Artist | Scholar | Educator | Ph.D. Candidate at The University of British Columbia

As an artist, scholar, educator, and Ph.D. candidate , 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 intersection of Contemporary Art, Aesthetic Experience, Art-Making, Aesthetic Education, Creative Writing, and Cultural/Social Studies. At its heart, this work seeks to embrace and practice the “in-between” identities of artist, scholar, and educator. By working in these liminal spaces, I aim to challenge traditional notions of academic and artistic boundaries, fostering new ways of thinking and creating.

Guided by Maxine Greene’s philosophy of "response-ability" and Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of perpetual "becoming," my work emphasizes aesthetic education as a lived and embodied process, where art-making and academic research transform everyday experiences; a journey anchored in the belief that:

'I am who, I am not yet!'

Raha h. AtashPa (حمیده آتش‌پا)