BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1970 in Tehran, Iran

EDUCATION

2002 MFA Rhode Island School of Design.

1999 BFA Ohio State University. 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009-Solo Exhibition.  Real Art ways.  Hartford, Conn.

2009-Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Exhibition. Rhode Island School of Design Museum.  Providence, R.I.

2007-"Ongoing Invention".  Robert V. Fullerton Museum.  San Bernadino, California

2006-EXIT ART Biennial 2006.  Curated by Robert Storr.  EXIT ART, New York, New York

2006-"Salad Days".  Curated by Hillary Wiedemann. ARTISTS SPACE.  New York, New York

2005-Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Exhibition. South County Courthouse. South County, R.I.

2005- Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Exhibition. Rhode Island School of Design Museum.  Providence, R.I.

2005-"Out of the Ashes".  Rahamtulla Towers.  Nairobi, Kenya.

2004-Glass Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery.  Providence, R.I.

2003- Solo Show.  "The Truth About Brown Eggs".  Curated by Denise Markonish ART SPACE.  New Haven, Conn.

2003-Group Show.  Wheeler Gallery, Providence, R.I.

2003-Exhibition at Rosenborg Castle. Copenhagen, Denmark.

2003-Exhibition at The Glasmuseum.  Ebeltoft, Denmark.

2002-MFA Thesis Exhibition. Rhode Island School of Design Museum.  Providence, R.I.

2000-Glass Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery.  Providence, R.I.

1998-2000-"Bush Glass" Exhibitions.  Nairobi, Kenya.

2000-Providence Art Club.  Providence, R.I.

SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002-Present-Faculty/Lecturer at The Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department.  Providence, R.I.

2005-06-Associate Professor at The Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department.  Providence, R.I.

2005-2008 Instructor at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

2003-Instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Cambridge, MA.

2002-Instructor at The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass.  Corning N.Y.

2002-Teaching Assistant for Andrea Zilio at Pilchuck Glass School.  Stanwood, WA. 

1997-98-Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra at The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass.  Corning N.Y

SELECTED LECTURES AND RESIDENCIES

2007-Visiting artist/lecturer The Museum of The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.

2006-Visiting artist Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. 

2005-Visiting artist Rhode Island School of Design.  Providence, R.I.

2005-Artist in residence/lecturer.  Museum of Glass.  Tacoma, Oregon.

2004-Artist in residence/lecturer Nagoya University.  Nagoya, Japan

2004-Visiting artist Osaka University.  Osaka, Japan.

2004-Visiting artist Toyama University.  Toyama, Japan.

2004-Visiting artist College of Bahamas.  Nassau, Bahamas.

2003-Artist in residence at Fornace Anfora with Andrea Zilio in Murano, Italy.

2003-Page Hazlegrove Fellowship. Lecture and Residency.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Cambridge, MA.

2002-Visiting artist at Massachusetts College of Art.  Boston, MA.

1999-2000 Twelve month residency at Kitengela Glass.  Nairobi, Kenya.

2000-Artist in residence at The Third Annual International Glass Workshop.  Nairobi, Kenya.

1999-Artist in residence at The Second Annual International Glass Workshop.  Nairobi, Kenya.

1998-Artist in residence at The First Annual International Glass Workshop.  Nairobi, Kenya.

1998-Artist in residence at The Glasmuseum.  Ebeltoft, Denmark.

1998-Visiting artist at Bowling Green University.  Bowling Green, Ohio.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2004-Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School.  Stanwood, WA.

2003-Gaffer for Rachel Berwick, Margo Mensing, Kiki Smith, Beverly Semmes and Fred Wilson.

2003-Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School.  Stanwood, WA.  

2002-Gaffer for Bruce Chao, Robert Williams, Mark Dion, Toots Zynsky

1997-Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra for the 1997 Italian Glass Symposium.  Corning, N.Y

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2008-Faculty Development Grant.  Floating studio project.

2008-Part Time Faculty Association Development Grant.  Floating Studio Project.

2006-Faculty Development Grant.  Research project in Peoples Republic of China.

2004-Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship.  Providence, R.I.

2004-Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Project Grant.  Providence, R.I.

2003-Faculty Development Grant.  Research project with maestro Andrea Zilio in Murano, Italy.

2003-Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship.  Providence, R.I.

2002-Reticello Competition finalists with Michael Schiener. Sponsored by The Glasmuseum,  Denmark.

2002-Friends of Glass Scholarship.  Providence, R.I.

2000-Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Project Grant.  Research project in Nairobi, Kenya.

PUBLICATIONS

2006-The Providence Journal.   "Glass 06" review.

2003-NEUS Glass.  Article featuring reticello research.

2002-Reticello Exhibition invitation and catalog.  Cover image.

2002-New Glass Review 23.  Corning, N.Y.  

2000-New Glass Review 21.  Corning, N.Y.

COLLECTIONS

The Museum at Shandong University. Jinan City, Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collections room.  New York, N.Y.

The Glasmuseum.  Ebeltoft, Denmark.

The Collection of Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark.  Copenhagen, Denmark.

The American Embassy.  Tegucigalpa, Honduras.