Mona Kasra

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Mona Kasra is a digital multimedia artist and Associate Professor in Digital Media Design at the University of Virginia.^[1]

She holds a PhD in Arts and Technology from the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as an MFA in Video/Digital art and a BA in Graphic Design.^[2]

Kasra has exhibited at the Omni Dallas Hotel (exterior) and the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery^[3] and has presented at The Society for Photographic Education (SPE)^[4] The Society for Literature Science and the Arts (SLSA), Union for Democratic Communications (UDC), SXSW Interactive, and Social Media & Society.^[2]

Personal life[]

An Iranian-American,^[5] Kasra was born and raised in Tehran. Kasra was involved with the Iranian Women's Right's Movement (Campaign of One Million Signatures) in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Collectives[]

The DWZ[]

Kasra is an active member of the DWZ (standing for Dead White Zombies), which is a Dallas-based artist collective of 43 artists that formed in 2011.^[6] Kasra took part in the projects Flesh World, (w)hole, T.N.B., and Karaoke Motel by creating video content.^[6]

Collage Ensemble[]

Kasra joined the Collage Ensemble in 2005, “a Los Angeles Arts Collective of inter-disciplinary artists collaborating on multi-media artwork related to urban life and inter-ethnic experiences.” Collage Ensemble Inc. lasted from 1984 to 2012.^{[citation needed]}

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