CV
Selected Solo Shows:
2023:
Installation of Circle of the Nature and Time at the Torpedo Factory Art Center
2021:
The Mansion of Strathmore, Maryland, March to May 2021
2019:
IACC Community Center (Iranian-American Community Center), Northern VA July 2019
2018:
2018 (September) Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert hall and Art Center, Alexandria,
2018 (May) Artist’s Proof Gallery, Washington DC
2017:
2017 (July) Gallery B, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Maryland
2017 (May) Artist's Proof Gallery, Washington DC
2015:
2015 Hill Center, Washington DC
2013:
2013 Exhibit 9 Potomac, Maryland
2013 AITV Gallery, Virginia
2003:
2003 Mitre Corporation, Virginia
2003 US Geological Survey Headquarters (solo show), Virginia
Selected Group Shows:
2022: Greece, Crete, Mudhouse Residency House, July
2022: IACC Community Center (Iranian-American Community Center), Northern VA
2021: Washington DC Commission on the Art and Humanities, Dec 2021
2021 (Oct) McLean Projects for the Arts (ArtFest), Virginia
2020: Washington DC Commission on the Art and Humanities, Dec 2020
2020: Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA Sept to Oct 2020
2019: Artist’s Proof, Washington DC
2018 La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn New York
2018 (Jan) Artist's Proof Gallery, Washington DC
2017 (Oct) McLean Projects for the Arts (ArtFest), Virginia
2017 (Jan) Strathmore Mansion, Maryland
2016 (Dec) Art Basel, Scope Miami, with Arteponte Gallery (NY& Basel)
2016 (Oct) McLean Projects for the Arts (ArtFest), Virginia
2016 the University of Maryland (SWF show), Maryland
2016 NYArtExpo, New York
2015 Art Basel (Spectrum), Miami
2015 The Montpelier Center for Arts and Education, Virginia
2015 Artist's Proof Gallery, Washington DC
2014 Artist's Proof Gallery, Washington DC
2014 McLean Projects for the Arts (ArtFest), Virginia
2014 George Washington University, Washington DC
2014 Linus Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 Exquisite Collective, Argentina
2012 Illustrator Club, Washington DC
2011 Illustrator Club, Washington DC
2004 Gallery 505, Washington DC
1999 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Awards and Acquisitions
*2021 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fine art collection, acquisition through Art Bank program
* 2020 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fine art collection,
acquisition through the Art Bank program
* Collection of Department of Transportation through DCAH Art Bank
* 2019 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fine art collection,
acquisition through the Art Bank program
* DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank program, finalist years:
2015, 2016, 2018
* Acquisition of US Department of Public Works,
* Acquisition of Councilmember Brooke Pinto,
* DC Commission on Art and Humanities Art BankCollection
* The law firm of Wiley Rein LLP, Washington DC
* Global Art Awards finalist 2017 and 2018, organized by Middle East Art
Collector Association (MACA) and the Wall Street Journal in Dubai
* Honorable mention, Hermes Creative Awards, 2015
* Bronze Spotlight award. LACP (League of American Communications Professionals)
Residencies
Sept 2019: Buniho Creative Hub, Messejana, Portugal
July 2022: Mudhouse Residency, Crete, Greece
Workshops & presentations
* National Museum of Women in Art - Jan 27, 2023 -Artist Talk for the Circle of the Nature and Time Installation
* Smithsonian Asian Art, The Freer and Sackler Galleries, March 2021
* University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, September 2020
* US Botanic Garden Washington DC 2020
* US Botanic Garden, Washington DC 2019, 2020
* Messejana, Portugal 2019
* Speaking “Co-Creating Art with Nature” at George Washington University, Nov 2019
Press:
Nowruz Journal, May 2021 and 2022
Posh Seven- Loudoun County_ Oct 2020
NowRouz Journal ( Sacred Geometry and Talismans
Education:
BS in Biology (Botany), Tehran University
Certified programs, Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC