Delbar Shahbaz
General Info.
2017 MFA Degree at Art Center College Of Design , Pasadena, Los Angeles
2008 MFA Degree: Illustration at Tehran Art University
2005 BA Degree: Bio Medical Engineering , Shahid Beheshti Medical University,Tehran, Iran
Born Tehran, Iran
Living in Tehran and
Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “photo and sculpture exhibition” , Basmeh, Tehran, Iran
2017 “Kamikaze Show”, PØST Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 “Carnival Passengers”, Main Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
2015 Installation exhibition in The Wassaic Project artist residency
(Non-Residential), Wassaic, New York, United States.
2014 installation exhibition in ACCD gallery (Terrain of Absence) ,
Los Angeles, United States.
2012 Sculpture exhibition in Seyhoun Gallery (When me and my dreams vanished). Tehran, Iran.
2012 Photo exhibition in Dastan Basement. Tehran, Iran.
2010 Sculpture exhibition in Golestan Gallery (Little Simple Things)
Tehran, Iran.
2010 Sculpture exhibition in Fravahr Gallery
(Déjà-vu in a winter night).Tehran, Iran.
2009 Painting exhibition in Dey Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
2009 Sculpture exhibition in Golestan gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2009 Painting and sculpture exhibition in Henna Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
2008 Painting exhibition in Tehran Lale Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
Group Exhibitions
2022 “When I Consider Everything That Grows”, Quorum Quorum, San Pedro, Los Angeles
2021 Behnam Dheshpour Cancer Charity Show, Iran, Tehran,
2020 “Artists for Black Live”s, Online Silent Auction, San Diego
2019 “And I was feeling alive”, Meridian Exhibitions, Los Angeles 2018 Past Forward, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
2018 Vibrant Matter, Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles
2018 Something Happened, Basement Projects, Santa Ana
2017 performing at Phyllis Green’s piece, Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles
2017 “AS.SEM.BLR: A PERFORMATIVE READING”, The New Museum, Los Angeles
2016 Untitled Without Borders, CLU Gallery, Los Angeles
2016 Shift and Fade, Blam Los Angeles
2016 Green circle, Otis College of art and design, Los Angeles
2016 "Always a body", University of Santa Barbara, CA, United States
2015 group show, Gallery CLU, Los Angeles, United States
2015 Mr. President, Tarrahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2015 Poster Exhibition in Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, United States.
2014 Two Hours of Video-Art from Iran” 43th Edition of The Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada.
2013 Photo expo group exhibition in Iranian House Of Artists. Tehran, Iran.
2013 International video festival in Aaran Gallery. Tehran, Iran (Curated by Amirali Ghasemi).
2011 Exhibition (Title: Doll) in Shirin Gallery Video Art(Unico). Tehran, Iran.
2011 Selected exhibition in Cultural forum of Austrian Embassy. Tehran, Iran.
2010 Exhibition (Title: Tehran) in Aaran Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
2009 Masques of Shahrzad-Three Generations of Iranian Women Artists London ,England.
2007 Participating in Buca Education Faculty 2nd International Visual Arts - Izmir, Turkey.
Residency
2015 Wassaic Project Artist Residency
Awards
2019 awarded Faculty Project Grant at Art Center College of Design
2014 MFA Scholarship Awards, Art Center College Of Design, Los Angeles.
2007 Winning the price for “Contemporary painters influenced by Persian painting” Imam Ali Museum - Tehran, Iran.
2007 Winning the first price for the Iranian women’s workshop, Tehran.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2004-2011 Wrote more than 30 articles on contemporary art (research and translation) in Tandis Magazine. Tehran, Iran.
2009 Cité des Arts Lithography Studio. Paris, France
2008 Art student tour leader (from Iran to Turkey , Greece, Italy, France)
2007 Foreigners cooperator in Tehran international symposium
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2022 Adjunct Faculty, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
2021 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2020 Mt Sierra College, Monrovia, CA
2020 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2019 Mt Sierra College, Monrovia, CA
2019 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2018 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2017 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2016 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2015 Teaching Associate, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Publications & Catalogues
2019
http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-delbar-shahbaz/ Voyage LA Online Magazine
2017
http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/dot-magazine/articles/seeking-solace-travel-ban-impact-on-artcenter-students.html DOT Magazine, Art Center College of Design