Mehrnoosh
Roshanaei

Born in Tehran in 1988, she has been studying contemporary dance since the age of 18. In 2013 she moved to Italy where she attended the sculpture course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. In 2015 she participates in the Art Residency in the studio of the painter Odd Nerdum in Norway. In 2016 she moved to Vienna for a year with a scholarship at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, where she attended Monica Bonvicini and Marina Gržinić’s courses. In March 2018 she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna with Luca Bertolo. in 2021 she attend a  Media course in Hochschule Düsseldorf  in Germany.

A multidisciplinary artist, she experiments with both physical and digital mediums to create art and study cases. Roshanaei investigates the theme of memory to  3D digital artworks and painting to preserve forms of life and society destined for extinction. She challenges our thoughts with a warning for the future of the planet and humanity. 

Awards

2021 | Winner of Biennale Monza, Monza, Italy

2021 | Winner of Cea Foundation Art Prize, Milan, Italy

2021 | Winner of Nocivelli Art Prize, Brescia, Italy

2021 | Winner of Zucchelli art award, Fondazione Zucchelli, Bologna, Italy

2020 | Winner of young art award, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna, Italy

2019 | Winner of Carapelli for art prize 2019, Triennale Milano, Italy

2019 | Paesaggi multipli,Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte “G.B. Salvi”, Sassoferrato (AN), Italy

2017 | nominated in 2 Days animation Festival / Best Austrian Animation, Vienna, Austria