Education
2015 Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, US
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
2006 Diploma, Interior Design, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Exhibitions
2021 (upcoming) Headlands center for the arts benefit art auction, San Francisco, US
Summer group show Dastan +2, Tehran Iran
2020 Metal Matters group show, Chris Sorensen studios, Fresno, US
2019 Once at present, Iranian Diaspora art, Minnesota Street project, San Francisco, US
ADVOCARTSY, Iranian Contemporary, Los Angeles, US
2018 I love you because you’re sweet and tender, Khak gallery, Tehran, Iran
Solo Show, Dastan Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
ADVOCARTSY, Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary, San Francisco, US
20x20 project, group show, Al Serkal, Dubai
2017 Beneficial art auction by Headlands Center for the arts, Fort Mason Center
Group show, Dastan V Café, Tehran Iran
There, Solo show, Corridor 2122, Fresno, US
The commons, Headlands Center for the arts, Sausalito, US
Group show Artnet & ADVOCARTSY, The Space, Los Angeles, US
2016 Solo show, Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, US
I’ll Tell you Later, Headlands Center of the Arts, Sausalito, US
2015 Headlands open studios, Sausalito, US
Grad Show, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, US
3 stage installation on sidewalks, streets, urban space, CCA library, San Francisco, US
Bita Fayyazi Group Show, Tehran, Iran
Luciano Benetton’s Imago Mundi collection, Venice biennale, Italy
2014 Looking into my eyes, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, US
Full Disclosure, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, US
2013 The Show, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
Ladies this way, Gentlemen the other, Mezzanine Gallery, ECU, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Underworlds and Afterlifes, Lion's Den Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
headstART Competition, The Beaumont Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Student art sale, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
Pop Culture, Split Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Marpole Festival, Street Art, Richmond, Canada
Art in Town, Festival Cinemas selected artist, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Deck Show, The Fall Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Abstraction, Split Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Student art sale, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
2010 Foundation Show, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
Student art sale, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
Professional Experience
2008-Present Freelance Designer, Consulting and Contract
2015 Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, US
2013 Artist Assistant, Geoffrey Farmer Studio, Vancouver, Canada
2008-2013 Pre-press Operator, FedEx Office, Vancouver, Canada
2006-2008 Chief Design Officer, Central Bank, Tehran, Iran
2002-2006 Senior Banknote Designer, Central Bank, Tehran, Iran
2000-2002 Senior Graphic Designer, International Trade Center, Tehran, Iran
1999 Artist Assistant, Bita Fayyazi Studio, Tehran, Iran
Awards/Scholarships
2015 First prize winner, Clyde & Co Award, Newport Beach, US
Finalist, Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, US
Winner, Headlands Center for the Arts Graduate Fellowship, US
2014 California College of the Arts, $11,500 Scholarship, US
British Columbia Arts Council $5,800 Scholarship, Canada
Finalist, Clyde & Co Award, US
2013 California College of the Arts, $11,500 Entrance Scholarship, US
British Columbia Arts Council $5,000 Scholarship, Canada
2011 Finalist, IDEA Award, Canada
2007 Winner, Best design for bank draft (1, 2, 3), Iran
2006 Winner, New design structure for Iranian bank drafts, Iran
2005 Winner, Best design for banknote & coin, Iran
2004 Winner, New design structure for Iranian banknotes, Iran
Press/ Reviews/ Catalogues and Publications
2013 Rebecca Wilson. “Saatchi New this Week Collection.” Saatchi Online.
“Sticking it to The Man sticks with me”. Carlyn Yandle blog.
2012 “Warhol Inspired Art”. OH! Parasite.
“A painting by Kaveh Irani”. Montreal Gazette.
Saatchi Online. "Inspired by Warhol Collection" Saatchi Online.
“headstART Catalogue”. The Beaumont Studio.
Walters, Joan. "Obscured Fragments of a Fairy Tale." Canadian Art Junkie.
2011 Solis, Chenoa. "Saatchi Spotlight Collection." Saatchi Online.
Sibai, Suhair. "Malancholy Collection."Saatchi Online.
2006 Rad M. A Color Atlas of Medical Entomology. Tehran: SBMU, 2006. Cover.
Rad M. Atlas of Medical Mycology and Arthropodology. Tehran: SBMU, 2006. Cover.
Collections
Thirty paintings in total held in private collections in Canada, United States, UK & Iran