mo H. zareei aka mHz is a sound artist and researcher whose practice spans electronic compositions, kinetic sound-sculptures, and audiovisual installations. using custom-built software and hardware, his artistic, zareei’s work aims to uncover the beauty in the fundamentals of sound and light production, and reductionist audiovisual elements that draw inspiration from physical and architectural principles.

zareei has presented his work internationally at prestigious venues, festivals, and symposia, including the brisbane powerhouse (brisbane), pst art (california), york art gallery (york), vancouver art gallery (vancouver), aesthetica art prize (york), the international symposium on electronic art (montreal, dubai, brisbane), adam art gallery (wellington), new interfaces for musical expression conference (london), tehran annual digital art exhibition (tehran), modern body festival (the hague), setxctm festival (tehran), new zealand festival (wellington), whangārei art museum (wellington), and dastan art gallery (tehran).

zareei’s work has been featured on streaming museum and and published by creative applications, vice, and fast company. his piece 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.

under the moniker mHz, zareei has collaborated with notable artists such as zimoun, loscil, matmos, nicolas bernier, and alba triana. his music has been released by room40 (au), line (us), important records (us), leerraum (ch), and kasuga records (de).

he holds a bsc 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 currently a senior lecturer in composition and sonic arts.