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b. Brooklyn, NY, 1979
Lives and works: Brooklyn, NY

Education

2011               MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2005               MS, Interior Architecture, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
2001               BS, Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University, State College, PA

Residencies

2008               School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007               School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions/Performances

2010               Kreft Gallery, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
2009               Chelsea Art Museum, Asian Contemporary Art Week, “Primordial Ablution”

 Select Exhibitions

2010              GARFO, Salt Lake City, UT, "Containment"

                        Miriam & Ira Wallach Gallery, New York, NY, "Columbia First Year Show"

                        Leila Taghinia Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, “Tehran-New York "

                        OED Gallery, Cochin, India, "Thingamajigs"

                        The Fridge, Washington DC, "I RAN"

                        Leila Taghinia Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, “In Stitches"

                        DePaul University Museum , Chicago, IL, “Iran Inside Out”               

             

2009           The Streaming Museum (in collaboration with Tina b. Contemporary Art

                   Festival),Prague, Czechoslovakia, and throughout worldwide network, "New   

                   Era: The Middle East"

                  165 Park St. #4, New Haven, CT, “ The New Haven Show: Immediate, 

                   mediated, concrete (incomplete)

                   P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center ,New York Book Art Fair (in collaboration

                   with The Holster) New York, NY

                   Beijing 798 Biennial, Beijing, China, "Constellations- exploring notions of
                   geography and notions of being and insider vs. being an outsider”
                   Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, “Iran Inside Out”
                   Leila Taghinia Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, “Zelzeleh/Selseleh:
                   and Shakers in Contemporary Iranian Art”
                   Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, “Red Party NYC”
                   Arario Gallery, New York, NY, “Artist in Exile”
                       
2008            Sego Arts Center, Provo, UT, “Virtual Realities Real Space”
                   TamarindART Gallery, New York, NY, “SAWCC Annual Silent Auction”
                   Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY, “Shades of Green”
                   School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, “Open Studios 2008”
                   Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, “Red Party NYC”
                   Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, “Weaving the Common Thread”

2007                School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY, “Open Studios 2007”

2006                Makor Jewish Convention Center, New York, NY, “Persian Arts Festival 2006”
                         Pier IV, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Collective, Brooklyn, NY, “Transformations”
                         Pier IV, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Collective, Brooklyn, NY, “Experimentation”

2005            Manhattan Center, New York, NY, “Pratt Graduate Exhibition”

 

Bibliography

2009               ArtMap, "Special Report Bejing 798 Biennale", # 26 September 2009

                        Adbusters, "The Virtual World", #85 October/November 2009

                        Magazine 1, "Pooneh Maghazehe", October/November 2009,by Boiana Gjaurova

                        FlavorPill, "Pooneh Maghazehe: One of 56 Reasons to See Iran Inside Out at the

                       Chelsea Museum", July 6

                       The Bob Edwards Show, Sirius XM Radio, "Iran Inside Out", June 27-28

                      

2008              SL Weekly, “Virtual Art Real Time: An International Artists’ Collective Brings It’s 
                        Diverse Work to Provo”, November 2008, By Cara Despain
           

                       ArtBistro, “Virtual Identities Real Space”, November 2008 By Valerie Atkisson 
                       Persian Broadcasting Company, “NY Life”, March 2008

Select Lectures and Panel Discussions

2009              Chelsea Art Museum, Artist Panel Discussion, July

                       Southeast Asian Womens Creative Collective, May

2008              Brigham Young University, November 
                      

                       Meridian Upper and Middle School, November

Awards/Affiliations

2009              Columbia University, Viar Tuit Fellowship

                       Columbia University, Agnes Martin Scholarship

                       Columbia University, Hayman Visual Arts Gift

2008              Best of Show, Kreft Gallery, Ann Arbor MI, Juried by Rebecca Hart 

                       Best of Show, Sego Arts Center, Virtual Realities Real Space, Provo UT,  

                       Juried by Jeff Lambson
                     

                       Honorable Mention, Sego Arts Center, Virtual Realities Real Space, Provo

                      UT, Juried by Jeff Lambson


2001            Recipient of the Schreyer’s Honor Medal

 


Golden Key Honor Society


Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society


Persian Arts Festival, PAF, Inc.


Southeast Asian Women’s Creative Collective, SAWCC


Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Collective, BWAC

 

 

 

 

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