Sara Mameni Explained
Sara Mameni (born March 29, 1977)[1] is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley.[2]
Education
Mameni completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, a Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD in Art History from the University of California, San Diego.[3]
Career
Mameni was an education coordinator at the Vancouver Art Gallery, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Director of the Aesthetics and Politics MA program at the California Institute for the Arts.[4] Mameni has written for Canadian Art, Fuse Magazine, Filip Review, Signs, Journal of Women and Performance, and more.[5] In June 2011, Mameni curated the exhibition, Snail Fever, at the Third Line Gallery in Dubai.[6] Mameni also has an interdisciplinary art practice that includes sound installation, drawing, and creative and scholarly writing. Mameni's artworks are in permanent collections at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[7]
Select bibliography
Writing
- "Adventures in History: Isabelle Pauwels at the Henry Art Gallery", Canadian Art, 2010.[8]
- "Dermopolitics: Erotics of the Muslim Body in Pain", Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, 2017.[9]
- "Car Flirting and Morality Cruising: Neurotic Gazes and Paranoid Glances in Contemporary Iranian Art", AL- Raida, 2013.[10]
- "Congo memories", Canadian Art, 2010.[11]
- "How Does It Feel to Be an Oil Spill?", Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities, 2020.[12]
- "Invasion of the Cybernetic Hand and Other Predicaments: Kristen Lucas at Or Gallery", Fillip Review, 2007.[13]
- "On Persian Blues : Queer Bodies, Racial Affects", eScholarship, University of California, 2015.[14]
- "Take Two", Canadian Art, 2009.[15]
- "Visual studies now. Visions of immunity", Visual studies (Abingdon, England), 2021.[16]
- "What Are the Iranians Wishing For? Queer Transnational Solidarity in Revolutionary Iran", Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2018.[17]
Exhibitions
- Again and Again and Again: Serial Formats and Repetitive Actions, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2012.[18]
- Everything Should be As Simple As Possible But Not Simpler, Western Front, 2008.[19]
- Between Us: Toronto/Vancouver Exchange, YYZ Artists' Outlet, 2008.[20]
- White Noise: Sara Mameni and Isabelle Pauwels, State Gallery, 2005.[19]
- The Poster Project, Artspeak, 2004.[21]
Awards
In 2009, Mameni was awarded the Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize for her account of artist Denise Oleksijczuks’ creation of the film Role.[22] Mameni has received grants from Canada Council for the Arts and the Mary Lily Research Grant.[23] [24] [25]
Notes and References
- Web site: Kajander . Paul . 2009 . Raymond Boisjoly, Karina Bergmans, Jennifer Cook, Steven Hubert, Roy Lu, Sara Mameni, Isabelle Pauwels, Minh Nguyen, Stefan Thompson and Ron Tran: Transcontinental Divide . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052412/https://www.helenpittgallery.org/exhibitions/past/archived-events/raymond-boisjoly-karina-bergmans-jennifer-cook-steven-hubert-roy-lu-sara-mameni-isabelle-pauwels-minh-nguyen-stefan-thompson-and-ron-tran-transcontinental-divide/ . 20 March 2017 . 18 March 2017 . UNIT/PITT Projects . Helen Pitt Gallery . en-CA.
- Web site: Fellowship Program - Sara Mameni . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052331/https://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/fellowship-recipients/fellows-pages/mameni-sara.html . 20 March 2017 . 17 May 2023 . President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program . University of California.
- Web site: Fall 2016 . Feminist Studies Colloquium Series: Sara Mameni – Ethnofuturism and the Archeology of the Future . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206005904/https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/feminist-studies-colloquium-series-sara-mameni-2/ . 6 February 2023 . 18 March 2017 . The Humanities Institute . . en-US.
- News: CalArts Program Faculty page. 2019-09-10. en-US.
- Web site: Author - Sara Mameni . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201135118/https://canadianart.ca/?authors=sara-mameni/ . 1 December 2022 . 18 March 2017 . . en-US.
- News: Hundal . Angela Boshoff . 27 June 2011 . Sarah Mameni Speaks about her 'viral exhibition' . . live . 17 May 2023 . https://archive.today/20230517220915/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/sara-mameni-speaks-about-her-viral-exhibition-1.829040 . 17 May 2023.
- Web site: 2012 . 2011/2012 Acquisitions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505135937/https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/collection_and_research/2012_acquisitions.html . 5 May 2019 . 27 March 2017 . Vancouver Art Gallery.
- Mameni . Sara . 2010 . Adventures in History: Isabelle Pauwels at the Henry Art Gallery . Canadian Art . 130–133.
- Mameni. Sara. 2017. Dermopolitics: Erotics of the Muslim Body in Pain. Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. 27. 96–103. 10.1080/0740770X.2017.1282119. 151757908.
- Mameni . Sara . 2013 . Car Flirting and Morality Cruising: Neurotic Gazes and Paranoid Glances in Contemporary Iranian Art . live . Al-Raida . 141 . 27–38 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913055834/http://iwsawassets.lau.edu.lb/alraida/alraida-141-142.pdf . 13 September 2016.
- Manemi . Sara . Fall 2010 . Congo Memories . Canadian Art . 27 . 3 . 131–33 . . ProQuest.
- Mameni . Sara . 2020 . How Does It Feel to Be an Oil Spill? . Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities . 8 . 1 . 82–94 . 10.1353/res.2020.0038 . 2330-8117.
- Mameni. Sara. 2007. Invasion of the Cybernetic Hand and Other Predicaments: Kristin Lucas at Or Gallery. Fillip. 5. 15.
- On Persian Blues : Queer Bodies, Racial Affects . UC San Diego . 2015 . en . Sara . Mameni.
- Maneni . Sara . Winter 2009 . Congo Memories . Canadian Art . 26 . 4 . 70–73 . . ProQuest Central.
- Mameni . Sara . 2021-05-27 . Visual studies now. Visions of immunity . Visual Studies . en . 36 . 3 . 221–222 . 10.1080/1472586X.2021.1970349 . 1472-586X.
- Mameni . Sara . June 2018 . What Are the Iranians Wishing For? Queer Transnational Solidarity in Revolutionary Iran . Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society . en . 43 . 4 . 955–978 . 10.1086/696628 . 0097-9740.
- Web site: 2012 . Again and Again and Again: Serial Formats and Repetitive Actions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190226162122/https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_again_again_again.html . 26 February 2019 . 27 March 2017 . Vancouver Art Gallery.
- News: Laurence . Robin . 8 September 2005 . White Noise . en . . live . 27 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507020823/https://www.straight.com/article/white-noise-1 . 7 May 2019.
- News: 4 September 2008 . Alissa Firth-Eagland and Johan Lundh: Between Us- A Toronto/Vancouver Exchange . en-US . YYZ . live . 27 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127040352/http://www.yyzartistsoutlet.org/2008/09/alissa-firth-eagland-and-johan-lundh-between-us-a-torontovancouver-exchange/ . 27 November 2022.
- Web site: 2004 . The Poster Project . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322094628/https://artspeak.ca/the-poster-project/ . 22 March 2023 . 27 March 2017 . Artspeak . en-US.
- News: 17 May 2012 . There are just two weeks left to apply for the Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize! . en-US . . dead . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170328112238/https://canadianart.ca/news/2-weeks-left-to-apply-for-writing-prize/ . 28 March 2017.
- Web site: Collins . Kate . 24 April 2014 . Congratulations to our 2014-2015 grant recipients! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126223350/https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2014/04/24/congratulations-to-our-2014-2015-grant-recipients/ . 26 January 2023 . 17 May 2023 . The Devil's Tale . Duke University Libraries.
- Web site: Grant and Prize Recipients - Mameni, Sara . live . https://archive.today/20230518022711/https://canadacouncil.ca/about/public-accountability/proactive-disclosure/grant-recipients/recipients-all?form=submitted&page=1&year=all&recipient=mameni&province=all&city=&area=all&riding=all&Sort1=Recipient&Sort2=Recipient&Sort3=Recipient&firstfiscalyear=-2147483648&lastfiscalyear=2147483647 . 18 May 2023 . 27 March 2017 . Canada Council for the Arts . en.
- Web site: Mary Lily Research Grants . 2024-03-22 . gradfund.rutgers.edu.