Sara Madandar

Sara Madandar is an Iranian multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in New Orleans. She received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and her BA in painting from Azad University of Art and Architecture in Tehran. Through a range of media such as painting, video, installation, and performance, Madandar explores migration and the human experience of living between cultures, using the aesthetics of language, clothing, and bodies to study the complexities of cross-cultural experiences. Most recently, she was in residency at Joan Mitchell Center and Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI). Sara is also a co-founder of the Parlour Gallery and Camp Street Studios, an artist-run space in the heart of New Orleans' downtown art district. Some of her accolades include an award from the Texas Visual Artists Association (TVAA) and an award from the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) for work presented in an exhibition curated by Jessica Beck of the Andy Warhol Museum. Sara’s work has been featured at New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, Austin City Hall, Elisabeth Ney Museum, Elga Wimmer PCC (NYC), and many others. Sara will be in residency at Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) in the summer of 2022.

2011-2014 | MASTER IN FINE ARTS | THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
•Studio Art specializing in painting, with various works also produced in Performance and Video Art
2004-2009 | BACHELOR OF ARTS | AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, IRAN
•Specialization in painting.

GALLERY SHOWS
2024— “The Birds Shall Return” group show, curator— Art Conscious Gallery— New Orleans, LA
2024— “Through The Window” solo show— The Parlour Gallery— New Orleans, LA
2024 “Contemporary Chronicles” group show— Flavio Dolce Art Projects— New Orleans, LA
2023-2024— “Louisiana Contemporary” group show— Ogden Museum of Southern Art— New Orleans, LA
2023— Group show "Faculty Exhibition" at New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts — New Orleans, LA
2023-2024— Group show "Louisiana Contemporary" at Ogden Museum of Southern Art — New Orleans, LA
2023 — “Shadow and Echoes” group show — Parlour gallery, New Orleans, LA
2023 — “Let Us Believe in The Beginning of The Cold Season” solo show — New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
2022 — “Artists Respond: Post-Roe Louisiana” group show — Tulane University Caroll Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 — “My Body Is My Home” solo show — The Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art gallery, Hammond, LA
2022 — “24 HOURS OF WONDER” group show — Eisenwunderwelt gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 — “Body Politics: Celebrating Ardeshir Mohassess’ legacy in art and politics”, curator — SPILLMAN | BLACKWELL Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
2022 — “Revolution,” group show — Santa Fe Art Institute (S...