From the Bench is SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about from these amazing artists.
This month we’ll visit with Minoosh Zomorodinia, an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist, educator, and curator based in the Bay Area, whose work explores the complex relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Drawing on psychogeography and daily ritual, she documents the passage of time and movement through diverse environments, redefining borders and challenging the colonial legacies of land while revealing our deep interconnectedness with the natural world.
Zomorodinia is the 2025 Artist in Residence at SFCB. Her show, The Unintended/Body Mapping, will be on display in the SFCB gallery from November 8-December 21, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, November 14 from 6-8pm.
Zomorodinia has received numerous awards and residencies, including the YBCA 100, Lucas Artists Fellowship, Andy Warhol Foundation, Kala Media Fellowship Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi Residency, and Recology Artist Residency. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, Pori Art Museum, and Nevada Museum of Art. It has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Hyperallergic, KQED, and SFWeekly. She holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MA and BA from Azad University in Tehran.
Please visit our YouTube page to see our past tours, previously also known as Shelter in Studio.
Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:30 PM (Pacific Time)
This is a free online event.
Registration will close at noon on the day of the event. The zoom link will be emailed at 10:30am Pacific time (two hours before the start time).