ASMA KHOSHMEHR

ARtist-in-residence / OCTOBER 7 – DECEMBER 15, 2026

Asma Khoshmehr is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work combines immersive storytelling, documentary filmmaking, and new media. With a BFA in Performing Arts and an MFA in Film and Media Art, her practice draws deeply from her East African and Middle Eastern heritage, exploring themes of generational trauma, forced displacement, and political sexual violence.  

Asma’s work has earned recognition through prestigious awards and residencies, including the MacDowell Fellowship, MASS MoCA, and the ON::VIEW Artist Residency. She has also received the Carole Fielding Grant from the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) and the Virgin Unite Grant. Her international journey includes a scholarship to study Beijing Opera at the Shanghai Theater Academy and mythology at Sanskriti Kendra in India.

Learn more about Asma’s work at instagram.com/asma.khoshmehr

Interested in becoming our next artist-in-residence?