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