b. 1988, Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2016
M.F.A. Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2016
M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012
B.A. Graphic Design, Sooreh Art University, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
Green Gallery, Dubai, UAE (forthcoming)
2017
Of Strangers and Parrots, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Heartbreak, curated by Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo, commissioned by Ruya Maps, Ca’ del Duca, Venice, Italy
Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
We Contain Multitudes, curated by Ali Banisadr, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India
Let Me Tell You a Story, curated by Wedel Art, The Arts Club, London, England
2018
Ten Years, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Body Armor, curated by Jocelyn Miller, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
2017
Sedentary Fragmentation, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Echo, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
We the watchers are also the bodies, Hercules Art Studio Program, New York, NY
on the bank of what river?, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
Night at the Museum, MOMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
EXPO Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bard MFA Thesis Show, Milton Avery School of the Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Luminarts Cultural Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship Finalists Exhibition, the Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
We the Dulles, THE FORT, Brooklyn, NY
8 Artists Walk Into A Bar, Falcon’s Nest, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Duck Show, Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, CA Awards & Fellowships
2014
The Other Side of Visibility, Mottahedan Projects, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Good News from Iran, The Munich Cultural Center at Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
Paintingwall (Janus at 8:16), Touch Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2013
Good News From Iran, Gallery Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
Prestressed, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
CURATORIAL AND WRITING PROJECTS
2019
She Models for Her, curated by Maryam Hoseini and Phoebe d’Heurle, THE SHED, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2017
“The Artists’ Artists,” Artforum, page 69, December 1.
Other Hours, curated by Maryam Hoseini and Phoebe d’Heurle, 601Artspace, New York, NY
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2018
Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2016
Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship, Chicago, IL
2016-2014
New Artist Society and Full Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Merit Scholarship and Fellowship, Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Rao, Veena and Nick Ravich. "Maryam Hoseini's Every Day Abstractions," Art21, New York Close Up series, 5:34. October 30, 2019.
Chalabi, Tamara and Paolo Colombo. Heartbreak, RUYA MAPS, 2019
Loos, Ted. "Young and Unknown Artists Take the Lead at The Shed with Open Call," Cultured Magazine, April 3
Art21. “New York Close Up: Maryam Hoseini,” 2019.
Blackburn, Virginia. “Arresting artworks with something to say,” Financial Times, January 13
Banisadr, Ali. We Contain Multitudes, Galerie Isa, January 2019
2018
Karp-Evans, Elizabeth. "30 Under 35 2019: Maryam Hoseini's Paintings Collapse Identity and Architecture," Cultured Magazine, November 29
Malley, Clara. “Protection finds its equal in pleasure at PS1’s ‘Body Armor’,” Document
Journal, June 6
Laster, Paul. “Highlights from Dallas Art Fair 2018,” ArtAsiaPacific, April 14
Greenberger, Alex. “At Dallas Art Fair, Dealers Play Their Hand Deep in the Art of Texas,” ARTNews, April 12
2017
Johnson, Paddy and Powhida, William, “What Curators Really Think: A Cringe Worthy Report,” Explain Me Podcast, December 29
Saltz, Jerry, “To Do: December 13-27,” New York Magazine, page 120, December 13
Saltz, Jerry, “The 10 Best Art Achievements of 2017,” Vulture, December 8
Herriman, Kat. “Critics’ Pick: Maryam Hoseini,” Artforum, November 17
Gallagher, Emily. “What To See Now: New York November 2017,” Cultured Magazine, November 1
“Queer Spa,” PIN-UP Magazine, Issue 22, September 1
Shams, Alex. “Sedentary Fragmentation: Toward a Genealogy of Chicago’s Iranian Art Scene,” Ajam Media Collective, August 22
Fallahpisheh, Hadi and Olken, George. “Thinks: Mistaken Identity,” Bad At Sports, August 19
Hawbaker, KT. “Mapping Out Chicago’s Legacy of Iranian-American Art,” Chicago Tribune, August 18
Johnson, Rindon. “All The Feels,” Cultured Magazine, July 1
Kalinovsky, Roman. “A Hybrid State: Art by Seven Iranian-American Women,” Art Critical, July 5
McQuaid, Cate. “At Gallery Kayafas, Art From Iranian Women,” Boston Globe. June 22
Interview with the artist, Induction Burners Podcast, Episode 4, February 21
2016
Cascone, Sarah. “MoMA PS1’s ‘Night at the Museum,’ ArtNet News. August 27
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
KADIST, Paris, France and San Francisco, CA