Hamidreza Ghasemi works at the intersection of visual communication, new media, and interactive systems. His practice focuses on storytelling, perception, and how technology shapes visual experience.
Professional Experience
2026 — Exhibition Designer & Technical Director
Anniversary exhibition celebrating three female rulers of Essen, Städtische Galerie Schloss Borbeck, Essen
2026 — Technical Assistant
“Die Zauberflöte”, MiR.LAB – research lab of the Musiktheater im Revier (MiR), Gelsenkirchen
2025 — Graphic Designer & Jury Member
Photo competition and exhibition “Zeig uns deine Story – Angekommen in der Metropole Ruhr!”, Städtische Galerie Schloss Borbeck, Essen
2023–2024 — Student Assistant (SHK)
Bewegtbild-Werkstatt (Moving Image Workshop), Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
Ongoing — Graphic Designer & Visual Artist
Collaborations on various projects
Selected Exhibitions
2026
- Watch Me Kill My Language — Saalbau Witten, Witten
2025
- Perpetual Morphosis — Next Level Festival, Künstler*innenhaus Dortmund
- Hyrcania / Folder No. 3 — Harmonic Art Home, Karaj, Iran
- Endless Becoming — Galerie 52, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
- Citizen Informer — Saalbau Witten, Witten
2024
- Fluid Space – Frozen Time — Next Level Festival, Dortmunder U, Dortmund
- Deyr — Folkwang Film Fest, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
- Auf der Suche nach einem bewohnbaren Ort — Marktkirche Essen
- Folkwang Rundgang — Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
- Hyrcania / Folder No. 2 — Plus Khoone, Tehran, Iran
2023
- Galerie 52 — Winter Semester Exhibition, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
- Hyrcania / Folder No. 1 — Essen
- Vier Wände, Licht, Zwei Türen — UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein, Essen
- Folkwang Rundgang — Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
- Galerie 52 — Summer Semester Exhibition, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
- PERIPHER — Galerie 52, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2021–2022
- ERWEITERTE WELTEN — Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
- ENCOUNTER — Solo Photography Exhibition, Kunstspur, Essen
- Grenzüberschreitungen — Global Young Faculty, Stiftung Mercator, Essen
Education
2021–2026 — B.A. Communication Design, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2024 — TouchDesigner for Live Visuals & Interactive Installations, Wenodes (online)
2020 — Graphic Design Course by Farhad Fozouni, CampGraphic (online)
2020 — Link to Photography: Practical Photography Theory, by Shiraz Roham
2016–2018 — Digital Design & Creativity Course, Atrin Training Center, Tehran, Iran