Education

• 2012-2014M.F.A. State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
• 2003-2007B.F.A. School of Art & Architecture, Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, Iran

Fellowships, Awards, & Residencies

• 2020Sculpture Space Residency, Utica, NY
• 2019The Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
• 2019New Work Grant, Queens Council on the Arts (QCA), Queens, NY
• 2019Bethea Scott Owen Fellowship & Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA
• 2018Scholarship Award, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, NY
• 2018Emerging Artist Award, Elevision Digital Media Broadcast, Dubai, UAE
• 2017Tao Hua Tan Artist Retreat & Painting Residency, Tao Hua Tan, Anhui, China
• 2017Yaddo Artist Residency, (Wait Listed), Saratoga Springs, NY
• 2016Artist Residency Fellowship, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, MA
• 2016Artist in the Marketplace (AIM), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
• 2016Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NYFA, Brooklyn, NY
• 2016First Friday Artist Residency Program, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Queens, NY
• 2016Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
• 2015Teaching Artist Residency Fellowship, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
• 2015Artist Residency MAISON des ARTISTES, The Griffis Art Center, New London, CT
• 2015Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The League Residency at Vyt, Sparkill, NY
• 2015Van Lier Residency Fellowship, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
• 2014Visiting Artist in Residence, Montgomery College, (AIR) Fall Semester, Silver Spring, MD
• 2013Artist Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
• 2013Artists-in-Residence, Platte Clove, Arkville, NY
• 2013Scholarship Award, Iranian American Academics and Professionals, Montgomery Community College, Rockville, MD
• 2013Research and Creative Project Award, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
• 2013Exhibition Award ViewPoints 2013, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
• 2013Artist Residency Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
• 2013David Lavallee Travel Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
• 20131st Showcase winner ArtSlant
• 2012Artist Residency Fellowship, Relevant 2012, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
• 2012Artist Residency, The International School of Painting, Drawing, & Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
• 2012Conference Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
• 2012Research Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
• 2012Graduate Scholarship, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2019Uprooted, ChaShaMa, Queens, NY (funded by the Queens Council on the Arts and the Puffin Foundation)
• 2019Before and After, The Arts of Ken Morgan & Zahra Nazari (2-person exhibition), Eclipse Mill Gallery, North Adams, MA
• 2017Remnants, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
• 2017Transformation, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
• 2016Vanishing Point, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
• 2016Transformations, Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
• 2015Metamorphosis, Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
• 2015Urban Façade, MAISON des ARTISTES, The Griffis Art Center, New London, CT
• 2014Inside Out, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD
• 2013-2014Deconstructing Scapes, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
• 2013Selected Work, Gallery I, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
• 2013Urban Memories, Shainberg Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Memphis, TN
• 2008Zahra Nazari’s Selected Work, Baran Gallery Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2019-2020Decentralized, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
• 2019Boccara Art Open Call, Boccara Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 201969th Aone, curated by Bill Carroll, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
• 2019New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
• 2019All Woman, MAISON 10, New York, NY
• 2018-2019Art from the Boros VI, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
• 2018-2019The 2019 Flat file: Year Six, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY
• 2018Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY
• 2018Let me reintroduce myself, curated by Krista Scenna and Carolina Peñafiel, Cigar Factory, Long Island City, NY
• 2018CMYK, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 2017AIM 2017 Biennale, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
• 2017International Artist’s Creation Camp at the Edge of Peach Blossom Pond, Xuancheng Museum, Xuancheng, Anhui, China
• 2017Portal 2017, 4Heads Portal SOHO, New York, NY
• 2017Contemporary Art Exhibit, Manhattan Art & Antique Center, New York, NY
• 2017Press: Pause, curated by Shannon Stratton, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• 2017Small Works, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
• 2016Borderless: In Perspective, curated by David C. Terry, Lite-Haus Galerie, Berlin, Germany
• 2016(Un)Common Space(s), Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
• 2016Futuristic Fabrication, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Queens, NY
• 2015Metamorphosis, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
• 2015Silk Journey to Art, World Tour Exhibition, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
• 2015Borrowed Paths, Broken Rules, curated by George Sferra, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY
• 2015Spatial Planes & Timeless Dimensions, curated by Akaash Mehta & Minna Packer, 555 West 25 St, New York, NY
• 20143rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX
• 2014Emergence 2014: International Artists to Watch, curated by Deana Haggag & Sharon Burton Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
• 2014PINNACLE 2014, Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
• 2014Points of Departure, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
• 201451st Annual Juried Competition, curated by Kelly Shindler, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
• 2014Ardent Rift, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
• 2013Abstract Paintings, SUNY Global Center, New York, NY
• 2013Working it out, curated by Mona Brody, Alyce Gottesman and Jo Ann Rothschild, Painting Center, New York, NY
• 2013ViewPoints 2013, curated by Helaine Posner, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
• 2013Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 2012Worldview, curated by Chuck Gniech, Gallery 180, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
• 2012Collector Exchange Exhibit, The Yard Event Center, Park City, UT
• 2012Summer Show, Galleria ISA, Umbria, Italy
• 20126th Annual Master Pieces, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• 2012National Wet Paint, curated by Sergio Gomez, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
• 2012Twenty in Their Twenties, curated by Betsy Odom, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2009Color of Kindness, Iranian Center for International Conferences, Tehran, Iran
• 2008Youth Art, 4th Visual Arts Festival, Tehran, Iran
• 2006Islamic World, 4th International Painting Biennial, Saba Institution, Tehran, Iran

Lectures

• 2019Artist Talk, Maison10, New York, NY
• 2018Guest Artist, Graduate Committee Panel, City College of New York, NY
• 2018Panel Discussion, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 2017Panel Discussion, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
• 2017Visiting Artist Lecture, Eastern Connecticut University, Willimantic, CT
• 2017Artist Lecture, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
• 2016Panel Discussion, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
• 2016Artist Lecture, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Queens, NY
• 2016Guest Speaker “Ex-patriot women artists from the so-called ‘Islamic World’, St. John’s University, Queens, NY
• 2016Panel Discussion, Montclair Library, Montclair, NJ
• 2015Guest Critic, Final Juries of Design/Architecture, Pratt Institute, Higgins Hall, Brooklyn, NY
• 2015Artist Lecture, The Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, New York, NY
• 2014Visiting Artist Lecture, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD
• 2014Lecture Coordinator, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY (2013-2014)
• 2013Visiting Artist Lecture, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• 2013Artist Lecture, Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, New York, NY
• 2013Instructor of Record, Basic Printmaking, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY (Fall 2013)
• 2013Instructor of Record, Foundation Intro to Studio Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY (Spring 2013)
• 2012Artist Lecture, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT

Selected Bibliography & Press

• 2019“Zahra Nazari: Metamorphosing Gestures” Art Spiel (September 2, 2019)
• 2019“Zahra Nazari Explores Identity with Architectonic Paintings” Artqol magazine (March 1, 2019)
• 2018Art Break: Governors Island Hosts an Art Fair and New Exhibits Kick Off the Season at Galleries Around Town” ZEALnyc (September 2018)
• 2018Kaufman, Celeste “Zahra Nazari Exploring Identity in Abstractions inspired by Architecture” Hamptons Art Hub (July 2018)
• 2018“SUNY New Paltz Alumna Dazzles Art World” The New Paltz Oracle (Feb 1, 2018)
• 2018“MFA alumna getting international exposure in galleries and print” SUNY New Paltz Alumna News (Jan 18, 2018)
• 2017“Bronx Calling”, exhibition catalog, Bronx Museum of the Arts (June 2017)
• 2017ZH Magazine (September 2017)
• 2017Steinhauer, Jillian. Passing Through Portal, an Unpretentious Art Fair in Soho. Hyperallergic (May 2, 2017)
• 2017Hamptons Art Hub, Ultimate Guide to the NYC Art Fairs of Frieze Week 2017, (May 1, 2017)
• 2017“The Allure of Architecture: An Interview with Zahra Nazari”, The Aftab Committee (February 27, 2017)
• 2017Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 6, Juror: Schultz, Suzanne
• 2016Art Reveal Magazine, Issue 19 (August 2016)
• 2016“The Best of 2016 International Emerging Artists Award of Dubai.” Pixalib (March 2016)
• 2016Brewer, Don. “Transformations” Philadelphia, PA DoNArTNeWs
• 2016Art File Magazine, Emerging Artist Grant
• 2015“Summer Art intensive Program Exhibition.” Exhibition catalog, NYC: Cooper Union School of Art (August 2015)
• 2015Brown, A. Will. “An International Publication for Contemporary Art.” Fan Mail: Daily Serving (July 10, 2015)
• 2015“Summer 2015 Issue.” Ruminate Magazine
• 2014Downs, David. “Polonium No2 NonObject” Sprocketbox Entertainment Cultural Arts Organization (December 20, 2014)
• 2014Lonardi, Matteo. “Artistic Spring: Zahra Nazari.” Citizens Brooklyn (May 2014)
• 2014Libbey, David. “Zahra Nazari brings her world to Rochester.” University of Rochester: Campus Times (Jan 23, 2014)
• 2013“Residencies for Artists and Writers, Photograph. Vermont Studio School.” Bomb Magazine 125 (Fall 2013)
• 2013“Working it out Exhibition.” Painting Center, (July 2013)
• 2013International Painting Annual 3 Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• 2012“Abstract Art Contest.” Artist Portfolio Magazine, issue 8
• 2012“6th Annual Master Pieces Exhibition 2012.” Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Gallery
• 2012James, Damien. “Twenty in their twenties.” Art Voice Magazine (April 2012)

Collections

•  The China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
•  Tao Hua Tan Artist Retreat, Anhui, China
•  The Griffis Art Center, New London, CT
•  Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
•  Private Collection, Yokohama, Japan
•  Private Collection, Vancouver, Canada
•  Private Collection, New York, NY
•  Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
•  Private Collection, Dallas, TX
•  Private Collection, Washington, DC
•  Private Collection, Memphis, TN
•  Private Collection, Park City, Utah