Research/Areas of Interest
My research focuses on co-creation and collective knowledge production through interdisciplinary creative practices and participatory action research. This work encompasses civic engagement, socially engaged art, and social practice art, and explores the aesthetics of protest and social justice within the context of intersectional feminism. I address cycles of violence, migration and displacement, discrimination, and advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, animal rights, and the prevention of sexual assault and violence against women.
Education
- MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, United States, 2012
- BFA, Azad University of Southern Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2005
- PhD in Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, Affiliated Departments: Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies; Anthropology; Race, Colonialism, an, Tufts University, Medford, United States, 2030
Biography
Neda Moridpour is a Kurdish-Iranian artist, educator, and cultural organizer, and co-founder of Hamdel Futurist Collaborative, LOUDER THAN WORDS, and [P]Art Collective. Their interdisciplinary, socially engaged practice explores cycles of violence, displacement, and systemic inequity through participatory research and visual, performance-based interventions.
Moridpour is a Professor of the Practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Their work has been recognized with honors including the 2025 MacDowell Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Royal Shakespeare Company Fellowship at MIT, 2023 Tisch Faculty Fellowship, MacJannet Artist Residency, and the MUSE Award at Tufts.
Moridpour is a Professor of the Practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Their work has been recognized with honors including the 2025 MacDowell Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Royal Shakespeare Company Fellowship at MIT, 2023 Tisch Faculty Fellowship, MacJannet Artist Residency, and the MUSE Award at Tufts.