Hanieh Fatouraee

Hanieh Fatouraee is an Iranian artist, architect, and researcher.

She is a , an a-disciplinary research-based artist and architect living in so-called Turkey. Her work explores spatial knowledge systems under neo-colonial presence and is focused on deconstructing dominant narratives through spatial and visual methodologies, poetic exploration, text and superstitious investigation. Fatouraee holds an MA from the Forensic Architecture studio at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London/United Kingdom and originally trained as an architect.

Her work at CRA revolved around the examination of the architecture of violent environmental and hydraulic infrastructures along the Helmand River in Afghanistan. Her current project focuses on non-invasive research on what she calls »vasvasial interior hydro-imaginaries« and the complex thresholds of wetness near Lake Urmia.

Fatouraee was a fellow at the BAK basis voor actuele kunst Fellowship for Situated Practice post-academic program between Istanbul/Turkey and Utrecht/Netherlands (2023–2024). Her residencies include the Istanbul Design Biennial’s Camekan Residency in Istanbul and the UNIDEE Residency in Biella/Italy. She participated in De Appel’s Housewarming group exhibition with a lecture-performance titled Still in my Quotidian in Amsterdam/Netherlands (2024), as part of the group Yani, following an invitation from Siwar Kraytem.