Mona Kasra
Mona Kasra is a media artist, projection designer, and interdisciplinary scholar. She is Associate Professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Virginia.
Personal life
An Iranian-American, Kasra was born and raised in Tehran. Kasra was involved with the Iranian Women's Right's Movement in 2006.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.
Awards
- 2024 Helen Hayes Award Nomination - Outstanding Media/Projections Design, Unseen
- 2023 Helen Hayes Award Nomination - Outstanding Media/Projections Design, ''The Till Trilogy: Benevolence''
Research and professional activities
Kasra's research involves exploring the confluence of media technologies, art, and culture; reflecting on the impact of emerging media on personal, political, and creative expression; and experimenting with affordances of such media for artistic practices of performance and installation.Kasra's artwork has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals across the US and worldwide, and she has juried, curated, and programmed for many exhibitions, film festivals, and conferences. She regularly presents at national and international conferences and her publications can be found in several journals including New Media & Society, The Communication Review, and Media and Communication.
Kasra served as Conference Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH in 2016, and Art Gallery Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in 2011. In 2019, she was elected to serve on the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee as director at large. In 2023 and 2024 she served as the Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee