Mitra Malekzadeh was born and grew up in Iran where she completed her B.A., double majoring in Sociology and Psychology. In 1987 she migrated to Australia and completed her M.A. in Sociology. She taught Sociology in Monash University for 7 years.
Feeling trapped and disenchanted with academia, she resigned and started writing short stories, some of which have been published on the Internet.
While continuing her writing, in the last three years she has been studying and working as a photographer. She has had three exhibitions so far.
In her artwork she creates images with several layers; eg: form, lighting, composition and design intertwined with spiritual concepts. In other words she has tried to represent the life’s images into a more conceptual theme. Her design for presentation of her works is almost an installation as it is not quite two or three- dimensional.
‘If eyes are the window to our souls then the hands are the voice’, Was her statement in her last exhibition in Melbourne where her theme was “The Rhythm of Life”.
‘Every piece of us, and the world around us is talking with its own unique voice. They are showing the way to the unity and trust us with their existence. How much of that trust we have actually honoured so far?’
This question is the core of her artworks mixed with a strong Persian flavour, which is her cultural heritage.