Azi Amiri

I was born in Iran in the year of revolution and was named Azadeh: “the person who is free”. The idea of freedom has significantly influenced my life not only as an artist but as a human being.
Growing up during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war made me appreciate the value of the peace with the strong inclination to stay away from any war. It was the first time that I faced semi-immigration. Tehran was getting bombarded repeatedly. We had to live in a small village to escape the bombing.
But that was not the only conflict that I faced to. As an Iranian woman, we carry a battlefield on our heads; with our bodies. The way we wear a scarf and cover ourselves is not only a fashion style but a statement we make. It is about showing which side of the game we are standing.
2008 was my second and main immigration. Being minority, dealing with different rules, culture, and language; feeling insecure by any change (especially political), and numerous self-doubting were the new challenges that I deal with as an immigrant on the daily basis.
I double majored in Engineering and Fine Art in Iran. I immigrated to the US in 2008 and had received my MFA as a studio artist at NYU. My art has been exhibited in different galleries (New York, Califor...

Master of Fine Art, New York University (NYU), Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York, NY 2012 - 2014

Bachelor of Fine Art -Painting option, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran 2000 – 2006

Selected Solo Exhibitions

-Turtles Cry When they fly, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ 2016
-Amorphousness of Love, 80 WSE Gallery (NYU Gallery), New York, NY
2014
-Story of History, Art on the Move Program, PSU, State College, PA 2010
-The Story of Mystery, Schlow Centre Region Library, State College, PA 2010
-Colored Poems, Saales Gallery, Tehran, Iran 2005

Selected Group Exhibitions

-Pen& Brush, New York, NY 2017
Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2017
-Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY 2017
-Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2016
-5th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, Dallas, TX 2016
-Art Dubai 2015, The Mine gallery, Al Quoz , Dubai 2015
-The New Paradigm, TAG, The Art Gallery at the --University of West Florida, FL 2014
-HAT-titude: The Milliner in Culture & Couture, ArtWestchester, Westchester, NY 2014
-Fish Out of Water, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA 2013
-The Recycle and Rubbish Exhibit Museum (RARE), Chico, CA 2011
-Laxon gallery, CSU, Chico, CA 2011
-Art on the Move program, PSU, State College, PA 2010