Tannaz Farsi

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Tannaz Farsi
Born1974 (age 50–51)
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]

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Biography

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.[ citation needed ]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tannaz Farsi". CONVERGE 45. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  2. ↑ Sculptor Tannaz Farsi, Oregon Art Beat, Season 17, Episode 1707, PBS , retrieved 2022-12-16
  3. 1 2 Graves, Jen (December 8, 2009). "In/Visible: Tannaz Farsi: Art, Iranian Revolution, and Forgetting". The Stranger. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Department of Art". University of Oregon. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ "2007-2008 Exhibition Calendar". The Sculpture Center. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Galleries: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts". The News Journal. 2010-08-04. p. 108. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  8. ↑ Poole, Sabina (2011). "A & AA Blog". University of Oregon. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Pitzer College Art Galleries". Pitzer College. 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "The Points of Departure A solo exhibition of new work by Tannaz Farsi". Linfield College. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Tannaz Farsi's Territory". Southern Oregon University. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Portland Biennial". Portland Biennial. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Index of MacDowell Fellows". The MacDowell Colony. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tannaz Farsi, Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts 2014". The Family Ford Foundation. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Forty Years After the Revolution, Iranian-American Artists Look Back". 2019-03-06.
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