{"id":241,"date":"2024-11-28T22:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T22:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parastooahovan.com\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2024-12-15T21:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:37:59","slug":"resume-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parastooahovan.com\/index.php\/resume-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume\/Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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EDUCATION<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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  • Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/li>\n
  • MFA Sculpture, College of Fine Arts May 2014<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY<\/span><\/li>\n
  • MFA candidate, Sculpture 2011-2012<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Tehran University, Tehran, Iran<\/span><\/li>\n
  • BFA sculpture, College of Fine Art 2002-2007<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Awards<\/i><\/b>
    <\/i><\/b>2023<\/span>  <\/i><\/b>I-Park <\/span> <\/i><\/b>Site- Representative Art Award, Connecticut
    <\/span>2021    <\/span>Collector’s Vision International Art Award<\/span> at<\/span> <\/span>Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, NY
    <\/span>2020    SUNNY Art Prize , Shortlist, London, UK
    <\/span>2020    Prisma Art Prize, 1st<\/span> edition\u2019s finalists, Rome, Italy                                                                
    <\/span>2019    Tool Book Project, Featured online artist , Block Gallery, New York, NY                      
    <\/span>2019    Osteria di Dozza award for the realization of a work in the medieval village of       Dozza, Castello Tesino, Italy                                                                  <\/span>2019     Prisma Art Prize, 1<\/span>st<\/span> edition\u2019s finalists, Rome, Italy                                                          
    <\/span>2019     Hot Pick Artists, SmackMellon, Brooklyn, NY                                                                    
    <\/span>2019     Excellence award for the International Biennial Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan 
    <\/span>2016     Dream Seeker in Star City Award, Changsha, China
    <\/span>2013     Rare Book prize, Howard Gotlieb Archival research center, Boston, MA
    <\/span>2012     Constantin Alajalov prize, Boston University, Boston, MA
    <\/span>2011     Chosen in Magic of Persia contemporary art prize, London, UK
    <\/span>2010     The first prize of Sculpture, Petroleum Industry Research, Tehran, Iran
    <\/span>2008     Three of my recent works were selected for the 1st Sculpture for urban space of <\/span>Tehran, Iran                                                                                              <\/span>2006     Fourth prize of the 1st International Sculpture Symposium of Tehran- Iran ( my work title is Equilibrium)                                                                        <\/span>1999     Chosen in graphic festival held in Tabriz, Iran
    <\/span>1995     Third prize of handicrafts festival in whole province ,Kermanshah,Iran                       <\/span><\/p>\n

    Biennials
    <\/b><\/i>2021     8<\/span>th<\/span> National Sculpture Biennial of  Tehran, Iran<\/span>
    <\/span>2015-2016<\/i>   National Pavilion of Iran,Two Installation art pieces titled: \u201cThe History\u201d and \u201cDear Iran\u201d, 56<\/span>th<\/span> Venice Biennial,  Venice, Italy                                <\/span>2015    A video performance, titled: “Futile”, Mykonos Biennial, Athens, Greece                   
    <\/span>2008    The 1st Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran                       
    <\/span>2007    The 5th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Contemporary Arts Museum, <\/span>Tehran, Iran      <\/span><\/p>\n

    Residency<\/b> 
    <\/span>2023   I-Park Residency, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA 
    <\/span>2021   Kunstraum Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY, USA                                                                                                                       <\/span><\/p>\n

    Collections
    <\/b><\/i>2013    Howard Gotlieb Archival research center, Boston, MA                                                   
    <\/span>2011    Real Academia Santa Isabel de Hungaria, Sevilla, Spain                                                  
    <\/span>2010    The Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE                                                                                      <\/span><\/p>\n

    Published
    <\/b><\/i>2023    Saqi Book, Woman-Life-Freedom, Art & Culture, London, UK
    <\/span>2023    City Artists Nashua news, New Hampshire
    <\/span>2023    The Sun News, Nashua, New Hampshire
    <\/span>2022     Darz Magazine, Asia Now Art Fair, Paris, France
    <\/span>2022     The Gaze of a Parisienne, Paris, France
    <\/span>2021     Keyhan Life news, London
    <\/span>2020    Discovering Identity, to Benefit All on Artscope Magazines
    <\/span>2017    Iran Wire, Performance art; Pure Innocence                                                                    
    <\/span>2017    Radio Farda , Performance art; Pure Innocence                                                               
    <\/span>2016   Changsha Evening News By Yang Li, Changsha, China                                                     
    <\/span>2016    \u201cDreamy Girl\u201d, Bronze Sculpture, Changsha International Sculpture Symposium, <\/span>Changsha Evening Newspaper, Page A7, <\/span>October 19th, Changsha, China                        
    <\/span>2016    \u201cThe Great Game\u201c56th Esposizione Internazionale d\u2019Arte, Biennale di Venezia <\/span>                                                                     
    <\/span>2016    Hunan XiangJiang New Area, Changsha, China                                                                 
    <\/span>2013    16th International Sculpture Symposium, Annual Sculpture Magazine                        
    <\/span>2012     Hamshahrie Magazine, Dastan, No.15, Tehran, Iran                                                          
    <\/span>2011     Daily Canvas Magazine, Dubai art news, Dubai art fair                                                    
    <\/span>2010     Daily Canvas Magazine, Dubai art news, Dubai art fair                                                    
    <\/span>2008     Urban Sculpture Magazine, 1st Biennial Urban Sculpture, No.35, Tehran, Iran
    <\/span>2008     Sculpture Magazine ( Vol.27, No.2), New York, NY                                                             
    <\/span>2008     1st International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Vadodara, India                        
    <\/span>2007     Brooklyn rail\/ Letter from Iran by Robert C. Morgan                                                        
    <\/span>2007    Aksam Newspaper, Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey                                                                    
    <\/span>2006     The Book of ” Tandis haye Bigharare Baran”, Tehran, Iran                                             
    <\/span>2006     Tandis Magazine, 1st Tehran International Sculpture symposium, Tehran, Iran       <\/span><\/p>\n

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/i><\/b>
    <\/i><\/b>2024  <\/span><\/i> <\/i><\/b>Out of Context<\/span><\/i>, <\/i><\/b>Grove34, Queens, NY
    <\/span><\/i>2022    Unspoken Memories, Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery, Paris, France
    <\/i>2021    Unspoken Memories, Crenson Gallery, Barrett Art Center, NY
    <\/span>2014    Life is Life, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA                                                              
    <\/span>2009    Beyond the sense of breaking, Aria Gallery, Tehran                                                         
    <\/span>2007    Beyond the sense of breaking”, Tehran University, College of Fine Arts, Tehran       <\/span><\/p>\n

    Performances
    <\/b><\/i>2017    Pure Innocence, Performance piece, New York, NY                                                         
    <\/span>2014    The Beginning Choice ” , Performance piece, New York, NY                                           
    <\/span>2013    Protected Isolation, Performance piece, Boston, MA                                                      
    <\/span>2012    The Beginning Choice ” , Performance piece, Boston , MA                                             <\/span><\/p>\n

    Group Exhibitions<\/i><\/b>
    <\/i><\/b>2023   <\/span><\/i>Pequot Library, Southport, Connecticut, USA<\/span>
    <\/i><\/b>2023    <\/span><\/i>C.P.C Arguello, Cordoba, Argentina
    <\/span>2023    AsianAmerican, Art+Tech exhibition, City University of New York, NY
    <\/i>2023   Summer Show, Artego Gallery, Long Island City, NY
    <\/i>2023   Galleria de Arte, Museo del Ojo, Cordoba, Argentina
    <\/span>2022   Asia Now, The Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
    <\/span>2022   Volta Art Fair, Roya Khadjavi Project, New York, NY\u2028
    <\/span>2022   Celebrating Ferdowsi, Pars Place Center, Vienna, VA, USA
    <\/span>2022   The Way & Hope, EUNAM Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
    <\/span>2021   Asia Now, The Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
    <\/span>2021   Once Upon a time, Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery, Paris, France
    <\/span>2021   FUN HOUSE,  Barrette Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 
    <\/span>2021    Chelsea International Fine Arts, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
    <\/span>2020    Memories,Tales and Folk Songs, Highline Nine Gallery, New York, NY
    <\/span>2020    Self-reflection, Highline Nine Gallery, New York, NY
    <\/span>2020    Prisma Art Prize, 5<\/span>st<\/span> edition\u2019s finalists, Rome, Italy                                                                  
    <\/span>2020    SUNNY Art Prize , Shortlist, London, UK
    <\/span>2019    International Biennial Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan                                                             
    <\/span>2018    <\/span>MagicInLA Auction Gala<\/span>, Bonhams Auction House in LA, USA                                       
    <\/span>2018    A.I.R Gallery, \u2018\u2019The Beginning Choice\u2019\u2019, Brooklyn, NY                                                       
    <\/span>2016    Imago Mundi art, International Kurdish group show, Italy                                             
    <\/span>2014    Oppositional Realities, Emerson College, Boston, MA                                                     
    <\/span>2013    Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA                                                                                               
    <\/span>2013    Sloan House, Boston, MA                                                                                                      
    <\/span>2012    Commonwealth Gallery , Boston University, Boston, MA                                               
    <\/span>2012    Santa Isabel de Hungaria, Sevilla, Spain                                                                              
    <\/span>2011    Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY 2011
    <\/span>2011    LTMH Gallery, New York, NY                                                                                                 
    <\/span>2011    North Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY                                                              
    <\/span>2010    Tehran Art Center, Tehran, Iran                                                                                           
    <\/span>2009    THE SEED OF BAOBAB, Aran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran                                                     
    <\/span>2008    The First Iranian Annual Sculpture EXPO, House of Artists,Tehran, Iran                      
    <\/span>2008    MEDIA, Momayez Gallery ,House of Artists, Tehran, Iran                                               
    <\/span>2007    MERAAJ & MOLAVI, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran                                                      
    <\/span>2007    SMALL SCULPTURES, House of Artists,Tehran, Iran                                                          
    <\/span>2006    Selected Models of the 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, Imam Ali <\/span>Museum, Tehran, Iran                                                                            <\/span>2005    Ebne sina Art gallery, Tehran, Iran                                                                                       <\/span><\/p>\n

    Symposiums
    <\/b><\/i>2024    Governors Island Ice Sculpture Symposium, Governors Island, NY
    <\/i>2023     Nashua International Sculpture Symposium, Nashua, NH, USA
    <\/i>2019    International Association for Monumental Sculpture, Lucie d Ombre del Legno, Castello Tesino, Italy                                                                                  <\/span>2019    Festival Fleurs de Lava, Clermont-Ferrand, France                                                           
    <\/span>2016    Changsha International Sculpture Festival, Changsha, China                                           
    <\/span>2013    16th International symposium of stone sculpture in Friuli Venezia Giuliareana Del <\/span>Rojale, Italy                                                                                            <\/span>2008    1st International Sculpture Symposium of Uttarayan, Vadodara,India                        
    <\/span>2007    1st International Sculpture Symposium of Akdeniz University,Antalya, Turkey          
    <\/span>2006    1st International Sculpture Symposium of Tehran, Iran                                                  
    <\/span>2003   1st Sand sculpture Symposium, Talesh, Iran                                                                      <\/span><\/p>\n

    Public Sculptures
    <\/b><\/i>2023     Field Grove Park, Nashua, New Hamshire, USA
    <\/i>2021     <\/span>Forty Pages, Forty Lives,<\/i> Rusty Iron, 300 x 230 x 100 cm, Tehran, Iran
    <\/span>2019     <\/span>Monument,<\/i> Stone, 200 x 170 x 150 cm, Clermont-Ferrand, France  
    <\/span>2019     <\/span>Melody of Love,<\/i> Wood, 170 x 50 x 50 cm,  Castello Tesino, Italy                                                         
    <\/span>2017    <\/span>Dreaming Girl,<\/i> Bronze, 470 x 250 x 250 cm, Changsha, China                                         
    <\/span>2013    <\/span>One sound<\/i>, Stone & Bronze, 180 x 180 x 50 cm, Venice, Italy                                        
    <\/span>2011    <\/span>Heavy Hearth<\/i>, Stone & Bronze, 220 x 100 x 50 cm, In front the Sunay Station <\/span>(Vardavard Station) , Tehran, Iran                                                                <\/span>2010    <\/span>She was an Angel<\/i>, Monument, Fiberglas & Stone, 100 x 70 20 cm, Installed in a <\/span>Cemetery in Sari, Iran                                                                                <\/span>2008    <\/span>My Song<\/i>, Stone & Bronze, 230 x 110 x 80 cm, Vadodara, India                                     
    <\/span>2007    Untitled, Stone, 220 x 120 x 80 cm, Installed on the campus of Akdeniz University, <\/span>Antalya, Turkey                                                                                      <\/span>2007    <\/span>Equilibrium,<\/i> Stone & Bronze, 450 x 450 x 180 cm, Installed in Shahid Bagheri, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                                                             <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 Awards2023  I-Park  Site- Representative Art Award, Connecticut2021    Collector’s Vision International Art Award at Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, NY2020    SUNNY Art Prize …<\/p>\n

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