EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA ( 2012-2014)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Department of Visual Arts, University of Art, Tehran, Iran ( 2008-2012)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Screeching Silence: IA&A at Hillyer, Washington DC
Tapestry of Remembrance, Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA
2023
A Shadow in the Depth of Light: Gibbs Street Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2022
Tapestry of Remembrance: Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
Mending Unhealing Wounds, Project of Jim Campbell Day for Night Canvas on Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, CA
2021
Requiem: Frank Ratchye Project Space, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Before We Were: Online Solo Exhibition, virtualgalleryonline.org
2020
Across the Space Separating: Rogers Gallery, Berea College, KY
2017
Behind the Black, Brown, and Gold: Olin Gallery, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington PA
Content Apart: Steamworks Gallery, Scranton PA
2016
One Window Is Enough for Me: Common Place, State College PA
Decorum: HUB Robeson Galleries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2014
Disturbance: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA
2012
Tehran, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Art University Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Tehran, Old Main Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA
TWO AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Whispers of the Veiled Melody: Kiana Honarmand and Nasim Moghadam, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023
(Un)Familiar: Curated by Alyssarhaye Graciano, NUMU New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2022
Borrowing: John Paul Morabito, Kiana Honarmand, and Evan Halter, Curated by Samantha Simpson, Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2021
Reverberation: Kiana Honarmand and Farima Fooladi, Box 13 Artspace, Houston TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Voices of Freedom: curated by Pallavi Sharma, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Art Gallery, San Ramon, CA (forthcoming)
ICA San Jose Auction: Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA (forthcoming)
23rd Annual Art Auction: Root Division, San Francisco, CA (forthcoming)
Drawing the Sky: Artist as Witness: curated by Kirsten Furlong, The Blue Galleries, Boise State University, Boise, ID
Boundaries - genARTS x NUMU: NUMU New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Full Circle: The Director's Circle Artwork Collection: NUMU New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Women Rising: The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Metamorphosis: Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2023
Benefit Art Auction 2023: Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
APAture 2023: All We Inherit: Featured artist, curated by Stephanie Gervacio and Julie Villanueva, Kearny Street Workshop's Annual Multidisciplinary Arts Festival, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Afterlife: WORKS/SAN JOSE, School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA
22nd Annual Art Auction: Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Transcending Physicality: Essence of Place, Curated by Minoosh Zomorodinia, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Butter y Effect: Curated by Kostas Prapoglou, Mouzakis Butter y Textiles Factory, Athens, Greece
Bernice Bing Open Call: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Pyramid Scheme: Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA Woman Life Freedom, Curated by Shahrbanoo Hamzeh, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Wander Woman III: Curated by Rea Lynn de Guzman, JCCSF Katz Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022
In Their Own Words: 42nd Annual Art Auction, ICA San Jose, CA
Eisenwunderwelt: Curated by Kristen Tordella-Williams and Jenny Hillenbrand, Moving Poets Novilla, Berlin, Germany
Myth of 4: Curated by Shaghayegh Cyrous, HAMZIANPOUR & KIA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Through These Eyes: Studio 9, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
The Deeply Rooted: Juried Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Women Rising: Group Exhibition, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Greater Bay Area Open: Juried Exhibition, New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Animus: Arcana, San Francisco, CA
Tides of Change: Group Exhibition, The Drawing Room SF, San Francisco, CA
1 Year VGO Anniversary Exhibition: Online Group Exhibition, virtualgalleryonline.org
2021
APATURE 2021, Embrace: Kearny Street Workshop's annual multidisciplinary arts festival, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
20th Annual Art Auction: Root Division, San Francisco, CA
NOTACATBUTALLAMA: Online Juried Exhibition, ivyleaguegallery.com
Hatak: Online Group Exhibition, North Willow Gallery, northwillows.com
ArtAuction21: Transforming Art into Action, Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco, CA
Local Love Summer Art Festival: Bloc15, Oakland, CA
conVERGEnce: Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
C/O Commonwealth: Juried Exhibition, Art Alley, Hub Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Spring 2021 Online Juried Exhibition, ArtConnects.Net
Local Love Spring Art Festival: Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Home: Online Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Looking to the Future: a night of film and performance art: Virtual Screening, Oddballspace.com
A Joy Unexpected: Group Exhibition, Curated by Tavarus Blackmon, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Digital Shorts Film Festival: San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA
TASTE 2021: SIP+SENSE Silent Auction: Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2020
RD MAKES: Group Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Until It Shatters, Curated by Samantha Reynolds, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Future Tense: Juried Exhibition, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
19th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Wander Woman 2: Curated by Rea Lynn de Guzman, SF Camerawork Project Space, San Francisco, CA
Women Rising: Juried Exhibition, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Invulnerable Routes: Seventh Annual International Video Open Call, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Reflections on Home: Juried Exhibition, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
Fusion Art's 4th Annual Group Show: Fusion Art, Artize Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
SNAP!: Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019
RD MAKES, Curated by Samantha Reynolds, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Art and Activism, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
18th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Reminiscence: Feature artist and curator, Scintilla Art Box Project, Hastings College, NE
Introductions 2019: Juried Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
CLIP: AN INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF WORKS ON PAPER:5 & J Gallery Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
Jacobs Gallery Exhibition: Curated exhibition, The Galleries at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Sanctuary: Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
40 Under 40, The Next Generation of American Metal Artists: Juried Exhibition, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Small Works 2019 Online Exhibition, Online Group Exhibition, trestlegallery.org
Startup Art Fair: Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, CA
Taste Silent Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Beg, Borrow and Steal Fundraiser, Recess Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
40th Annual Paper In Particular National Exhibition: Juried Exhibition, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
That's What She Said: Juried Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
2018
Loud Silence: Expressions of Activism: Curated by Heather Sincavage, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
SPECTRUM: Exploring Gender Identification: Juried Exhibition, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Transformed: Digital to Corporeal: Curator, The Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
SAAC 2018 Annual Juried Art Competition, El Dorado, AR
That's What She Said: Juried Exhibition, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
Ef(Fe)ct: Juried Drawing Exhibition, Steamworks Gallery, ICCCIA Conference Headquarters, Scranton, PA
Size Matters: Group Exhibition, Steamworks Gallery, ICCCIA Conference Headquarters, Scranton, PA
Small Works 2018 Online Exhibition: Online Group Exhibition, trestlegallery.org
Contemporary Renaissance Women: Juried Exhibition, Crayola Gallery, Banana Factory Art Center, Bethlehem, PA
No Place Like Home: Group Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
#GETEXPOSED-2: BlackSun Studio, State College, PA
Unnatural Election: Online exhibition, unnaturalelection.com
Equality Matters, Conversations on Gender and Race: Juried Exhibition, Mildred M. Cox Gallery at William Woods University, Fulton, MO
The Nude: Brutal Beauty: Juried Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2017
PSU 3D Printing Showcase: Rouse Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
#45: Artists Respond to the New Political Landscape: Invitational Curated Exhibition, Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College Arts Center, New Rochelle, NY
Picture Plains: Juried Exhibition, Hump Day Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
State of Mind: Group Exhibition, Hump Day Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Needles and Thread: Juried Exhibition, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2016
A Generous Kingdom: Juried Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Borderless: In Perspective, New York Foundation for the Arts Juried Exhibition, Lite-Haus Galerie, Berlin, Germany
In Between: Curator and Collaborating Artist, Hump Day Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
'Flare: Iron Through The Lens': Group Exhibition, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
Representing Nittany: Travelling Exhibition, Humpday Gallery, Penn State Univerity, University Park, PA
Representing Nittany: Travelling Exhibition, Green Drake Gallery, Milheim, PA
Representing Nittany: Travelling Exhibition, The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Lemont Arts Festival, Lemont, PA
State College Public Art: Window Installation, Downtown State College, PA
Geometric Abstraction: Juried Exhibition, Hump Day Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
The Human Form: Juried Exhibition, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT
THE SCHWASHOW: Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2015
Archimedes' Bathtub: Juried Exhibition. New York Foundation for the Arts, Lorimoto Gallery, NY
Universal Visions: Juried Exhibition, Second Saturday Art Gallery, York, PA
MATERIALIZE: Juried Exhibition, Fountain Gallery, Lafayette, IN
2014
Courage to Create: Group Exhibition, The New Leaf Initiative, State College, PA
MATERIALIZE: Juried Exhibition, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH
W.here-We Are: Penn State School of Visual Arts Alumni Reunion Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
DIGITAL HAND: Group Exhibition, 709 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Delivering the Goods Part II: Traveling Exhibition, Borland Gallery, State College, PA
Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Invitational Group Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
2013
Delivering the Goods: Group Exhibition, Kaufman Gallery, Shippensburg University, PA
BANG!: Group Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Novis Oculi: Juried Exhibition, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Research Exhibition: Group Exhibition, Hub Robeson Gallery, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Synthesize: Group Exhibition, Edwin Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
2008-2012
Plant to Print: Group Exhibition, Borland Gallery, University Park, PA
Portrait Photography: Group Exhibition, Art University Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Architecture Photography: Group Exhibition, Art University Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Color: Group Exhibition, Art University Gallery, Tehran, Iran
STYLE: Juried Exhibition, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
RESIDENCIES:
Cubberley Artists Studio Program, Palo Alto, CA January 2023 - Present
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, July 2022-September 2022
Cubberley Artists Studio Program, Palo Alto, CA November 2021-February 2022
Root Division, San Francisco, CA March 2019-October 2021
Penn State School of Visual Arts, University Park, PA November 2017-December 2018
PERFORMANCES:
Wearing My Burden, Root Division 20-Year Anniversary Performance Event, Kapwa Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Mending Unhealing Wounds, Reflections on Exile closing reception, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
TALKS/PANELS/PRESENTATIONS:
Artist Talk: Kiana Honarmand and E.d Adegoke, IA&A at Hillyer (online)
Artist Panel Discussion: Transcending Physicality: Essence of Place, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk: APATURE 2023: All We Inherit, Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artist Panel Discussion: (UN)Familiar, NUMU New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Artist Talk: A Shadow in the Depth of Light, Gibbs Street Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD
Artist Talk: Borrowing, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky
Artist Talk: Tides of Change, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk: The Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards Ceremony, Rotary Club of San Jose, CA
Artist Panel Discussion: A Joy Unexpected, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk: Virtual Art Salon, The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)'s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program (IAP)
Artist Talk: Until It Shatters Tour: SFMOMA SECA & MAC, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Artist, ARTS PROJECT ONLINE: ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY Webinar Series, Penn State Lehigh Valley, PA • Artist Talk: Wander Woman 2, SF Camerawork and APICC, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk: Reflections on Home, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
Artist Panel Discussion: Invulnerable Routes, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Artist Talk: Across the Space Separating, Rogers Gallery, Berea College, KY
Artist Talk: Introductions 2019, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Ladies Launchbox Panel Discussion: The Art in Technology, Penn State Lehigh Valley, PA
Artist Panel Discussion: Contemporary Renaissance Women, Banana Factory Art Center, Bethlehem, PA
Invited presentation on Technology and Craft, Iron in the 21st Century Panel, The 8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Scranton, PA
Artist Talk: Behind the Black, Brown and Gold, Olin Gallery, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Artist Talk: Content Apart, Steamworks Gallery, Scranton, PA
Artist Talk: Disturbance, Edwin Zoller Gallery, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
NUMU New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
HONORS /AWARDS:
NUMU New Museum Los Gatos Director's Circle Artist, 2023
Palo Alto ArtLift Microgrant, Palo Alto, CA, 2022
SVCREATES Content Emerging Artist Award, 2022
The Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Award, 2021
Artist Award, Spring 2021 Online Juried Exhibition, ArtConnects.Net
Second Place Award, Equality Matters: Conversations on Gender and Race Exhibition, Mildred M. Cox Gallery at William Woods University
Graham Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University 2012-2014
Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 2012-2014
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Two fall shows at Blue Galleries - Drawing the Sky: Artist as Witness and Strange Landscapes", Idaho Press, Boise Weekly, September 8, 2024
BOLD JOURNEY Magazine: "Meet Kiana Honarmand", August 06, 2024
Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Depictions of strength amid dark histories", The Washington Post, June 21, 2024
VOYAGE LA: "Check Out Kiana Honarmand's Story", April 15, 2024
SHOUTOUT LA: "Meet Kiana Honarmand|Interdisciplinary artist", November 27, 2023
Michael Lipin, VOA: Flashpoint Iran Podcast: "Women, Undaunted by Crackdown, Mobilize Renewed Protests for Mahsa Amini Anniversary", September 6, 2023
Julie Taboh, "Artist Pays Tribute to Iranian Women Protesters", VOA News, September 2, 2023
Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: A spotlight on women fighting oppression in Iran", The Washington Post, July 28, 2023
Amy DiPlacido, Fiber Art Now, VOL 12 ISSUE 1, Emerging Artist Column, "EMBODIED IN MATERIAL", Winter 2023
Jeremy Walsh, "'Tapestry of Remembrance' in Firehouse lobby", Pleasanton Weekly, October 9, 2022
Alyssarhaye Graciano, Content Magazine, Issue 14.13 Perform, "Content Emerging Artist: Kiana Honarmand", May 2022
Mueller, Nicole & Adams, Amanda. Beyond the Studio Podcast: Episode 102: Kiana Honarmand talks adaptability, making big moves, and finding space for your work. March 3, 2020
Hunter Troy, "Kiana Honarmand: An Iranian Woman's Journey Shown Through Art", Xpress Magazine, VOL3, November 11, 2021
Haley Pandelos, "HUB-Robeson Galleries `Altar' exhibit provides familiarity for Penn State's Middle Eastern community", The Daily Collegian, November 11, 2021
Zamin Project Interviews 08: Kiana Honarmand, By Roula Seikaly, September 2021
Genevieve Quick, "Review: In Root Division's `A Joy Unexpected,' release in myriad forms", 48Hills, June 16, 2021
MeiMei Fox, 6 Women Immigrant Artists Reflect On Belonging And Home", Forbes, March 2, 2020
Tim Jordan, "Artist Kiana Honarmand Exhibits Work Giving Insight to the Injustices Faced by Iranian Women", Berea College, January 15, 2020
"Artist Uses her Work to make Cultural Differences in Iran", Washington &Jefferson College, November 2, 2017
Natalie Reid Miller, "A window into her world: Iranian artist exhibits at W&J", Observer-Reporter, November 22, 2017