Taravat Talepasand
Taravat Talepasand | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design San Francisco Art Institute |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator, activist |
Known for | Painting, drawing, sculpture, installation art |
Website | Official website |
Taravat Talepasand (born 1979)
Early life and education
Taravat Talepasand was born in 1979 in Eugene, Oregon. Her father Iraj was studying at University of Oregon at the time.[6] She was raised in Portland, Oregon.[6]
She studied Persian miniature painting in Isfahan.[6] Talepasand received her B.F.A. degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2001, and received a M.F.A.degree at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in 2006.[7]
Career
Talepasand has taught in the Painting Department at SFAI and at
In the 2014 exhibition, Theory of Survival: Fabrications curated by Taraneh Hemami at Southern Exposure gallery brought together twelve San Francisco Bay Area Iranian-American artists to display work in their own booth, similar to a traditional bazaar.[12] The space allowed for a gathering place for Iranian American artists and allowed for more community dialog.[13] Talepasand's own booth featured souvenir-type items for sale such as t-shirts, magnets and CDs, highlighting the relationship between consumer culture and the arts but also addressing Orientalism.[12] Artists participating in the exhibition included; Hushidar Mortezaie, Morehshin Allahyari, Haleh Niazmand, Ala Ebtekar, Sanaz Mazinani, Ali Dadgar and Gelare Khoshgozaran.[12][13]
In the 2019 multi-disciplinary group exhibition, Once at Present: Contemporary Art of Bay Area Iranian Diaspora curated by Kevin B. Chen and Taraneh Hemami, at Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco featured Talepasand's work.[14][15][16]
Talepasand work has been featured in
Her works have been added to the permanent museum collections at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) at the De Young Museum[20] and the Orange County Museum of Art.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Biography: Taravat Talepasand". OneArt.org, platform for contemporary art from Asia, Africa and Latin America. 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "Taravat Talepasand". ybca.org. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Taravat Talepasand". Beautiful/Decay. 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ Demarias, Charles (2018-06-06). "Talepasand takes on pleasure, religion and Iran at Jack Fischer Gallery". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
She is now the chair of the painting department at the San Francisco Art Institute. (Full disclosure: She was appointed to the SFAI faculty well after my tenure as president there.)
- ^ "Multidisciplinary Artist Taravat Talepasand Joins Communitas Lecture Series at USU". Utah State Today. Utah State University. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
She currently lives in Oregon and is an assistant professor of art practice at Portland State University School of Art + Design.
- ^ a b c "WHAT YOU KNOW: Interview with Taravat Talepasand". Khabar Keslan. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ a b "Taravat Talepasand". California College of the Arts (CCA). Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "SFAI Graduate Admissions Viewbook". San Francisco Art Institute. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ a b "SFAI 2012 MFA/MA Art and Ideas". San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "TARAVAT TALEPASAND". SFAI. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ Demarias, Charles (2018-06-06). "Talepasand takes on pleasure, religion and Iran at Jack Fischer Gallery". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
She is now the chair of the painting department at the San Francisco Art Institute. (Full disclosure: She was appointed to the SFAI faculty well after my tenure as president there.)
- ^ a b c "Taraneh Hemami Creates a Market of Iranian Dissent at Southern Exposure". KQED Arts. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ a b "An Iranian-American Artist Revisits Images from the 1979 Revolution". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic Media, Inc. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary San Francisco". Advocartsy West Hollywood. December 2018.
- ^ Curiel, Jonathan (2019-04-04). "These Three Art Exhibits Tether the Visual to the Written Word". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Once at Present: Contemporary Art of Bay Area Iranian Diaspora. San Francisco, CA: Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies. 2022.
- ^ "Taravat Talepasand News". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "Culture Monster: Orange County Museum of Art announces artists in the 2010 California Biennial". LA Times. 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "Film screening: Immigrant Stories: Iranian-Americans of Silicon Valley – Stanford Arts". Stanford University. November 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Westoxicated - Taravat Talepasand". FAMSF Explore the Art. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2018-11-26.