As an Artist, Scholar, Teacher, and a Ph.D. Candidate at The University of British Columbia (UBC), I am passionate about and dedicated to everyday practice of creativity, imagination and learning. These endeavors underscore my belief in the transformative influence of arts and aesthetic experience on our daily lives, personal growth, empathy for both humans and non-human beings, as well as our broader perspectives and perceptions. My doctoral art-led interdisciplinary research unfolds at the crossroads of Contemporary Art, Aesthetic Experience, Art-Making, Aesthetic Education, Creative Writing, Cultural/Social studies, and is centred around embracing ‘in-between’ identities of artist/researcher/teacher through the innovative lens of art-led research approaches. In alignment with Maxine Greene's philosophy, which underscores the concept of "response-ability” to actively interact with the mundane aesthetic encounters using a renewed perspective, emphasized by the concept of perpetual "becoming," central to Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy, I strongly hold the belief that:

'I am who, I am not yet!'

Raha h. AtashPa (حمیده آتش‌پا)