Iranian Arts Now Exhibition
The time for our “Iranian Arts Now” online exhibition is now over after three month but due to its success we are extending its display. For this exhibition we received over 500 art submissions from over 200 artists living all over the world including Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Canada, and various states in the US including California, Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut.
The submissions included a wide assortment of medium including painting, drawing, photography, calligraphy, sculpture, wood work, illustration, crafts, collage, digital art, installation, and mixed media. There was a wide variety of artistic expressions and styles from traditional and folk art and crafts to modern and contemporary styles.
The outcome was a digital exhibition of over 100 selected artworks showcased at the NeekOn festival on September 26, 2015 at the Koret Auditorium of De Young Museum in San Francisco, California. NeekOn festival was led by Borhan Oskoorouchi and Iranican and was held on de Young Museum and Golden Gate Park of San Francisco, California on September 26, 20015. It was planned to have different art and cultural programs including music, performance, food and bazar, and art gallery mostly offered free to the public. Through the festival, beside the Iranian Arts Now exhibition, over 20 original artworks from local, national and international artists was curated and displayed at a pop-up style exhibition under the Bandshell of Music Concourse of Golden Gate Park.
The festival was visited by over 2,000 visitors (with estimate of over 1,000 guests at a given time), it had the support of over 10 collaborating cultural organizations, was including 7 different ethnic and cultural representations, and it was supported by the help of over 100 volunteers.
Moreover, over 214 accepted artworks of the Iranian Arts Now were showcased on the online exhibition of Ziya Art Center at www.ziyaart.com for the course of 3 months which had over 2,000 visitors worldwide.
The “Iranian Arts Now” exhibition is a showcase of the outstanding examples of the very diverse expressions of the contemporary Iranian artists and the arts inspired by it around the world that is fostering a conversation both among the artists themselves and between the artists and the general public, so that the commonalities and differences in the Iranian expressions can be explored and communicated. This exhibition was curated by award winning artist, Chief Judge and Curator, Arash Shirinbab.
Announcement of the Accepted Artists:
Ziya Art Center is thrilled to announce the selected artists of the “Iranian Arts Now” second international exhibition. This year we received over 500 art submissions from over 200 artists living all over the world including Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Canada, and various states in the US including California, Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut. The submissions included a wide assortment of medium including painting, drawing, photography, calligraphy, sculpture, wood work, illustration, crafts, collage, digital art, installation, and mixed media. We also received a wide variety of artistic expressions and styles from traditional and folk art and crafts to modern and contemporary styles.
The “Iranian Arts Now” exhibition is a showcase of the outstanding examples of the very diverse expressions of the contemporary Iranian artists and the arts inspired by it around the world. We hope to foster a conversation both among the artists themselves and between the artists and the general public, so that the commonalities and differences in the Iranian expressions can be explored and communicated.
Our 2015 exhibition will be a digital representation of over 100 selected artworks to be showcased at the Neekon festival on September 26, 2015 at De Young Museum in San Francisco, California. Moreover, all the 214 accepted artworks will be showcased on the online exhibition of Ziya Art Center at www.ziyaart.com for the course of 3 months. Thus, the selections are final and there is no need to post the actual work to us in California.
Important Note: We have 2 lists of accepted artists. The first list is showing the artists that are accepted and their application is final. The second list is showing the artists that are missing some information from application. If you are listed in the second list, you SHOULD email ziya.art.studio@gmail.com by September 23, 2015, your short (1 paragraph) biography, address, and specification of submitted works (include title, dimensions, medium, and price). If we do not receive this information we would unfortunately exclude the artist from the exhibition.
First List: List of the accepted artists whose application and acceptance is final
Abdolreza Hosseini Garakani
Abdul Rashid
Adel Motalebi
Afrouz Dehghan
Afsane Farhadi
Aghigh Ranjbar
Aidin Barzegar
Ali Asghar Mortezaee
Ali Hajimoradi
Ali Najafi
Ali Shafieabadi
Alireza Khoubi
Amir Behrouzi Rad
Amir Esfandiyar Etezadi Behzadi
Anita Poulady
Anne Murray
Annie Abrahamian
Arash Shirinbab
Aytay Khorraminejad
Azadeh Riahi
Azar Jahanyar
Azin Zolfaqari
Bahareh Agoush
Bahareh Firouzbakhsh
Bahareh Rezania
Bahram Mosleh
Banafsheh Heidari
Davoud Izadpanah
Ebrahim Alipoor
Ehsan Kafi
Elahe Feyzi
Elham Fathollahi
Elham Shamshiri
Es`Hagh Aghaei
Farimah Shahgholian
Farshid Elishai Sayad
Farzin Foroutan
Fatemeh Karimi
Fatemeh Koleini
Fatemeh Rezaeefar
Fatemeh Taheri
Fereshteh Moghaddasi
Firouzeh Tahereh Bakhtiari
Ghader Mansoori
Ghamaralsadat Mojabi
Golsa Seddighi
Hadiceh Mirzaee
Hamed Mahdavi Beydokht
Hamidreza Safizadeh
Homa Arkani
Iman Vaghefi
Jalal Habibi
Javad Mobasseri
Kambiz Hoorsan
Karl Lorenzen
Keyvan Mahjoor
Ladan Zolfaghari
Leilee Rezaee
Maedeh Savoji
Mahdie Saedifar
Mahdieh Mirmoezi
Mahdieh Valizadeh
Mahmood Zamani
Mahrokh Malek
Mahsa Bolvardi
Mahsa Haji Esmaeili
Mani Mehrzad
Mansoureh Jamshidi
Mansoureh Mohammadi
Marjan Faezipour
Marjan K. Vayghan
Maryam Hosseinabadi
Maryam Rostampour
Maryam Taherian
Maryam Zarifian
Masoumeh Etebarzadeh
Massome Habib.Parvane
Melisa Valipour
Milad Jahani
Mina Ghasempour
Mitra Lashgari
Mohamadali Shadman
Mohamed Zakaria Soltan
Mohammad Babaei
Mohammad Reza Ravandeh
Mohsen Kaveh
Mohsen Momeni
Mohsen Tashkhourian
Mojtaba Konarzadeh
Monir Hosseini
Morteza Shamissa
Naeimeh Reza Ahrabi
Naeimeh Taheri
Nakisa Khabbazian Bideh
Nasim Maserrt
Nasrin Sarmadisadr
Nasser Arabpour
Nastaran Rahimi Khoshnameh
Nazanin Sepandram
Neda Tahmasebi
Negar Honarpisheh
Negar Malek Ashar
Nila Vala
Parisa Taghipuor
Parvane Rajabi Nejad
Parvaneh Pourkaveh
Parvin Ghorbanzadeh Dizaji
Parvin Saadati
Patty Woods Gawlik
Pedram Beigi
Pooria Rostami
Rahima Wear
Raouf Fallah
Rayyaneh Karami
Roya Mohamadiha
Saba Jafari
Sadegh Sayadpour
Saeed Ghanbari
Sahar Lelahi
Samaneh Salavati
Sara Baftizadeh
Sara Norouzkermanshahi
Sara Rastkhiz
Sayeh Taheri
Sepideh Shahrokh Esfahani
Shabnam Ehdaei
Shabnam Zohoorian
Shams Sadat Razavi Nematollahi
Shekofeh Hosseinzadeh
Shida Azari
Shirin Alizadeh Majdabad
Shokofeh Ghafari
Soheil Zandazar
Somaye Mashayekhi
Susan Nasr
Tayebeh
Toktam Hossaini
Vida Nikouei
Zahra Karami
Zahra Goldouzi
Zahra Khalilzade
Zahra Seyedan
Zinat Masalehgoo
Zohre Beladi
Second List: List of the accepted artists whose application and acceptance is pending and need to email us supporting information
Adel Pirestani
Azadeh Rabiee
Fatemeh Motedayen
Fatemeh Aryaienik
Fatemeh Ciyahpoush
Foroozan Shirghani
Judi Iranyi
Mahmood Hosseini
Mahshad Safavi
Majid Ronasiyan
Masoomeh Keyvankia
Moniba Eghbalpour
Mostafa Seyedan & Zahra Seyedan
Mostafa Seyedan & Zohre Beladi
Nasrin Najafi
Parvane Rajabi Nejad
Persian Idea Gallery
Rezvan Kamali
Sasan Meftahi
Sepideh Zare
Seyyed Iman Vaghefi Rezayi
Zahra Barahimi
Iranian Arts Now 2015 At
EXHIBITION THEME AND DETAILS
For 2015, artists may participate in the themed section that is about “Giving and Benevolence” or participate in the non-theme section.We are going to showcase the digital representation of the selected artworks at the Neekon Festival at the Golden Gate Park and De Young Museum of Art in San Francisco, USA, on September 26, 2015 (no display of the physical artwork). We will also showcase the works online from September 26 – December 29, 2015 on our website. This is a very unique opportunity for all artists around the world to participate and become part of one of the biggest digital exhibition of contemporary Iranian art in the world. We will actively promote the selected arts in the course of the exhibition and beyond through various methods including but not limited to sharing them and introducing artists via email lists, social media, multiple websites, apps, and exhibition catalog to make sure several thousands of audiences will view the arts globally.
Iranian artists from around the world, artists with Iranian descend, and all other artists whose art is inspired by Iranian art and culture are invited to participate. We are seeking artwork that expresses the theme and a commitment to furthering understanding of Iranian art and cultural dialogue.
We seek artwork in various mediums including painting, drawing, calligraphy, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass, textile, crafts, digital art and mixed media, and design (graphic, industrial, architecture, landscape). All artwork must be the original creation of the artist submitting the artwork. Artists at any level and with any style (traditional, folk, modern, abstract, conceptual, etc.) are encouraged to submit artwork.
Entries will be curated and selected based on their relevance to theme, creativity, quality of execution, and the cultural expressions. We will not consider submissions that do not relate to our theme in any way, depict human nudity, expressing strong political messages, or representing violence. The 2015 exhibition is going to be digital, so there will not be a need to send the actual artwork to the USA.
SELECTED ARTWORK
Selected artworks will be announced on September 19, 2015 via email and through Ziya Art Center’s website www.ziyaart.com. Selections are final and we will exhibit digital image of selected artwork. There is no need to post actual artwork to the USA.
ARTWORK SALES
Artwork submitted to this exhibition can be set for sale. Price is determined by the artist (US Dollars). If the artwork is not for sale, the artist should mention it is Not For Sale in the Submission Form. We will get a 35% of the sales of the digital copy, reproductions, or the actual artwork. Artists are responsible for the packaging, shipment, and insurance of their artwork to the buyers. The price cannot be changed after submitting the Submission Form. If artists are not able to post their artwork overseas or are not able to receive money via credit card in case of sale, they should mention it is Not For Sale in the Submission Form.
EXHIBITION TIMELINE
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Submission deadline: September 5, 2015
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Announcing accepted artworks: September 19, 2015
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Showcase time: Digital representation at Neekon Festival in San Francisco, USA, September 26, 2015
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Online exhibition at Ziya Art Center’s website www.ziyaart.com: September 26 – December 29, 2015
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