Golnar Adili ( fa, گلنار عدیلی; born 1976 in

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) is an Iranian-born American multidisciplinary artist based in

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, New York. Much of her work is influenced by growing up in post-

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in Tehran and issues of displacement.

Biography

Adili was born in 1976 in

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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

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degree in Painting from the

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and in 2006 she received a

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in Architecture from

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. In 2009 she won a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books from

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. Adili has been awarded residencies at Women's Studio Workshop (2015), The MacDowell Colony (2007, 2013), the

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at the Bellagio Center, and the

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(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, Los Angeles, California * 2011 – "Forged Patterning: Solo Show", Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

References

External links

Golnar Adili's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adili, Golnar 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

Biography

Exhibitions

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