mitra tabrizian is an Iranian‐British artist and filmmaker. 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, Iranian pavilion (2015)—was awarded the Royal Academyʼs Rose Award for Photography (2013)—and was selected as one of Hundred Heroines: Celebrating Women in Photography Today, launched by the Royal Photographic Society (2018).

Her most recent short film/video art The Insider (2018) was made in collaboration with the Booker Prize Winner, Ben Okri, commissioned by the Coronet Theatre to accompany Albert Camus’ The Outsider, adapted for the stage by Ben Okri. The screenings includes, the British Museum (2019) and Smithsonian Institution, Washington (2020). Her latest photographic book Off Screen is published by Kerber Verlag in 2019.

Her critically acclaimed debut feature Gholam (British/Iranian film, 2017) had a successful theatrical release in UK. The film is now available on BFI player, Amazon prime, Itunes and released on vod worldwide. mitra is currently developing her second feature The Far Mountains with BFI.

mitra would like to thank Zadoc Nava, Alan Harris, Andy Golding and Dennis Tuffnell for their great contributions to the photographic projects.