Ms Maria Kheirkhah

Name
Maria Kheirkhah

Position Held
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, Design and Media

Profile
Maria Kheirkhah is an artist educator working in video and installation.
Kheirkhah first travelled to the UK in 1979 where she pursued her art
education, specialising in sculpture and obtained her M.A. at the University of
Central England in 1988.

She travelled back to her native Iran in 1988, teaching at two major
universities in Tehran, the Alzahra University and The Academy of Arts.
Since her return to the UK in the early 1990s she has completed many artistic
projects with major London art Galleries and Museums. She has taught and exhibited
extensively both in the UK and internationally.

She is currently undertaking a PhD at Chelsea College of Art and Design,
University Of the Arts London, where she is undertaking practice-based
research into aspects of gender relating to oriental identity.

She is a board member at the 198 Gallery in London and co-runs The Practice
Exchange seminar series at Chelsea College of Art and Design, exploring
practice-led research marked by criticality, diversity and commitment across
UAL and beyond.
Kheirkhah lives and works in London.

Courses Taught
ADM 326 Video Production