Jalal Ghias Beygi (b. 1998, Tehran, Iran) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, video, and digital fabrication. Rooted in an inquiry into mortality, technology, and oppression, Beygi's work examines how capitalist systems mediate human existence, time, and space. By pushing materials and processes to their failure, he reveals the underlying structures that bind and constrain the human body and spirit, crafting works that challenge calculative thinking and embrace failure as a transformative act.

Through an experimental approach, Beygi explores the intersection of nature and technology, using the body as a critical lens to confront systems of acceleration and commodification. His practice emphasizes the cyclical nature of decay, questioning the notion of permanence in a world increasingly dominated by technological mediation.

Beygi was the artist in residence for the L.A. Turner Residency in 2024 and participated in international residencies such as Sculpture and Nature of Kish Island in 2020. He has contributed to significant academic discussions through his teaching roles, where he demystifies technology and the processes of making as a digital fabrication specialist. His work draws from both theoretical frameworks and personal narratives, intertwining the phenomenology of lived experience with broader sociopolitical critique.

Beygi holds a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Art in Tehran and is currently pursuing his MFA in Studio Art at Syracuse University.


Education

2022–current   MFA Studio Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY  
2016–2021   Bachelor in Sculpture, University of Art, Tehran, Iran  
2015 diploama painting artschool 

Teaching Experience
2023-current   Syracuse University
             Sculpture Methods I
             Digital Fabrication
             Woodworking Workshops

Selected Exhibitions
2024   Doppelgänger, Outlook Is __Projects, Los Angeles, CA  
             Open Air, Dick Clark Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY  
2023   Dream Island, Colonels Row, Building 403, Governors Island, NY  
             Diverging Paths, Colonels Row, Building 403, Governors Island, NY  
             Spaces Between, Liminal Collective, Gallery 18, Minneapolis, MN  
2020   Two Courses of Sculpting, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran  
2019    Season Salon Show Number Zero, Bon-Gah, Karasht, Tehran, Iran 

Artist Residencies
2024   L.A Turner residency,L.A, CA 
2020  Sculpture and Nature of Kish Island, Kish Free Zone Organization, Iran    
2019   Tochal Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Tehran, Iran
2018   Sculpture Week, Bagh-e Melli, Tehran University of art, Iran 

Related Experience
2024  VPA Department Assistant , Syracuse, NY,
            Instructional Assistant Tutoring Stevenson, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
            Studio Assistant, Carolina Caycedo Studio, Los Angeles, CA  
2023  Artist Assistant Jenny Carolin, Syracuse, NY
            Set assitant 
            Teacher Assistance to Jeremy Tarr’s Digital Fabrication Summer College
            Instructional Assistant Digital Lab VPA, Syracuse Universit, NY 
            Prop Master, The Mermaid (Dir. Soudabeh Mouradian), Syracuse , NY 
2022  Instructional Assistant - Professional Practices Assistant, Syracuse, NY
            Instructional Assistant  Sculpture Facilities ,  Syracuse Universit, NY 
2021   Painting Assistant for Amir Dezfouli, Tehran, Iran  

Lectures and Talks
2023   Artist Talk , Univeristy of Art Tehran, Iran

Awards & Grants
2023   Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University, NY
             GSO Creative Grant, Syracuse Univeristy, NY
2022   Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University, NY
             VPA Graduate Full Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY 
2020   Certificate of Appreciation, Sculpture and Nature of Kish Island 
             Certificate of Appreciation, "Two Courses of Sculpting" 
2015    Diploma in Painting Tehran Fine Art School, Tehran, Iran   
2014    2D Animation, Idea School, Tehran, Iran  
             Character Design, Idea School, Tehran, Iran  
2013    Best Short Animation of Darolfonon Festival 
             Animation Directing, Idea School, Tehran, Iran  
             Animation Fundamentals, Darolfonon school, Tehran, Iran 
2012   Stop Motion and 2D Animation, Instructor Abdollah Alimorad, Tehran, Iran   

Publications
2022   Neveshtart issue 49
2019    Rhyparography,  issue On Still-life
2019    Season Salon Show Number Zero, Bon-Gah

 
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