Kasra Jalilipour
Artist, Writer & Lecturer
Kasra Jalilipour (b.1995, Esfahan) is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist, writer and educator, currently based in East Midlands. Through humour, provocation and storytelling, their practice uses the body as the subject to discuss race, gender identity and sexuality. They often use methods of speculative fiction to retell historical stories through a queer lens. Kasra works in a variety of mediums including moving image, installation, text, drawing and performance. They have an ongoing body of research which looks for fragments of queerness hidden in Iran’s Qajar era, specifically stories that centre intimacy, eroticism and gender nonconformity.
Solo Exhibitions include; Arcade-Campfa at BayArt (Cardiff), Academy of Fine Arts (Prague), CLAY (Leeds). Selected Group Shows include: Jackman Humanities Institute (Toronto) Amanda Wilkinson Gallery (London), Quench Gallery (Margate), Rebel Dykes Art and Archive Show (London and Belfast), Bomuldsfabriken (Arendal), Ingram Prize 2022 Finalist (London), Circa x Dazed Class of 2022 Finalist, (London, Berlin, Seoul, Melbourne). Selected residencies Include: Prospect Cottage (Dungeness), Pedreira (Porto), Eastside Projects (Birmingham), LEVEL Centre (Rowsley), Trinity Square Video (Toronto).
