Tara Aghdashloo
| Tara Aghdashloo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 January 1988 Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian, Canadian |
| Website | www |
Tara Aghdashloo (Persian: تارا آغداشلو; born 5 January 1988) is an Iranian, Canadian writer, director, producer and curator based in London, UK. She is a published author of her poetry collection, and has worked as a print and broadcast journalist in Persian and English-language media, before transitioning to films.
She published a poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate in 2011. Her essays, articles and reviews have been published in The Guardian,REALLIFE Magazine,The New Inquiry,Tank Magazine, Autodidact Magazine, Ibraaz,Fashion Magazine, ArtRabbit,Ottawa Citizen, among others. Tara wrote the lyrics for King Raam's debut solo album, Songs of The Wolves.
Tara co-directed and curated TIL Gallery in East London for two years and exhibited around 25 shows during that time. In 2017 she curated a retrospective of Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues in Castelo Branco Museum. She frequently reviews art especially by Iranian and Middle Eastern artists.
Tara is a broadcast journalist, producer, and has hosted of a number of shows for BBC World, Clan Productions, and Manoto Television. She covered news and culture segments for BBC World's Persian Services, and produced, directed, and presented documentaries such as the one-hour special Value of Contemporary Art, Riksdag, the four-part series about the Iranian diaspora around the world called Ticket, a seven-part series about contemporary art and culture in Europe, City Map, and was a founding host and producer of the all-woman talk show, Samte No.
Since 2017 she is working as an independent producer and director on her first feature documentary.
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