SABA FARHOUDNIA

Live in New York   |  Born. 1987 IRAN | 

EDUCATION

2019   MFA, The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2012   MA, Art Research, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran

2010   BFA, Painting, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran

2004   Graphic Design, Hefdah Shahrivar Technical High School, Tehran, Iran

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2022      Queens Arts Fund, “New Work Grant,” Queens Council on the Arts, Queens, NY       

2021       Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), Providence, RI - nomination

2020      Artist in the Marketplace (AIM), Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

    Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NYFA, Brooklyn, NY - accepted

2019       Scott Kelly Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

     International Student Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2017-19  Hoffberger Foundation Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

     Leroy E. Hoffberger Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Falling Petalls, Standing Roses, Curated by Lynn Hai, Fou Gallery, NY

2022  Reflection, Curated by: Adele Eisenstein, William P. Miller Jr. Gallery, JCAL, NY

2022   Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024   Group Show, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA

Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial, Curated by: Bronx Museum, New York

Leftovers, Island Gallery, New York

2023 Take a Break, Curated by: Lynn Hai, Fou Gallery, New York

          Personal Mythologies, Elza Kayal Gallery, New York

Migration and Identity, Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, April

2022   "ABSTRACT Expressions 2022", Online Juried Exhibition, Red Bluff Gallery, CA

The Sky is Higher Here, Transmitter Gallery, NY

2021   National Juried Exhibition, juried by: Thomas Erben, First Street Gallery, NY

If You Can Make It, Somad Gallery, NY

2019   Collective Punishment, curator: Roya Amigh, Musa Collective Gallery, Boston, MA

2018   Exelon Building, Baltimore, MD

Open Studio, JVS Project Space Gallery, NY

LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting Fall Show, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Expression, GradEx MICA Show, Cardinal Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2018   MFA First Year Juried Show, juried, curator: Amanda Jiron-Murphy, Riggs Leidy Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2017   LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting Fall Show, Riggs Leidy Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Open Studio, JVS Project Space Gallery, NY

2015   Diversos, Dominico-American Cultural Institute, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Libres, Cultural Center Mella, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2014   6x6 Ceramic Tile, JVS Project Space Gallery, NY

2013   International Artist in Residence, Altos de Chavon Gallery, La Romana, Dominican Republic

2012   Artistic Dialogues Spring, Middle East Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2010   International Art Expo, Faam Gallery, Beijing, China

2009   International Day of UN-Habitat Competition, Westminster University Gallery, London, UK

4th Contest of Iran New Generation, Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran

First Art Festival “Color of Kindness,” Foreign Ministry Convention Center, Tehran, Iran

2008   Group Painting Exhibition (Fall), Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2002   Designed Group Exhibitions, Reza Abbasi Museum (Summer), Tehran, Iran

RESIDENCIES

2023 Artist in Residence, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY (summer)

2022   Artist in Residence, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK

2013   Davidoff Art Residence (CHAVÓN School of Design), La Romana, Dominican Republic

 

ARTIST TALK, PANELS, AND CRITICISM

2023    Migration and Identity, The Judy, Moderated by: Hallie Cohen, Marymount Manhattan College, NY

2022. Reflection Hybrid Panel Discussion, William P. Miller Jr. Gallery, JCAL, NY

Critic in Residence, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK

Artist Talk, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK

Artist Talk: The Sky is Higher Here, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2020   Online Artist Talk, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024. “Saba Farhoudnia's Latest Body of Work Takes Over Fou Gallery” Exhibition Reviews by: Kame Hame, Wide Walls, April

2022   “Saba Farhoudnia; Reflection” By Natasha Kurchanova, Studio International, December

“Saba Farhoudnia: Reflection at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning” In conversation with Adèle Eisenstein and Saba Farhoudnia, Art Spiel, December

“Dancing with Darkness and Light” – interview with Kathleen Lourde, Alva Review Courier, April

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Newspaper, Alva, OK

Adam Timur Aslan: “A Meditation on Vastness: The Sky is Higher Here,” Ante Mag, March

2019   Interview, Thalia magazine: The Fragmented Issue

Elizabeth Michelman: “Collective Identity,” Art Scope magazine, July/Aug

Studio Visit Magazine, Summer

MICA Grad catalogue

Art of the Month: Split Lip magazine, April

2017   Cover Art: Words Without Borders, November

2015   Designer: NATURE (Art Therapy Coloring Book), published by Daler-Rowney

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Baltimore, MD

New York, NY

Nashville, TN

La Romana, Dominican Republic

London, UK

Mexico City, Mexico

Tehran, Iran