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BIO
Bradford, UK, 1994
She lives and works in London.
Through my yogic practice and lucid dream work, my practice examines the liminal states of consciousness I find myself in. I describe myself as a conduit that communicates with different ancestral channels and energies through tantric meditation. Working with the energetics of Kuṇḍalinī (a dormant energy located in the naval base that rises through the spine), I present my outcomes through creative writing, performance, sculpture and sound. Embodying ethnopoetics and esoteric methodologies that connect to my Persian heritage, my practice highlights the cultural displacement and the difficulty of assimilating a spiritual practice in contemporary Western discourse—with themes relating to fear, existentialism and spiritual transfiguration.
Nejatpour gained a First Class, BA Honours Degree, in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2013-2016). After completing her studies in 2016, Lilian represented Iran as an artist in residence for the cultural exchange between TADAEX (Tehran's Annual Digital Arts Festival) in 2016 and NODE Forum for the Digital Arts (Frankfurt) in 2017. The residency was kindly supported by the Goethe-Institut, TADAEX (Iran), VVVV (Frankfurt) and Ars Electronica (Austria).
From 2017-2019, Nejatpour was a studio resident at Somerset House in London, under the mentorship of Turner Prize bursary winner Imran Perretta. In 2019, Nejatpour received a full Oxford PGT Graduate Studentship in the Humanities to pursue her Master's degree in Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Art at The University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Katrina Palmer and Jonathan Miles (Royal College of Art), awarded with Distinction in 2020. In addition, she recently completed an intensive course in Yoga and Meditation Studies at SOAS, University of London, in partnership with The Hatha Yoga Project (July 2021) and Tantrism at The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies with Professor Gavin Flood (August 2021).
Recent publications include When You Blossom I Bloom: Sarah Khan x Baesianz, The Royal College of Art (2021); Return: Paadmaan Projects, Tehran (2021); Displacement and Duality: Oxford Student Publications Ltd (2019); GORRSED: Art Licks Issue 22 at Tender Books, London (2018) and Absinthe §2: Elam x Kronos Publishing (2019).
Selected exhibitions include Hoist at Bold Tendencies, Peckham (2020); Lilian's Vow at Photoworks, London (2019) and 4:3 Boiler Room (2019); Choreophobia at Somerset House, London, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2018) and Chisenhale Studios, London (2018); Choreophobia II at Turner Contemporary, Margate (2018) and Saint (The Empty Pose) at The Photographer's Gallery, London (2017).
International exhibitions and residencies include Thank you for the outside, see you on the inside at the Van Gogh House, London (2021); Hope Machine at Cairotronica (Cairo Electronic and New Media Arts Festival), Cairo Palace of Arts (2018); A Social Script for Prompt Relief at Cyan Gallery, Oslo (2018); Hope Machine in collaboration with Simon Weckert for Node Forum for the Digital Arts and the Goethe-Institut, at Naxoshalle, Frankfurt (2017) and Dumbphne at TADAEX (Tehran Annual Digital Art Festival), Mohsen Gallery, Tehran (2016).
She is a Somerset House Alumni resident, a member of EAST (Eating At the Same Table Collective), WANAWAL (The West African and North African Women's Art Library) and Collective Ending.
BIO
Bradford, UK, 1994
She lives and works in London.
Through my yogic practice and lucid dream work, my practice examines the liminal states of consciousness I find myself in. I describe myself as a conduit that communicates with different ancestral channels and energies through tantric meditation. Working with the energetics of Kuṇḍalinī (a dormant energy located in the naval base that rises through the spine), I present my outcomes through creative writing, performance, sculpture and sound. Embodying ethnopoetics and esoteric methodologies that connect to my Persian heritage, my practice highlights the cultural displacement and the difficulty of assimilating a spiritual practice in contemporary Western discourse—with themes relating to fear, existentialism and spiritual transfiguration.
Nejatpour gained a First Class, BA Honours Degree, in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2013-2016). After completing her studies in 2016, Lilian represented Iran as an artist in residence for the cultural exchange between TADAEX (Tehran's Annual Digital Arts Festival) in 2016 and NODE Forum for the Digital Arts (Frankfurt) in 2017. The residency was kindly supported by the Goethe-Institut, TADAEX (Iran), VVVV (Frankfurt) and Ars Electronica (Austria).
From 2017-2019, Nejatpour was a studio resident at Somerset House in London, under the mentorship of Turner Prize bursary winner Imran Perretta. In 2019, Nejatpour received a full Oxford PGT Graduate Studentship in the Humanities to pursue her Master's degree in Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Art at The University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Katrina Palmer and Jonathan Miles (Royal College of Art), awarded with Distinction in 2020. In addition, she recently completed an intensive course in Yoga and Meditation Studies at SOAS, University of London, in partnership with The Hatha Yoga Project (July 2021) and Tantrism at The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies with Professor Gavin Flood (August 2021).
Recent publications include When You Blossom I Bloom: Sarah Khan x Baesianz, The Royal College of Art (2021); Return: Paadmaan Projects, Tehran (2021); Displacement and Duality: Oxford Student Publications Ltd (2019); GORRSED: Art Licks Issue 22 at Tender Books, London (2018) and Absinthe §2: Elam x Kronos Publishing (2019).
Selected exhibitions include Hoist at Bold Tendencies, Peckham (2020); Lilian's Vow at Photoworks, London (2019) and 4:3 Boiler Room (2019); Choreophobia at Somerset House, London, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2018) and Chisenhale Studios, London (2018); Choreophobia II at Turner Contemporary, Margate (2018) and Saint (The Empty Pose) at The Photographer's Gallery, London (2017).
International exhibitions and residencies include Thank you for the outside, see you on the inside at the Van Gogh House, London (2021); Hope Machine at Cairotronica (Cairo Electronic and New Media Arts Festival), Cairo Palace of Arts (2018); A Social Script for Prompt Relief at Cyan Gallery, Oslo (2018); Hope Machine in collaboration with Simon Weckert for Node Forum for the Digital Arts and the Goethe-Institut, at Naxoshalle, Frankfurt (2017) and Dumbphne at TADAEX (Tehran Annual Digital Art Festival), Mohsen Gallery, Tehran (2016).
She is a Somerset House Alumni resident, a member of EAST (Eating At the Same Table Collective), WANAWAL (The West African and North African Women's Art Library) and Collective Ending.
© Lilian Nejatpour 2022