Darianaz Gharibani
Photographer, MCAPA
Iran

BA in Graphic; MA in Research in Art
Member of "Caroun Photo Club" (CPC)
Member of "Canadian Association for Photographic Art" (CAPA)
Member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA)

Exhibitions:
- CPC First Annual Photography Exhibition 2006, Tehran
- CPC Isfahan Photo Exhibition, Winter 2007
- CPC Group Photo Exhibition, Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran, 2007
- CPC Second Annual Photo Exhibition, Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran, October 2007
- CPC First & Second Annual Photo Exhibition, Sulaymania, Kurdistan, Iraq, Nov. 20-25, 2007
- CPC First & Second Annual Photo Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada, May 8-29, 2008
- Group Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2014
- Group Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2014
- CPC Group Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Canada, August 2015
- CPC 9th Annual Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Canada, December 2015
- Group Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, May 2016
- Summer Group Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, August 2017
- Solo Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, October 2017
- Solo Virtual Photography Exhibition, CAG (Caroun.net), October 2017
- CPC 11th Annual Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery, Dec 2017


Festivals:
- Group Exhibition, Port Moody Art & Cultural Centre, Port Moody, BC, Canada, May 2014
- Celebration of CAG’s 6-Year Art Show, Caroun Art Gallery, Canada, October 2015
- North Shore Art Crawl Festival, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2017
- Celebration of CAG’s 8-Year Art Show, Caroun Art Gallery, Canada, December 2017

Prizes:
- Selected Works of CPC Digital Photo Contest 2014: CPC Honorable Mention
- Selected Works of CPC Digital Photo Contest 2015: CPC Honorable Mention
- Third Winner, CPC 9th Annual Photo Contest 2015: CPC Bronze Medal / Taking part in a group exhibition at Caroun Art Gallery, May 2016
- Selected work, CPC 9th Annual Photo Contest 2015: CPC Honorable Mention
- First Winner, CPC 11th Annual Photo Contest 2017: CAPA Gold Medal


I was born in Iran. Though my courses in school were not about art, I was interested in painting and drawing. In 1991 I entered in the Art University and started to study graphic art. At the same time I faced to cinema studying and study directing films in a Cinema Institute as well. During this time painting on canvas and two dimensional animations were my side artistic activities.

In graphic studying at university I had to pass some courses on photography. This opportune gave me more
knowledge on photographic art and I was interested in that much more. Now I think a photograph can be one of
the still frames of my un-maid film or one of the paintings.

In my opinion ‘no comment’ can be the best title for a photograph. So I prefer to not choose any name or title for my photos and the interpretation of the photos takes place by audiences. I think a work which makes us to mediate and looks beauty is a kind of art.

Techniques and tools are not important as some people think. It is so important to get the suitable tools and techniques for expressing our idea or feeling.

I see photography and cinema as two powerful media.



Caroun Photo Club (CPC)