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Rah Eleh

Rah Eleh is an Iranian-Canadian multimedia artist who earned her PhD from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. Her work is currently on view at the Plural: Foire d'art contemporain à Montréal. Rah Eleh has been shown internationally at the Venice Biennale (ECC, Palazzo Mora), Cairotronica (Egypt), Juno Awards, Kunsthalle Vienna, Vögele Kultur Zentrum (Pfäffikon, Switzerland), Nuit Blanche (Toronto), Museum London, Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), Williams College Museum of Art (Massachusetts), and Onassis Cultural Center (Greece). She has future exhibitions planned at Plateforme Paris on May 15, 2026, followed by exhibitions in Berlin, Hamburg, and Hong Kong. Rah is represented by de Montigny Contemporary and Vtape video distribution.

During her residency, Rah Eleh will conduct research on illustrations and manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and merge her findings with XR and 3D printing. This work critically engages heterogeneous speculative practices, exploring their role in maintaining ethnic nationalism, the historical omission of queer women from the speculative canon, and the pervasive championing of techno-utopianism