EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, State
College, PA ( 2012-2014)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Department of Visual Arts, University
of Art, Tehran, Iran ( 2008-2012)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Reverberation: Kiana Honarmand and Farima Fooladi, Box 13 Artspace, Houston TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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, Brookly, 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, WilkesBarre, 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
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:
Penn State School of Visual Arts, November 2017-December 2018
Root Division, San Francisco, CA March 2019-October 2021
Cubberley Artists Studio Program, Palo Alto, CA November 2021-February 2022
PERFORMANCES:
Mending Unhealing Wounds, Reflections on Exile closing reception, Root Division, San Francisco CA
TALKS/PANELS/PRESENTATIONS:
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
HONORS /AWARDS:
The Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards, 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
NYFA Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for Arts, New York, NY 2014
Recipient of Graham Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 2012-2014