episode n°4.
Hoda Kashiha
The Doubt Between Us Sways Like Hung Mirrored Eyes
April 12–June 27, 2025
episode is pleased to present The Doubt Between Us Sways Like Hung Mirrored Eyes, Iranian artist Hoda Kashiha’s first New York solo exhibition, on view from April 12 through June 27, 2025. The exhibition brings together three works created during her 2024 Residency Unlimited (RU) in New York, alongside a newly completed painting from early 2025. In preparation for the exhibition, episode engaged in an extended dialogue with the artist, conducting three in-depth studio visits and several written interviews. These exchanges offer an opportunity to explore both Kashiha’s earlier works and the new pieces on view at episode, while providing insights into her evolving artistic approach and perspective. Read the full interview[here].
The nightmare, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Mirror, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, hinged diptych
Each: 36 x 24 inches (91.4. x 60.9 cm) two canvases
The hole, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
14 x 18 inches (35.5 x 45.7 cm)
24 x 18 incehs (60.9 x 45.7 cm)
Folding gaze, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 37.8 inches (122 x 96 cm)
Hoda Kashiha(b. 1986, Tehran, Iran) received her BFA from the University of Tehran in 2009, and a MFA from Boston University in 2014. Recent solo exhibitions include Another world is waiting for us at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels (2023); I’m Here, I’m Not Here at Passerelle Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brest (2022); and In Appreciation of Blinking at Parallel Circuit, Tehran (2021). She has participated in major group exhibitions such as 100 Years (Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch, Miami Art Week, 2022); Dogtooth (Helena Anrather, New York, 2022); and City Prince/sses (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2019). Kashiha’s work has been featured in publications including Art Basel (2023), Artforum, Frieze, FAD magazine, and Art in America (all 2022). She is a recipient of several awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, the MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and the Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award. Her work is included in the collections of the Commonwealth Hotel and the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center in Boston.
Image courtesy of the artist and episode, NY. Photography by Archtechtonic.