Golnar Adili (; born 1976 in
Virginia
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) is an
Iranian-born American multidisciplinary artist based in
Brooklyn
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, New York. Much of her work is influenced by growing up in post-
Iranian Revolution
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in Tehran and issues of displacement.
Biography
Adili was born in 1976 in
Falls Church, Virginia
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, but by 1980 at the age four her family moved back to Iran.
Her parents were political activists and after their move to Iran, her father was forced to flee back to the United States.
She returned to the United States in 1994 to reunite with her father and pursue her college education.
In 1998 she received a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Background ...
degree in Painting from the
University of Virginia
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and in 2006 she received a
Master's degree
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in Architecture from
University of Michigan
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.
In 2009 she won a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books from
New York Foundation for the Arts
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. Adili has been awarded residencies at
Women's Studio Workshop
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The workshop was founded in 1974 by Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, ...
(2015),
The MacDowell Colony
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(2007, 2013), the
Rockefeller Foundation
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at the Bellagio Center, and the
Lower East Side Printshop (2014), among others.
Exhibitions
A list of select exhibitions by Golnar Adili, in order by year.
* 2016 – "Language Landscape," Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
* 2014 – "Good News From Iran", Pasinger Fabrik-Munich, Munich, Germany
* 2013 – "Art on Paper + 1", The Brussels Contemporary Drawing Fair, Galeri Coullaud and Koulinsky, Paris, France
* 2013 – "Displacement",
Craft and Folk Art Museum
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, Los Angeles, California
* 2011 – "Forged Patterning: Solo Show",
Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
See also
*
List of Iranian artists
The following list of notable Iranian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are WP:ARTIST, notable and are either born in Iran, of Iranian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Iran.
...
*
List of Iranian women artists
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*
Iranian modern and contemporary art
A cursory glance at the history of art reveals that social, political and economic conditions have always played a major role in the emergence of new artistic currents and styles. As an example ''Flight'' by Morteza Katouzian is showing the margin ...
References
External links
Golnar Adili's official website
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1976 births
American people of Iranian descent
Artists from Brooklyn
University of Virginia alumni
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning alumni
MacDowell Colony fellows
American contemporary artists
Living people
People from Falls Church, Virginia
Artists from Virginia
21st-century American artists
21st-century American women artists
American artists of Iranian descent