CV
Education
2015-18 / MFA, 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
Selected Exhibitions
2022 / Solo Exhibition, Dirty Words & A Melody, Wilder Gallery, London, UK
Solo Exhibition, Stubbly Numbness, Emma Gray HQ, Santa Monica, CA
2 Persons Exhibition, Jasper Goodrich & Morteza Khakshoor, Where They Began, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
Group Exhibition, Hometown Session #2, Edji Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Character, Mothflower, Online
Group Exhibition, Paper, BEERS LONDON, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Danse Macabre, Samuele Visentin, London, UK
Group Exhibition, It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times, Duane Thomas Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, Slow Songs, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY
2021 / Group Exhibition, Strange Paradigm, Young Space Views, Online
2020 / 3 Person Exhibition, Morteza Khakshoor, Jerry Kowalsky, Moley Talhaoui: Humoral Theory, BEERS London, UK
Group Exhibition, Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Kingston, Australia
Group Exhibition, 2020 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, William Paterson University, Wyne, NJ
(Juried by Ruth Lingen)
2019 / Group Exhibition, Delphian X Guts, The Factory, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Open Door 15, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Group Exhibition, 37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL
2018 / Solo Exhibition, Forty-one Drawings and Prints 2016-18, California State University Art Gallery, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA (catalogue)
Group Exhibition, Multilayered: New Prints 2018/Summer, International Print Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
Group Exhibition, 2018 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI (catalogue)
Group Exhibition, On Paper Contest, Spike Print Studio, Bristol, UK
Group Exhibition, One: Annual Emerging Artist Exhibit, Cleve Carney Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
Group Exhibition, 2018 Art From the Heartland Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
2017 / Group Exhibition, 3rd Annual Hand Pulled Prints Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Below the Surface: Intaglio Exhibition, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
(catalogue)
2016 / Solo Exhibition, What Has Become of Your Strength, George Mason University Atrium Gallery, Fairfax, VA (catalogue, curated by Helen Frederick)
2015 / Group Exhibition, 58th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY (curated by Hrag Vartanian)
Art Fairs Participations
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
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, NY
University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Syracuse University Art Museum