Mina Hassani (b. Tehran) is a visual artist, researcher, and educator whose practice lies at the intersection of alternative photography and hand-printing. Working with analogue and alternative photographic processes, hand-printing techniques, and interventions in archival images, she explores the unstable relationship between image and memory. A central concern in her practice is the notion of the “trace”: the image as a site where presence and absence remain in constant negotiation.
In 2015, she founded Khanesh Cultural and Artistic Institute, an independent interdisciplinary organization that approaches the “school” as an alternative and complementary model to the university in art education. In 2023, she established Khanesh Alternative Print School, an independent school dedicated to alternative photography and printmaking, followed by Khanesh Handmade Film School in 2025.
Hassani holds degrees in Persian Language and Literature from Alzahra University and Allameh Tabataba’i University. Her academic background in literature continues to inform her artistic practice, shaping projects that move between image, text, memory, and archival forms.