about
Azad Namazie (Persian: Ψ’Ψ²Ψ§Ψ― ΩΩ Ψ§Ψ²Ϋ) is a Los Angelesβbased artist and digital archivist. Their practice across text, video, software, and performance engages personal and communal archives to explore myth- and memory-making under US militarism.
Azad is Digital Archivist at UCLA Library Special Collections, where they work with born-digital archival materials, including legacy and obsolete formats, to support preservation, access, and long-term stewardship.
education
master of library and information science
university of california, los angeles
2022 β 2024
experience
ucla library special collections
digital archivist
2025 β present
viet rainbow of orange county
digital justice seed grant archival consultant
2025
skid row history museum & archive
andrew w. mellon foundation/ucla community archives lab intern
2023 β 2024
ucla center for oral history research
digital archives assistant
2023 β 2024
ucla digital library program
digital library program assistant
2023
los angeles county museum of art
collection information and digital assets intern
2023
los angeles public library
cybernaut multimedia assistant
2022 β 2023
residencies
.exe archive artist residency programme
berlin, germany
2026
first kiss theatre company summer artist residency
new york city, ny
2025
solo exhibitions
when the birds spoke for themselves
.exe archive [berlin, germany]
2026
performances
ham.mam
non plus ultra [los angeles, ca]
2026
the makers' ensemble space [new york city, ny]
2025
local prophets
joy who lived festival [los angeles, ca]
2025
another birth
celebration theatre [los angeles, ca]
2024
i am your martyr
q/a poetry [issue 11]
october 2019
speaking
bitcurator virtual forum [virtual]
2026
ucla library research forum [virtual]
2026
we here [virtual]
2026
student activism: a reckoning in the archives
project STAND + ucla library [los angeles, ca]
2026
dead media chat room
wilshire online expo [los angeles, ca]
2026
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