Kasra Goodarznezhad draws on experiences of discontent in both Tehran and Toronto to depict moments of release. His work offers the potential for either hope or profound disappointment, and the audience is often left unsure of which they are meant to feel. Dissatisfied with rigidity, Kasra sees the city as a site of potential resistance and renewal. His artistic production attempts to narrativize moments in time. As a curator, he prefers art and artists that offer the potential for release. Coherence is rarely the desired end, but rather the entropic potential latent in difference. As an organizer, he manifests new ways to undermine the hegemony of oppressive structures. Some efforts persist while others release violently allowing energies to be leveraged elsewhere.

Kasra holds a BFA in Integrated Media from OCAD University in Toronto. He has been working as an artist since 2011 and has exhibited work in Canada, Berlin, Milan, Wroclaw, Reykjavik, and the United Kingdom.