Niloofar Ziae

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Niloofar Ziae
Born1962 (age 58–59)
NationalityIranian
Alma mater Alzahra University,
Utah State University
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Niloofar Ziae (born 1962) is an Iranian painter and arts educator.

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Biography

While she was studying, in the 1980s, Ziae's home became an underground safe haven for artists and creators to work in post-revolutionary Iran. [1]

After completing her studies at Alzahra University in Visual Arts in 1989, Ziae worked as an assistant in painter, Aydin Aghdashloo's studio.

In 1991, she had her debut at the Hosseini Gallery, in Teheran, Iran. [2]

In 1993, she began teaching as an art instructor at the Academy of Arts and Literature for Children in Tehran. Simultaneously, she continued her work in Aghdashoo's studio, held two more solo shows.[ citation needed ]

In 1998, moved to the US to attend graduate school at Utah State University. [1] In 2002, Ziae graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree [3] and was hired by the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art as the Gallery Coordinator. [1] She has also worked as an adjunct professor teaching art and design, crediting her years of working under censorship in Tehran with her ability to teach students to express themselves. [4]

Her early works explored inner emotional turmoil communicated through abstract expressionism but she has developed her style into an exploration of landscape and architectural elements dynamically depicting the environmental changes growing cities undergo. She connects the architectural styles of Iran with the American cities in which she has lived. [1]

She has held showings of her work throughout the western United States (2000–2006), [5] [3] in Vancouver, Canada, [6] Tehran (2006–2009) [7] and most recently in the Boston area, including a presentation at Harvard University's Islamic Studies program (2012–2014). [8] [9]

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  2. ↑ "Niloofar Ziaei". Caroun. Vancouver, Canada: Caroun. Retrieved 31 July 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 Stewart, Stevie (15 September 2006). "Women's Center has new director and new artwork". Logan, Utah: Utah Statesman. Retrieved 10 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "Muslim Women's Leadership-Perspectives from Art" (PDF). Africans in Boston Weekly Newsletter. Boston, Massachusetts. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ "Art works". North Logan, Utah: The Herald Journal. 10 December 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Caroun Art Gallery". Vancouver, BC: North Shore News. 23 September 2011. p. 15. Retrieved 10 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ↑ "Niloofar Ziae". Niloofar Ziae. Niloofar Ziae. Retrieved 31 July 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ↑ "Our Art Ourselves: Muslim Women Artists Explore their Hybrid Identities". Boston, Massachusetts. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ "Muslim Women in the Arts Opening Reception". Islamic Studies. President and Fellows of Harvard College. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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