Neda Moridpour
Neda Moridpour (she/they) is a Kurdish-Iranian artist, educator, cultural organizer, and co-founder of two artist-activist collectives: LOUDER THAN WORDS and [P]Art Collective. Their artistic work is dedicated to examining cycles of violence that lead to displacement, discrimination, and social and racial inequity. By employing participatory research methodologies and crafting socially engaged projects, they cross disciplines and boundaries to foster acts of mutual care and community building. Their teaching, organizing, and artistic practice intersect to create a dialogical space that visualizes possibilities for social change through visual and performance-based interventions, lens-based practices, and public discussions that challenge the mundane.
[P]Art Collective’s short animation, LA DOLCE VITA, was screened as an official selection at international film festivals, including the Buffalo International Film Festival and the Burbank International Film Festival in 2020. LOUDER THAN WORDS received the 2014 Women’s Caucus for Art International Honor Roll award and a certificate of recognition from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Their work has been exhibited in the U.S., Iran, and China, and is part of the collections of the L.A. County Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, JUSTSEEDS, Printed Matter, the Palestine Poster Project, Art Against Apartheid, and The Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
Moridpour is a Professor of the Practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) and Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. They have received numerous academic fellowships and awards, including the Social Emotional Learning for Equity and Civic Teaching (SELECT) Fellowship, the Tisch Faculty Fellowship at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, and the Equity and Inclusion Fellowship. Additionally, they were awarded the MacJannet Residency Program in 2023 and the MUSE: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences Funding in 2024 from the Tufts University Office of the Vice Provost for Research.