Arghavan Khosravi Explained

Arghavan Khosravi
Native Name:ارغوان خسروی
Native Name Lang:fa
Birth Place:Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
Education:Brandeis University
Alma Mater:Islamic Azad University,
University of Tehran,
Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation:painter, sculptor, illustrator
Movement:Surrealism
Awards:Joan Mitchell Foundation (2019)
Website:Official website

Arghavan Khosravi (; born 1984) is an Iranian-born American visual artist, and illustrator.[1] [2] She is known for her three dimensional paintings with works that cross between the traditions of European Renaissance and Persian miniature; with themes of freedom, exile, and empowerment.[3] Khosravi lives in Stamford, Connecticut,[4] and previously lived in Natick, Massachusetts.[5]

Early life and education

Arghavan Khosravi was born in 1984 in Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. She moved to Tehran when she was 8 years old and was raised in a secular household.[6] [7] In part due to Iranian societal issues in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, at an early age she was made aware of the distinct difference between public and private spaces. The theme of the compartmentalized self was one that carried on in her later-made artwork.

Khosravi earned a BFA degree (2006) in graphic design from Islamic Azad University; an MFA degree (2009) in illustration from the University of Tehran; and a MFA degree (2018) in painting from Rhode Island School of Design.

Career

Several years after attending the University of Tehran, Khosravi worked as a graphic designer and children's book illustrator. She has illustrated around 20 books. She was detained by the morality police in 2011. In 2015, she moved to the United States to finish her education. She attended a one-year postbaccalaureate program at Brandeis University.

In her artwork, she juxtaposes contradictions in her images between freedom and restraints; and they often feature dream-like colorful and whimsical gardens, and something disturbing happening such as someone purposely limiting or obstructing the freedom of the female subject's bodily movement.[8] She uses traditional Persian textile patterns in many of her paintings.[9] Hair as a symbol has been used in many of her works; which a global audience took notice to after the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022.[10]

Exhibitions

In 2019, Khosravi had her first solo exhibition in a gallery at Lyles & King in New York City. [11] The exhibition featured 12 of her pieces, and was shown from October 11, 2019 to November 24, 2019.[12]

In 2022, she held her first solo museum exhibition at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire.[13] The exhibition was shown from April 14, 2022 to September 5, 2022 and featured over 20 works made in the years leading up to the exhibition.[14] [15] The exhibition was curated by the assistant curator at The Currier, Samantha Cataldo.

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Collections

Her work is in public museum collections including at the Newport Art Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Rose Art Museum, Currier Museum of Art, and RISD Museum.

Awards, honors, and residencies

Her art residencies have included the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire; the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass.; the Studios at MassMoCA in North Adams, Mass.; Monson Arts in Monson, Maine; and Residency Unlimited in Brooklyn, New York.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Garcia . Jacob . 29 April 2022 . Open Studio: Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi and playwright Matthew López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230903202649/https://www.wgbh.org/culture/2022-04-29/open-studio-iranian-artist-arghavan-khosravi-and-playwright-matthew-lopez . 3 September 2023 . 3 November 2022 . WGBH news . en.
  2. Web site: Bowen . Jared . Barillaro . Maureen . 11 August 2022 . Iranian artist's surrealist work explores restrictions on women and immigrants . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430114357/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/iranian-artists-surrealist-work-explores-restrictions-on-women-and-immigrants . 30 April 2023 . 3 November 2022 . . en-us.
  3. Web site: Memarian . Omid . 12 May 2022 . 'The ambition of expressing myself freely': A conversation with Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320173224/https://globalvoices.org/2022/05/12/the-ambition-of-expressing-myself-freely-a-conversation-with-iranian-artist-arghavan-khosravi/ . 20 March 2023 . 3 November 2022 . . en.
  4. Web site: Upenieks . Elizabeth . 17 September 2022 . Review: Arghavan Khosravi's The Witness at Kavi Gupta Gallery . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230608111902/https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/review-arghavan-khosravis-the-witness-at-kavi-gupta-gallery/ . 8 June 2023 . 4 November 2022 . Sixty Inches From Center . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2019 . Arghavan Khosravi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321143734/https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/arghavan-khosravi . 21 March 2023 . 4 November 2022 . . en.
  6. Web site: Palumbo . Jacqui . 2 November 2022 . Iranian artist's surreal paintings of women take on a new sense of urgency . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230813033425/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/arghavan-khosravi-paintings-iran-protests/index.html . 13 August 2023 . 3 November 2022 . . en . 1607-8810.
  7. Web site: Fenstermaker . Will . 30 October 2019 . Facing Duality: Arghavan Khosravi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518095625/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/facing-duality-arghavan-khosravi-interviewed/ . 18 May 2023 . 3 November 2022 . BOMB Magazine.
  8. Web site: Ebert . Grace . 26 August 2022 . Bound by Cord, the Women of Arghavan Khosravi's Paintings Exemplify the Borderless Fight for Equality . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610080101/https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/08/arghavan-khosravi-paintings/ . 10 June 2023 . 3 November 2022 . . en.
  9. Web site: Heidt . Emily . 26 July 2022 . The Best Events Happening in August . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20220801102143/https://www.nhmagazine.com/the-best-events-happening-in-august-2/ . 1 August 2022 . 4 November 2022 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: 3 November 2022 . Gerçeküstü isyan: İranlı sanatçı resimlerinde başrolü saçlara veriyor . Surreal rebellion: Iranian artist gives hair the leading role in her paintings . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228152933/https://www.diken.com.tr/gercekustu-isyan-iranli-sanatci-resimlerinde-basrolu-saclara-veriyor/ . 28 February 2023 . 4 November 2022 . . tr.
  11. Fateman . Johanna . 25 October 2019 . Arghavan Khosravi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173324/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/arghavan-khosravi . 20 September 2022 . 3 November 2022 . . en . 0028-792X.
  12. Web site: . Arghavan Khosravi - Tightrope Walking the Red Lines . 2024-03-07 . Lyles & King . en-US.
  13. News: Whyte . Murray . 13 March 2022 . Visual Arts . Z24 . . live . 16 May 2023 . https://archive.today/20230903215214/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-visual-art-arghavan/124636820/ . 3 September 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  14. Web site: Arghavan Khosravi . 2024-03-07 . Currier Museum.
  15. Web site: Press . 2024-03-07 . Kavi Gupta Gallery . en.
  16. Web site: . Arghavan Khosravi - Overview . 2024-03-07 . M+B . en.
  17. Web site: Howe . David Everitt . 18 May 2021 . One Work: Arghavan Khosravi's "Black Rain" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607050738/https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/arghavan-khosravi-multipart-painting-freedom-key-1234593254/ . 7 June 2023 . 4 November 2022 . . en-US . 0004-3214.
  18. Web site: 2023-11-27 . . Arghavan Khosravi – Carl Kostyál . 2024-03-07 . en-GB.
  19. Web site: Culgan . Rossilynne Skena . 19 September 2022 . Art in Focus: Arghavan Khosravi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104002324/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/art-in-focus-arghavan-khosravi . 4 November 2022 . 4 November 2022 . Time Out New York . en-US.
  20. Web site: . ARGHAVAN KHOSRAVI . 2024-03-07 . KÖNIG GALERIE . en.

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