Mohammad Poori

Fine Art
Written by MAK Center
Born 1987 in Sari, Iran
Lives in Hamburg, Germany
 
 

Mohammad Poori (b. 1987, Sari, Iran) is a filmmaker and curator based in Hamburg, Germany. He studied Film and Time-Based Media at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK), where he is currently completing his Master’s degree under the supervision of Omer Fast and Kader Attia. Poori’s work engages with questions of displacement, collective trauma, and the conditions of memory, often moving between personal narrative and broader historical structures. His films and installations have been presented at institutions and festivals including Kunstverein Hamburg, MARKK Museum Hamburg, and Short Film Festival Hamburg.

He is the recipient of several grants and recognitions, including the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Master’s Scholarship (2026–), the Neue Kunst in Hamburg travel grant (2024–25), and funding from MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.

 

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HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

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