Education
1998
- Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Azad University of Art, Tehran, Iran
1995
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
- Immigrant Flora: Rising Under, site-specific mural, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at, Ursinus College, PA
2019
- All Water Has a Perfect Memory, generated@wavehill, Wave Hill Garden, Bronx, NY
2017
- Let the Garden Eram Flourish, Curated by Smooth Ugochukwu Nzewi, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2016
- Garden Coup, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
2015
- The Garden of Heart's Delight, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013
- The Short Films of Bahar Behbahani, Curated by Michael Rush, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
- Hidden Camera, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
2012
- Video 2012, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2011
- The Chronicle of Her Innocence, NYU AD, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions and Biennales
2023
- Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present, conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor and curated by the Foundation’s Director Hoor Al Qasimi, Sharjah, UAE
2022
- Mother River, online video series, Asia Society Museum, NY
2020
- between the sun and the moon, 2nd Lahore Biennale, Lahore, Pakistan
2019
- Otherwise Obscured: Erasure in Body and Text, Franklin Street Works Gallery, Stamford, CT
- Trajectory: FiveMyles, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY
- What's Love Got To Do With It?, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- Figuring The Floral, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
- Point of Departure: Open Sessions 15, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- Short Shadows (two-person show), EMPAC, Troy, NY
- New Works, Arts Projects International, New York, NY
2018
- (Up)rooted: A Study On Immigrant Flora (with Shamsy Behbahani), The Shed Space, Brooklyn, NY
- re:home, For Freedoms exhibition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
- Active Forms, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
- Panorama Punjab, Curated by Sarah Singh, Punjab, India
2017
- In Between (Part II): So Far, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
- Clouds⇄Forests, 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art
2016
- Why Not Ask Again, 11th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
- The 50 West Artist in Construction Residency Exhibition, Time Equities Inc.'s Art-in-Buildings, New York, NY
- Fireflies In The Night, video art screenings, Curated by Barbara London,
Robert Storr, Kalliopi Minioudaki Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
- MARKING 2: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Asia, Art Projects International, New York, NY
2015
- PULSE PLAY, Miami Beach, Miami, FL
2014
- Vision of Three, Boom Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Chain of Fire, The Prologue Exhibition for the 2016 Honolulu Biennial, Honolulu, HI
- Shortenin' Bread, A participatory installation in collaboration with Torkwase Dyson and Eyebeam, Governors Island, NY
- Portraits: Reflections by Emerging Iranian Artists, New York, NY
- Women: Experimental Films, The Shed Space, Brooklyn, NY
2013
- Dangerous Beauty, Graffit Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
- Looks Like Torture, HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
- The Time In Children's Arts Initiative, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
- Six Women, Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway
2012
-
All Our Relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Part of Me: mise en abyme, Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
- Aftermath, Curated by Basak Senova, Akbank, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
-
TVDinner, Immigrant Movement International, curated by Sandra Skurvida,
Queens Museum, New York, NY
- Iran Via Video Current, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
- Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, United Arab Emirates
- She Devil 5, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
- Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2010
- Time After Time, Curated by Taraneh Hemami, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
- SanctionedArray, Whitebox, New York, NY
- Exhaustion - The Jerusalem Show IV, Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, Israel
- Handheld History, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
- Open End, Witzenhausen Gallery, New York, NY
- The Stalking of Absence, Curated by Shaheen Merali, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- International Women Artists Video Exhibition, Antrepo, Istanbul, Turkey
- Silverstein Photography Annual, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
- March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
- Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery, New York, NY
2009
- Brooklyn Artillery, Brooklyn, NY
- Masques of Shahrazad, Candlestar Gallery, London, England
- Women Forward, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2008
- Tribeca Film Festival (Official Selection: "SUSPENDED"), New York, NY
2007-08
- Wishes and Dreams, Meridian International Center, Touring the US
2007
- 13th Annual International Exhibition of Women's Art (Best in Show), SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2006
- Experimental Media Series, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2004
- The 6th Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2003
- Abim Group, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
2002
- Second Biennial of Contemporary Painting of the Islamic World, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
- Dena Group, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Dena Group, Palaise des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
- Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Naples, Italy
- Dena Group, Iranian Contemporary, Christie's, London, England
- Fabian Gallery, Marbella, Spain
- Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh
- Dena Group, Villa Del Cardinale, Naples, Italy
2000
- The Silent Brush, the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington D.C.
- Art in the World 2000, organized by Beaux Art Magazine, Paris, France
Grants and Awards
2022
- Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist Fellowship, Syracuse University, School of Art, NY
2020
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
2019
- Creative Capital Award 2019, New York, NY
- Artist in Residence, EMPAC, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer, Troy, NY
2018
- Open Sessions 2018-2020, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- The Brown Foundation Fellows Program, based at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France
2017
- MacDowell, Peterborough, NH
2016
- Akrai Residency, Sicily, Italy
2015
- Time Equities' Art-in-Buildings Residency, New York, NY
2014
- Miranda Arts Project Space Residency, Port Chester, NY
2013
- Casa dell'Arte International Art Residency Programme, Bodrum, Turkey
- Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY (Made possible by The Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant)
2011
- Art and Culture Network Program Grant, Open Society Institute, Budapest
2010
- Eyebeam, Finalist, New York, NY
- BRIC Media Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2007
- Best in Show - 13th Annual International Exhibition of Women's Art, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Teaching and Pedagogical Lectures
2022
- The Impact of Public Art on the Urban Landscape, a panel discussion with artists Rico Gatson & Bahar Behbahani and MTA director of Art & Design Sandra Bloodworth, moderated by Lolita Cros, Bronx, NY
- Dialogues in the Diaspora: Bahar Behbahani and Farsad Labbauf, Asia Society Museum, NY
- The Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist, Studio Atelier, Spring 2022
- Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Department of Art - Studio Art, Queens College, CUNY, NY
- NAEA National Convention, National Art Education Association, New York, NY
- Water in a Shared World: Artist Perspectives (practice or action), In Collaboration with Asia Society and the NYU Brademas Center
- Lecture Series, Syracuse University: Visual and Performing Arts, School of Art
- Artist in Residence at The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
- NYC Crit Club, Guest Speaker, New York, NY
- Adjunct Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Drawing, Painting), CUNY, New York, NY
2021
- WAVE: Workshops on Activism and Visuality in Europe, in collaboration with visual critic Nicholas Mirzoeff and political sociologists, philosophers, activists, and artists
- Adjunct Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY (spring semester)
2020
- Visiting Artist, Smith College Department of Art, Northampton, MA
- Meet at The Shed: Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates with Artist Bahar Behbahani; The Shed, New York, NY
- Adjunct Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY (spring semester)
2019
- Artist Lecture, Smith College Department of Art, Northampton, MA
- Visiting Critics, MASSART, Studio for Interrelated Media, Boston, MA
- Artist Lecture, Department of Art and Art History, University at Albany / SUNY, NY
2018
- A Scholars' Day on The Wagner Garden Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Scotland; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Visiting Critics, MASSART, Studio for Interrelated Media, Boston, MA
- Visiting Critics, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2017
- Student Workshop, The Well School, Peterborough, NH
- Student Workshop, ConVal Regional High School, Peterborough, NH
2016
- Conversations and Connections: An Afternoon with Artist Bahar Behbahani, Hood Museum of Art; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Garden Coup, Conversation with Shiva Balaghi, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
- Women Artists Panel, St. John's University, Queens, NY
2015
- Visiting Critic, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
- Saffron Tea, Screening and Q&A, East Bay Media Center, Berkeley, CA
- Visiting Curators and Critics, Graduate Student Studio Visits, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2014
- Watchers Watching, talk and screening, moderated by Karol Szafraniec at Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, BWA Sokół, Nowy Sącz, Poland
- The Arts in New York City, Macaulay Honors College Seminar, Baruch College, New York, NY
- Panel Discussion, Portraits: Reflections by Emerging Iranian Artists, New York, NY
- Critical Dialogues: Bahar Behbahani, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2013
- Political Photography: Satires, Cartoons, Statements-Staged Photography and Digital Collages, Left Forum 2013, Pace University, New York, NY
- The Short Films of Bahar Behbahani, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
2012
- Video 2012, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2011
- Visiting Artist, Video Art, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
- The Chronicle of Her Innocence, conversation with Sam Bardaouil, NYU Abu Dhabi, New York, NY
2010
- Leila Cancelled Due to Bad Weather, March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
2009
- Art in Exile Round Table, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2003
- Persian Art from Past to Present, University of Texas, Dallas, TX
Selected Publications and Press
2022
- Aliza Edelman, “Suspended: Bahar Behbahani’s Displacement and Longing in the PersianGarden,” in Transnational Belonging and Female Agency in the Arts, ed. Basia Sliwinska and Catherine Dormer (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), forthcoming (peer-reviewed)
2021
- Wendy S. Walters, "Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Wendy S. Walters on Catastrophe, 2020, and the Work of Alan Ruiz and Bahar Behbahani," Los Angeles Review of Books
2020
- Shailaja Tripathi, “Artist Bahar Behbahani uses landscapes as a metaphor for politics and poetics,” Stirworld
- Nadia Kurd, “Lahore Biennale 02: between the sun and the moon,” Journal of Curatorial Studies – Volume 9 Number 2, University of Alberta Museums
- Klaudia Ofwona Draber, “Culture and Climate in the Work of Artist Bahar Behbahani.” J'aipur Journal
- Yuko Hasegawa, “A New Ecology and Art,” GA Journal vol.1, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2019
- Lilly Wei, “Like a River Flows,” in All water has a perfect memory, Wave Hill Garden (brochure, Wave Hill Garden)
2017
- Dr. Shiva Balaghi “Surrounded by Quiet Nothingness: On Bahar Behbahani’s Paintings,” in Let the Garden Eram Flourish, Hood Museum of Art, (brochure, Dartmouth College
- Ugochugwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ph. D., “History as a Context of Artistic Practice,” in Let the Garden Eram Flourish, Hood Museum of Art, (brochure, Dartmouth College)
Public Collections
- Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
- NYU Langone Art Program and Collection, New York, NY
- Columbia Hospital, New York, NY
- The Visual Arts Museum of Pasargad Bank, Tehran, Iran
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