Tuesday, June 19, 2007

TransFORM/NATION Exhibition

Dear friends,

please join us(IAAB) this Thursday, June 21 from 6-9pm for the opening reception of TRANSFORM/NATION: Contemporary Art of Iran and its Diaspora. There will be live music, food, and drinks and a chance to meet some of the artists.

http://www.iranianalliances.org/art/index.php

TRANSFORM/NATION
CONTEMPORARY ART OF IRAN AND ITS DIASPORA

Amir Rad - Untitled

Washington DC · Tehran · June 22-August 4, 2007

Join IAAB and 21 Iranian artists from around the world
to explore Iranian identity, tradition and stereotypes

Multi-media exhibitions in DC, Tehran, & online

Ellipse Arts Center · Arlington, VA (DC Metro Area)

Exhibiting Artists: Samira Abbassy, USA · Haleh Anvari, Iran · Kaya Behkalam, Germany · Mina Ghaziani, Iran · Pantea Karimi, USA · Bani Khoshnoudi, France · Haleh Niazmand, USA · Amir Rad, Iran · Afarin Rahmanifar, USA · Jairan Sadeghi, USA · Samineh Sarvghad, Iran · Farideh Shahsavarani, Iran · Samira Yamin, USA · Siamak Nasiri Ziba, Iran

Nikzad Gallery · Tehran, Iran

Exhibiting Artists: Ali Alavi, Iran · Nazgol Ansarinia, Iran · Amir Sabber Esfahani, USA · Bani Khoshnoudi, France · Farideh Shahsavarani, Iran · Maryam Shirinlou, Iran · Shadi Yousefian, USA · Mahboubeh Zadehahmadi, Iran · Shahnaz Zehtab, Iran · Siamak Nasiri Ziba, Iran

Curated by: Narges Bajoghli, Nikoo Paydar, Leyla Pope and Maryam Ovissi

About Me

Name: Azadeh

A graduate of Master in Public Policy with a concentration in International and Global Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, I also recently received an International MBA in the Netherlands. Alongside my studies, I worked as a researcher and consultant on projects related to the prospects of reform in Iran, the impact of international development policies on the empowerment of women, children and education. Now, I continue to work as a researcher and consultant to internationally recognized foundations and institutions with regards to, broadly speaking, civil society in the Middle East and beyond. I currently live in the East Coast of the United States and travel frequently to Boston, NYC and Washington DC for work. In 2007, I received an Honors BA degree in Comparative Literature from Oberlin College in Ohio. Studying literature was not a random decision in my life as I believe in the power of words and the magic of narration and story-telling in reconciling with the trauma caused by tragic experiences in one's life. I was born and raised in Tehran, Iran and moved to the United States in the last year of high school.

Azadeh Pourzand