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About

 

Education

2018-2021 MFA with Distinction, Studio Art, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth                       

2009-2014 BFA University of Gilan, Gilan, Iran

Grant & Fellowship

2018-2021 Distinguished Artist Fellowship in Painting, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, Unites States

2020 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation International Artist Grant, Montreal QC, Canada

 

Working Experiences

2021-2022        Visiting Instructor of Painting, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska

2017-2018        Coordinator at Matn Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

2014-2016        Painting and Drawing Instructor, Basteh Negar Institution, Isfahan, Iran

2014                 Painting tutor for children, Basteh Negar Institution, Isfahan, Iran

 

Solo Exhibitions

2021     Ribbons of Space, Hastings College Gallery, Hastings, NE, United States,             

2021     Artist of the month, MaiatoFitz Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA, United States,             

2021     The Carpet Grew like a Garden, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, United States,             

2020     Life in a Bubble, Gallery 244, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA,

          

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022     Narrative Imperative, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut Avery point, Groton, CT 

2022     Crossing Cultures, A.P.E Gallery, Northampton, MA

2022     Origin, JMAC Gallery, Worcester, MA

2021     Domestic State, Beard and Weil Gallery at Wheaton College, Norton, MA, United State,

            

2021     Chasing Ghosts VI, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR,             

2021     (re)location, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, United States

            

2021     2021 MFA Thesis exhibition , University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Gallery, MA, United State,     

2021     Fresh Faces 2021, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA, United states,            

2021     Crossing Cultures, Fort Point Art Community, Boston, MA, United States,

            

2021     Dreams and Their Edges, online exhibition, I Like Your Work Podcast

     

2021     Her Weight in Gold, online exhibition, Visionary Art Collective,             

2020     Raw, MFA exhibition online, University of Montana, MT

2020     31 under 30 Emerging artist in the United States, online exhibition,             

2019     Countercultures exhibition, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Gallery, MA, United State

          

2019     Glimpse exhibition 2019, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Gallery, MA, United States

          

2018     Migrant Connections Festival, London, UK

2017     Small Paintings Auction, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

2016     Small Paintings Auction, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

2016     Welcome Spring Painting Exhibition, Erik Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2015     21 Paintings, 21 Narrations Painting Exhibition, Apadana Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

2015     Independent Painters Painting Exhibition, Isfahan Artistic Center Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

2015     Insun Painting Exhibition, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

Selected Publications and Interviews

2022     The Huts Mag, Issue 4, Bardi Tosobuafo Matilda, March, 2022.

2022     New Visionary, Issue 1, Fry, Victoria, January, 2022.

2022     Art Maze Mag, Issue 25, Zemtsova, Masha, January, 2022.

2022     All She Makes Magazine, Issue 4, Martynjuk, Svitlana, January, 2022.

2022     Manifest Gallery, INPA10, http://www.manifestgallery.org/inpa/inpa10

2021     “NYX PHOENIX ART/ An Artist Collective”, November, 2021

        

2021     “Curation”, Juniper Rag, Blackmer, Marc_ Farren, Christian, May, 2021.

           

2021     “The Pandemic Surfaces New Cross-Cultural Themes For This Painter”, Matta, Magdiela, ARTery,       April, 2021. 

2021     “5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Writer’s Workshop And A Show Of Luminous         Paintings”, Matta, Magdiela, ARTery, February, 2021.          

2021     “Ten Questions with Shabnam Jannesari”, Rose, Michael, Michael Rose Fine Art Blog,             January 23,       2021. 

2021     “Capsule Previews”, Artscope Magazine, January/February, 2021, P 36.

        

2021     “From Iran to Dartmouth: UMass artist holds first solo show”, Robinson, Kate, Dartmouth        week,   February, 2021

2020     “Shabnam’s vibrant ‘Carpet Grew Like a Garden’ looks inside Iranian life coming to gallery 263”,    Levy, Mark,  Cambridge Day, December 26, 2020.          

2020     “Cambridge gallery picks UMass Dartmouth art student for solo exhibition”, Dartmouth Week,    December 2020. h

2020     “SheThey Magazine”, Islam, Sydnney, Issue 6,November, 2020. https://linktr.ee/Sydnneyislam

2020     “Student Spotlight - Shabnam Jannesari”, Pichette, Rachel, December, 2020,             

Public & Private Collection

2021     Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA, United States

2021     Selected by invitation for permanent exhibition at the University of Massachusetts School of law,   Dartmouth, MA

 

Skills

Painting, Drawing Photography and Printmaking

Teaching Painting and Drawing

Analog and Digital Photography

Membership

2021-2022        National Association of Women Artists, INK. New York, United States

2021                 Artist Directory, Visionary art Collective

2019-2021        Gallery 244 Secretary, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, United States

 

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