S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S & S H O W C A S E S

2024

April - “…. ..”; Media Commons at 370 Jay; Brooklyn, NY

2019

January - Do You See What I See? Ace Gallery; Tehran, Iran

G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S

2024

May - ITP Spring Show; Brooklyn, NY

May - Wonder/Wander; Clive Davis Gallery; Brooklyn, NY

April - Here & Where; Media Commons at 370 Jay; Brooklyn, NY

2023

December - ITP Winter Show; Brooklyn, NY

May - Road to Home, Brooklyn Navy Yard; Brooklyn, NY

March - Before Entering, Ba Gallery; Tehran, Iran

January - Sleeve Shock, Bermondsey Project Space; London, UK

2022

December - ITP Winter Show; New York, NY

July - Hope of Tomorrow, Ron Miller; Berlin, Germany

May - Women Artists, Iran-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce; Tehran, Iran

May - Becoming, Michigan State University; Lansing, MA

2021

August - Empty Columns, Kolaj Magazine & Town of Birr; Birr, Ireland

June - Art in the Time of Corona™ Vol.1, Dab Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA

June - Prisma Art Prize; Rome, Italy. (Finalist)

May - Sakoo 1400, A Gallery; Tehran, Iran

2020

September - Manhattan Arts International; Online Exhibition (Winner of Awards of Excellence)

September - Art in the Time of Corona™ Vol.1, Dab Art Gallery; Online Exhibition

August - Exhibizone Summer 2020; Online (Piece was selected for exhibition poster)

July - Sakoo 99, - Shokouh Art Gallery; Tehran, Iran

2019

October - Hidden Expansion, Aban Gallery; Shiraz, Iran (Invitational)

May - Flood, Negar Gallery; Tehran, Iran (Invitational)

February - Annual Show, Fereshteh Gallery; Tehran, Iran

2018

July - This is Me, E1 Gallery; Tehran, Iran (Invitational)

May - Composeds on Scaffolding, Saye Gallery; Tehran, Iran (Invitational)

2017

December - Show Your World, Finalist, Gallery MC; New York, NY

September - BWAC Really Affordable Art Show, BWAC; Brooklyn, NY

June - F The Art World, Unarthodox; New York, NY 

March - 40Under40, Shenandoah Valley Art Center; Waynsboro, VA (Honorable Mention)

February - Wild Serenity, Ariana Art Gallery; Tehran, Iran

2016

March - Collage, Latela Art Gallery; Washington, DC 

 

A W A R D S & R E C O G N I T I O N S

2021

June - Art in the Time of Corona™ Vol.1, Finalist

May - Prisma Art Prize, Finalist

2020

September - Manhattan Arts International, Winner of Awards of Excellence

August - Exhibizone Summer 2020, Finalist

I N T E R V I E W S & P R E S S

2022

Purple Haze

2017

Iranian-American Merges 2 Worlds at Waynesboro Show

E D U C A T I O N

2024, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts - Master of Interactive Telecommunications (ITP)

2015, Virginia Tech - Master of Landscape Architecture

2011, Virginia Tech - Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning, Minor in Industrial Design


S E L E C T W O R K

* For details please refer to my LinkedIn page.

2024, Art Director & Spatial Narrative Designer (Midnight in Abyssinia), CultureHub; Manhattan, NY

2023 - Present, Design Fellow, Marron Institute (Nature Box Project); Brooklyn, NY

2023 (June), Camp Counselor, ITP Camp; Brooklyn, NY

2022 - Present, Founder & CEO, MYLA; Brooklyn, NY

2022 - Present, Graduate Teaching Assistant, NYU, ITP; Brooklyn, NY

2020 - 2022, Freelance; Tehran, Iran

2019 - 2020, Landscape Designer, LandDesign; Alexandria, VA

2017- 2020, Landscape Designer, Timmons Group; Richmond, VA

2016-2017, Landscape Designer, Glave & Holmes Architecture; Richmond, VA

2015 - 2016, Urban Designer, Fairfax County Department of Planning; Fairfax, VA

2014 - 2015, Urban Design Researcher, The Wilson Center; Washington, DC

2012 - 2015, Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech - WAAC; Alexandria, VA

2011 - 2012, Environmental Planner, AECOM; San Diego, CA

2011, Urban Planning Intern, City of Los Angeles, Department of Planning; Los Angeles, CA

S E L E C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S

2020, Landimera and Land8, Seneca Village and Central Park: The Forgotten Land of the Free

2018, Middle East Landscape Architecture Conference, “Yes, and... The Improvising Landscape of the Displaced”

2017, American Society of Landscape Architects Emerging Professionals Spotlight, “Transitional Landscapes: Temporary Places with Permanent Impacts”

2017, 54th Annual Making Cities Livable, “Improvisational Landscapes: One Step Closer to Inclusion in Public Spaces”

2017, Smart Cities: Georgetown University, “Smart Cities: Smart Landscapes & Public Spaces”

2006, The United Nations, “The Self-Burning of Iilamee Girls”


S E L E C T A W A R D S & R E C O G N I T I O N S

2024, frame:work, New Talent (Graduate)

2020, UNI.XYZ, Breathe Free Competition, Editor’s Choice (Individual Entry)

2018, Anova Emerging Professionals’ Grant, Winner (Individual Entry)

2018, American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter, President's Award Winner (Individual)

2017, American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter, Student Master’s Thesis Winner (Individual)

2017, American Society of Landscape Architects Emerging Professionals Spotlight

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