Roda Medhat is a Kurdish born artist, currently based in Toronto, Canada. Roda's work is textile as sculpture, exploring the various ways traditional West Asian and Kurdish textiles can be translated onto other materials. The research behind the work heavily relies on themes of cultural preservation, archiving and imagined spaces. Using 3D scanning, textbooks and archives, Roda is piecing together a complete image of Kurdish textiles in history and as a modern craft.
Roda's work has been recognized by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2023 Roda was selected as the 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize recipient. In 2024 he also received the CIBC C2 Art Prize.
BFA OCAD University. Film production at FAMU Film and Television School of Prague. MFA University of Guelph.