EDUCATION
2022 M.F.A., Studio Art (DPP)
Specialization: Printmaking
Georgia State University, Atlanta, US.
2014 M.F.A., Studio Art (Interdisciplinary program)
Specialization: Painting and Drawing
School of Art, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
2007 B.F.A., Studio Art (Interdisciplinary program)
Specialization: Painting and Drawing
School of Art, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT, TEACHING AND PERFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-Present Visiting Lecturer, DPP department, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, GSU, Atlanta, GA.
2022-2023 Adjunct Instructor, DPP department, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, GSU, Atlanta, GA.
2019-2022 Graduate Instructor of Record, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, GSU, Atlanta, GA.
2020-2022 Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & Design school Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta, GA.
2019-2021 Printmaking Lab Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & Design school of Art, GSU, Atlanta, GA.
2015-2019 Instructor, IIDCYA (Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults), Art Courses, Tehran, Iran.
LIST OF COURSES TAUGHT
2019-Present Lithography, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
-Introduced History of Lithography and taught traditional Limestone from the preparing the limestone to printing process and Pronto Plate technique.
-Critiqued B.F.A. and M.F.A. students in my classrooms as a Visiting Lecturer.
Intro to printmaking, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
-Introduced traditional techniques including Linocut/Woodcut, Etching and Aquatint, Mono-print techniques.
-Critiqued B.F.A. students in my classrooms as a Visiting Lecturer and an Adjunct Instructor (PTI) and a Graduate Teaching instructor.
Intro to studio, Stop motion animation, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
-In my class students learn aspects of set design and the use of stop-motion animation, audio sound editing (Adobe Premier) and mixed media techniques. These techniques encompass storytelling, basic and creative photography skills, sculpting animation clay, scaffolding architectural materials, and using charcoal, graphite, pen and India ink, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, acrylic/oil painting, and digital techniques.
-Critiqued B.F.A. students in my classrooms as a Visiting Lecturer.
Intermediate Drawing, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
-I designed the projects of curriculum for my classes. I introduced and taught advance Perspective considering Realism/Surrealism, Composition & Chiaroscuro considering Trompe- l’oeil technique, Life-figure Drawing considering Structural & Expressive Anatomy Drawing and Ratio. Narrative Sequences & Composition Considering Phycological Gestalt Principles. I introduced Graphite and Charcoal, Color pencil, Pastel, India Ink and acrylic painting, Mixed media material.
-Critiqued B.F.A. students in my classrooms as a Visiting Lecturer and an Adjunct Instructor (PTI) and a Graduate Teaching instructor.
Capstone, BA students, Studio Concentration, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
-We select the topics from students’ one of the previously studied disciplines and improve their concept based on research of their interests. Students learn Critical Thinking through Writing (CTW) that required of all Art majors. This course includes a signature experience component. Introduced mixed media, traditional and digital techniques of painting/Drawing/ Printmaking to create composition and help their concept development.
– Critiqued B.A. students in my classrooms as a Visiting Lecturer.
Drawing I, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
– Introduced Negative Space, Contour/ Cross Contour lines, Perspective, Composition & Chiaroscuro, Still Life Drawing and Ratio, Figure Drawing, Self-portrait and Environment Drawing. I introduced Graphite and Charcoal, Color pencil and pastel materials.
-Critiqued B.F.A. students in my classrooms as a Visiting Lecturer and an Adjunct Instructor (PTI) and a Graduate Teaching instructor.
2D Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
-Introduced Shape, Space, Motif, Pattern with two methods, Traditional and digital to create 2d patterns and 3d shapes, value composition, color wheel and schemes and color composition and concept development.
-Critiqued B.F.A students in my classrooms and as a Visiting Lecturer and Adjunct Instructor (PTI) and Graduate Teaching instructor.
Painting and mixed media: Acrylic Based Media and Oil-based media, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Introduced traditional and digital techniques to create still life value composition, color composition and concept development and self-portrait and figure drawing.
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Recipient of Hambidge Residency, The Hambidge Art Center, Rabun Gap, GA.
2023-2024 Atlanta Midtown Alliance Residency candidate Artist (20 months free studio space with stipend), Atlanta, GA.
2024 Artist Talk, EFMWR seminar at Georgia Tech, Spring 2024, Atlanta, GA.
2023 Artist Interview, CanvasRebel Magazine, Meet Darya Fard (Oct12, 2023).
Community Conversation/ Panel Discussion guest, English Show, To Stay or Leave, Alliance Theatre, Herts Stage, Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
Artist Interview, Bold Journey Magazine, Meet Darya Fard, (Aug22, 2023).
Artist Talk, Midtown Alliance artist talk series at MODA (June14, 2023, Atlanta, GA.
Big Ink Workshop, Hudgens Center for Art & Learning, Duluth, GA.
Altiba9 Contemporary Magazine Interview; Darya Fard, Spain, and Algeria.
“The Seven Valleys.”, Published Thesis project: Mojtahedzadeh Fard, Darya, Georgia State University, May.
Voyage Magazine Interview: Atlanta Magazine; Meet Darya Fard, Atlanta.
Relics show Artists’ interview, Roswell visual Art Center, Roswell, US.
Dashboard Organization funding, Shine Project candidate artist, Bibb Theater and Newberry building, downtown Macon streets.
Dashboard Organization artist interview, Bibb Theater and Newberry building, downtown Macon streets.
DanceATL, A.M Collaborative project, Candidate Artist collaboration, Atlanta, GA.
Artist Talk, MFA Artist Talk Series, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVMENTS/SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS
2024 Forward Foundation, Edge Award ($10,000), Swan coach House gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Eyedrum MFA Emerging Artists of GA Awards recipient for a Solo Show in 2025, GA.
2023 Dashboard Organization funding ($6000), Shine project, Atlanta, GA.
2022 Welch Professional Development Award ($1800 GSU), GSU, GA.
2021 Ernest G. Welch, Joseph Peragine Choice Award, the Virtual 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, US.
Welch Graduate Supplemental Funding Award, ($750), Georgia State University.
2020 People Choice Award in The Virtual 21st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design University, Atlanta, US.
Welch Graduate Supplemental Funding Award, ($700), Georgia State University.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 Poetry Quadrivium, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, US.
2023 Bibb Theater and Newberry building, The Seven Valleys Installation 2 for Shine Project sponsored by Dashboard company, downtown Macon streets, Macon, GA, US.
2022 The Seven Valleys, Thesis exhibition, Georgia state University, (in fulfillment MFA degree requirement) Atlanta, GA, US.
2016 Dichotomy collection, Sarve-Naz Art Gallery, Painting exhibition, Shiraz, Iran.
PUBLISHING
2024 ArtsATL: Myth Material dual show bublishing
https://artsatl.org/cullums-notebook-sense-of-place-is-melting-at-gsu-and-ger-art/
Forward Foundation, Edge award: https://www.swangallery.org/edge-award
2023 Altiba9 Contemporary Magazine interview: Spain; Darya Fard:
https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/darya-fard-painting-mixed-media
TWO – THREE PERSON EXHIBITION
2024 Myth Materials, Georgia state University Gallery, Dual show by Darya Fard and Lizzy Storm, Curator: Liz Flamming Atlanta, GA, US.
2023 Underground Atlanta Future Lab gallery, A.M Collaborative project, DanceATL, Ineffable Freedom installation, Atlanta, GA.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2024 Chronicles show, Kailin Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Atlanta, GA.
Synesthesia show, A group exhibition, Eyedrum gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Please be Seated exhibition, group show, MODA, Museum of Design Atlanta, GA.
2023 On Motherhood exhibition, a group show, Kyoto Shibori Museum, Curator: Soude Dadras, Kyoto, Japan.
Drawn Together, Ongoing conversation, Mixed-Media on Fabric, Curator: Soude
Dadras, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA.
2023 Mint Gallery, Engage mint, Silent Auction, Atlanta, GA.
2022 LRC Gallery, Pressing Matters Show, Atlanta Printmakers Studio Annual Members Exhibit, GSU Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA.
Roswell Visual Art Center, Ongoing conversation, Working Our Way Home project, Installation, Curator: Soude Dadras, Roswell, GA.
2021 Glass Gallery (UGA), Exchange Exhibition, Atlanta and Athens collaboration, Curator: Jason Rafferty, Athens, GA.
Roswell Visual Art Center, Relic project, Installation, Curator: Soude Dadras, Roswell, GA.
Drawn Together Project invitation, Ongoing conversation. Multimedia project: Mixed-Media on Fabric, Curator: Soude Dadras, National center of Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus, Ushak Archeology Museum Turkey, and Florida.
JURID INTERNATIONAL EXHIITION
2024 Hand magazine one of the SemiFinalist, Screen show at Ernest Welch Art Gallery.
Home Body show, Illges Gallery, Columbus State university of Art, Corn Center for the Visual Arts, Curator: Isaac Sabelhaus, Columbus, US.
2018 4th Annual on Paper Online: On-Paper festival online show, Printmaking, Barcelona, Spain.
2018 Areej Art Gallery, Toronto Printmaking Expo, Jury: Reza Hedayat, Curator: Sedi Aledavood, Canada, Toronto, Canada.
Taropood Art Gallery, Toronto Printmaking Expo in Iran, Printmaking, Shiraz, Iran.
Sagenekunstsmie Art Gallery, Printmaking Festival, Oslo, Norway.
Spazio Art Gallery, Printmaking Festival, Milan, Italy.
Chicago Printmaking collaborative gallery, Printmaking Festival, Chicago, US.
JURID EXHIITION
2018 Diba Art Gallery, Printmaking, Tree of Life collection, Jury: Reza Hedayat, Curator: Shiva Sarlak, Kerman, Iran.
Taropood Art Gallery, Torento Printamkign Expo in Iran, Printmaking, Tree of Life collection, Shiraz, Iran.
GROUP EXHIITION
2019 Theme Art Gallery, Group Printmaking exhibition, Curator: Bahare Bahrami, Tehran, Iran.
Contemporary Art Center Gallery, More Upstairs exhibition, Curator: Craig Drennen, Atlanta, GA.
2018 5th Postcard Exchange print festival, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2017 4th Postcard Exchange print festival, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
Afarinesh Art Gallery, Printmaking Festival, Kermanshah, Iran.
Yadegaran Art Gallery, Printmaking Festival, Kerman, Iran.
Farzad Art Gallery, Printmaking Festival, Mashahd, Iran.
2016 Haftsamar Art gallery, Curator: Elmira Mirmiran, Tehran, Iran.
2015 Nurayin Art Gallery, Painting group exhibition Tehran, Iran.
2014 Ehsan Art Gallery, Painting group exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
2012 Tehran Art Gallery, Painting group exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
2010 Sheis Art Gallery, Painting group exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
2008 Behzad Art Gallery, Painting group exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
OPEN STUDIO
2023 Open Studio Event, Hosted by Midtown Heart of the Art in partnering with MODA and Dewberry Foundation.
Faculty Open Studio Party, hosted by Ernest G. Welch School of Art, Facilitated by Stephanie Kolpy, A one day open studio tour of Faculty Works, GSU Campus, Atlanta GA.
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