Iranian-born American visual artist (1959, Mashhad, Iran), lives and works between New York (US) and Porto (PT).
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Biography
Education
1993
Studio Painting, The Art Student League of New York, New York (US).
1989
Painting, University of California, Los Angeles (US).
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, George Washington University, Washington DC (US).
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Loose Lips Sink Ships. Lehmann, Porto (PT).
2024
Fly Like Dandelions. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
2018
Tajvid Paintings. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
2017
The Line of March. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
2016
Ravaged Gardens. NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, New York, NY (US).
2015
Black and Blue. Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY (US).
Abu Dhabi Art. The Third Line, Abu Dhabi (AE).
2013
The Blind Owl. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
2012
Dawn, Noon and Night. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
2010
Entropy. Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY (US).
Ritual Imprint. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
2008
The Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY (US).
A Survey. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
Fabricated. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
2007
Recitation. Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY (US).
2005
Alef. Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY (US).
2003
Derakht. 511 Gallery, New York, NY (US).
2002
Entangled Thoughts. Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY (US).
2001
Antworks. Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY (US).
Shibata Etsuko Gallery, Tokyo (JP).
2000
Rubaâiyat Series. Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY (US).
Recent Paintings. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
1999
Nikolai Fine Arts, New York, NY (US).
Selected group exhibitions
2025
Bygones. NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi (AE).
Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston, MA (US).
Hot Spots. Collaboration between Tabari Artspace and The Third Line, Sotheby's Dubai, Dubai (AE).
2024
Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (US).
Towards Joy: New Frameworks for American Art. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (US).
Cipher. Gazelli Art House, London (UK).
Nahnu, We the Nation of Letters. Wasl Art Space, Jeddah (SA).
2023
30 Years: Art Projects International. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
Another Birth. The Mine, Dubai (AE).
2022
Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1: An Exercise in Looking. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
Stories on Paper. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (AE).
2021
EPIC Iran. Victoria and Albert Museum, London (UK).
A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean. Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL (US).
NOTES ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PLANTS. The Third Line, on-line exhibition.
2020
Glitch. Tahrir Cultural Center, American University in Cairo, Cairo (EG).
There is Fiction In the Space Between. The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
2019
Frieze New York. The Third Line, New York, NY (US).
2018
The Shapes of Birds. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (US).
Collecting Calligraphy. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (US).
Long, Winding Journeys. Katonah Museum of Art, NY (US).
2015
The Great Game. Iran Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice (IT).
Accented. Maraya Art Center, Sharjah (AE).
Deceptively Simple. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
2014
Artists in Exile. Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St Johns University, Queens, NY (US).
Persepolis: Word and Image. William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs (US).
2013
New Blue and White. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (US).
2012
Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA (US).
2011
Two Person Show. Frieze Art Fair, London (US).
The Bravery of Being out of Range. Athr Gallery, Jeddah (SA).
Third Eye / I: Iranian Contemporary Art. Other Gallery, Shanghai (CN).
2010
Tarjama/Translation. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US).
Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam. Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX (US).
2009
Iran Inside Out. Chelsea Museum of Art, New York, NY (US)
Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam. Curated by Ladan Akbarnia, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (US).
Tarjama/Translation. Curated by Leeza Ahmady and Iftikhar Dadi, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (US).
Selseleh/Zelzeleh: Movers & Shakers in Contemporary Iranian Art. LTMH, New York, NY (US).
Unknown Territory: New Work: Il Lee, Pouran Jinchi, Filipe Rocha Da Silva. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
2008
East West Dialogues, Mysticism, Satire and the Legendary Past, curated by Layla Diba, LTMH, New York, NY (US).
Artparis, The Third Line, Abu Dhabi (AE).
2007
Contemporary Calligraphics: Three Artists Image the Word. Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY (US).
Gulf Art Fair, The Third Line, Dubai (AE).
Cultural Village, Flashback/Forward. Dubai Properties, Dubai (AE).
2002
Routes of Influence: International Artists from Asia. Art Projects International, New York, NY (US).
Poetry of the Winds. 2002 Flag Art Festival, 2002 FIFA World Cup, Seoul (JP).
2000
The Rose and the Nightingale. Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY (US).
1999
Visions of the Millennium. Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT (US).
United Nations Millennium Day. The United Nations, New York, NY (US).
The Cambodia Trust. The New York Academy of Science, New York, NY (US).
The Learning Project. The Craft Museum, New York, NY (US).
1998
Artists for Gardens. The Puck Building, New York, NY (US).
1997
Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY (US).
Gallerie Ott, Dusseldorf (DE).
1996
Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition. Curated by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY (US).
Main Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (US).
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (US).
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (US).
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC (US).
The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (US).
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (US).
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (US).
Federal Reserve Bank, New York, NY (US).
Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, MO (US).
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithica, NY (US).
Pratt Institute, New York, NY (US).
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha (QA).
Jameel Art Centre, Dubai (AE).
Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi (AE).
Writings
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