Sara Madandar
Sara Madandar is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist and educator based in New Orleans. She received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and her BA in painting from Azad University of Art and Architecture in Tehran. Through a range of media such as painting, video, installation, and performance, Madandar explores migration and the human experience of living between cultures, using the aesthetics of language, architecture, clothing, and bodies to study the complexities of cross-cultural experiences. Most recently, she was in residency at Joan Mitchell Center and Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI). Sara is also a cofounder of the Parlour Gallery and Camp Street Studios, an artist-run space in the heart of New Orleans’ downtown art district. Some of her accolades include an award from the Texas Visual Artists Association (TVAA) and an award from the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) for work presented in an exhibition curated by Jessica Beck of the Andy Warhol Museum. Sara’s work has been featured at New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, Austin City Hall, Elisabeth Ney Museum, Elga Wimmer PCC (NYC), Bostan Gallery in Tehran, and many others.
Ten Things I Can’t Do Without
- My phone since it’s the only connection to my family in Iran
- Food! Brings the memory of home
- Plants
- Visiting my family
- Painting/drawing
- My hands
- My eyes
- Friends
- My son, Marco
- My afternoon naps!