Born in Iran

EDUCATION

2025 MFA Studio Arts, (Painting & Printmaking), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, (Painting and Drawing), University of Washington - Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA

 

Selected Group EXHIBITIONS

2025 The Body Remembers, MassArt SoWa, Boston, MA

National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place, Cambridge, MA

Affordable Art Fair Boston, SoWa Power Station, Boston, MA

Life, Death, Love, Art-Collide, (International Online Gallery)

Fish Don’t Sleep, MassArt SoWa, Boston, MA

        A Fervent Chorus, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA

        MFA Thesis show, MassArt SoWa, Boston, MA

MassArt Auction, MassArt, Boston, MA

      Beyond the Veil Invitation, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA

2024     Print Forwards Exhibition, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA

2023    “Figurative” Art Exhibition, Seattle, WA

2021      University of Washington Art Exhibition, UW Art Gallery Online, Seattle, WA

2019      Student Art Show, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2018      Cut Stab Slash, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

 

PUBLICATIONS

Sidelines Literary and Art magazine, Simmons University, 2025, Boston, MA

University of Washington Pressbooks, UW Pressbooks, 2020, Seattle, WA

Lincoln Springs Review, Art Published, North Seattle College, 2019, Seattle, WA

 

EXPERIENCE

2025 Instructor - Composition Through Still Life, Private Art Studio, Halden, Norway

2025 Instructor - The Art of Color Mixing(Virtual), Private Art Studio, Tehran,Iran

2025 Teaching Assistant – Major Studio Painting - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2024 Teaching Assistant – Monotype and Monoprint - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2021-2025  Instructor – Drawing & Painting (Virtual), Pardis Academy of Art, Karaj, Iran

2022 Visiting Artist, University of Washington, WA

2017-2019 Art Gallery Assistant, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA

HONORS & AWARDS

2024 George Nick Prize, Boston, MA

2023 MassArt Foundation Scholarship, Boston, MA

Graduate Dean’s Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2021 Puget Sound Group Northwest Artists Award, Seattle, WA

2020 Merit Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2016 Merit Scholarship, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA

Amazon Award, Seattle, WA

                                                       

                                                       

Photo by : Erfan Beomidehaq

I am an interdisciplinary artist working across painting, printmaking, textiles, and sculpture. My recent work investigates themes of identity, resistance, and cultural memory in the context of Iran, weaving together traditional Persian aesthetics with contemporary storytelling and personal narrative.