Azadeh Gholizadeh (b. 1982) received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2012) and a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from Iran University of Science & Technology (2009) in Tehran, Iran.Solo exhibitions of Gholizadeh's work include: Dawn to Dusk at Goldfinch in Chicago, Illinois; Oh Swallow, where do you live in Winter? At Apparatus Projects in Chicago, Illinois; and Within the Threshold at Chicago Artist Coalition's Bolt Space in Chicago, Illinois.Group exhibitions include Phonetic Fragments at Roots and Culture in Chicago; Contours of Imagination at stop-gap-projects, Columbia, MO; Ten x Ten at Homeroom in Collaboration with Chicago Composers Orchestra in Chicago, IL; Line curated by Claudine Ise at Riverside Art Center in Riverside, IL; After Junkspace at Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation in Chicago, IL; Reproducibles at Museo de Arte de Armenia, Colombia; and Reproducibles at Espacio El Dorado of Bogota in Bogota, Colombia.

Gholizadeh is a 2022 Chicago Artadia Awardee. Most recently, she was a recipient of the Hopper Prize in 2022.