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Samira Nowparast (born in Tehran, Iran; lives and works between Tehran and Los Angeles) is a multidisciplinary artist engaging in drawing, painting and interactive art.
In her work, the organic and geometric forms collide continuously; horses are metaphors for emotional creatures that have been moved from their sacred habitats and are on a constant endeavour or adaptation to the contemporary and tech-domesticated world in the pursuit of equilibrium.
She thinks that the decisions and the selfish will of human beings have created a crisis that has altered nature and the functions of organic beings, resulting in the imbalance and disorder we witness today in our (human) ecosystem. |
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| Education: |
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2003-2005 MFA in Painting, Al Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
1998-2002 BFA in Painting, Azad University, Tehran, Iran |
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| Solo Exhibitions: |
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2015 “The Single Player Game”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 “The Field of Repetition”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 “Horse Factory”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 IL Ponte Gallery, Rome, Italy
2002 Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
1996 Vali Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions: |
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2023 “Realism Dreams”, Pablo Bogdan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2021 “Once Upon a Time”, Advocartsy, Los Angeles, USA
2017 “LA Art Show”, Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA
2016 “Symmetry in motion”, Studio C Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2016 “Bugatti Prize 2016”, Bice Bugatti Club, Milan, Italy
2016 “Blue Gold”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 “Utopia”(residency program), Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles, USA
2016 “25th Anniversary of ABWB”, Hotel Casa Del Mar, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 “Fragile”, 1x1 Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2010 “Sanctum”, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Boushahri Art Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2009 “2nd Festival of Contemporary Drawing of Iran”, Imam Ali Art Museum, Tehran, Iran
2008 “4th Olympic Art Contest, National Olympic & Paralympic Academy of I.R IRAN” (The Winner), Tehran, Iran
2008 “3rd Painting Exhibition of Selected of the New Generation”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 “National festival of creation in honor of the 25th annual of Azad University”, Center of Creations, Tehran, Iran
2008 “3rd Exhibition of Iranian Contemporary Art”, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran,Iran
2005 “The Association of Iranian Painters”, Aban Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005 “The 3rd International Biennial of the Islamic World Contemporary Painting”, Saba Art Center, Tehran, Iran
2004 Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 “Abstract Expressionism Painters”, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2001 “Exhibition of Young Painters”, Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
2001 “Civilization’s Dialogue” (The Winner), Afrand Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999 “Exhibition for Schmincke Co. Contest” (The Winner), Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1993 “Manifestation of Feelings”, a selection of paintings by Iranian female artists, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran |
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| Residencies: |
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2019 Cite’ internationale des arts, Paris, France
2016 Building Bridges Art Exchnge, Los Angeles, USA |
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