Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Lives and works in New York City.

Selected Exhibitions

2011

• “WOMENARTISTS@NEWBRITAINMUSEUM,” New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

2010

• “East Meets West On The East End,” Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art, Southampton, NY
• “Tehran-New York,” LTMH Gallery, NY, NY
• Art Dubai, LTMH Gallery
• “Iran Inside Out,” Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE

2009

• “Pride and Fall,” LTMH Gallery, NY, NY (solo show in March 2009)
• “Iran Inside Out,” Chelsea Art Museum, NY, NY and Depaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
• “If I Didn't Care: Multigenerational Artists Discuss Cultural Histories,” Richman Gallery, The Park School, Baltimore, MD
• “The Seen and the Hidden: (Dis)Covering the Veil,” Austrian Cultural Forum, NY, NY
• “Selseleh/Zelzeleh: Movers & Shakers in Contemporary Iranian Art,” LTMH Gallery, NY, NY

2008

• “A Precious Passing: Negar Ahkami & Kyung Jeon,” Miki Wick Kim, Zurich (two-person show)
• “Weaving The Common Thread,” Queens Museum of Art, NY
• “How Soon Is Now?: AIM 28,” The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
• “Firewalkers,” Stefan Stux Gallery, NY, NY
• “East West Dialogues,” LTMH Gallery (curator Dr. Layla Diba) NY, NY
• Group Show, LTMH Gallery, NY, NY

2007

• “The Birth of Pattern,” curated by Sara Reisman, LMAK Projects, Brooklyn, NY (solo show)
• “Pink Polemic,” Kravets/Wehby Gallery, NY, NY
• Open Studios, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Workspace Residency Program, NY, NY
• “Iconoclasmic,” curated by Eddie Torres, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

2006

• “Iconoclasmic,” Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
• “Wrest-stops Along the Intrastate,” curated by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, NY
• “Art Students Exhibition in NY 2006,” ISE Cultural Foundation, NY, NY
• “A Delicate Arrangement,” curated by Dan Cameron, David Zwirner, NY, NY
• “Do You Think I’m Disco,” Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
• “Prime Time,” curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Visual Arts Gallery, NY

2005

• “Politics as Usual,” Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY

2004

• “A Conversation,” curated by Michael St. John, Marvelli Gallery, NY, NY
• “Simply Drawn,” Luxe Gallery, NY, NY
• “Nature Revisited,” Empire State College SUNY, NY, NY

2003

• “Artists Support Jamie Metzl,” Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, NY, NY
• “New Work,” Empire State College SUNY, NY

2001

• Staff Art Show, The Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY

2000

• ”Le visage caché de la femme afghane,” UNESCO, Paris, France

1999

• “panj,” curated by Nicky Nodjoumi, Center for Iranian Modern Arts, NY, NY
• “Attain: Festival of Erotic Mythology,” Moo Art Gallery, LIC, NY

Residencies/Awards

Education

Bibliography/Press

2011

• Sylviane Gold, “A Female, but Not Mainly Feminine, Eye,” The New York Times, January 7, 2011
• WOMENARTISTS@NEWBRITAINMUSEUM, New Britain Museum of American Art (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Abigail R. Esman, “The Art of War: Why Today’s Iranian Art Is One Of Your Best Investments Now,”
  Forbes.com, January 10, 2011

2010

• Jeff Baron, “'A Bold Hand' Making a Mark In The Art World,” America.gov, May 21, 2010
• Roberta Smith, “Painting in 21st Century: It's Not Dry Yet,” (Image) The New York Times, March 28, 2010
• Antoine Flandrin, “Le Voile Devoile,” Le Courrier de l'Atlas, March 2010

2009

• Rick Delaney, If I Didn't Care (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Diaspora on the Artistic Language of Contemporary Iranian Artists,
  Chelsea Art Museum (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Deborah Sontag, “The Intersection of Islam, America and Identity,” The New York Times, June 7, 2009
• “Close Reading: Negar Ahkami,” Interactive Feature, nytimes.com, June 4, 2009
• Lilly Wei, “Selseleh/Zelzeleh at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery,” ArtNews, October 2009
• Holland Cotter, “Iran Inside Out,” The New York Times, July 28, 2009
• Carol Kino, “Iranians Shine, Assisted By Expatriate,” The New York Times, August 15, 2009
• Alex Ebstein, “Her Stories: Group Show Presents and Examines Women’s Voice and Identity,”
  Baltimore City Paper, February 18, 2009
• Ben Davis, “Iranian Art Now,” artnet.com, July 20, 2009
• Julie Jigsawnovich, “Iran Inside Out at the Chelsea Art Museum,” persianesque.com, July 26, 2009
• Kyle Thomas Smith, “July 2009, The Seen and the Hidden [Dis]covering the Veil,” whitehotmagazine.com
• Carolee Walker, “Artists Use Images of the Veil to Explore Identity, Culture,” payvand.com, August 27, 2009
• Chris Neuschler, “Iran Inside Out inside Chelsea Art Museum, New York,” premierartscene.com
• Emanuele Bigi, “L'arte contemporanea iraniana a New York, quando la cultura supera la politica,”
  ilsole24ore.com, August 11, 2009
• Andrew Seguin, “In calligraphy and cobalt, a painter explores Persian identity,” chapin.edu, September 16, 2009
• Micol Passariello, “News: Arte Da Mille E Una Notte,” Cosmopolitan (Italia), September 2009

2008

• Erin Riley-Lopez, “How Soon Is Now?,” How Soon Is Now?: AIM 28
• Shiva Balaghi, “What Fills Emptiness? Reflections on Iranian-American Women Artists Since 1979,” 30 Years of Solitude
• Roberta Smith, “Artists Leap Into The Moment,” The New York Times, July 25, 2008

2007

• Eddie Torres, “Iconoclasmic: Answering To A Higher Calling,”South Bronx Contemporary: A Catalogue of Essays,
  Interviews and Images Celebrating Longwood Arts Project's 25th Anniversary

2006

• Benjamin Genocchio, “Exploring the Effects of Disco’s Beat,” The New York Times, February 19, 2006
• Holland Cotter, “Do You Think I’m Disco,” The New York Times, February 3, 2006
• museRADIO, The Bronx Museum Teen Council Podcast, Episode 002, “Do You Think I’m Disco,” bronxmuseum.org

2005

• Denise Richardson, “Exhibit mixes politics and art,” The Daily Star, September 15, 2005

2004

• “Consumption & Being,” and “The Disinformation Consumer: Recent Paintings,” Noa Turel,
  fortnight-kitchen.com/newyork.html (archives)