CV
Education
2015-18 / MFA, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH / Printmaking
2011-15 / BFA, Cum Laude, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT / Sculpture
2010-11 / Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC), Cincinnati, OH / Sculpture
2002-04 / Tehran University College of Fine Arts, Tehran / Industrial Design/Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2024 / (upcoming/June 20th) Lundgren Gallery, Palma Mallorca, Spain
Studio Visit, Emma Gray HQ, Santa Monica, CA
2023 / Pin-Drop, Duane Thomas Gallery, NYC, USA
The Quiet Path To Otherwhere, Online, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2022 / Dirty Words & A Melody, Wilder Gallery, London, UK
Stubbly Numbness, Emma Gray HQ, Santa Monica, CA
2018 / Forty-one Drawings and Prints 2016-18, California State University Art Gallery, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA (catalogue)
2016 / What Has Become of Your Strength, George Mason University Atrium Gallery, Fairfax, VA (catalogue, curated by Helen Frederick)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 / Painters - London, Half Gallery Annex, NYC, USA
Queer Intimacy, Taymour Grahne Projects, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2022 / 2 Persons Exhibition, Jasper Goodrich & Morteza Khakshoor, Where They Began, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
Hometown Session #2, Edji Gallery, London, UK
Character, Mothflower, Online
Paper, BEERS LONDON, London, UK
Danse Macabre, Samuele Visentin, London, UK
It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times, Duane Thomas Gallery, NYC
Slow Songs, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY
2021 / Strange Paradigm, Young Space Views, Online
2020 / 3 Person Exhibition, Morteza Khakshoor, Jerry Kowalsky, Moley Talhaoui: Humoral Theory, BEERS London, UK
Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Kingston, Australia
2020 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, William Paterson University, Wyne, NJ
(Juried by Ruth Lingen)
2019 / Delphian X Guts, The Factory, London, UK
Open Door 15, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL
2018 / Multilayered: New Prints 2018/Summer, International Print Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
2018 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI (catalogue)
On Paper Contest, Spike Print Studio, Bristol, UK
One: Annual Emerging Artist Exhibit, Cleve Carney Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
2018 Art From the Heartland Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
2017 / 3rd Annual Hand Pulled Prints Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn, New York, NY
2015 / 58th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY (curated by Hrag Vartanian)
Art Fairs Participations
2023 / CAN Art Fair with Lungren Gallery, Ibiza, Spain
2023 / London Art Fair with Cactus Moon Studio
2022 / NADA Miami 2022 with Emma Gray HQ, Chimera
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2022 with Oliver Projects London
2020 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2020
2019 / Art on Paper 2019 with The International Print Center New York (IPCNY), The Tunnel, NYC
2018 / 2018 Edition Artists Book Fair (E/AB) with The International Print Center New York (IPCNY), NYC
Selected Awards/Fellowships/Scholarships
2022 / The Lighthouse Works Fellowship, The Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2019 / Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Artist in Residence Fellowship, Emmanuel College Residency Program, Boston, MA
2018 / The Inaugural Emerging Artist Award, 2018 Edition/Artists’ Book Fair (E/AB Fair), New York, NY
Juror's Award, 2018 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Recognition Award, 2018 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii,
Hilo, HI
Best in Show Award, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Artist in residence, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), New York, NY
2017 / Fergus Scholarship Award, Columbus, OH
2015-16 / University Fellowship, OSU, Columbus, OH
2015 / Distinction in Printmaking and Sculpture, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT
Stephen & Lynne Wardlaw Prize for Excellence in Sculpture, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT
VACI Partners Award, Second Prize at the 58th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Chautauqua, NY
2013 / The Roger T. Williams Prize, 2nd Prize at the Annual Figure Modeling Competition, National Sculpture Society (NSS), New York
2011-15 / Chandler Scholarship, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT
2011 / First Year Excellence Award, AAC, Cincinnati, OH
2011-12 / National Sculpture Society Scholarship, New York, NY
Artist Residencies
2022 / Lighthouse Works residency, Fishers Island, NY
2020 / In Cahoots Residency, Petaluma, CA
Tamarind Institute's Student Collaboration Residency, Albuquerque, NM
2019 / Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
Emmanuel College Residency, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
2018 / International Print Center New York Artist in Residence, New York, NY
2015 / Chautauqua Institution Summer Residency Program, Chautauqua, NY
2014 / Chautauqua Institution Summer Residency Program, Chautauqua, NY
Public Collections
X Museum, Beijing, China
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, NYC
Bunker Collection, Palm Beach, FL
University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Syracuse University Art Museum, NY