Speaker Mehrdad Sedaghat Baghbani

Mehrdad Sedaghat is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in Florida. His creative practice navigates the complex interplay of cultural identity, diaspora, and the human experience in multicultural societies. Drawing from his life between Iran and the United States, Mehrdad’s work explores the emergence of a hybrid visual culture through installations that integrate typography, imagery, objects, sound, and video. Guided by an Eastern philosophical and poetic perspective, his art examines the challenges faced by immigrants in Western societies, offering a nuanced perspective on the tensions between belief and fact, memory and reality, intuition and materialism.

Mehrdad’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and the 14th Florence Biennale. Currently an Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, he aims to prepare students for professional practice and foster an understanding of art and design as a means of social dialogue.