PROFILE

​Raheleh Filsoofi Biography

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​Itinerate and Interdisciplinary Artist

Born in Iran, lives in the United States, and works in between

 

Filsoofi, a collector of soil and sound, is an itinerant artist, community advocate and feminist curator. Her work revolves around themes of movement, immigration, and social activism. Clay and sound serve as her primary expressive mediums, enabling her to create diverse narratives through multimedia installations and immersive performances. Her art disrupts the borders that exist between us and seeks a more inclusive world, illuminating and challenging policies and politics. 

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Filsoofi has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her major recent exhibitions include [Un]Grounded, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA (2025); Imagined Boundaries, an interactive multimedia installation at the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC (2023–2024); and Only Sound Remains, an interactive multimedia installation at the Sharjah Biennial 15, Thinking Historically in the Present, Sharjah, UAE (2023).

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Raheleh is the recipient of the 2025 NCECA Innovator Award, the 2025 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Projects Grant, the 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellowship, the 2022 1858 Contemporary Southern Art Award, and the 2021 Southern Prize Tennessee State Fellowship. She is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics in the Department of Art at Vanderbilt University and holds a secondary appointment at the Blair School of Music. She received her M.F.A. in Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University and a B.F.A. in Ceramics from Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran.​