rouin Pakbaz’s Book ‘Iranian Painting: From Past to Present’.” Memarnet, 2013]
  • ⠀Book & Article Translations (English to Persian):
  • 2023 “In Praise of Hands, by Henri Focillon and George Kubler in ‘The Life of Forms in Art,’, Herfe: Honarmand Visual arts Quarterly magazine, vol. 81, 2023
  • 2020 “Style and Technique in the Works of Alex Colville”, by Ray Cronin, Herfe: Honarmand Visual arts Quarterly magazine, vol. 76, 2020
  • 2016 Bazaar in the Islamic City, Design, Culture, and History, Edited by Mohammad Qaripour, Naqsh Mana Publication, Isfahan, 2016
  • 2014 “The Art of Ai Weiwei: A Memory of the Eastern Red Autocratic Capitalist Empire or Its Tourist Souvenirs” by Bao Dong, Herfe: Honarmand Visual Arts Quarterly magazine, vol. 52, 2014
  • 2011 “Origins and the first scenes of still life” by Norbert Schneider, Herfe: Honarmand Visual arts Quarterly magazine, vol. 47, 2011