Tannaz Farsi
Tannaz Farsi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Tehran, Pahlavi Iran |
| Alma mater | West Virginia University, Ohio University |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator |
| Website | Official website |
Tannaz Farsi (born 1974)[1] is an Iranian-born American multidisciplinary visual artist and educator.[2] Farsi is an Associate Professor of sculpture at the University of Oregon. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.[3][4]
Biography[edit]
Tannaz Farsi was born in 1974 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran.[1][5] Farsi received her BFA degree (2004) from West Virginia University; and her MFA degree (2007) from Ohio University.
Farsi has had solo exhibitions at the Linfield Gallery at SculptureCenter (2008);[6] the Barron and Elin Gordon Galleries, Old Dominion University; Ohge Ltd, Seattle (2009);[3] Delaware Center for Contemporary Art (2010);[7] Disjecta (2011);[8] Pitzer College Art Galleries (2013);[9] and Linfield College (2017).[10]
Farsi has had group exhibitions include at 1708 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Tacoma Art Museum; Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University;[11] Gallery Homeland, Portland, Oregon; and the PDX Film Festival. She participated in the 2016 Portland Biennial at Oregon Contemporary.[12]
Farsi has been awarded artist-in-residencies at Djerassi Artists Residency, Ucross Foundation, MacDowell Colony,[13] and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. In 2014, she was a Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts, through the Ford Family Foundation.[14][4]
In 2019, Farsi was featured in a group exhibit of Iranian-American artists titled, "Part and Parcel" at the San Francisco Arts Commission's main gallery.[15]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tannaz Farsi". CONVERGE 45. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ Sculptor Tannaz Farsi, Oregon Art Beat, Season 17, Episode 1707, PBS, retrieved 2022-12-16
- ^ a b Graves, Jen (December 8, 2009). "In/Visible: Tannaz Farsi: Art, Iranian Revolution, and Forgetting". The Stranger. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Department of Art". University of Oregon. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Tannaz Farsi : the points of departure, new & selected work : Linfield Gallery March 22-April 29, 2017. Zarkovich, Josephine,, Dalton, Trinie,, Oliver, Anne-Marie,, Snyder, Stephanie,, Kennedy, Kristan,, Linfield Gallery. McMinnville, Or. 2017. ISBN 9780692935699. OCLC 1022191033.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "2007-2008 Exhibition Calendar". The Sculpture Center. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Galleries: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts". The News Journal. 2010-08-04. p. 108. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ Poole, Sabina (2011). "A & AA Blog". University of Oregon. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Pitzer College Art Galleries". Pitzer College. 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "The Points of Departure A solo exhibition of new work by Tannaz Farsi". Linfield College. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Tannaz Farsi's Territory". Southern Oregon University. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Portland Biennial". Portland Biennial. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Index of MacDowell Fellows". The MacDowell Colony. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Tannaz Farsi, Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts 2014". The Family Ford Foundation. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Forty Years After the Revolution, Iranian-American Artists Look Back". 2019-03-06.
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