Born in Iran

EDUCATION

2025 Master of Fine Arts 2D (Painting & Printmaking), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Selected Group EXHIBITIONS

2025 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, MassArt, 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, 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

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

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

2021-2023  Art Instructor – Drawing & Painting (Remote) - Freelance / Independent Teaching, 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, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2020 Merit Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2016 Merit Scholarship, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA

Amazon Award, Seattle, WA