Bita Ghavami
is an Iranian-American interdisciplinary artist, photographer, and movement/breathwork facilitator currently living and working in Leesburg, VA, unceded land of Manahoac and Piscataway people. She holds a BFA in Visual Art and Creative Writing from George Mason University, as well as certifications in 200-hour yoga teacher training, trauma-informed yoga, yin yoga, and pranayama. Bita is interested in exploring the spiritual & liberatory aspects of art & somatic practices, as well as how they ground us in the physical world. Approaching concepts around ecofeminism, identity and interconnection, social and environmental justice, collective healing and liberation, and the human ability to shift consciousness, Bita believes that engagement through nature, art, and the body, especially in community, can create new worlds.
In the Press
Dirt DMV, Entanglement 009: Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Natalie Amini, Kamyar Arsani, Rex Delafkaran, Bita Ghavami, Nasrin Navab, Anita Poushan, and Anahita Bradberry (Group exhibition overview & interview with artists)
Video still, Bita Ghavami, 2021
“I believe that land—not ideology, not politics—is the root of culture. The land is what gives shape to art, food, music, movement, and wisdom. No matter where we are, the land, and therefore everything born of it, deserve our utmost reverence. The land also mirrors our true nature, as that of embodied beings. Through somatic movement and communion with the elements, we can reconnect—with our true nature beyond trauma imprints, with our ancestors, with heritage. My movement ritual is one of not only healing, but connection.” —Bita Ghavami
Yoga Therapy Today (Cover Photo)
Taos News, For an artist, doing a self portrait is equal to baring your soul, 2019 (Group exhibition review)
“Ghavami's photograph [is] "Beautiful and brave. I find it so moving. It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.’”
Fairfax County Times, Beloved Yoga begins again in a new location with a reimagined direction (Featured photo)
Washington City Paper, Vessel Mania: 125 Plain White Bowls Get a Makeover (Group exhibition review)
“Ghavami’s “This Is Water,” named for David Foster Wallace’s famous 2005 commencement speech, looks like a goldfish in a bowl, a symbol of new life on Nowruz, the Persian New Year.”
