Too Much to Carry: Mana Mehrabian & Mary Coss

Mana Mehrabian is an interdisciplinary artist, born in Tehran, Iran, and currently living and working in eastern Washington. Her work centers around themes of perception, identity, memory, migration, and the body, which she explores through the lens of imagery. She works across various media, centering on photography, video, and installation.

Her work has been exhibited at venues such as the Vestibule (Seattle, WA), Cascade Paragon Gallery (Portland, OR), Saranac Art Projects (Spokane, WA), CICA Museum (Gimpo, South Korea), Currents New Media 2021 (Santa Fe, NM), and featured in publications such as Friend of The Artist and Into the Clouds: New Media Art 2021. She is a recipient of the 2022 Artist Trust Grants for Artists' Progress (GAP). In parallel to her work as an artist, she works as an artist-curator and educator. She received her MFA from Washington State University, where she currently teaches.