British Glass Biennale 2026

My piece “The breaking of a Kouze” has been selected for the 2026 British Glass Biennale. The performance will be happening live at World of Glass St Helens on August 8th, with a live stream available internationally.

I look forward to the Biennale opening on August 27th were my piece and performance video will be open for public viewing.

EU Research Trip

During October - November 2025 I have conducted a research trip through Europ to develop my material and technical knowledge, as part of my Stone and Glass R&D.

I arranged gallery & studio visits, courses, and seminars across six countries. I drove through Antwerp, Berlin, Prague, Novy Bor, Vienna, Insbruk, Zurich, Laussane, and Paris. Notably I connected with Rero-Glass, School of Sculpture, Berlin Glass, Martin Janekey, Novotny, Nissen Glass, amongst many other studios and galleries.

This trip has been incredibly informative for the development of my practice, I have developed further material research, learned new skills, strengthened networks, and seen a diverse varriety of making techniques.

During my visits I have been connected to new artists in Berlin and Prague, as well as becoming a part of the Antwerp based Green-Soda-Movement.

For more information on this project please get in touch via email, or join my annual mailing list.

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Funding

I have been funded by the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation to develop my stone and glass R&D project. In October 2025 I am on a course at School of Sculpture at Berlin Glass to conduct the research necessary for creating sculptures with fused glass and stone.

This builds on my previous work with both materials where I have created interlocking elements to combine stone and glass. This new body of material led work continues with my fascination with body sculpting, and expressions of contemporary human experience.

EMOTICON

My first solo exhibition, hosted by Galleria Objets in Shoreditch. I’ll be showing works from the RCA, Corning Museum and a new body of work developed during my yearlong residency with UCA.

This exhibit will also see the third instalment of the charity raffle in support of Choose Love!

The breaking of a Kouze

“The breaking of a Kouze” will be performed at the opening of “Shaping glass, shaping futures” exhibition with UCA.

British Glass Biennale 2024

I have been featured in the 2024 British Glass Biennale, where I’ve been awarded the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers student prize, for my MA work ‘Intimacy22’.

New Glass Review 43

‘Intimacy22’ has been featured in the 43rd issue of the ‘New Glass Review’ publication by the Corning Museum of Glass. This followed shortly after my scholarship with Corning, so I very much appreciate their support in growing my practice. (a traditional Iranian Vessel)’

Glass AiR, UCA

I am the UCA Glass Air 2023-24 where I am developing a new body of sculptural work. Coming into this position just two weeks after my Corning Museum of Glass scholarship has given me the unique opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of solid and hollow sculpting techniques.

Corning Museum of Glass

After a yearlong endeavour to gain my American visitor VISA, due to my Iranian heritage, I have been awarded a scholarship to attend Martin Jankey’s sculpting course at the Corning Museum of Glass.

I am incredibly grateful for Corning’s support in getting me to this course.

RCA GRAD SHOW

13 - 16 July 23. MA graduate show where I’ve showin my full Art & Design practice, including a live performance of my Masters piece ‘The destruction of a kouze (a traditional Iranian Vessel)’

Clerkenwell Design Week

Launched my design ware with Trouping Colour at CDW. My full range was on show for the first time together, along with the first batch of Mountain Tumblers from Novotny.

WIP

Wetherby Gardens, Chelsea, London.

Royal Collage of Art Ceramics & Glass MA2 group show. Hosted by the generous Preston Fitzgerald as part of his 11th annual RCA Ceramics & Glass exhibition.

Having resolved my ‘Intimacy22’ project I was able to show the documentation of the performances and interactions with the Intimacy vessels over 2022. More people interacted to kiss through the vessels at this show, once I went first others felt comfortable.

Intimacy22 NYE

New Years Eave 2022 saw the final live performance of ‘Intimacy22’ where I organised a large house party with the community I live with and brought out six intimacy vessels. people kissed all night, through the midnight count and into 2023.

I’ve collated the documentation of the ‘Intimacy22’ performances into a book showing the interactions with the vessels through this year.

Preface

Pumphouse gallery, Battersea, London.

Royal Collage of Art Ceramics & Glass MA1 WIP show. Together with my cohort we self organised an exterior show to exhibit our yearlong efforts, with resolved pieces and works in progress on show.

I took this opportunity to show my ‘Intimacy22’ project. This spring was a return to socialising after being fully released from social restrictions, it made the perfect platform for interaction with the Intimacy vessels.

Magnificenses

Amersham Arms, New Cross, London.

I entered a group performance event with the communal drinking vessel to perform ‘Reclamations’ in a public space. This performance offers the audience a drink from a communal glass inspired by a Bohemian era vessel.

This performance came as we were being slowly released from lockdowns in 2021 and were in the “socially distanced”. Some audience members were wearing mask, which they removed to drink from the vessel before putting the mask back on.

Somnus: X - Zone.

Collaboration with underground collective Somnus, creating a live sensory art and music event. We saw two vortex appear that night, one behind the DJ, and another in a tunnel further down the event, with Aria sitting at the other end

Somnus: X - Zone

Collaboration with underground collective Somnus, creating a live sensory art and music event. We saw a vortex appear that night, behind the DJ, people lost their minds, becoming their bass self, absorbed by the light… none of them were seen again.

Somnus: X - Zone

Collaboration with underground collective Somnus, creating a live sensory art and music event. We saw two vortex appear that night, one behind the DJ, and another in a tunnel further down the event.

Lumen: Through the Looking Glass.

Exhibiting with Lumen at Ugly Duck London, in this show we presented works that contemplate the perspectives on the world around us, examining our sensorial approach to understanding our world and the mysteries of space. I used two of my paintings from the Untitled series, and an experimental light rig to exaggerate and highlight the colour theory in the paintings.

Lumen: Lunar

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of humans landing on the moon, Lumen hosted a selection of artworks based on the ideas of astral travel and exterior planets. I presented a new VRTX made especially for this occasion, as well as a plaster cast of the moons surface, made using production methods used in ‘2001: A Space Odessy’ that i had previously made in reaction to visiting the Stanley Kubric archive at University for the Arts London (UAL)