Yasi Ghanbari
Assistant Chairperson of Foundation; Visiting Assistant Professor
Biography
Yasi Ghanbari employs an interdisciplinary critique-based approach to delve into expressions of privilege, identity, and engagement. Ghanbari has shown her work at Paradice Palase, the Museum of the Moving Image, Fastnet, Anthology Film Archives, Essex Flowers, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and NARS Foundation, all NY; the Grace Street Theater at Virginia Commonwealth University; Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL; and University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has participated in the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program and the SHIFT Residency at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Ghanbari attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and holds an MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Education
2010
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA in Film, Video, New Media
2007
Oberlin College
BA in Cinema Studies