Kia Zand is an interdisciplinary artist based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Drawing on his mixed Iranian inheritance, he works across analogue photography and print, sculpture, and sound, exploring the spaces between and within geological, cultural, and political boundaries. His work primarily explores themes of opacity versus visibility. Zand began his career as an industrial photographer and filmmaker at the National Oil and Gas Company in the south-west of Iran, a zone marked by histories of ethnic diversity and colonial footsteps. After relocating to Isfahan and later migrating to Naarm(Melbourne) as an asylum seeker, he completed a degree in film and a Master of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Exhibitions

2025 - Rūḥ al-rūḥ – jan-e janān - WestSpace Gallery - Group exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2024 - SOL Gallery - SOULS - Group exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2023 - Alchemy - NotFair Art Fair - Group exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2023 - Mahsa - Jo Carrol Art Studio - Group exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2022 - Observatory - VCA ArtSpace - Group exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2022 - Woman Life Freedom - SOL Gallery - Group exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2020 - PINK 2020 -TACIT Gallery - Group photography exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2019 - K13 - The Laird - Solo photography exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2018 - CreAte - CreAte II - Performance, Berlin-Germany.

2017 - Other Other - The marginalised of the marginalised exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2016 - Midsummer - COM16 - Group photographic exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2016 - Mardi Gras - COM16 - Group photographic exhibition, Sydney-Australia.

2015 - Hares Hyenas - Solo photographic Exhibition, Melbourne-Australia.

2013 - Three Teams - Collaboration with Gabrielle de Vietri, Horsham-Australia.

2012 - Sideline - Dance performance with Tomas Arroquero, VCA Masters, Melbourne-Australia.

2011 - Kooperatif - Sound performance, Beyoglu, Istanbul-Turkieh.

2010 - Reframing Persia - Flickr group photography exhibition, Tehran-Iran.

2009 - Epic Iran - Flickr group photography exhibition, Isfahan-Iran.