Statement
My deepest yearnings and desires are best expressed as poetic compositions. Using abstraction and representation, I employ visual means to infer experiences, the images serving as shadows of memory that set in motion the process of remembering and the creation of new experiences. Escaping a linear interpretation while pointing to an abstract meaning, my paintings reflect my desire for a union in the context of duality, a response to the calling of my soul and venturing a glimpse into the lesser known areas of my psyche.
Fine Art Resume
EXHIBITIONS
Solo 2013 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2006 Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2004 Linda Warren Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1997 Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Pierce Art Gallery, WVIT, Montgomery, WV
1996 Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
L.A. Artcore, The Art Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Wiseman Gallery, Rouge Community College, Grants Pass, OR
L.A. Artcore, The Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
1994 The Gallery at the Lab Anti-Mall, Costa Mesa, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA
1992 Konnie K. Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
Duo 2001 Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2000 Gallery Bershad, Boston, MA
1994 Mythos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 The Art Store, Costa Mesa, CA
Group 2010 30 Years of Cutting Edge in Art, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
2009 Artist of Artech, The Bagley Wright Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Gage Faculty Show, Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2003 Faculty Show, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Objects Found, North Seattle Community College Galley, Seattle, WA
2002 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 The Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Galley, Seattle, WA
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Evolving Perceptions 99, A Salon, Washington DC
Desiderata, Los Angeles, CA
Linda Warren Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Albert Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Lantern of the East, 5th International Art Festival, Pyong Taek Cultural Center, Korea
1997 Los Angeles International Art Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Lantern of the East, 3rd International Art Festival, Pyong Taek Cultural Center, Korea
Museum Sampler, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
MSU National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Montclair State University, NJ
Southern California Open Juried Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, CA
1996 Lantern of the East, New Delhi International Art Festival, New Delhi, India
Unsettlingly Surreal, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
1995 Scene/Unseen, Eastern New Mexico University, NM, (catalog, award)
Strictly Sculpture, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA (award)
Works of the Spirit, The Masters Studio, Pasadena, CA (award)
Really Recent Surrealism, DaVinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, CA
In the Black, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Blissful Blasphemy, Lynn/Bassett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mythos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Orlando Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Art L.A. 94, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Power of Creativity, Ark Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Artwalk 94, San Diego, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Carte Blanche, Brea Civic Center, Brea, CA
Four Artists, Caged Chameleon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Artists of Costa Mesa at the LAB, Costa Mesa, CA
OCCCA at Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Orange County Focus IV, Orange County Airport, Santa Ana, CA
1993 All California Juried Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, CA, Juror: Jo Farb
Hernandez, Director, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art (award)
All Media 93 Annual Juried Exhibition, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA, Juror: Noel
Korton, Director, L.A. Municipal Art Gallery (award)
Eros, Caged Chameleon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1991 Robert Lynch Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
Crystal Court, Santa Ana, CA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCY
1998 Lantern of the East Art Camp residency, Pyong Taek, Korea
1995 Honorable Mention, Scene/Unseen, EMNU, NM
Honorable Mention, Strictly Sculpture, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Honorable Mention, The Master’s Studio, Pasadena, CA
1993 First Place (cash award), Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
Distinctive Merit Juror Award, San Diego Art Museum, CA
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2001 Small can be beautiful, Tacoma Reporter, Lisa Gutner, Oct 18-24
2000 How to buy original art, Guild.com
Beautiful things, Guild.com
1996 Exhibit use of the surreal goes easy on the senses, L.A. Times, Josef Woodward, Feb, 22
Ins and outs of artist’s varied works, L.A. Times, Josef Woodward, Feb 1
Area’s talent promises diverse art landscape for the coming year, L.A. Times, Josef
Woodward, Jan 4
Painter evokes mystical images, Grants Pass Daily Courier, Edith Decker, May 2
1995 Strictly contemporary, OC Weekly, Daniella Walsh, Oct 20-26
Sampler substitutes surreal for sentiment, L.A. Times, Josef Woodward, Dec 21
1994 The mystical visions of Hamid Zavareei, Feature Juxtapoz Art Magazine, Premier Issue,
Winter 1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001 to Present - GAGE Academy of Art
2006 to Present - Kirkland Art Center
2010 to 2011 - Seattle Pacific University
EDUCATION
BS Computer Management, 1985, West Virginia Institute of Technology
BORN
1954, Tehran, Iran
Solo 2013 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2006 Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2004 Linda Warren Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1997 Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Pierce Art Gallery, WVIT, Montgomery, WV
1996 Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
L.A. Artcore, The Art Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Wiseman Gallery, Rouge Community College, Grants Pass, OR
L.A. Artcore, The Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
1994 The Gallery at the Lab Anti-Mall, Costa Mesa, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA
1992 Konnie K. Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
Duo 2001 Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2000 Gallery Bershad, Boston, MA
1994 Mythos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 The Art Store, Costa Mesa, CA
Group 2010 30 Years of Cutting Edge in Art, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
2009 Artist of Artech, The Bagley Wright Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Gage Faculty Show, Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2003 Faculty Show, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Objects Found, North Seattle Community College Galley, Seattle, WA
2002 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 The Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Galley, Seattle, WA
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Evolving Perceptions 99, A Salon, Washington DC
Desiderata, Los Angeles, CA
Linda Warren Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Albert Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Lantern of the East, 5th International Art Festival, Pyong Taek Cultural Center, Korea
1997 Los Angeles International Art Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Lantern of the East, 3rd International Art Festival, Pyong Taek Cultural Center, Korea
Museum Sampler, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
MSU National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Montclair State University, NJ
Southern California Open Juried Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, CA
1996 Lantern of the East, New Delhi International Art Festival, New Delhi, India
Unsettlingly Surreal, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
1995 Scene/Unseen, Eastern New Mexico University, NM, (catalog, award)
Strictly Sculpture, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA (award)
Works of the Spirit, The Masters Studio, Pasadena, CA (award)
Really Recent Surrealism, DaVinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, CA
In the Black, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Blissful Blasphemy, Lynn/Bassett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mythos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Orlando Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Art L.A. 94, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Power of Creativity, Ark Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Artwalk 94, San Diego, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Carte Blanche, Brea Civic Center, Brea, CA
Four Artists, Caged Chameleon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Artists of Costa Mesa at the LAB, Costa Mesa, CA
OCCCA at Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Orange County Focus IV, Orange County Airport, Santa Ana, CA
1993 All California Juried Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, CA, Juror: Jo Farb
Hernandez, Director, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art (award)
All Media 93 Annual Juried Exhibition, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA, Juror: Noel
Korton, Director, L.A. Municipal Art Gallery (award)
Eros, Caged Chameleon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1991 Robert Lynch Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
Crystal Court, Santa Ana, CA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCY
1998 Lantern of the East Art Camp residency, Pyong Taek, Korea
1995 Honorable Mention, Scene/Unseen, EMNU, NM
Honorable Mention, Strictly Sculpture, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Honorable Mention, The Master’s Studio, Pasadena, CA
1993 First Place (cash award), Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
Distinctive Merit Juror Award, San Diego Art Museum, CA
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2001 Small can be beautiful, Tacoma Reporter, Lisa Gutner, Oct 18-24
2000 How to buy original art, Guild.com
Beautiful things, Guild.com
1996 Exhibit use of the surreal goes easy on the senses, L.A. Times, Josef Woodward, Feb, 22
Ins and outs of artist’s varied works, L.A. Times, Josef Woodward, Feb 1
Area’s talent promises diverse art landscape for the coming year, L.A. Times, Josef
Woodward, Jan 4
Painter evokes mystical images, Grants Pass Daily Courier, Edith Decker, May 2
1995 Strictly contemporary, OC Weekly, Daniella Walsh, Oct 20-26
Sampler substitutes surreal for sentiment, L.A. Times, Josef Woodward, Dec 21
1994 The mystical visions of Hamid Zavareei, Feature Juxtapoz Art Magazine, Premier Issue,
Winter 1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001 to Present - GAGE Academy of Art
2006 to Present - Kirkland Art Center
2010 to 2011 - Seattle Pacific University
EDUCATION
BS Computer Management, 1985, West Virginia Institute of Technology
BORN
1954, Tehran, Iran