BIO

Labkhand Olfatmanesh, born in Tehran, Iran, is an artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores the complexities of identity, feminism, and cultural norms. Through photography, experimental filmmaking, and dialogic engagement, Olfatmanesh interrogates language, perception, and societal constructs, crafting liminal spaces that challenge stereotypes and provoke introspection. As a storyteller and organizer, they cultivate platforms for nuanced and transformative exchanges.

I have been exhibited across the US and internationally, including; Photo London U.K.; Rencontres d’Arles, France; Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles; Projecting Possibilities, Culver City Arts Foundation; the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco ; Jamaica Center of Art & Learning, NY ;CICA Museum, South Korea ; 2020 Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, NMSU ;4Culture, Seattle, WA ; The Glass Box Gallery at the University of California, Santa Barbara.   2018 I received an awarded the LensCulture Portrait Awards Jurors’ Pick and received first place at the Los Angeles Center of Photography’s second annual fine art photo competition; second place CAFAM & Farhang Foundation (Focus Iran 3); Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grantee, NYC.    My work has also been featured by the United Nations, the British Council, and Australian High Commission and in the UNESCO Palace, Lebanon.  I am currently a board member at Level Ground organization; Artist in residence in Side street project based on Pasadena, 18th Street Art center and 2021 Active Innovator Leadership program at Arts for LA.