CREATIVE NARRATIVE
Arash Iran Doust is a Hybrid Spatial Experience Director and Creative Art Director working at the intersection of cinematic storytelling, immersive environments, and large-scale experiential design.
His practice focuses on transforming architectural and digital space into emotionally driven narrative systems, combining animation, projection mapping, and spatial composition into cohesive immersive worlds.
Over the past decade, he has led and contributed to internationally exhibited immersive installations across Europe, North America, and Asia, with audiences exceeding one million visitors annually in major museum-scale environments such as Carrières de Lumières in France. His work spans 360° projection environments, interactive exhibitions, broadcast installations, and cinematic experiential works.
Arash has held leadership roles as Lead Art Director, Animation Director, and Creative Supervisor, including managing multidisciplinary teams of up to 20 creatives in large-scale immersive productions. His work for Illusionaries (London) and Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig involved full pipeline leadership across animation, spatial storytelling, and final exhibition delivery.
He has been commissioned by institutions and studios including Lighthouse Immersive (USA), All Things Content (Finland), YLE (Finland National Television), RAI (Italy), Sony Music Entertainment, and major European immersive art venues. His projects have been exhibited in cities including London, Paris, Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Houston, Leipzig, Lisbon, Helsinki, and Seoul.
His immersive installation work has been featured in international publications including Forbes, The Times, Vogue, and Greenwich media, particularly in relation to the project “Memories of a Dead Poet.”
Arash’s creative methodology is defined by a fusion of artistic direction and technical execution, working across tools such as TouchDesigner, Resolume, Cinema 4D, After Effects, and real-time visual systems to construct spatial narratives that function as both artistic and experiential environments.
He is currently positioned as a Hybrid Spatial Experience Director, focusing on high-end immersive studios, museum-scale installations, and next-generation experiential storytelling environments.
History of creative activities & Exhibitions:
- ● 2025 Vilnius institute, Max Richter´s Vivaldi Four seasons, Helsinki, Finland
- ● 2024 Illusionaries , Solo Immersive art Exhibition, London, UK
- ● 2022 Nordic ministers of council prize gala 70 years anniversary, Finnish Parliament and Vilnius institute, Helsinki/Stockholm, Finland/Sweden
● 2022 Frida Kahlo Immersive, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Denver and Toronto, USA and Canada
● 2021 Bristol Museum, Van Gogh Experience, Bristol, UK
● 2021 Animations for TV program, pikku kakkonen, Yle, Helsinki, Finland
● 2021 Van Gogh Experience,Toronto, Lighthouse immersive, Canada
● 2020 J.Bosch and Archimboldo, Bonker de Lumieres, Jeju-do, South Korea
● 2020 Van Gogh Experience, Los Angeles, Lighthouse immersive, USA
● 2020 European Theater Collective,Madhouse, Finland, Helsinki (Interactive scenography)
● 2019-2020 Carrières de Lumières, France ( Immersive Video Installation )
● 2019-2020 Kunst Kraft Werk, Leipzig, Germany ( Immersive Video Installation )
● 2019 Chagal, Renoir nights, Bunker de Lumières, Seogwipo, South Korea
● 2018 CLUOBI, Finland, Helsinki (web animation)
● 2018 OTAVA, Finland, Helsinki (Interactive animations application)
● 2017-2018 Van Gogh Museum and carrieres de lumieres, Paris ( Immersive Video Installation )
● 2017-2018 Atelier des Lumières, France, Paris ( Immersive Video Installation )
● 2016-2017 Carrières de Lumières, France ( Immersive Video Installation )
● 2016-2017 Immersive art factory, Frankfurt, Germany ( Immersive Video Installation )
● 2016-2017 Kunst Kraft Werk, Leipzig, Germany ( Immersive Video Installation ) - ● 2016,09 Canova 22 Gallery , Rome, Italy ( Video Installation )
● 2015,10 CIAC, Gennazzano Castle, Lazio, Italy ( Installation )
● 2015,06 Bridge art residency, Sicilia, Italy ( Interactive Installation, Video Installation )
● 2015,06 Scatola Bianca Gallery , Milan, Italy ( Video art )
● 2015,05 FISAD, Albertina, Academy of fine arts of Torino, Italy ( Video art )
● 2015,04 International Expo of Milan, Italy ( Video art )
● 2015,04 Academy of fine arts, Rome, Italy ( Video art )
● 2015,01 Temple University Gallery, American university of fine arts, Rome, Italy ( Video Installation )
● 2014,07 Museum of oriental arts, Villa Ada Rome, Italy ( Video art )
● 2014.05 MAAM Museum of Metropoliz, Rome, Italy ( Installation )
● 2014,07 Museum of oriental arts, Villa Ada Rome, Italy ( Video art )
● 2014.05 MAAM Museum of Metropoliz, Rome, Italy ( Installation )
- ● 2013,05 MAAM Museum of Metropoliz, Rome, Italy ( Installation )
● 2012,12 Casa Delle Letterature , Rome ,Italy ( Video art )
● 2012,05 Rosenfeldporcini, London , United Kingdom ( video art )
● 2011,05 Academy of fine arts, Rome, Italy ( Painting) ( Group Exhibition )
● 2009,08 Venice film festival, Venice, Italy ( Short film )
● 2008,05 Old Prison Museum, Perugia, Italy ( Video art ) ( Group Exhibition )
● 2008,12 Emir Kusturica Workshop, Perugia, Italy ● 2008,12 Batik film festival, Perugia, Italy ( Short film )
● 2007,12 Abbas Kiarostami & Jafar Panahi Workshop, Lahijan, Iran ( Short film )
