Ali
Motamedi

Ali Motamedi is an author, educator, and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of visual culture, language, and digital communication. With a background in both engineering and fine arts, his teaching and research focus on how images, interfaces, and data-driven narratives shape collective understanding—particularly across cultural and linguistic boundaries.

Motamedi’s work has been supported through a range of fellowships, public programs, and institutional collaborations that recognize the social and cultural relevance of his interdisciplinary practice. These include the Korea Art Forum’s Shared Dialogue, Shared Space program, the Helene and Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University (Faculty Fellowship for Social Change, 2024–25), the Mellon Foundation–funded Art & Social Justice Initiative at the City University of New York (Social Practice Actionist Fellowship, 2024–25), and ongoing collaborations with The International Human Rights Art Movement.

Motamedi’s current work spans three intersecting inquiries: the performative use of language in exploring immigration and identity; the development of a digital, AI-driven book that evolves through machine-generated text, asemic writing, and contributions from its audience; and the creation of public installations that engage underrepresented communities through non-literal, experimental forms of visual and textual communication. His most recent works include two forthcoming books: "We've Arrived Home" (in Farsi), which explores themes of immigration and belonging, and "Farsi Flows" (a bilingual experimental project that blends visual and textual expression).