Morehshin Allahyari was born in 1985 in Tehran, Iran, and currently lives and works between New York and San Francisco, California. Allahyari received her BA from the University of Tehran in 2007, her MA from the University of Denver in 2009, and her MFA in new media art from the University of North Texas in 2012. Through video, sculpture, and installation, Allahyari calls attention to colonial power dynamics present today and discovers new ways of archiving and interpreting the history, myths, and artifacts of the Middle East and North Africa. Using virtual reality, simulation software, 3D scanning, digital fabrication, and multimodal artificial intelligence, the artist considers how technology can be used as a tool of extraction and erasure alongside demonstrating its liberatory potential.