EDUCATION
2014 – 2017 Master of Fine Arts (Performance)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
(New Society Artist Merit Award)
2004 - 2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture)
Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
TEACHING
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Lecturer
2023 - Present Wearing Many Hats, Art History and Arts Admin Department
2020 – Present Core I, Core II, Research, Contemporary Practices Department
2018 – 2019 Interdisciplinary Graduate Advisor, Graduate Division
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
Substitute Brendan Fernandes
2019 Postcolonial Cultural Theory Seminar
AWARDS, GRANTS, ACQUISITIONS
2023 University Club, Chicago USA (acquisition)
2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2022 Artadia Awardee, Chicago, USA
2022 Spark Grant, Chicago, USA
2021 Driehaus Museum Fellowship, Chicago, USA
2020 Diversity Infusion Grant, Chicago, USA
2019 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont, USA
2019 Canada Council for the Arts, Grant for Art Residency, Canada
2017 Leadership Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,USA
2016 Emerging Artist Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2015 Interoffice project selection, Canada Council For the Arts, Canada
2014 New Artist Society Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2014 Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
RESIDENCIES
2023 Roger Brown Residency, New Buffalo, USA
2021 BOLT at Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, USA
2020 Driehaus Museum, Chicago, USA
2019 Vermont Studio Residency, Vermont, USA
2015 ACRE, Steuben, USA
2015 OxBow, Saugatuck, USA
2014 Banff Residency, Banff, Canada
2013 Artscape, Toronto, Canada
2012 Sazmanab Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 The Urban Art House Center, Tehran, Iran
PRESS and PUBLICATIONS
2024 Mousse Magazine, Stephanie Cristello
2024 Brookyln Rail, Pia Singh
2024 WDCB Radio
2024 The Modern Art Notes Podcast
2024 WBEZ Radio
2024 Canvas Magazine
2024 Review of Maryam Taghavi at the MCA, Lori Waxman, Hyperallergic Magazine
2024 Review of Maryam Taghavi at the MCA, Annette Lepique, NewCity Magazine
2024 Review of Maryam Taghavi at the MCA, Micco Caporale, Reader Magazine
2023 Exhibition Announcement, OCULA
2023 Exhibition Announcement, NewCity Magazine
2023 Exhibition Announcement, e-flux Magazine
2023 Artist Profile, Chicago Magazine
2023 New City Artists’ Artist, Chicago, IL
2023 New City, 5 Best Booths in EXPO, Chicago, IL
2023 O’Hare Terminal 5 Expansion
2023 Exhibition Announcement, Museum of Contemporary Art
2023 Artist Profile, Art Gallery of York University, Felicia Mings
2023 A Review of Blanc Gallery, Spell Casting, Chicago Reader, Kerry Cardoza
2021 A Review of A Form By Which to Be Possessed, Hamza Walker
2020 Flag Art: Raising New Symbols of Belonging, Susan Snodgrass
2018 Exhibition Review, Chicago Tribune, Exhibition Asks Hard Immigration Questions, Lori Waxman
2017 Exhibition Review, Reverse Archeology, The Seen, Niloufar Sarlati
2016 Ugly Duckling Publication, Between Paradise and A Hard Place
2016 Joan Flasch Artist Collection, jä be jä, Chicago, USA
2016 Joan Flasch Artist Collection, Ass Without a Burden Walks Nimbly, Chicago, USA
2014 Art Metropole, from mouth to mouth: an exercise in intimacy, Toronto, Canada
2013 FUSE Magazine, Re: Ouster_Union, Toronto, Canada
2013 XPace Publication, Sight Specific, Toronto, Canada
2012 Ugly Duckling Publication, One Hundred Stitches, Chicago, USA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Museum of Contemporary Art, Performance at the Edlis Neeson Theater
With Farideh Hamzanlou and Jamshid Jam Band
2023 Museum of Contemporary Art (SOLO)
Curated by Bana Kattan
2023 O’Hare Airport, Chicago, USA (permanent installation)
Curated by Ionit Behar and Andrew Schachman
2023 EXPO, Chicago, USA
Artadia Awardee Booth
2023 Blanc Gallery (SOLO)
A Leap Has No Return, Curated by Rohan Ayinde
2022 University Club, Chicago, IL (SOLO)
Blowing into Thin Matter
2022 Shamide Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Through the Lens, Curated by Sanam Samanian
2021 Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, USA (SOLO)
A Form By Which To Be Possessed
2021 6018 North
A Raisin in the Sun, Curated by Asha Iman Veal
2021 Driehaus Museum, Chicago, USA
A Tale of Today
2021 Chicago Artist Coalition
One Thousand Plateaus, Curated by Kristin Korolowicz
2020 Four Flags, Manual Style, Chicago, USA
Flames, Curated by Stephanie Castello, Ruslana Lichtzier
2020 Lubeznic Art Center, Michigan, USA
Living Architecture (Traveling Exhibition)
2020 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Influx, Curated by Tricia Van Eyck
2019 EXPO International Art Fair (SOLO)
Flight into the Abyss
2019 Weinberg-Newton Gallery, Chicago, USA
The Way the Mystic Sees, Curated by Nabiha Khan
2019 Weinberg-Newton Gallery, Chicago, USA
Anatomy of a Fall
2019 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA
Center Program, curated by Juarez Hawkins
2018 6018 North, Chicago, USA
Living Architecture (curated by Tricia Van Eyck, Teresa E. Silva)
2018 Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Kentucky
Lake Effect, Curated by Andrea Fisher and Trevor Martin
2018 Hyde Park Art Center
Ground Floor, Curated by Allison Peters Quin
2018 Defibrillator (SOLO)
Anatomy of a Siren
2017 Grace Space, Brooklyn, NY
Anatomy of a Siren
2017 Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago
Untitled (Study on a Silhouette)
2017 LAXART, Los Angeles
Reconstitution, curated by Hamza Walker and Catherine Taft
2017 Queens Museum, NY
Liveart.US (curated by Hector Canonge)
2017 SpreadArt, Detroit
Rapid Pulse Tour
2017 Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
Reverse Archeology, Curated by Elliot Reichart and Daniel Fuller
2016 Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
Painting in Time II (curated by Kate Wilson)
2016 LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago
Ass Without a Burden Surely Walks Nimbly
2015 Links Hall, Chicago
Between Paradise and a Hard Place
2014 Links Hall, Chicago, USA
A Birthday Kit
2014 Unpack Gallery, Toronto, Canada
jä be jä curatorial project
2014 Tarahan Azad, Tehran, Iran
jä be jä curatorial project
2014 Hatch Residency, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
The Ballad of Student B, in collaboration with Francisco Granados
2014 Le Labo, Toronto, Canada
Squint, Performative Lecture
2014 Unpack Studio, Toronto, Canada
from mouth to mouth: an exercise in intimacy
2013 Hub 14, Toronto, Canada
Variations on Utterance
2013 Decolonial Aesthetics Symposium, University of Toronto, Canada
Performance Lecture, Mother Tongue
2013 Fado Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
Variations on Absurdity, Site-Specific, Curated by F.F Granados
WORKSHOPS, INTERVIEWS, LECTURES
2024 Panelist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
2024 Guest Artist, Drawing and Painting Graduate Critiques, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2024 Guest Artist, Contemporary Practices Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2024 Guest Artist, Art History Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2024 Artist Talk, Persian Circle, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2024 Museum of Contemporary Art, The Teens Workshop, Chicago, USA
2023 Guest Artist, Visual Arts Department Graduate Critiques, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
2023 Jury, OX Bow Residency, Saugatuck, MI, USA
2023 Artist Talk in conversation with Bana Kattan, Blanc Gallery, Chicago, USA
2022 Panelist “On Iran (Women, Life Freedom)”, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2022 Artist Talk in conversation with Hamed Yousefi, University Club, Chicago, USA
2022 Jury, Onion City Film Festival, Chicago, USA
2021 Interview, On the Occasion of…, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, USA
2021 Interview, Islamic Arts Initiative, Columbia College, Chicago, USA
2020 Panelist, Divergent Realities,, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA
2020 Interview with Daniel Quiles, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, USA
2019 Interview with Bad at Sports, Chicago, USA
2016 Artist Talk, God Sees, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, USA
2016 Workshop, Ass Without a Burden Walks Nimby, SAIC, Chicago, USA
2016 Artist Talk, Modes of Escape, Columbus Auditorium, Chicago, USA
2015 Lecture, Performance as a Drawing Tool I, Xpace Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Curator Talk+Panel, Displacement and Accent, Tarrahan Azad, Tehran, Iran
2014 Curator Talk+Panel, Unpack Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Reading Group, Translating into English, Kaf Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Lecture, Performance as a Drawing Tool II, Sazmanab Residency, Tehran, Iran
2013 Artist Talk, Translation and Accent, Sazmanab Gallery, Tehran, Iran
BOARD MEMBER
2022 - present Co-Prosperity Cultural Center, Chicago, USA
2012 - 2014 FADO Performance Art Center, Toronto, Canada
2012 - 2014 FUSE Magazine, Toronto, Canada