Pegah Pasalar
Pegah Pasalar (b. 1992, Tehran) is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and film editor currently based in Brooklyn. Her autoethnographic practice encompasses video, installation, and film, exploring themes including identity convulsion, cultural memory, fragmentation, temporality, and displacement. Pegah is particularly interested in oral histories and modes of storytelling people use to refabulate the past.
She is the recipient of City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs grant, 3ARTS’ “Make a Wave” grant, and the New Artist Society grant. She has also received fellowships including the Kala Media Residency Award, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Yaddo, Banff, and Points North. She was recognized as one of NEWCITY Magazine’s 2020 Film 50 Gems and has showcased her work internationally in venues and festivals such as Athens International Film and Video Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires (FIDBA), Austria International Film Festival, Onion City Film Festival, Ecra, E-flux, Arte East and more.
Inflatable Bodies, 2021. Digital photograph, 24" x 48". Part of the Inflatable Bodies series, offering an exploration of form and detail. Photo courtesy of artist.
Inflatable Bodies (still), 2018. Video (sound and color) on 9-minute loop. Photo courtesy of artist.
Installation view of Inflatable Bodies, 2018. Two-channel video (sound and color) on 9-minute loop with inflatable objects. Photo courtesy of artist.
Exodus Pathology (still), 2023. Film (color and sound). Photo courtesy of artist's family archive.
Exodus Pathology (still), 2023. Film (color and sound). Photo courtesy of artist's family archive.
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