EDUCATION
- Boston University, Boston, MA
- MFA Sculpture, College of Fine Arts May 2014
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- MFA candidate, Sculpture 2011-2012
- Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
- BFA sculpture, College of Fine Art 2002-2007
Awards
2023 I-Park Site- Representative Art Award, Connecticut
2021 Collector’s Vision International Art Award at Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, NY
2020 SUNNY Art Prize , Shortlist, London, UK
2020 Prisma Art Prize, 1st edition’s finalists, Rome, Italy
2019 Tool Book Project, Featured online artist , Block Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Osteria di Dozza award for the realization of a work in the medieval village of Dozza, Castello Tesino, Italy 2019 Prisma Art Prize, 1st edition’s finalists, Rome, Italy
2019 Hot Pick Artists, SmackMellon, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Excellence award for the International Biennial Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Dream Seeker in Star City Award, Changsha, China
2013 Rare Book prize, Howard Gotlieb Archival research center, Boston, MA
2012 Constantin Alajalov prize, Boston University, Boston, MA
2011 Chosen in Magic of Persia contemporary art prize, London, UK
2010 The first prize of Sculpture, Petroleum Industry Research, Tehran, Iran
2008 Three of my recent works were selected for the 1st Sculpture for urban space of Tehran, Iran 2006 Fourth prize of the 1st International Sculpture Symposium of Tehran- Iran ( my work title is Equilibrium) 1999 Chosen in graphic festival held in Tabriz, Iran
1995 Third prize of handicrafts festival in whole province ,Kermanshah,Iran
Biennials
2021 8th National Sculpture Biennial of Tehran, Iran
2015-2016 National Pavilion of Iran,Two Installation art pieces titled: “The History” and “Dear Iran”, 56th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy 2015 A video performance, titled: “Futile”, Mykonos Biennial, Athens, Greece
2008 The 1st Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 The 5th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Contemporary Arts Museum, Tehran, Iran
Residency
2023 I-Park Residency, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA
2021 Kunstraum Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Collections
2013 Howard Gotlieb Archival research center, Boston, MA
2011 Real Academia Santa Isabel de Hungaria, Sevilla, Spain
2010 The Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE
Published
2023 Saqi Book, Woman-Life-Freedom, Art & Culture, London, UK
2023 City Artists Nashua news, New Hampshire
2023 The Sun News, Nashua, New Hampshire
2022 Darz Magazine, Asia Now Art Fair, Paris, France
2022 The Gaze of a Parisienne, Paris, France
2021 Keyhan Life news, London
2020 Discovering Identity, to Benefit All on Artscope Magazines
2017 Iran Wire, Performance art; Pure Innocence
2017 Radio Farda , Performance art; Pure Innocence
2016 Changsha Evening News By Yang Li, Changsha, China
2016 “Dreamy Girl”, Bronze Sculpture, Changsha International Sculpture Symposium, Changsha Evening Newspaper, Page A7, October 19th, Changsha, China
2016 “The Great Game“56th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Biennale di Venezia
2016 Hunan XiangJiang New Area, Changsha, China
2013 16th International Sculpture Symposium, Annual Sculpture Magazine
2012 Hamshahrie Magazine, Dastan, No.15, Tehran, Iran
2011 Daily Canvas Magazine, Dubai art news, Dubai art fair
2010 Daily Canvas Magazine, Dubai art news, Dubai art fair
2008 Urban Sculpture Magazine, 1st Biennial Urban Sculpture, No.35, Tehran, Iran
2008 Sculpture Magazine ( Vol.27, No.2), New York, NY
2008 1st International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Vadodara, India
2007 Brooklyn rail/ Letter from Iran by Robert C. Morgan
2007 Aksam Newspaper, Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey
2006 The Book of ” Tandis haye Bigharare Baran”, Tehran, Iran
2006 Tandis Magazine, 1st Tehran International Sculpture symposium, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Out of Context, Grove34, Queens, NY
2022 Unspoken Memories, Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery, Paris, France
2021 Unspoken Memories, Crenson Gallery, Barrett Art Center, NY
2014 Life is Life, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Beyond the sense of breaking, Aria Gallery, Tehran
2007 Beyond the sense of breaking”, Tehran University, College of Fine Arts, Tehran
Performances
2017 Pure Innocence, Performance piece, New York, NY
2014 The Beginning Choice ” , Performance piece, New York, NY
2013 Protected Isolation, Performance piece, Boston, MA
2012 The Beginning Choice ” , Performance piece, Boston , MA
Group Exhibitions
2023 Pequot Library, Southport, Connecticut, USA
2023 C.P.C Arguello, Cordoba, Argentina
2023 AsianAmerican, Art+Tech exhibition, City University of New York, NY
2023 Summer Show, Artego Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2023 Galleria de Arte, Museo del Ojo, Cordoba, Argentina
2022 Asia Now, The Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
2022 Volta Art Fair, Roya Khadjavi Project, New York, NY
2022 Celebrating Ferdowsi, Pars Place Center, Vienna, VA, USA
2022 The Way & Hope, EUNAM Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
2021 Asia Now, The Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
2021 Once Upon a time, Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery, Paris, France
2021 FUN HOUSE, Barrette Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2021 Chelsea International Fine Arts, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Memories,Tales and Folk Songs, Highline Nine Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Self-reflection, Highline Nine Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Prisma Art Prize, 5st edition’s finalists, Rome, Italy
2020 SUNNY Art Prize , Shortlist, London, UK
2019 International Biennial Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan
2018 MagicInLA Auction Gala, Bonhams Auction House in LA, USA
2018 A.I.R Gallery, ‘’The Beginning Choice’’, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Imago Mundi art, International Kurdish group show, Italy
2014 Oppositional Realities, Emerson College, Boston, MA
2013 Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Sloan House, Boston, MA
2012 Commonwealth Gallery , Boston University, Boston, MA
2012 Santa Isabel de Hungaria, Sevilla, Spain
2011 Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY 2011
2011 LTMH Gallery, New York, NY
2011 North Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
2010 Tehran Art Center, Tehran, Iran
2009 THE SEED OF BAOBAB, Aran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 The First Iranian Annual Sculpture EXPO, House of Artists,Tehran, Iran
2008 MEDIA, Momayez Gallery ,House of Artists, Tehran, Iran
2007 MERAAJ & MOLAVI, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran
2007 SMALL SCULPTURES, House of Artists,Tehran, Iran
2006 Selected Models of the 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran 2005 Ebne sina Art gallery, Tehran, Iran
Symposiums
2024 Governors Island Ice Sculpture Symposium, Governors Island, NY
2023 Nashua International Sculpture Symposium, Nashua, NH, USA
2019 International Association for Monumental Sculpture, Lucie d Ombre del Legno, Castello Tesino, Italy 2019 Festival Fleurs de Lava, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2016 Changsha International Sculpture Festival, Changsha, China
2013 16th International symposium of stone sculpture in Friuli Venezia Giuliareana Del Rojale, Italy 2008 1st International Sculpture Symposium of Uttarayan, Vadodara,India
2007 1st International Sculpture Symposium of Akdeniz University,Antalya, Turkey
2006 1st International Sculpture Symposium of Tehran, Iran
2003 1st Sand sculpture Symposium, Talesh, Iran
Public Sculptures
2023 Field Grove Park, Nashua, New Hamshire, USA
2021 Forty Pages, Forty Lives, Rusty Iron, 300 x 230 x 100 cm, Tehran, Iran
2019 Monument, Stone, 200 x 170 x 150 cm, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2019 Melody of Love, Wood, 170 x 50 x 50 cm, Castello Tesino, Italy
2017 Dreaming Girl, Bronze, 470 x 250 x 250 cm, Changsha, China
2013 One sound, Stone & Bronze, 180 x 180 x 50 cm, Venice, Italy
2011 Heavy Hearth, Stone & Bronze, 220 x 100 x 50 cm, In front the Sunay Station (Vardavard Station) , Tehran, Iran 2010 She was an Angel, Monument, Fiberglas & Stone, 100 x 70 20 cm, Installed in a Cemetery in Sari, Iran 2008 My Song, Stone & Bronze, 230 x 110 x 80 cm, Vadodara, India
2007 Untitled, Stone, 220 x 120 x 80 cm, Installed on the campus of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey 2007 Equilibrium, Stone & Bronze, 450 x 450 x 180 cm, Installed in Shahid Bagheri, Tehran, Iran