CV
EDUCATION
2009.2011 – Yale University School of Art, Master of Fine Arts from Sculpture Department
2001.2007 – Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Visual Communication
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 to 2025 – Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown
2024 – Yale School of Art Travel Grant for artists in Artist Residency
2023 to 2024 – Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown
2019 – Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
2018 –Traveling Fellowship by Dutch Culture’s Shared Cultural Heritage Matching Fund
2016 – Inga Maren Otto Fellowship, Watermill Centre
2015 – Art Jameel and Edge of Arabia’s second annual artist residency program fellowship
2011 – Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship Award at Yale School of Art
2009 – Yale School of Art Scholarship
2008 – Shahnameh Typography Exhibition, 5th Color, Award of Recognition, Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran
2006 – Resistance Art Festival of Visual Arts, Second Prize, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran
2006 – Asma-o-lah, 2nd Annual Typography Exhibition, First Prize, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran
RESIDENCIES
2024 to 2025 – 7 Month Artist Residency Program at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
2023 to 2024 – 7 Month Artist Residency Program at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
2023– The Thirds Collective Program, Azad Art Gallery, Curated by Rozita Sharafjahan, Tehran
2020 – THE WATERMILL CENTER / Artist in Residence – Mentorship position, Watermill, NY
2019 – Castrum Peregrini Cultural Center, Amsterdam
2016 – The Watermill Center Residency Program, New York
2015 – International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2015 – VA Independent Space for Contemporary Art, Residency Program, Isfahan, Iran
2013 – Akrai residency, Palazzola Acreide, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2024_ Solo Exhibition, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
2024_ Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown
2023_ The Winter Show, The Commons in Provincetown, Provincetown
2023_ Solo Workshop and Exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Curated by Rozita Sharafjahan. Tehran
2023– The Thirds Collective Workshop, Group exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Curated by Rozita Sharafjahan. Tehran
2022– “Territorial Challenges” curated by Amirali Ghasemi, presented by mohit.art project in cooperation with PVL as the fourth program of video art.
2020 – ISOLATION, Podcast for contemporary art created by The Lake Radio and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Magnus Kaslov, Copenhagen
2020 – Territorial challenges, Video Program curated by Parking Video Library, Yarat Contemporary Art space, Baku
2019 – “Impossible Journeys in The Netherlands, Russia and Persia, Now and Then”. A Traveling Exhibition, Curated by Irina Leifer, The Museum of Moscow
2019 – “Impossible Journeys in The Netherlands, Russia and Persia, Now and Then”, Curated by Irina Leifer. The Museum of Moscow, Victoria Gallery in Samara (Russia), Emrooz Gallery in Isfahan (Iran), and Cargo in Context in Amsterdam.
2018 – Shabtab, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2017 – International Studio & Curatorial Program: Benefit Auction, New York
2017– Postcards, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2016 – The Watermill Center, Curated by Noah Khoshbin, New York
2016 – Unfailing Memory, Video Installation and Screening, Curated by Samira Hashemi, Isfahan, Iran
2016 – Film Screening at MEDIA LOUNGE PROGRAM: VISIBLE/INVISIBLE, Art & Politics, Curated by Jenny Marketou, College Art Association (cca), 10th Annual Conference in Washington DC
2015 – Unfailing Memory, Video Installation, Kunstraum Alter Wiehrebahnhof, Freiburg
2015 – ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program Open Studio, New york
2015 – Video Snack 4, Curated by Amanda Bonaiuto, Lauren Francescone & Zeynab Izadyar, Regina Rex, New York
2014 – White Noise, Co-curated by Gelare Khoshgozaran & HK Zamani, PØST, Los Angeles
2014 – Limited access Festival 5, International Festival of moving images, sound and performance, Curated by Amirali Ghasemi, Tehran
2014 – Video Snack 3, The Print Shop at MoMA PS1 hosted by ALLGOLD Curated by Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar, Queens, NY
2014 – Video Snack 2, Curated by Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar, hosted by The Varick Sessions, New York
2014 – A Review of a Decade of Video Art in Iran, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2013 – Nuovi Viaggiatori (New Travellers), Akrai Residency, Palazzola Acreide, Italy
2013 – Limited access Festival, Independent Artist Run Festival for Video, Sound and Performance,Tehran
2012 – Invisible present, Departement of art, OSU, Columbus
2012 – New Constellations, IAAB Conference, Los Angeles
2012 – The Elephant in the Dark, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi
2011 – On paper, without name, Parking Gallery, Tehran
2011 – IRAN via video current, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2011 – On UN TV (آن), Vaudeville Park Gallery, New York
2011 – Thesis show exhibition, Yale , New haven
2011 – Yale Open Studios, New haven
2010 – Thirty Two Years of Graphic Design in Iran, Curated by Reza Abedini & Changiz Jalayer, Expo, Italy
2009 – Yale Haiti Art Auction exhibition, Yale
2009 – First year 2011 M.F.A. exhibition, Yale
2009 – Khatkeshi (Type Through Our Dimensions), designtransfer gallery, Universität der Künste (UDK), Berlin
2008 – Web Poster Exhibition – The new generation of iranian graphic designers, Rene Wanner’s Poster Page
2008 – Ba Erfan va Hamaseh, 5th Color, Queen’s Palace, Bagh-e-, Kabul
2008 – The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show, Design Commission Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, USA
2008 – Shohre-ye Shahr Festival, Poster Exhibition and Poem Design, Streets of Shiraz City, Shiraz, Iran
2008 – Khatkeshi (Type Through Our Dimensions), A Group Exhibition on Typography, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2008 – Shahnameh Typography Exhibition, 5th Color, Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran
2008 – Un Cri Persan, Graphistes D’Iran, 5th color Collection, Salon International Du Livre Et De La Presse, Geneva
2008 – Gen X, Group Poster Exhibition of Young Iranian Graphic Designers, York University, Toronto
2008 – International Graphic Design Day Exhibition, Sari
2008 – Book Cities Poster Exhibition,13 Graphic Group, Sari
2007 – Rokhsat, A Group Poster Exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2007 – Safety Festival of Visual Arts, Tehran
2007 – The 9th Tehran International Biennial, Experimental Poster Section, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran
2006 – Resist Art Festival of Visual Arts, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran
2005 – Deeper Depression Exhibition, Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran
2005 – The New Visual Culture of Modern Iran, Amsterdam
2005 – International Graphic Design Day Exhibition, Tehran
BOOK & ARTICLES
2023 – “The history of the shape and implications of dots in Islamic scripts (Farsi and Arabic)”, Al-Zahra University, PHD of Comparative Art Studies
2022 – “A review on a Round Banaei script inscription at Shahi Zindeh cemetery of Samarkand”, Al-Zahra University, PHD of Comparative Art Studies
2021_ “Scripted Suzanis”, Al-Zahra University, PHD of Comparative Art Studies
2014 – “Baná’í script- Ciphering and Deciphering Codes”, a book published by Nazar publisher, Tehran
2011 – “Soliloquy” (Inteview with Reza Abedini), “Seeing Studies”, Artist’s book produced by dOCUMENTA (13) in conjunction with Casco—Office for Art, Design and Theory and the institute for incongruous translation
2007 – “Horoofiyeh”, Dabireh, Journal of Persian Type and Language, Tehran
2007 – “Square Kufi Script”, Dabireh, Journal of Persian Type and Language, Tehran
ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2023 – Show & Tell, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
2020 – In Process, at The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
2019 – The ring holds a hole, Cargo in Context, Amsterdam
2016 – histories, The Watermill Center Residency Program, New York
2015 – histories, Art and Culture Program at Middle East Institute (MEI), Washington. DC
2014 – Soliloquy, VA Independent Space for Contemporary Art, Residency Program, Isfahan
2012 – Interdisciplinary Art, Parking Gallery, Tehran
2011 – After Image, Patil Art Festival, Kashan
2009 – Khatkeshi (Type Through Our Dimensions), TYPO BERLIN, (HKW) House of culture, Berlin