Mitra Tabrizian is an Iranian-British artist and filmmaker and Professor of photography, University of Westminster. 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) for innovation and contribution to art and photography.
Her short film/video art The Insider (2018), in collaboration with Ben Okri (the Booker Prize Winner) was commissioned by the Coronet Theatre to accompany Albert Camus’ The Outsider, adapted for the stage by Ben Okri.
Her latest photographic book off screen was published by Kerber Verlag in 2019.
Her critically acclaimed debut feature Gholam (British/Iranian film, 2018) had a successful theatrical release in the UK. The film is now available on BFI player, Amazon prime, Itunes and released on vod worldwide (https://www.gholamfilm.com/page-2/).
She is currently developing her second feature The Far Mountains with BFI.