Nima Nikakhlagh

Nima Nikakhlagh is a Lecturer and Director of the Herter Art Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His practice focuses on socio-political power dynamics, political resistance, and non-violent action through poetic approaches. He holds an MFA in Studio Arts from UMass Amherst and studied photography and film under Abbas Kiarostami. His work has been exhibited internationally, including in Tehran, San Francisco, New York, France, Italy, and Germany.

Key exhibitions include the Thirty Performances Festival in Tehran (2013-2014), AiOP Festival in New York (2021), and the International VIDEOFORMES Festival in France (2022). He recently published the literary-performative book Bodies, Languages, Truths.

He is affiliated with the Department of Art and located at Herter Hall. Contact: Email, Phone: (413) 545-0976.