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2025 MFA Artist Talks

February 26, 2025 - March 19, 2025

A series of artist talks presented by our 2nd year MFA Candidates, prior to their final thesis exhibitions in Fall 2025. 

 

Nazli Tabkhi
February 26, at 12:30pm 
IN PERSON at the Kenderdine Art Gallery
or ONLINE via zoom

Soheila Fallah
March 5, at 12:30pm 
IN PERSON at the Kenderdine Art Gallery
or ONLINE via zoom

Naaz Sedaghatkerdar
March 12, at 12:30pm 
IN PERSON at the Kenderdine Art Gallery
or ONLINE via zoom

Gabriela Sieminska-Hauck
March 19, at 12:30pm 
IN PERSON at the Kenderdine Art Gallery
or ONLINE via zoom

About this Program

Wednesdays at 12:30 - 1:30pm, between February 26th - March 19th. 

These talks will place in the Kenderdine Art Gallery's Rounding space as part of our commitment to curating diverse and welcoming spaces based on community and love. 

MFA Candidates

Born in 1988 in Iran, Soheila Fallah is a multidisciplinary artist who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Art-Tehran (2014) and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Saskatchewan. Her practice delves into themes of self-reflection, spatial perception, and cultural identity, drawing inspiration from conceptual art, human figures, and Iranian architectural elements.

Guided vision, inspired by the Iranian Shahre Farang, or Raree Show, is a recurring theme in her work. This influence allows her to explore the dynamic interplay between 'inside' and 'outside' as physical and emotional spaces. By bridging the known and unknown, she invites viewers to engage with abstract concepts and reflect on the complexities of perception.

Naaz Sedaghatkerdar is an interdisciplinary artist, originally from Iran (born in 1995), who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography from the University of Tehran (2019) and is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Saskatchewan. Having participated in several art exhibitions in her home country, her practice explores the interplay of themes such as everyday life, identity, belonging, location, dislocation and the immigrant experience.

Gabriela Sieminska-Hauck is a multidisciplinary artist who was born and raised in southern Poland in an artistic family. As a young adult, she relocated to Saskatoon, Canada, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Honours degree from the University of Saskatchewan. After extensive travels, she returned to Saskatoon and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree at the University of Saskatchewan, focusing on photography and visual arts.

Gabriela teaches foundational drawing and photography courses at the University of Saskatchewan's School for the Arts and works at the Remai Modern Museum in Saskatoon. She is part of the museum's Learning and Engagement Department, where she teaches art, conducts workshops, and develops descriptive tours.

Her artistic practice explores the body as a living archive where memory, history, and identity converge. Gabriela creates mixed-media installations and performances that challenge static perceptions of memory and narrative. She crafts immersive environments where past, present, and future overlap by integrating ephemeral materials, muted tones, and interactive elements, inviting viewers to engage with their memories meaningfully. Gabriela’s work bridges personal and universal experiences, illuminating the body as a site of transformation.

Nazli Tabkhi is based in Saskatoon, born in Iran in 1995, and earned her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Tehran in 2018. Since then, she has dedicated herself to working on artistic projects, primarily focusing on self-portraits, While her main focus has been painting, she has also engaged in designing installations, performances, and cover arts on occasion.

Her paintings reside at the intersection of self-knowledge concepts, relational forms, and sets of color shades. Recognized as a medium-curious artist, she is known for constantly inventing new and distinctive styles. Passionate about the psychological aspects of humanity, Nazli utilizes herself as a model to deepen her consciousness through visual arts media. For her, painting is a source of peace and a space for meditating on the beauty within the world she has crafted in her unique style, experiencing the grace of living within it.