white cassette case on black background with red cassette peaking out

debut EP

آبـان Aban

limited edition cassette

About

Sholeh Asgary (b. Iran) engages performance, interdisciplinary forms, and collective processes to investigate, memorialize, and express the complexities of joy and survival inherent in diasporic and refugee experiences. Her work challenges colonial assumptions about what is heard, proposing new futures through sound.

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News + Upcoming

2025

CREATIVE CAPITAL
2025

The Audio Archive Booth is short listed for a 2025 Creative Capital Award under the technology category.

Data Visualization; Digital Media; Social-Engaged Technology; Oakland, CA

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March 22, 2025

Tarta Relena + Sholeh Asgary / Leila Abdul-Rauf

Duo Sholeh Asgary and Leila Abdul-Rauf perform at The Lab, San Francisco

8:00 PM 11:00 PM

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Available in UK 2025

Sholeh Asgary featured in SONDUKE magazine

Sholeh Asgary featured in the inaugural print issue of Kuwait based SONDUKE magazine.

Launched at Focal Point 2024, Sharjah Biennial Foundation.

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May 9 - June 6, 2025

SOLO EXHIBITION Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption

Part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture’s Design Media Arts Department and the California NanoSystems Institute.

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May 16, 2025 4:30 - 6 pm

Opening Reception + Performance: Sholeh Asgary Qanat 5, Patricia Cadavid Electronic _Khipu_

Opening reception for Sholeh Asgary's exhibition across the UCLA CNSI gallery and Fowler Museum with two solo performances by Sholeh Asgary and Patricia Cadavid at the UCLA Botanical Gardens

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2025