Morehshin Allahyari | She Who Sees The Unknown: Aisha Qandisha

An exhibition of Aisha Qandisha, a 3D animated video from the series She Who Sees The Unknown by the Brooklyn-based artist Morehshin Allahyari.

Morehshin Allahyari is an artist, activist, writer, and educator, born and raised in Iran who moved to the United States in 2007. Her work deals with the political, social, and cultural contradictions we face every day. In She Who Sees The Unknown, Allahyari uses 3D modeling, 3D scanning, 3D printing, and storytelling to re-create monstrous female/queer figures of Middle Eastern origin. She mines the traditions and myths associated with these supernatural creatures to explore the catastrophes of colonialism, patriarchy, and environmental degradation in relation to the Middle East, “re-figuring” the past to activate and preserve what may have been forgotten or misrepresented.

This project was curated by DC-based artist Jonathan Monaghan.