Exhibitions

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:

2024: Too Much to Carry, with Mary Coss, The Vestibule, Seattle, Washington.

2023: From: To: | : فرستنده: گیرنده, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

2019, Invisible Sight, with Roin Morigeau, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

2019, Double Vision, with Joe Hedges, Juried, Gem Art Center, Boise, Idaho

2018, Perception- Sensation, with Amelia Warden, Juried, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2017, Perception- Sensation, with Amelia Warden, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts- Gallery II, Pullman, Washington

Group Exhibitions:

2025, Your Collection: Faculty Remix, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Pullman, Washington.

2024, Time Capsule, The Vestibule, Seattle, Washington

2023: Embrace Equality: Illustrating (In)visible Labor, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington

2022, Auto Focus. A Portrait of the Self, Juried, curated by Loosenart, Rome, Italy

2022, Presences, Invitational, Saranac Arts Project, Spokane, Washington

2021, Currents New Media 2021, Juried, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2020, 5$ Video: A Juried Exhibition, Juried, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas

2020, Clouds: The 6th International Exhibition on New Media Art 2020, Juried, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2020 SPE Media Festival, The Society for Photographic Education, Juried, The Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas

2020, Now & Then, MFA Alumni Exhibition, Juried, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington

2019, NYC Phoenix Art Gallery, An Artist Collective, Juried, Online Solo Exhibition

2019, Experimental Film and Video 2019, Juried, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2019, Fracture, Juried, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington

2019, De-composition, Juried, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, New York

2019, Wish You Were Here 19 postcard show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2019, Small work online exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Online

2019, Escape, Stray Galleries, Pullman, Washington

2019, Ospizio Giovani Artisti (OGA)Video art Exhibition, Juried, Rome, Italy

2018, Side by Side, Faculty exhibition, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, Washington

2018, Lines of Thought, Juried, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2018, Terrain 11, Juried, Spokane, Washington

2018, Off the Wall (2018), Juried, Art+ Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin

2018, MFA Exchange Show (Washington State University and University of Idaho), Ridenbaugh Art Gallery, Moscow, Idaho

2017, Memento Mori, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts- Gallery II, Pullman, Washington

2017, Art Through the Lens, Juried, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky

2017, LUV, Stray Galleries, Pullman, Washington

2017, Off the Wall (2017), Juried, Art+ Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin

2017, 100 for 100, CVA Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina

2016, 6 Hours, Lodge Gallery, PNCA, Portland, Oregon

2014, Few Scenes from Paradise, Juried, Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Bibliography (Print media, exhibition catalogs, interviews, and reviews)

“Auto Focus. A Portrait of The Self Exhibition Catalog”, Published by LoosenArt, 2022

“Into the Clouds: New Media Art 2021”, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, January 2021

Murze Magazine, Edition 8, 15 October 2019, Juried, London, England, 2019

Friend of the Artist (FOA), Volume 10, Juried, United States, 2019

Decomposition Exhibition Catalogue, Main Street Art Gallery, 2019

Art Through the Lens, Exhibition Catalogue, Yeiser Art Center, 2017

The Spokesman-Review- exhibition review, 2018 

Publication as Author: “Art and Language" Theories in Contemporary Iranian Art during the 2000s, Scientific-Research Quarterly of Art and Architecture - Tehran-Iran, Book 15, Vol 5, Spring 2012

Publication as Author: A review on "Art and Language" Theories, Scientific-Research Quarterly of Art and Architecture - Tehran-Iran, Book 14, Vol 4, Winter 2012

Selected Artist Lectures:

2024, The Vestibule, as part of a two-person exhibition, Too Much to Carry, with Mary Coss, October 5, Seattle, Washington

2023, Paragon Arts Gallery, as part of a Solo Exhibition, From: To: | : فرستنده: گیرنده, Portland, Oregon,

2018, Paragon Arts Gallery, as part of a two-person exhibition, Perception-Sensation, with Amelia Warden, Portland, Oregon,

Curatorial - Juror - Panelist

2024: Panelist, 2024 Grant for Artist’ Progress (GAP), Artist Trust

Critical Mass 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Juror with Krista Brand, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon.

2023: In Solidarity, Juror with Sarah Barnett, Washington State University, Department of Art, Pullman, WA

2022: Paracosm, Jury member, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, WSU

2022, Repair: Reset, An Invitational online Group Exhibition, Curator with Krista Brand, Side x Side Contemporary

2020, So Close: International Online Juried Group Exhibition, Juror and Curator with Krista Brand, Side x Side Contemporary

2020-present, Co-founder , Side x Side Contemporary 

2018-2019, Curatorial Assistant, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art /WSU, Pullman, Washington

2017, Jury member, Utopia/Dystopia, Juried Group Exhibition, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington

2016-2018, Member of Gallery/Curatorial Committee, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington

Teaching Experiences

2022-present: Full-time Lecturer, Washington State University, Department of Art, Pullman, Washington.

Fall 2022: Adjunct Instructor, Spokane Falls Community College, Pullman, Washington.

Spring 2019: Adjunct Instructor, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.

2018-2019: Adjunct Instructor, Spokane Falls Community College, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.

2017-2018: Instructor of Record, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.

2013-2016: Adjunct Instructor, Center of Art and Cultural Education, University of Applied Science and Technology, Department of Interior Design & Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran.

2012-2015: Adjunct Instructor, Islamic Azad University-Roudehen Branch, Department of Graphic Design & Interior Design, Roudehen, Iran.

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

Master of Arts in Art Research, Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran.

Bachelor of Arts in Photography, Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran.

Awards

2022 Grant for Artists' Progress (GAP), Artist Trust

2018: Elizabeth and Patrick Siler Fellowship in Fine Arts, Washington State University 

2017: John Ludwig Graduate Fellowship,Washington State University

2017: Claude N. Nelson Graduate Fellowship in Visual Arts,Washington State University

Collections

Inatai Foundation, Seattle, Washington