Biography

Raha Rastifard is an Iranian-German artist who lives and works in Stockholm. Through a wide range of media, such as photography, sculpture, painting, video, and installation, she explores themes of identity and cultural heritage. Her work often incorporates references to literature, philosophy, and art history.

 

Rastifard holds a BFA from the National University of Art in Tehran as well as an MA in European and Islamic Art from Freie Universität in Berlin. She has also attended a couple of post-master courses at The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (2015 – 2018). Recent solo and group exhibition venues include Ebelingmuseet, Eskilstuna (2023), Borås Bright Art, Borås Konstmuseum (2023), Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm (2022), Berg Gallery, Stockholm (2021), and Östergötlands museum, Linköping (2019). Additionally, her work has been shown in a large number of exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia and North America, including venues such as the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Museo Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Malmö Konsthall, and Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo.

 

Rastifard was awarded the 2021 IASPIS residency scholarship, and received the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s two-year working grant the following year. Her works are represented in the collections of Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Borås Konstmuseum, Östergötlands Museum, Stockholm Konst, and Region Stockholm (Stockholm County Council), to name a few.

Overview
Selected works
  • Raha Rastifard, Dargah-e Khorshid (The Gate of the Sun), 2025
    Dargah-e Khorshid (The Gate of the Sun), 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Haft Aseman I (The Seven Skies), 2025
    Haft Aseman I (The Seven Skies), 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Yâr I (Friend), 2025
    Yâr I (Friend), 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Lost Memory V, 2025
    Lost Memory V, 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Lost Memory VI, 2025
    Lost Memory VI, 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 9, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 9, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 10, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 10, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 11, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 11, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 7, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 7, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 8, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 8, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 4, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 4, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 1, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 1, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 3, 2021
    Rest in Natural Great Peace No. 3, 2021
  • Raha Rastifard, Haft Aseman II (The Seven Skies), 2025
    Haft Aseman II (The Seven Skies), 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Yâr II (Friend), 2025
    Yâr II (Friend), 2025
  • Raha Rastifard, Lost Memory I, 2025
    Lost Memory I, 2025
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