The Arch

clay, wood, polymer clay, acrylic | 3 x 3 x 4"

Rojia Dadashzadeh is a contemporary artist, educator, and researcher based in Vancouver, BC. Her interdisciplinary practice spans sculpture, painting, and drawing, often exploring narrative, identity, and materiality through a playful and performative lens. She is particularly interested in the relationship between gesture, character, and memory, and how abstraction can evoke deeply personal or collective stories. Her work has been featured in Preview, The Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, Canadian Art Teacher Journal, and The City Without Art?, and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Dadashzadeh teaches Visual Arts to Grades 1–7, working within a Reggio Emilia–inspired framework. Previously, she taught IB Visual and Culinary Arts to Grades 6–12 and continues to serve as an IBEN Educator and Workshop Leader. She is also a co-editor of BCATA journal Perception/s. She holds a BFA (Honours) from the University of Waterloo, a postgraduate diploma in New Media Design from Sheridan College, Le Grand Diplôme from Le Cordon Bleu (Paris), and both a BEd and MA in Art Education from the University of British Columbia. She has also trained in Richard Pochinko’s clowning method, an improved performance practice rooted in Indigenous and European traditions. Her teaching and artistic practices remain deeply interconnected and mutually enriching.

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