B. Tehran, Iran
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, New York
EDUCATION:
MFA 2004 Imaging and Digital Arts, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
MFA 1999 Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BA 1993 Painting, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Current Exhibition
I open my eyes and see myself under a tree laden with fruit that I cannot name. Curator: Lila Nazemian
Hadieh Shafie, Zarina, Sinan Antoon
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
“I open my eyes and see myself under a tree laden with fruit that I cannot name.”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2015
Surfaced: Drawings, New York University, Abu Dhabi Center, NY
Surfaced, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Ketabeh Eshgh (Book of Love), Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ketab (Book), XVA Gallery, Dubai UAE
Sweet Turning of the Page, Morton Fine Art, Washington D.C.
2009
Paper Pattern Color Culture, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004
The Little Black Fishes, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Spin, MFA Exhibition, Center for Visual Art and Culture, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
1996
September Promises, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018
Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island
The Shapes of Birds:Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa
September 15 – December 30, 2018
Katonah Museum of Art, New York
Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition,
February 25 – June 17, 2018
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
Holograph: Women on Paper
February 24 – June 24, 2018
2016
Contemporary Art of the Middle East, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Enduring Reasons Why, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Look At Me! Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Please! Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artist in Exile: Creativity, Activism, and the Diasporic Experience, St. John’s University, New York, NY
Persepolis: Word & Image, The William Benton Museum of Art, Connecticut, CT
2013
CALLIGRAFFITI: 1984-2013, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Spectra, San Diego State University Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Space Between: Contemporary perspectives on tradition and society,
Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA), Jersey City, NJ
Jameel Prize Exhibition (touring exhibition), Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, CA
2012
UNCHARTED: Works on Paper, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
20 in 2012 Vision, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Jameel Prize Exhibition (touring exhibition), Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Invitational Art Exhibition, Conley Art Gallery USC Frescno, California
Jameel Prize Exhibition (touring exhibition), Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain
2011
SHOW OFF! SPM Private Museum, Dubai, UAE
Jameel Prize Exhibition (touring exhibition), Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Select: Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C.
2010
Ritual: Form, Script and Gesture, A Pop Up Project, Amy Morton Fine Art, Washington DC
More of the best is yet to come, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Protocol: Syntax / Semantics, Gallery 4, Baltimore, MD
Baker Artist Awards Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Women’s Work, Civilian Art Place, Washington D.C.
2007
Changing Climate Changing Colors, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2017 Nominated for Anonymous Was A Woman
2014 Alumni Award, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
2012 The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Jameel Prize, V&A Museum, London, UK (Shortlisted)
2010 Franz and Virginia Bader Fund, Washington D.C.
2010 Individual Artist Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
2009 Mary Sawyers Baker Award, William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund
2008 Individual Artist Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
2003 RTKL Grant in Visual Arts
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
The British Museum, London, UK
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
The Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE
Bank of America, Corporate Collection, North Carolina
Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Nebraska
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
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