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Pegah Pasalar (b. 1992) is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and film editor currently based in Brooklyn. Her autoethnographic practice encompasses video, installation, and film, exploring themes including identity convulsion, cultural memory, fragmentation, temporality, and displacement. Pegah is particularly interested in oral histories and modes of storytelling people use to refabulate the past. She is the recipient of City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs grant, 3ARTS’ Make a Wave grant, and the New Artist Society grant. She has also received fellowships including the Kala Media Residency Award, Bemis, Yaddo, Banff, and Points North. She was recognized as one of Newcity magazine’s 2020 Film 50 Gems and has showcased her work internationally.