Pegah Tabassinejad is an Interdisciplinary artist and educator living and working as a stranger -an uninvited guest- on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh, and Sel̓ íl̓ witulh peoples.

Her new media practice primarily revolves around the construction of digital and live performances, film, video installations and city performances. Her practice acts as an interrogation on themes that include the intersection of digital and surveillance culture on identity, virtual and physical presences and absences, and the forces that structure and shape the movement and perception of marginalized and female bodies in private and public space. She is interested in the aesthetics of CCTV cameras, cell phone cameras, laptops, monitors, and the Internet.

She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Simon Fraser University and a BA in Stage Direction from the Tehran University of Art. She also studied Visual Art at Azad University in Tehran. She has taught various studio and seminar courses at the Tehran University of Art, Bamdad International House, Barg Institute, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, as well as leading workshops in Paris, Tehran and Vancouver. She was the recipient of the Phil Lind Multicultural Artist Residency at UBC in 2023–2024.