REZA DOLATABADI

Born and raised in Iran, Reza trained in Scotland before establishing his career in London. He later relocated to Mexico City, where he has continued to evolve both professionally and personally. The city has become the place where he has developed a renewed creative voice and, in many ways, discovered a new sense of home.

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A multidisciplinary visual artist, Reza works across animation, live action, illustration, photography, and graphic design. Drawn to any medium capable of telling a compelling story, his practice is deeply informed by themes of migration, identity, and belonging. Having lived and worked across multiple countries and cultures, his experience of constantly navigating between places has profoundly shaped both his perspective and his artistic language.

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Throughout his career, Reza has directed and produced projects for internationally renowned artists and global brands. His work includes world tour visuals for performers such as U2, Cyndi Lauper, and Lionel Richie, as well as campaigns for Meta, Aston Martin Formula One Team, and Coinbase. Across every project, he combines cinematic storytelling with a distinctive visual approach that bridges technology, design, and emotion.

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Living with ADHD and synesthesia—a neurological condition through which music and sound are experienced as vivid bursts of color—has profoundly influenced Reza's creative process. The intensity of color, rhythm, contrast, and movement that characterizes his work is not simply an aesthetic choice, but an expression of the way he perceives and interprets the world.

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This personal dimension became the focus of his debut solo exhibition, Has Anyone Told You You Got ADHD?, an intimate body of work that marked a departure from commissioned projects. Through the exhibition, Reza explored the relationship between neurodiversity, creativity, identity, and the ongoing search for belonging, offering an honest reflection on a mind in constant motion and the evolving meaning of home.