Mashid Mohadjerin is an award-winning visual artist and lecturer based in Belgium. She obtained her PhD in the Arts in 2021 from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and has published three books and is currently working on her forthcoming monograph. 

Mashid started working as a documentary photographer for international publications and media outlets in the early 2000`s. As a female Middle Eastern photographer specific topics were assigned to her more often than others. In 2009 she received 1st prize for Contemporary Issues at World Press Photo. 

As visual artist she believes that it is not enough to only document her subjects; it is important to create work that will move beyond the existing visual representations in the media and elsewhere, without simplified statements– the emotive being equally important as the factual, the unseen and unknowable as relevant as the spectacular.

These concerns lead Mashid to return to long-term Artistic Research Projects. The thesis for her first research project was on the Role of the Female Body and Resistance in the Middle East. 

In recent years Mashid’s research-based work has expanded towards multi-media installations containing video work, sound, text, collage and performance as part of her ongoing exploration of multi-perspectivity and alternative forms of narration. With her lens-based work, she continues to connect contemporary issues with history and personal stories, looking for ever more nuance and true understanding.