Represented by
NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
ArtFloor, Singulart, Paris, France
Ozone Art Gallery, Newfoundland, Pennsylvania
Liss Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, California
IdeelArt, Art Represent, Blue Rhino Art Consultancy, London, UK
Dakkara Art Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Fondation Behnam Bakhtiar, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
la Galerie du Génie de la Bastille, Paris, France
Radian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
Chromata, Oakland, CA
2022
Gallerie Valerie, Crockett,CA
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019
The Yard – Columbus Circle, New York, NY
2018
Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Syra Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Living Room Gallery (Saint Peter’s Church), New York, NY
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
2016
Mill Valley Arts Commission , Mill Valley, CA
B&B&Co Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2014
Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC , Reno, NV
The Shed Contemporary, Dana Point, CA
LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA
2010
Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009
San Jose City College Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2007
Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV
2003
Art Corner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2002
Bochum Kulturrat (City of Bochum Cultural Center), Germany
Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, Cologne, Germany
1998
Hourian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Other Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
1994
Footwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Manville Gallery, Reno, NV
1987
Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
2 Person Exhibitions
2022
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
2016
Madrigal Family Winery Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2015
MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
2013
Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2025
Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
2024
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
the ALIX Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Sahar K. Boluki Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MKM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Spring, CA
Radian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
the ALIX Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA
GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Sausalito Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
Frank Bette Center For the Arts, Alameda, CA
Gallery 2727, Berkeley, CA
Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2022
NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
Gallery 2727, Berkeley, California
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2021
Mura Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2020
Ruby Living Design, San Francisco, CA
Madrigal Family Winery Gallery, Sausalito, CA
Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
Boccara ART, Brooklyn, NY
The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Saye Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017
Kamil Art Gallery, Monaco-Ville, Monaco (Organized by Magic of Persia)
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016
Galerie Art Eterne, New Delhi, India
Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Seyhoun Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, New York
Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
Maryland Federation of Art – Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
2014
The Invisible Line Gallery, London, UK
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Shirin Gallery NY, New York, NY
2013
Thomas & Paul Gallery, London, UK
The SHED Contemporary, Dana Point, CA
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
Tomas & Paul Gallery, London,UK
Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2012
Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Estense Castle Museum, Ferrara, Italy
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2011
Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Arts West Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
US Embassy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2010
Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada
2009
California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center
Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona
2008
Galleria Lallihome, Varenna, Italy
2007
la Giornata del Contemporaneo (Camaver Kunsthaus), Lecco, Italy
Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
Cesi Palace, Acquasparta, Umbría, Italy
2006
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2003
HotHouse Center for Performance & Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002
Mojaveri Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2001
Kunsthof Merten, Merten, Germany
2000
Köln Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999
Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
Eklektikos Gallery, Washington
1998
Mehregan festival, Irvine, CA
1997
Evolving Perceptions, National Press Club, Washington, DC
San Jose City College Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
1996
Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
1994
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1993
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991
Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1990
E. L. Wiegand Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1989
Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV
1988
Ackerman Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1987
Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
1986
Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Bibliography
Passengers Journal – Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2022
INSPIRATIONAL art magazine, issue 62, June 2022
Tirgan Magazine, Canada, July 2017
Berkeley Art Center Featured Artist, June 2016
Birds We Piled Loosely, issue 7, April 2016
American Art Collector 2016
Carbon Culture Review, December 2015
Donkey Art Prize III Edition Catalogue
Huffington Post Hot Off the Easel: October, 2015 Edition
Art Reveal, 9th Issue
Catamaran Literary Reader, Vol. 3, Issue 3: September 2015
Persian Heritage Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 77 Spring 2015
Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives – Hamid Keshmirshekan
Hidden Wounds, Paper Bullets – Iranian Contemporary Art Exhibition Catalog
Iran Today, by M. Kamrava, M. Dorraj, Greenwood Publishing Group
BRUSHFIRE, Literary publication of the University of Nevada, Reno
Dialogues Magazine, Berkeley, California
San Francisco Art Institute View Book
Nevada Biennial Exhibition Catalog, Reno / Las Vegas, Nevada
Awards & Grants
Ara Jo Memorial Fund 2023
Center for Cultural Innovation Grant 2022
Sierra Arts Endowment Grant 2007
Annual San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition 1993
Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship 1989, 1988
Home Federal Bank Art Competition, Reno, Nevada 1988
Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant, Reno, Nevada 1988
Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition 1988, 1987, 1986
Artist Residency
Artist in Residence at Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
Art Fairs
2024
Aguttes Auction House, Paris (Neuilly-sur-Seine), France
Battersea Art Fair, London, UK
2023
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Miami, Florida
Battersea Art Fair, London, UK
Hampstead Art Fair, London, UK
2022
Art Miami
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, New York
Battersea Art Fair, London, UK
2018
Art Market San Francisco
2014
Battersea Art Fair, London, UK
Auctions/Benefits
Magic of Persia, Los Angeles, CA
Christie’s (for Magic of Persia), Monaco-Ville, Monaco
Art for AIDS, San Francisco, CA
Postcards From The Edge, New York, NY
Alwan For The Arts, New York, NY
Hospitality House, San Francisco, CA
PARS Equality Center, San Jose, CA
Collections
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Pasargad Bank Museum, Tehran, Iran
John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
Permanent Collection of Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
and various private collections in the U.S. and abroad
Education
MFA | San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1995
BFA | San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1992
BA | University of Nevada – Reno, NV, Art 1990
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada – Reno Art Department, Reno, Nevada 2005-2008
Assistant Instructor, Painting & Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California 1992-1993
Other activities
Member of various choirs including Der Rheinische Kammerchor Köln, the University of Nevada Symphonic and Concert Choirs, Berkeley Community Chorus and San Francisco Choral Society 1981-Present