ARTICLES
Abbott, Kate.“Islam Contemporary Shines at Liechtenstein, Whitney Centres,” The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA, 2013 17-‘Islam Contemporary’ shines at Lichtens…reaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic
Abma,Sandra. “Arts in Ottawa: A Weekend of Firsts, Lasts, and Second helpings,” CBC News, Ottawa, 2017. 9-Arts in Ottawa- A weekend of firsts, lasts and second helpings | CBC News
Adams, Kelsey. “What to See at Virtual Nuit Blanche” in Now Toronto, September 29, 2020. https://nowtoronto.com/culture/art-and-design/what-you-cant-miss-at-virtual-nuit-blanche-2020
Adams, Kelsey. “Nine Stellar Highlights From Toronto’s Art Scene in 2020,” in Now Toronto, December 22, 2020 https://nowtoronto.com/culture/art-and-design/nine-stellar-highlights-from-toronto-art-scene-2020
Art Gallery of Ontario, “Artist Spotlight,”in AGOinsider, 2020. https://ago.ca/agoinsider/rah-eleh
Bell, Gloria. “Fair of Alternative Art 6,” Canadian Art, Canada, 2018. https://canadianart.ca/reviews/fair-of-alternative-art-6/
Bhangu, Noor. “Nuit Blanche Toronto Goes Virtual to Change How People See Art and Public Space” in The Conversation, October 7, 2021. https://theconversation.com/nuit-blanche-toronto-goes-virtual-to-change-how-people-see-art-and-public-space-146428
Bhangu, Noor. “In Conversation with Rah,” Public Parking, Manitoba, Canada, 2018.4-In conversation with Rah | Public Parki…ublication | Manitoba | Public Parking
Dagenais, Francine. “Iranian Art in Canada,” Art Tomorrow, Vol. 8, 2012, p. 63-63. Persian translation by P. Parishandzadeh. 3-ArtTomorrow
Dupont, Nichole. “Islam Contemporary: A Journey into Past, Present, Future and Action,” Rural Intelligence, PittsfieldSpoiled, 2013. 18-Islam Contemporary? A Journey Into Past…occo, Occidentals – Rural Intelligence
Fuhg, Felix. “Beyond Identity” – Rah Eleh on Hybridity, Queer Futurism and the Politics of Memory. Körber-Stiftung, Sept. 2024 https://koerber-stiftung.de/projekte/ecommemoration/beyond-identity-rah-eleh-on-hybridity-queer-futurism-and-the-politics-of-memory/
Galerie Nouvel Ontario, Artist Spotlight, https://gn-o.org/en/artist/rah-eleh/
Hernando, Syliva. “Net Art’: The Art That Time Proved Right” in El Pais, June 22, 2020.
Holtz, Katrin. “Die Flüchtlingskrise aus künstlerischer Sicht,”Budapester Zeitung, 2017. 10-Die Flüchtlingskrise aus künstlerischer Sicht – Budapester Zeitung
Khaiken, Lital. “Defragmenting Identity,” Guerilla Art Magazine, Ottawa, 2015. Guerilla
Kuennen, Joel. “Georgia Fee Artist, Writer Residency,” Artslant, New York, 2014,, 16-Georgia Fee Paris Residency
Marr, Emma. “Meet the Artists,” LondonFuse, 2017 11-Meet the Artists- Western’s Open Studios 2017 – LondonFuse
Mckeever, Andy. “Art Show Look at Modern Islamic Life,” iBerkshire, Pittsfield, 2013 .20-Pittsfield Art Show Looks at Modern Isl…erkshire County community information.
Norton, Nicholas. “Deviant Ornaments: Unearths Queer Lineages Within Islamic Art.“ Frieze, 11 Dec. 2025, https://www.frieze.com/article/deviant-ornaments-2025-review
Pozzi, Veronica.“Vienna: The Street Art Waltz,” European Magazine, Berlin, 2014. 14-Vienna Street Art Waltz
“Rah,” Point Magazine, Toronto, Canada, 2015 13-RAH | POINT.
“Raheleh Saneie’s WhiteFace Parody,” Six Pillars To Persia, 2014. 15-Raheleh Saneie’s ‘Whiteface Parody’ | Six Pillars
Racevičiūtė, Barbora. “Ways of Being Here: The Making of Immigrant Subjects,” Toronto, ON, 2016. 2-Ways of Being Here
Shokri,Najaf .“Ciphers Tension with Tradition in Contemporary Iranian Photography,” 2012. 22-CiphersTension with Tradition in Contemporary Iranian Photography
Spadafora, Amanda. “Raheleh Saneie: An Artist Profile,” Herd, Issue 02, 2012. 21-Herd
Sauerländer, Tina. 2020. “A Short History of Self-Representation in Digital Art”. International Journal for Digital Art History, no. 5 (December), 3.2-3.17. https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/dah/article/view/77407
“Women, Video and Avant Garde Filmmakers,” Cinewomen Cahier, Vol.15, Paris, 2015 12-CineWomen
Young, Brandon.” SuperNova and Rah Eleh’s Identity Issues,” The Coast, Halifax, 2018. 8-Prismatic preview: SuperNova and Rah-Eleh’s identity issues | Visual Art | Halifax, Nova Scotia | THE COAST
PUBLICATIONS
Butler, Anne Marie, and Sasch Crasnow, editors. Queer Contemporary Art of Southwest Asia North Africa. Foreword by Gayatri Gopinath, Intellect Ltd, 2022. Includes “Futurist Androgynes, Persian Ironies; An Interview with Rah Eleh,” by Proshot Kalami.
Coyne, Tina, editor. Queer Aesthetics. No. 1, 2024. Includes “Queer Possibilities” by Rah Eleh.
Disman, Adriana, editor. 50 Key Performance Artists. Routledge, 2022. Includes “Emily Jacir,” by Rah Eleh.
Eleh, Rah. “Curious George, The Monkey on My Back: Reenactment, (P)reenactment in Speculative Practice.” Theatre Topics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.
Gayed, Andrew. Queer World Making: Contemporary Middle Eastern Diasporic Art. University of Washington Press, 2024.
Hippesroither, Wera, editor. Envelope Information on the Research Catalogue. Vienna, 2024. Includes “Futurity and Futurism: Disrupting Nation-Centrism” by Rah Eleh.
VIDEO/TELEVISION/ PODCAST INTERVIEWS
“DissemiNation with Rah Eleh,” International Arrivals Podcast, 2026 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep21-dissemination-with-rah-eleh/id1654008586?i=1000726385304
“How do you Reckon with Female Self Immolation? For Rah Eleh, It Meant Reimagining How She Makes Art.” CBC Arts, November 30, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/how-do-you-reckon-with-female-self-immolation-for-rah-eleh-it-meant-reimagining-how-she-makes-art-1.5817722
“Belonging to Place,” Nuit Podcast, October 3, 2020 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/memory-and-belonging/id1533749013?i=1000493401297
“Rah Eleh,” Body Issue Podcast, Istanbul, January 4, 2022 https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/bodyinperform-body/body-issue-rah-eleh-3wbQcJVMjZm/
“Sounds to Communicate,” Travelling Voices-Travelling Noises, Episode 1, Studio Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, 2020 https://soundcloud.com/dasweissehaus/traveling-voices-traveling-noises-episode-1-sounds-to-communicate?fbclid=IwAR2p1iJq1F4o0lSDEVdZBSCrQT0jHCGi_d_GxeY-KebIJmzuKOrnw9aoxKE
“Artistry in Covid,” The Link, Montreal, October 7, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0cIb7AyQa0&feature=youtu.be
“Le Fun House,” HighT Podcast, September 27, 2020 https://lefunhouse.ca/art-pop/
Carleton University Radio Show Midweek, November 27, 2019, Listen here: 00:05:10- 00:10:00, https://cusjc.ca/midweek/
“Prismatic Art Festival,” Rogers TV, Ottawa, ON, 2019, Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOd_2Xe-0Mw
“Death To/ Long Live the Archive: Race and Gender in Video Art,” Koffler Digital, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK_6FfFnBu4&feature=emb_logo
Arthus-Bertrand, Yann, Anastasia Mikova, “Women,” 2017
“Koumaria Residency,” Medea Electronique, 2016
“Refugees Welcome,” Orange Radio, Vienna, Austria, 2014
PRESS RELEASE
Rah Eleh: Spolied Milk, e-flux https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/570975/rah-elehspoiled-milk/
Venice Biennale, Cision: PR Newswire, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/iranian-canadian-artist-rah-eleh-tackles-alt-right-internet-extremism-at-venice-biennale-301524886.html
2023 Sobey Art Award, e-flux, https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/533637/sobey-art-award-2023-longlist/
National Gallery of Canada, Cision: PR Newswire https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/national-gallery-of-canada-and-sobey-art-foundation-announce-2023-sobey-art-award-longlist-854614065.html
Nuit Blanche Toronto, Cision: PR Newswire https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/nuit-blanche-toronto-returns-on-october-1-and-expands-to-include-etobicoke-downtown-north-york-and-scarborough-847070611.html
Rhizome, Personal Structures Venice Biennale, https://rhizome.org/community/51525/
Celestial Throne at Venice Biennale, Akimbo, https://akimbo.ca/listings/rah-eleh-celestial-throne-featured-in-personal-structures-at-the-59th-venice-biennale/
Rah Eleh: Aporia, A Space, Akimbo https://akimbo.ca/listings/rah-eleh-aporia/
SuperNova: Carleton University Art Gallery, Canadian Art, https://canadianart.ca/?agenda=rah-supernova/
UWAG: SuperNova, https://uwag.uwaterloo.ca/exhibition/supernova/
alpha nova galerie futura, Berlin, https://www.galeriefutura.de/en/rah_eleh/
Somos Art Haus, Berlin, https://somos-arts.org/rah-eleh/
Personal Structures, Venice, https://personalstructures.com/events/celestial-throne/
Friche La Belle De Mai, Marseille, France https://www.lafriche.org/evenements/supernova-dissemination-celestial-throne/
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Fitzpatrick, A. “From Oreo to SuperNova: Queer Black Feminism in Contemporary Art,” Black Feminism in North and Latin American Art panel, UAAC (Universities Art Association of Canada) Annual Conference, Quebec, Oct. 2019. See p. 315 of conference program: https://uaac-aauc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/UAAC-2019-Programme-Long-Nov-12.pdf
Fitzpatrick, A. “Stars are Not Always White: Queering Race, Temporality, and Iranian Identity in Rah’s SuperNova,” Queer Visualities: African Perspectives, Other Perspectives, North West University at Potchefstroom, South Africa, Feb. 2019. See p. 16 of conference program:http://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/calendar/FL2019%20NWU%20event%20booklet%20final%20final_1.pdf
Rah Eleh IMBD https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15413915/