Mina Hassani (b. 1976, Tehran, Iran) is a visual artist and educator whose practice bridges traditional printmaking with experimental and alternative photographic processes. Her work explores themes of memory, loss, absence, and the instability of image, often through techniques such as cyanotype, chemigram, lumen print, and monotype.
Rooted in poetic and philosophical inquiry, Mina’s practice draws on Derridean ideas of the trace and the dialectic of presence and absence. She works with light-sensitive materials, chemical reactions, and archival photographs to evoke questions of remembrance, identity, and the passage of time.
Beyond her studio practice, Mina is deeply engaged in art education and interdisciplinary collaboration. As the founder of Khanesh Cultural and Artistic Institute, she has developed programs that connect literature, visual arts, and archive-based creation, fostering creative dialogue among emerging artists and researchers. She also teaches in the School of Handmade Film, focusing on alternative printing and experimental film techniques.
With an academic background in Persian Language and Literature (M.A., Alzahra University; B.A., Allameh Tabataba’i University), Mina brings a distinct literary and conceptual sensibility to her visual work. Over the past decade, she has lectured at Iranian universities, authored educational curricula, and led numerous workshops and mentorship programs.
Her recent projects investigate the materiality of images and the performative nature of memory—bridging artistic practice with environmental consciousness and poetic thinking.