MOHAMMAD
NAMAZI
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BIOGRAPHY
Mohammad Namazi is an artist and researcher based in London. His practice works through processes of unlearning, transformation, decolonisation, and media technologies within social and cultural contexts. His studio operates as a research lab for interdisciplinary projects spanning creative coding, video, sound, live events, kinetic and electronic sculptures, alternative archives, publications, and community-based practice.

Namazi received his doctorate from Chelsea College of Arts in 2019. From 2020 to 2021, he was a fellow at the Decolonising Arts Institute, where he developed the artist’s book, How to See the Unheard. His current project, Community Ecosystems, supported by grants from Arts Council England, explores the relationship between community, architecture, memory and social change in Thamesmead, London, as the area faces planned demolition and redevelopment in the near future.

Selected previous projects and exhibitions include CREA Open (Venice, 2025); 60th Venice Biennale (Vlatka Horvat’s project, Croatian Pavilion, 2024); Château de Montsoreau (Montsoreau, 2024); Estación Terrena (Bogotá, 2022); Kandovan Space (Pejman Foundation, Tehran, 2022); Museum & Study Collection (London, 2022); Decolonising Arts Institute (London, 2020–21); NEoN Digital Festival (Dundee, 2019); BALTIC39 (Newcastle, 2016); Corner College (Zürich, 2016); Transart Triennale (Berlin, 2016); the Barbican (London, 2015); Flat Time House (London, 2012–14); Bangkok Triennial (Bangkok, 2012); and the Royal Academy of Arts (London, 2010).

Namazi is a member of the Critical Practice Research Cluster. He is an Associate Lecturer in BA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, and a Lecturer in Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. His writing has been published by Intellect Books and Art Monthly.



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Whether it’s through the production of artworks or research projects – curatorial or pedagogical practice, I have worked, engaged, and collaborated with a number of individuals and institutions, including: Steven Ball, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Katriona Beales, Francesca Blomfield, Marsha Bradfield, British Museum, Isabelle Capron, Corner College, Critical Practice, David Cross, Neil Cummings, Decolonising Arts Institute, Zohreh Deldadeh, Christine Egan-Fowler, Anne Eggebert, Richard Elliott, Ichiro Endo, Dan Fern, Flat Time House, Pejman Foundation, Robert Gadie, Emily Hall, Bridget Harvey, Henrik Heinonen, Katie Hickman, John Hill, Vlatka Horvat, index collective, Inventory Art Book Fair, Iran Heritage Foundation, Jakob Jakobsen, Ann-Marie James, Melanie Katz, Lana Locke, Len Massey, Gayle Meikle, Steven Levon Ounanian, Lara Pan, Francesca Peschier, Emily Purser, Alan Roth, Royal College of Art, Paul Ryan, Vanessa Saraceno, Stephen Scrivener, Dimitrina Sevova, Eiko Soga, Ulrike Steven, Abigail Thomas, Mo Throp, Mary Vettise, Thomas Volker, Blas Ulibarri, Ulrike Ulrich, Sadra Wejdani, what if: projects, Judy Willcocks, and others.