Golnaz Shariatzadeh (*1996) is an interdisciplinary artist and composer whose work centers on sound. Their work moves fluidly between animation, sculpture, drawing, and expanded sonic forms – drawing on complex cultural impressions from her childhood in Iran, they have developed a language of fantasy that remains central to their work today, using imagined narratives to examine, refract, and at times critique the violence embedded in the mundane.


Golnaz has received commissions from numerous international ensembles, their work has been performed across Europe, the United States, and Australia by leading contemporary musicians including the ELISION ensemble, NADAR ensemble, TAK ensemble, Riot ensemble, Ensemble Recherché, Ensemble NAMES, the Broken Frames Syndicate, amongst others. Golnaz has received numerous awards and was a finalist for the 2024 Gaudeamus Award.


Golnaz has studied under Chaya Czernowin, Hans Tutschku, Roscoe Mitchell and Zeena Parkins and holds a PhD in Music composition from Harvard University where she also studied animation with Ruth Lingford.