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Ghazale Moqanaki

As an interdisciplinary artist, I experiment with various mediums, including sound, animation, ceramics, illustration, and puppetry. My work often incorporates light, shadows, illusion, figurative sculptures, puppets, dolls, mechanisms, craft making, video and animation. I'm drawn to stories about monsters, the power of storytelling, and how myths and narratives relate to our physical experiences. 


Education 2021-2023MFA in Artistic Research at Royal Academy of Art/Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), The Hague, NL. 2016-2020BA Classical Iranian Music performance at College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Exhibitions 2024“Bad Objects” x Museumnacht 2024, group show, Quartair, The Hague, Netherlands. 2023“So What Are Books?”, Page Not Found, The Hague, NL. 2023“Graduation Show” at KABK, The Hague, NL. 2023“Fruits de Mar” in NEST, The Hague, NL. 2022“Loving Critique”, Page not Found, The Hague, NL. 2022“Opening Distance”, Ballinscarthy, Cork, Ireland. 2022“A Scenic Route to Self”, Nest, The Hague, NL. Performances2025‘Muziek met Taart’, Theater and Filmhuis Dakota, Den Haag, Nederlands.2025‘Tweede editie Fluid Frequencies in OASE’, music performance with Olivier Terpstra, Rotterdam, Netherlands.2025Culture Shock, music performance, Nijverheid, Utrecht, Netherlands.2025

2025Oerol festival, music performance, Terschelling, Netherlands.

“Garbage Mansion”, theater production, het Nationale Theater, Zaal3, The Hague, Netherlands. 2024“Studio 150 x Amarte funds”, Music performance, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2024“Interview with Xizir”, Zaal3, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20A, The Hague, Netherlands. 2024Music performance at Kunstinstituut Melly for Museumnacht010, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 2022“Fragments of Shallow Lake” in Platform POST, Nijmegen, NL. Ghazale Moqanaki performed as one of the performers of "Shallow lake", a movie directed by Jasper Coppes. 2021Performance at PIP Binckhorstlaan 36, 2516 BE The Hague, Netherlands. Director: Adele Dipasquale. 2021“Segah Concert” at Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran. 2019-2020Tajrobi Concert series at Avini (University of Tehran’s concert Hall) Concert, Tehran, Iran. 2019Sharif University of Technology’s Concert Hall, Tehran, Iran. 2017Houbare Music Ensemble’s Concert at Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran. 2014Meta-X Concert with Roudaki Hall with Iranian Orchestra for New Music, Tehran, Iran. Working experience 2024Participant, Stroom Library Session and conversation with Ingrid Mol, Stroom, The Hague, Netherlands. 2024One of the music review committee, Csound Conference, MDW University, Vienna, Austria. 2023Puppeteer for the shooting Georgie Brinkman’s video work, The Hague, Netherlands. 2023Lettering “مِنْ اَلرَّمَادِ” for the show “from the ashes”, The Hague, Netherlands. 2023Host in Manifold Books, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2022-ongoingAssistant of Jay Tan, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 2021Music Composer of the graduation work of Tina Vahed, Hana Aslani, and Yasamin Gheydar at University of Arts, Tehran, Iran.  2021-2022Music teacher at High school “Honarestan Kooke Talaee”, Tehran, Iran. 2020-2021Music Teacher, Naghmeh-Khan Music Institute, Tehran, Iran. 2019-2020Performance Arts Program Manager, Markov Performance Space, Tehran, Iran. 2019-2021Editor-in-Chief of “Farahang” Student Magazine of Music department of University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 2019Puppeteer for the “Muselman” theater directed by Tina Vahedin student theater festival in Tehran, Iran. 2018-2020Art Teacher at High school of Allameh Jafari, Tehran, Iran. Albums 2022Omen, Composer, and santour player: Ghazale Moqanaki. 2014Meta-X, one of the Santour players in the “contemporary Iranian Orchestra” Composers: Alireza Mashayekhi and Ashkan Pashayi, Tehran, Iran. Grants2025

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2024Amarte developement grant for Music.

Pro Invest, Stroom den Haag.

Amarte development grant for Interdisciplinary project.

Mondriaanfonds, Voucher Development. To support my mentorship with Jay Tan. 2024Pro Kunstproject Stroom together with Marieke Peeters for the ‘Bad Objects’ exhibition at Quartair. 2024Open call Amarte X Studio 150 for performance of Iranian classical music. 2023Open call Amarte X Melly for Museumnacht2024 “My Oma”. 2021Holland Scholarship with this fund I was able to cover part of my living expenses in the Netherlands during my studies. Workshops and Classes 2024-2025Mentorship with Jay Tan. 2018Sound Workshop with Joachim Heinz, Tehran, Iran. Residencies 2022Performing Arts Forum (PAF), St. Erme, France. Publications 2024One of the authors of the paper “Csound in Iran” for Csound conference MdW in Vienna, Austria. 2023“Volatile Life” thesis publication. 2023“So What Are Books?” Publication of MA Artistic Research, The Hague, NL. 2022Opening Distance, Letter Publication, Ballinscarthy, Cork, Ireland. 2020Translation of Joachim Heintz’s essay “2020 Teaching and learning electronic music ; Thoughts on teaching composition”. 2019“Album Review of Amirhossein Najafi” Farahang Music Publication, first Vol, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

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