SABA FARHOUDNIA
Visual Artist
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
2019 MFA, (Painting) The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2019 Teaching Certificate, 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 Diploma, (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, New York, NY
2021 Post-Graduate Teaching (Fellowship), Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), Providence, RI (nominated)
2020 Artist in the Marketplace (AIM)(Fellowship), Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program (Fellowship), 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
2025 BOUNDRY MARKER (provisional title) (Sep- Nov), Fou Gallery, Ny (Upcoming)
2022 Reflection, Curated by: Adele Eisenstein, William P. Miller Jr. Gallery, JCAL, NY
2022 Saba Farhoudnia- Artist in Residence, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS
2024 Art Market Budapest- Elza Kayal Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (Upcoming).
Foundation, Artsy online Fair by Fou Gallery, Online
2021 National Juried Exhibition, juried by Thomas Erben, First Street Gallery, NY.
If You Can Make It, Somad Gallery, NY.
2019 Collective Punishment, 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.
MFA First Year Juried Show, (juried: 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, New York, 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, New York, NY.
2013 International Artist in Residence, Altos de Chavon Gallery, La Romana, Dominican Republic.
2012 Artistic Dialogues Spring, Middle East Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2010 Artistic Creativity + Artistic Life, 13th Beijing International Art Expo, with FAAM Gallery,
Curated by Marzieh Ramezani at Beijing China World Trade Center, Beijing, China.
2009 “International Day of UN-Habitat”, Juried Show, Westminster University Gallery, London, UK.
4th Contest of Iran New Generation, Juried Show, Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
“Color of Kindness,” Juried Show, First Art Festival, FAAM Gallery-Foreign Ministry Convention Center, Tehran, Iran.
2008 Group Painting Exhibition, Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2002 Designed Group Exhibitions, Reza Abbasi Museum (Summer), Tehran, Iran.
LECTURERS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND JURY EXPERIENCE
2024 Artist in Dialogue (Emilia Yin in conversation with Erica Mahinay and Saba Farhoudnia), Make Room, Los- Angeles, CA.
Bronx Recognizes its Own (BRIO), (Panelist), Bronx Art Council, New York, NY.
2023 Migration and Identity, The Judy, Moderated by: Hallie Cohen, Marymount Manhattan College, April. New York, NY.
2022 Reflection, Hybrid Panel Discussion, William P. Miller Jr. Gallery, JCAL, New York, NY.
Critic in Residence, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK.
Artist Talk, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK.
“The Sky is Higher Here:(Artist Talk), Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Online Artist Talk, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
ART RESIDENCIES
2025 Artist in Residence, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York, (March-April)
2023 Artist in Residence, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY (June-Aug).
2022 Artist in Residence, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK.
2013 Artist in Residence, (Davidoff Art Residence, previously known as CHAVÓN School of Design), La Romana, Dominican Republic.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Jenny Wu, “5 Asian American-Led Galleries Building Inclusive Art Communities” Artsy, April.
Li Tang, “Art Show| Fou Gallery Presents Falling Petals, Standing Roses, A Solo Show by Artist Saba Farhoudnia, Li Tang, March.
Rhea Nayyar, “Bronx Calling Is All About Knowledge and Agency,” Hyperallergic, February.
2023
Li Tang, “Take A Break: Fou Gallery’s 10-Year Anniversary Exhibition”, Li Tang, December.
2022
2019
2017
2015
Saba Farhoudnia, “Designer: NATURE (Art Therapy Coloring Book),” Daler-Rowney.
2013
Rebecca Silvestri, “A combination of cultures at the opening of the new “Artist-in-Residence” exhibit,” Casa de Campo living.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
USA
China
Malaysia
Dominican Republic
UK
Mexico
Iran