Stacy Arezou Mehrfar

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Stacy Arezou Mehrfar

Stacy Arezou Mehrfar is a photo based artist and lecturer living in New York, NY

01/15/2026

Will you be in NYC this weekend? I’m hosting open studios January 17-19 at the 14th Street Y Theater to share “Two Orbs of the Sun,” a six-channel immersive video installation, and “Aleph,” a series of photographs made on expired medium-format film. Both works are meditation on the afterlife. Pictured here are video stills ☀️

Location: 14th St Y Theater, 2nd Floor
344 East 14th Street (at 1st Avenue), New York, NY 10003

Hours: Sat, January 17: 10 am - 12 pm & 1-6 pm
Sun, January 18, 1-6 pm
Mon, January 19, 1-5 pm

I am excited to share this new work — I hope you can make it! DM me when you plan to come so I can keep an eye out for you. 🥂

Please share this post with friends and colleagues as well ☀️

Special thanks to .nyc and for supporting this project and this special event. And Jacob Leibowitz for the incredible soundtrack, Danya Abt and Naama Keha for video editing. 🌞

06/02/2025

In Wildness (Plexus), 2025
30 x 40 inches
Edition of 3

05/13/2025

New portrait in the studio by my fabulous friend Jamie Riva .s.riva Jamie Schofield

01/27/2025

It’s been a long, jaw-dropping week.

Eight years ago, there was a movement to band together and show force.

In 2017, I set out to make portraits of the diverse New Yorkers who embody the space of protest and document their collective experiences. From 2017 to 2018, I attended over 40 events. I made thousands of still photographs of protesters, onlookers, police, and press, focusing on their interplay and the spontaneous communities that transpired within the temporal space of demonstrations. My subjects were young and old, New Yorkers of all sizes and backgrounds captured on their home turf in poignant moments of expressed emotion and character—from anger, fear, pride, exhilaration, and mystery.

For the video (first screened at TEDxSydney, slides 1/2), I combed the thousands of photographs, selecting the most compelling portraits (~4500), and animated them as discreet vignettes in a time-lapse effect. The five channels work together like an orchestra of individual portraits merging into a collective experience. You can watch it on my website—the link is in my bio.

I’m trying to remember that magic happens when we come together in the same room, the same public sphere, to hear one another, to be in conversation. I am not leaving Instagram today. It’s essential to continue building conversations to break the echo chambers. Happy Monday.

09/22/2023

September is Su***de Awareness Month.

Last year I started a print sale fundraiser in honor of my dear friend Christine. I have decided to continue this photographic print fundraiser annually through 2032 to support NAMI , the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of all those affected by mental illness.

This sale allows you to purchase an ongoing, experimental portfolio of my work, accumulating to 10 prints. Each year, a new print will be available for purchase. In addition, a limited number from the previous editions of this fundraiser will be available for sale.

The 2023 pricing is as follows:

S75 for one print or $140 for two prints
+ $30 to all sales for shipping and materials.

For more info on the print sale fundraiser click link in bio:
https://donate.nami.org/forchristine2023
🌵
Print Details:
2023 Title: I’d Give You a Day Just Like Today, Arizona, April 2023 (For Christine 2023) Medium: Archival Pigment Print on Moab Metallic Pearl Size: 7.5x10” on 8.5x11” Edition of 50 +2 APs

2022* Title: Besties in the Sun, Kauai, Hawaii, August 2021 (For Christine) Medium: Archival Pigment Print on Moab Metallic Pearl Size: 7.5x10" on 8.5 x 11" Edition of 50 +2 APs
*Until print edition runs out

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09/20/2023

September is world su***de prevention month. Last year, I ran a print sale fundraiser to benefit in honor of my dear friend Christine.

Christine was brilliant, kind, and the most wonderful mother. A senior ER nurse at NYU, Christine and her team set up one of the first Covid testing sites in NYC. She was a mighty woman, proud of her work for the community. We met around five years ago through our daughters and became fast friends. It was that instant friendship where you felt you had known each other forever. She was the one I called to commiserate on everyday life.

She tried to tell me how bad it was. I'm thankful that I was one of a handful of people she eventually told, but I think by the time she realized how deep her depression was and that she needed help, it was too late. Her pain was too severe. When she let me in, I listened, but still, I didn't understand. I didn't (I couldn't) grasp the depths of it all. I honestly (naively) did not think I would lose her.

In the coming days, I will launch the 2nd year of this fundraiser. Below are the details of last years print pictured above. Stay tuned for more information on the new edition. 🌳 ☀️🌵

DETAILS:
Title: Besties in the Sun, Kauai, Hawaii, August 2021 (For Christine)
Medium: Archival Pigment Print on Moab Metallic Pearl
Size: 7.5x10" on 8.5 x 11"
Edition of 50 +2 APs

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09/15/2023

L’Shana Tovah — Here’s to new beginnings!

I’m looking forward to building upon my new body of work “In Wildness” in the studio and in the forest. This photograph is a work in progress made during my recent artist residency .

09/11/2023

Highlights from PhotoFairs New York:

1) . This portrait stopped me in my tracks
2) . I thought Sasha’s booth had the best install design at the fair
3) stunning prints from her recent portrait series Gli Isolani . These exquisite prints were so fine you could lick them! Side note the photobook of this series was printed by (the best of course)
4) self-portraits . Will definitely be sharing with my class
5) . I enjoyed these tremendously - Polaroid transfers from photographs the artist made over many years.
6) gorg install , curated by the fabulous Marina Chao. There were so many fine details to this install- each visit was better than the last.
7) . Stunning eye candy. More prints I could lick
8) new to me - place holder to learn more. Caught these on my way out
9) in conversation with what a treat!
10)Finally spent some quality time with the brilliant !!

I enjoyed this fair ✨ the vibe was perfect. Great work, rock star director extraordinaire! !

09/08/2023

Hi Friends,

I’m baccckkkk 💃and thrilled to share the news of my first museum show with you. Read below for more info. Perhaps you’ll join me and in Louisville for the opening event on Oct 19?

Happy September! And, of course, Shabbat Shalom!

🥂Stacy

From :
"Borderlines," a show featuring artists Stacy Kranitz and Stacy Arezou Mehrfar , opens today at KMAC.
Join us for the Exhibition Reception on Thursday, October 19, 2023, from 5:30 - 8:00 PM. This event is free and open to the public.
Working in conversation, photographs by Kranitz and Mehrfar explore the nuanced and contradictory nature of boundaries while exploring how they can affect our understanding of place and belonging.
"Borderlines" joins our Autumn Shows lineup, now on view through October 29. The show is presented in coniunction with the Louisville Photo Biennial .

Pictured: “ #151015,” 2015
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 45 inches
Edition 1/3

07/13/2023

👋 It’s been a hectic time. I’ll post regularly again soon (yes, I miss you too). In the meantime, here’s a from that time I was in Mildura NSW, making new pictures for the project that came to be known as “The Moon Belongs to Everyone.”

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