Neda Darzi Born in 1971, obtained her diploma from Tehran Girls School of Fine Art in 1992. Pursuing higher education, she gained B.A from Tehran open University and M.A from art university in Tehran 1999. After Academic education, she has gained experience in photography, tapestry, and ceramic and could find newer media of video installation and general art. Until now, her works have been presented in 8 solo exhibitions and more than 50 group exhibitions in Iran, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Greece.

Persbook is an annual artistic event for presenting works of Iranian artists and residents in Iran. This event was organized by the artist-curator Neda Darzi in 2009. Her first experience of participatory curation done with Alysse Stepanian in the project of Niche was a Man in which the video works of 19 Iranian artists were presented in Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual of Mexico, Malmö Konsthall of Sweden, and Pori Museum of Finland between 2013 & 2015. Darzi’s works focus on issues viewed as general/public concerns and her curatorial works similarly show this view.

Persbook is an annual artistic event for presenting works of Iranian artists and residents in Iran. This event was organized by the artist-curator Neda Darzi in 2009. The main aims and purposes of Persbook are as follows: An unbiased free climate for presentation and introduction of Iranian youth works and an independent dynamic climate for interaction and synergy.

Choice of advisors, artists, and jury were not limited to Iran borders and Invitation of International artists and jury were also taken into consideration. Persbook is of the first annual exhibitions in Iran, introducing artists’ works not only in galleries but also in virtual pages. In 10 recent events, Persbook has invited Iranian and International artists to presentation of their works concerning different themes and areas. Moreover, this group concentrated on opportunities and capacities of Iran’s different regions and their special ecological and cultural details and for this they decided to exit Tehran and choose their performance site in different areas.
Neda Darzi paying attention to widespread public concerns of contemporary environment pursues a similar approach to her Curatorship and since fifth event she has had long-term purposes for protection of environment and Iran’s heritage. Since seventh event, she as curator has personally held Persbook. By holding annual events of Persbook in different regions of Iran, putting emphasis on different cultural areas, and running place-oriented projects, she has attempted to fill the gap between artists and their ecology. These themes were primarily chosen on the basis of crucially social and environmental concerns and ecological criticism was obviously conceptualized.