Shiva Ahmadi Explained

Shiva Ahmadi
Birth Place:Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Known For:Drawing, painting, animation

Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975; Persian: شیوا احمدی) is an Iranian-born American artist, known for her paintings, videos, and installations. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and museums in North America and the Middle East.

Biography

Ahmadi was born in Tehran, Iran in 1975.[1] Her upbringing, which is reflected in her art, was marked by the Iranian Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War.[2] She obtained a bachelor of fine art from Azad University in 1998 and right after moved to USA to pursue her graduate studies. She attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and received an Master of Art Degree in Drawing (2000) and a Master of Fine Arts in Drawing (2003).[3] [4] [5] In 2003 she attended an artist residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[6] In 2005 Ahmadi obtained her second MFA, in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Ahmadi was appointed as an Associate Professor of Art at the University of California, Davis in 2015.[7]

Career

Ahmadi's practice borrows from the artistic traditions of Iran and the Middle East to critically examine contemporary political tensions. Incorporating cultural symbols Ahmadi has taken a critical look at current social and political issues.[8]

Ahmadi works across a variety of media, including watercolor painting, sculpture, and video animation; consistent through her pieces are the ornate patterns and vibrant colors drawn from Persian, Indian and Middle Eastern art. In her carefully illustrated worlds, formal beauty complicates global legacies of violence and oppression. These playful fantasy realms are upon closer inspection macabre theaters of politics and war: watercolor paint bloodies the canvas, and sinister global machinations play out in abstracted landscapes populated by faceless figures and dominated by oil refineries and labyrinthine pipelines. Known for her achievements in painting, her later career has been marked by the use of video-animation. Her first animation Lotus was exhibited extensively in US and around the world and gained recognition from many critics and curators. Her latest animation titled Ascend (2017) was inspired by the death of Aylan Kurdi and Syrian refugee crisis in 2015. It was acquired by the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.[9]

Ahmadi's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Asia Society Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the DePaul Art Museum, the Morgan Library & Museum, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum,[10] the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the TDIC Corporate Collection in the United Arab Emirates, and the Farjam Collection in Dubai. Her piece Pipes, a five-feet wide watercolor[11] , was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2014.[12]

In 2016 she was awarded the Anonymous Was A Woman award.In 2018 Ahmadi was awarded a fellowship at the Civitella Ranieri Art Residency in Umbria, Italy.

Exhibitions

Awards

See also

External links

Web site: Artist Profile: Shiva Ahmadi. Asia Society. 20 July 2017. 23 June 2014.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi: In Focus. Asia Society. 10 March 2017. en. 2014.
  2. Web site: Mallonee. Laura C.. Using Beauty to Examine Ugly Political Truths. Hyperallergic. 10 March 2017. 14 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi. www.leilahellergallery.com. Leila Heller Gallery. 10 March 2017. en.
  4. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi. Kresge Arts in Detroit. 10 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Sheets. Hilarie M.. Shiva Ahmadi's Subversive Beauty. Introspective Magazine. 10 March 2017. 8 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi: Solo Exhibition at Asia Society Museum, NYC. stamps.umich.edu. Stamps School of Art & Design. 20 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi. arts.ucdavis.edu. 28 June 2013 . UC Davis Arts. 10 March 2017. en.
  8. Web site: Villarreal. Ignacio. New Paintings and Oil Barrels by Shiva Ahmadi at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller. artdaily.com. 10 March 2017. en. 2010.
  9. News: Shiva Ahmadi Combines The Beautiful and the Violent. 20 July 2017. Harper's BAZAAR Arabia. 17 April 2017. en.
  10. Web site: Biography - Shiva Ahmadi. www.shivaahmadistudio.com. 2019-03-08.
  11. Web site: A Closer Look: Shiva Ahmadi's Pipes. www.metmuseum.org. 2019-03-08.
  12. Web site: Rooney. Julia. A Closer Look: Shiva Ahmadi's Pipes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum. The Met. 10 March 2017.
  13. Web site: Exhibitions - Shiva Ahmadi . 2024-04-19 . www.shivaahmadistudio.com . en.
  14. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi: Ascend – Exhibitions – Leila Heller Gallery. www.leilahellergallery.com. Leila Heller Gallery. 20 July 2017. en.
  15. Web site: Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians. Aga Khan Museum. 10 March 2017. en. 1 November 2016.
  16. Web site: Gairola. Vibhu. A look at the splendid, politically charged pieces at the Aga Khan Museum's massive new Iranian art exhibition. Toronto Life. 10 March 2017. 10 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Global/Local 1960–2015: Six Artists from Iran – Grey Gallery. Grey Gallery. 10 March 2017. 2016.
  18. News: Cotter. Holland. Six Artists From Iran at Grey Art Gallery. 27 August 2017. The New York Times. 14 January 2016.
  19. Web site: Home Land Security. www.for-site.org. FOR-SITE Foundation. 20 July 2017.
  20. Web site: Past Exhibitions. www.stonybrook.edu. Charles B. Wang Centre. 20 July 2017.
  21. Book: K., Brodsky, Judith. The fertile crescent : gender, art, and society. 2012. Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art. Olin, Ferris., Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University). Galleries.. 9780979049798. New Brunswick, N.J.. 794365492.
  22. Web site: 2016 Award Winners. Anonymous Was A Woman Award. 10 March 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306002739/http://www.anonymouswasawoman.org/2016-award-winners.html. 6 March 2017. dmy-all.
  23. Web site: Shiva Ahmadi and Sonya Clark Named a 2016 Recipient of the "Anonymous Was A Woman" Award. Cranbrook Academy of Art. 10 March 2017. 10 October 2016.

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