Mona Kasra
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Mona Kasra is a media artist, projection designer, and interdisciplinary scholar. She is associate professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Virginia.[1]
An Iranian-American,[2] Kasra was born and raised in Tehran.
She holds a PhD in Arts and Technology from the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as an MFA in Video/Digital art and a BA in Graphic Design.[3]
Awards
- 2024 Helen Hayes Award Nomination - Outstanding Media/Projections Design, Unseen (Mosaic Theater Company of DC)[4]
- 2023 Helen Hayes Award Nomination - Outstanding Media/Projections Design, The Till Trilogy: Benevolence ( Mosaic Theater Company of DC)[5]
Research and professional activities
Kasra's research involves exploring the confluence of media technologies, art, and culture; reflecting on the impact of emerging media on personal, political, and creative expression; and experimenting with affordances of such media for artistic practices of performance and installation.[6]
Kasra's artwork has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals across the US and worldwide, and she has juried, curated, and programmed for many exhibitions, film festivals, and conferences.[7] She regularly presents at national and international conferences and her publications can be found in several journals including New Media & Society,[8] The Communication Review,[9] and Media and Communication.[10]
Kasra served as Conference Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH in 2016,[11] and Art Gallery Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in 2011.[12] In 2019, she was elected to serve on the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee as director at large.[13] In 2023 and 2024 she served as the Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee[14]