Bio 

Born

1942Kermanshah, Iran

Education

1974City College of New York, MFA

1967Tehran University of Fine Arts, BFA

Solo Exhibitions

2021We the Witnesses

2020Singing a New Song, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK

2020The New York Times Drawings (1996 - 1998), Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK

2019Nicky Nodjoumi: New York Times Sketchbooks (1996-1999), Helena Anrather, New York, NY

2018Please Sit Down, Barak Contemporary, Seoul, SK

2018Fractures, Third Line gallery, Dubai, UAE

2016You and Me, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY

2014The Accident, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

2013Chasing the Butterfly and Other Recent Paintings, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY

2010Educating the Horse, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, UAE

209Invitation to Change Your Metaphor, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

2009The Formulaic Nature of Appearances, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

2006Triumph of Tradition, Mike Weiss Gallery, NewYork, NY

2005Interactive Game, Thom Andriola/New Gallery, Houston, TX Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2004Private Agenda, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2003Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY

2001Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY

1999Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

1997Studio 24, New York, NY

1993Artists Space, New York, NY

1985Pictogram Gallery, New York, NY

1984Leila Taghinia Milani Gallery, New York, NY

1983The Alternative Museum, New York, NY

1980Retrospective, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1978Shahr Gallery, New York, NY

1976Roko Gallery,New York, NY Seyhon Gallery, Tehran, Iran

19681968 Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Group Exhibitions

2019Landfall Press : Five Decades of Printmaking, Milwaukee Art Mu- seum, Milwaukee, WI

2018In the Field Of Empty Days, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2018You Tell Me, Foley Gallery, New York, NY

2017Beyond the Ban, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY

2016A Verdant Summer, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY

2016Dallas Art Fair, Taymour Grahne Gallery, Dallas, TX

2015EXPO Chicago, Taymour Grahne Gallery, Chicago, IL

2015Bazm and Razm: Feast and Fight in Persian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2015Untitled Miami, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY

2014Abu Dhabi Art, Taymour Grahne Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014Pierogi XX : Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013Iran Modern, Asia Society, New York, NY

2013Nowrouz 1392, Artspace, London, UK

2012IMAGE/CLOT, curated by Dan Mills, Zolla/Liberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL

2013The Young Collectors Exhibition, Leila Heller Gallery, NY, NY

2011The Mask and the Mirror, curated by Shirin Neshat, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2011Tale Spinning, curated by Dan Mills, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME

2010One Thousand and One Nights: The Narrative Tradition in Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, curated by Nancy Einreinhofer, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

2009Iran Inside Out, curated by Sam Bardouil and Till Fellrath, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY; DePaul University Museum, Chicago, IL

2009Epic Painting, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

2009Chelsea Visits Havana, 10th Havana Biennial, Museo del Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba 2008 Conference of the Birds, organized by Berardi & Sagharchi Projects Ltd. and Leila Heller Gallery, Flawless, London, UK

2008Conference of the Birds, organized by Berardi & Sagharchi Projects Ltd. and Leila Heller Gallery, Flawless, London, UK

2004Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY

2003Momus Gallery, New York, NY

2003637 Running Feet: Black on White Drawings by 14 Artists, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

2002Dubrow International, curated by Norman Dubrow, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

2002East Village Now & Then: 20 Year Anniversary, Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY

2002New York in Texas, New Gallery, Houston, TX

200220th Anniversary Celebration: Stefan Stux Gallery, New Gallery, Houston, TX

2002Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001Tribeca Open Artists Studio Tour, New York, NY

2000Maison Française, Columbia University, New York, NY

2000Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

1999Center for Iranian Modern Arts, New York, NY

1999Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

1999Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1998The Lobby Gallery at Deutsche Bank, New York, NY

1998Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria

1998Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

1998Bard College, Red Hook, NY

1998Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

1993Burns Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY

1990Metropolitan Design Center, New York, NY

1988Mussavi Gallery, New York, NY

1987Annual Juried Exhibition, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

1985Pictogram Gallery, New York, NY

1984Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA

1982Annual Juried Exhibition, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

1979Revolutionary Poster & Cartoons Exhibition, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

2977Kerman Museum, Kerman Basel, Switzerland

1976Forum Gallery, New York, NY

1975Parson-Truman Gallery, New York, NY

1974City College Gallery, City College, New York, NY

1967Gandriz Gallery, Tehran, Iran