biography
mo H. zareei aka mHz is an electronic musician, sound artist, and researcher. using custom-built software and hardware, his artistic practice covers a wide range from electronic compositions to kinetic sound-sculptures and audiovisual installations. regardless of the medium, zareei’s work aims to highlight the beauty in the basics of sound and light production, and reductionist audiovisual elements that draw inspiration from physical and architectural principles.
he has exhibited his work at international events and festivals including Ωhm festival (brisbane), the international symposium on electronic art (brisbane, montreal, vancouver & dubai), new interfaces for musical expression conference (london), modern body festival (the hague), international conference on auditory display (new york), international computer music conference (perth), setxctm festival (tehran), and new zealand festival (wellington).
zareei is a featured artist on streaming museum and his work has been published on creative applications, vice, and fast company. his work Rasping Music was the recipient of the 1st prize for sound art at the sonic arts award 2015, and his installation Material Sequencer was shortlisted for the aesthetica art prize in 2024.
publishing his electronic music projects under the moniker mHz, zareei’s albums have been released on room40 (au), line (us), important records (us), leerraum (ch), and kasuga records (de).
he holds a bs in physics from shahid beheshti university of tehran, a bfa in music technology from california institute of the arts and a phd in sonic arts from victoria university of wellington, new zealand, where he is a senior lecturer in composition and sonic arts, and creative director at aotearoa audio arts.