Arghavan Khosravi

Arghavan Khosravi
ارغوان خسروی
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
EducationBrandeis University
Alma materIslamic Azad University,
University of Tehran,
Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation(s)painter, sculptor, illustrator
MovementSurrealism
AwardsJoan Mitchell Foundation (2019)
WebsiteOfficial website

Arghavan Khosravi (Persian: ارغوان خسروی; born 1984) is an Iranian-born American visual artist, and illustrator.[1][2] She is known for her three dimensional paintings with works that cross between the traditions of European Renaissance and Persian miniature; with themes of freedom, exile, and empowerment.[3] Khosravi lives in Stamford, Connecticut,[4] and previously lived in Natick, Massachusetts.[5]

Early life and education

Arghavan Khosravi was born in 1984 in Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. She moved to Tehran when she was 8 years old and was raised in a secular household.[6][7] In part due to Iranian societal issues in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, at an early age she was made aware of the distinct difference between public and private spaces.[6] The theme of the compartmentalized self was one that carried on in her later-made artwork.

Khosravi earned a BFA degree (2006) in graphic design from Islamic Azad University; an MFA degree (2009) in illustration from the University of Tehran; and a MFA degree (2018) in painting from Rhode Island School of Design.[6]

Career

Several years after attending the University of Tehran, Khosravi worked as a graphic designer and children's book illustrator.[7] She has illustrated around 20 books.[7] She was detained by the morality police in 2011.[6] In 2015, she moved to the United States to finish her education.[6] She attended a one-year postbaccalaureate program at Brandeis University.[5]

In her artwork, she juxtaposes contradictions in her images between freedom and restraints; and they often feature dream-like colorful and whimsical gardens, and something disturbing happening such as someone purposely limiting or obstructing the freedom of the female subject's bodily movement.[8] She uses traditional Persian textile patterns in many of her paintings.[9] Hair as a symbol has been used in many of her works; which a global audience took notice to after the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022.[10][6]

Exhibitions

In 2019, Khosravi had her first solo exhibition in a gallery at Lyles & King in New York City. [11][7] The exhibition featured 12 of her pieces, and was shown from October 11, 2019 to November 24, 2019.[12]

In 2022, she held her first solo museum exhibition at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1][13] The exhibition was shown from April 14, 2022 to September 5, 2022 and featured over 20 works made in the years leading up to the exhibition.[14][15][non-primary source needed] The exhibition was curated by the assistant curator at The Currier, Samantha Cataldo.[14]

Solo exhibitions

  • M+B Gallery (2020) in Los Angeles[16]
  • Rachel Uffner gallery (2021) in New York City[17]
  • Carl Kostyal Gallery (2021) in London[18]
  • Rockefeller Center (2022)[19]
  • Kavi Gupta Gallery (2022) in Chicago[4]
  • Stems Gallery (2022) in Belgium[8]
  • Koenig Gallery (2022) in Germany[20]

Group exhibitions

  • 2021, "Uncombed, Unforeseen, Unconstrained," an official collateral exhibition of the 59th Venice Biennale
  • Museum of Contemporary Art in Yinchuan, China
  • Orlando Museum of Art in Florida
  • Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island
  • Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Massachusetts

Collections

Her work is in public museum collections including at the Newport Art Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Rose Art Museum, Currier Museum of Art, and RISD Museum.[5]

Awards, honors, and residencies

Her art residencies have included the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire; the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass.; the Studios at MassMoCA in North Adams, Mass.; Monson Arts in Monson, Maine; and Residency Unlimited in Brooklyn, New York.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Garcia, Jacob (29 April 2022). "Open Studio: Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi and playwright Matthew López". WGBH news. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ Bowen, Jared; Barillaro, Maureen (11 August 2022). "Iranian artist's surrealist work explores restrictions on women and immigrants". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ Memarian, Omid (12 May 2022). "'The ambition of expressing myself freely': A conversation with Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi". Global Voices. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Upenieks, Elizabeth (17 September 2022). "Review: Arghavan Khosravi's The Witness at Kavi Gupta Gallery". Sixty Inches From Center. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Arghavan Khosravi". Joan Mitchell Foundation. 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Palumbo, Jacqui (2 November 2022). "Iranian artist's surreal paintings of women take on a new sense of urgency". CNN. ISSN 1607-8810. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d Fenstermaker, Will (30 October 2019). "Facing Duality: Arghavan Khosravi". BOMB Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ a b Ebert, Grace (26 August 2022). "Bound by Cord, the Women of Arghavan Khosravi's Paintings Exemplify the Borderless Fight for Equality". Colossal. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ Heidt, Emily (26 July 2022). "The Best Events Happening in August". New Hampshire Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Gerçeküstü isyan: İranlı sanatçı resimlerinde başrolü saçlara veriyor" [Surreal rebellion: Iranian artist gives hair the leading role in her paintings]. Diken (in Turkish). 3 November 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  11. ^ Fateman, Johanna (25 October 2019). "Arghavan Khosravi". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Arghavan Khosravi - Tightrope Walking the Red Lines". Lyles & King. [non-primary source needed]. Retrieved 2024-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ Whyte, Murray (13 March 2022). "Visual Arts". The Boston Globe. pp. Z24. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b "Arghavan Khosravi". Currier Museum. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  15. ^ "Press". Kavi Gupta Gallery. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  16. ^ "Arghavan Khosravi - Overview". M+B. [non-primary source needed]. Retrieved 2024-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. ^ Howe, David Everitt (18 May 2021). "One Work: Arghavan Khosravi's "Black Rain"". Art in America. ISSN 0004-3214. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Arghavan Khosravi – Carl Kostyál". [non-primary source needed]. 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2024-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^ Culgan, Rossilynne Skena (19 September 2022). "Art in Focus: Arghavan Khosravi". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  20. ^ "ARGHAVAN KHOSRAVI". KÖNIG GALERIE. [non-primary source needed]. Retrieved 2024-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)