Narges Rezaian

Assistant Professor, Visual Communications

Narges Rezaian is an experimental animator from Iran with over 15 years of experience as an animator, character designer and storyboard artist in animation industry.

Black and white portrait of a woman with shoulder-length straight hair, featuring a distinctive blonde streak on one side. She is smiling subtly and wearing a dark turtleneck sweater under a structured coat. The background is a neutral gray, giving a clean and professional appearance.

Her teaching background entails practical and theoretical courses in animation and film. At AUArts, she teaches Character Design and Illustration.

Her diverse research and creative practice bridge philosophy, psychology, cinema, animation, and fine arts, uncovering non-narrative storytelling possibilities through the fusion of interdisciplinary concepts and techniques. Central to her work is the idea of the body as a medium of creation—examining the malleability of the animated form for its resilience and capacity for transformation. Her recent award-winning short film, Pilgrim (2023), embodies this approach, visually documenting psycho-somatic change through experimental animation.

Education:

MFA in Media Production, University of Regina
MA in Animation, Tehran University of Art
BA in Graphic Design, University of Applied Science and Technology

Production:

I Is Not There (2017)
Changeling (2020-)
Pilgrim (2023)