Education
2022- present
MFA Ceramic student at Umass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2019-2022
Ceramic | , Ceramic ||, Fundamental 3D |, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
2008
BFA, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Award
2025
Winner of best of south coast show, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2024
Tradition, Influence, Innovation Show Award, Umbrella Art Center, MA
2022
Distinguished Artist Fellowship, Umass Dartmouth University, MA
2022
Ceramic competitive SKYWAY show, IL
Conference
2025
NCECA, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2023
NCECA, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2021
11th Experience Workshop - Ceramic, Chamber of Commerce, Kerman, Iran
Residency
2024
School of Ceramic, Tapalpa, Mexico
2024
School of Ceramic, Tapalpa, Mexico
2021
Adameh Art Center, Dodgevill,Wisconsin
Teaching Experience
2018-2019
Painting Instructor, Bottle and Bottega Art Gallery, Parkridge, IL
Solo Exhibition
2025
Micro Gallery , Burlington, MA
Group Exhibitions
2025
Thesis show, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, MA
2025
Thesis show, FRACC, Ignition space, Fall River, MA
2025
Art Current, Kettle Black Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2025
Best of Southcoast, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2025
Distinctive Hybrid, Sculpture Space, Queens, NY
2025
In her own Image, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2025
Lifeworld, Sosa MassArt Gallery, Boston, MA
2025
Lighting the Star Store, New Bedford, MA
2025
Thesis Show / College of Visual & Performing Arts
2024
Focus on Fibers, Menino Art Center, Hyde Park, MA
2024
Ceramic, Umbrella Art Center, Concord, M
2024
Ceramic, Star Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2023
Ceramic, Gallery 65, New Bedford, MA
2023
Ceramic, Women-working-with-clay-symposium, Hollins University, Virginia
2023
Ceramic, Virtual, NCECA, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022
Ceramic, Gallery 244, CVPA, New Bedford, MA
2022
Ceramic, Skyway, McHenry County College, IL
2022
Cup show, CVPA, New Bedford, MA
2021
Video Art, Catharsis, Tehran, Iran
2021
Cup show, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2020
Online show, Oakton Community College Museum, Des Plain, IL
Curator and Gallery experience
2025
Curating a group show , Lighting the Star Store, New Bedford, MA
2025
Curating an exhibition, Current Art, Kettle black gallery, New Bedford, MA
2024
Gallery Director at The Star Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2024
Co-Founder, Star Store Student Collective
2024
Curating an exhibition, Echos of home, Star gallery, New Bedford, MA
2010
Manager,owner,Director of Faryad Gallery, Kerman, Iran
Press and related Links
2023
Some MFA Students Are Back in New Bedford…, The New Bedford Light.
- Some MFA students are back in New Bedford (click to read the article)
- Some UMass Dartmouth Master of Fine Art students are back in New Bedford (click to watch the video)
- Our final show (click to watch the video)
- 'More Than Just A Building' a love letter to those who called Star Store home (click to read the article)
- Star Store will become a downtown arts hub once again (click to read the article)
- Boston nonprofit sees in Star Store what UMass Dartmouth did not (click to read the article)