About

I’m Mona Raissi—a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, photography, and digital media. My practice is rooted in storytelling, memory, and place. Whether through the texture of Acrylic on canvas or layered photomontage, I use visual language to explore emotion, history, and identity. Each piece I create is a dialogue—between past and present, space and silence, self and surroundings.

 
 

EDUCATION:

·      Master of Art in Industrial Design (University of Tehran/International Kish Campus, 2010)

·      Bachelor of science in Industrial engineering (Islamic Azad University/ 2006 -2002)

·      Certificate of completion; Art Gallery, Exhibition, Curating and artist management from Udemy academy- Toronto (2023)

·      Certificate of completion; How to value Art- A step by step guide for all abilities from Udemy academy- Toronto(2023)

· Certificate of Fashion Design Workshop from Domus Academy/ Italy (2010)

·      Diplomas of Fashion Design (2014-2010) in PAYA institute in Tehran

·      Certificate of Photography in PAYA institute-Tehran (2014)

·      Certificate of Fashion Photography from Cavandish Collage- England (2015)

·      Certificate of Cavendish college in Interior Design- England (2007)

·      Art & painting classes with Reza Onsori & Zeynab Movahed (2012 & 2017)

 

EXHIBITIONS:

·      Group exhibition in Arta Gallery of Toronto with 4 chosen mixed media pieces from “Locations isolation” collection (September 2022)

·      Solo Exhibition in Burlington by HelloArt’s Curators team (July 2023)

·      Group Exhibition in Spain with 2 artworks under the name; Vaccine for world war3, April 2020

·      Solo Exhibition of ArtDeco in Persian Style in Samin Art Gallery-Tehran 2016

·      Exhibition of Clothing Design by Inspiration of Kessler & John Eves Paintings in Ehsan Art Gallery-Tehran/2010

·      Writing an Article for 7th International Conference on Design & Emotion,Chicago October 2010

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Co-founder of SHM Photography and SHM advertising inc.

(www.shmphotography.com) /from 2017 till now

• Working with KODAK.IT as a photographer for working on Doordash photography's projects in Toronto (2017)

• Working with Snappr team as a photographer for modeling & products photography projects (2019)

• Co-founder of M Art Projecrs (Moser Studio) as a design studio in 2015

• Working with many art shops & Galleries in Tehran (Basmeh Artshop, SHYN gallery, B-concept artshop, Aknoon gallery, etc.) for selling my own decorative mirrors that I made with original digital collages.

  • Professional collage Artist, digital artist and abstract painter as a freelancer;Since Jun 2014 till now