CV

Education

2022

MFA, Printmaking, Georgia State University, Atlanta, US.

2014

MFA, Drawing and Painting, Art school, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.

2001

BFA, Drawing & Painting, Art school, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

Teaching and Professional Experience

2023-Now

Visiting Lecturer, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2022-2023

Adjunct Instructor, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2020-2022

Graduate Instructor, Intro Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Graduate Instructor: Drawing 1 (Instructor of record), Ernest G. Welch school Art & Design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing 1, Ernest G. Welch school of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intro Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Textiles, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Professional Experience (Gallery Assistantship)

2022

Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & Design school Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2021

Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & Design school Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2020

Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & design School Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Professional Experience (Iran)

2015-2018

Instructor: IIDCYA, Tehran, Iran. Activities include Iranian Folklore Tales’ Illustration, pottery and painting based on Shahnameh (Book of King) stories. These classes were included Cooperation with State Welfare Organization of Iran as well.

Instructor: Printmaking, National Institute of the IIDCYA, Tehran, Iran.
Instructor: Drawing, National Institute of the IIDCYA, Tehran, Iran.
Instructor: Painting, National Institute of the IIDCYA, Tehran, Iran.
Instructor: Pottery, National Institute of the IIDCYA, Tehran, Iran.

Interview, Publication, Workshop, Lecture

2022

DanceATL A.M Collaborative Program, Atlanta.
Big Ink Workshop, Hudgens Center for Art & Learning, Duluth, GA.
Altiba9 Contemporary Magazine interview: Spain; Darya Fard, Jun.
"The Seven Valleys.”, Published Thesis project: Mojtahedzadeh Fard, Darya, Georgia State University, May.
Voyage Magazine interview: Atlanta Magazine; Meet Darya Fard.

 

2021

Persian Magazine: Mahnameh, no.58, February 2021 Georgia.
Relics show Artists’ interview, Roswell visual Art Center, Roswell, US.

2020

Artist Talk, MFA Artist Talk Series, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia.

2018

Catalog: 5th Annual Postcard Print Exchange, Laleh art gallery, Tehran, Iran.

Juried Exhibitions

2021

23rd Virtual Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design, Atlanta, US.

Home Body show, Illges Gallery, Columbus State university of Art, Corn Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, US.

2020

22nd Virtual Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design, Atlanta. When I pass frontier of insanity, the path will become comfortable collection, Ernest Welch art & Design school, Printmaking collection, Atlanta, US.

2020

Me irl Virtual Exhibition, Created by Melissa Huang, Virtual Gallery Hosts: MINT Gallery, Therapeutic Artists Residency, Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Shower Haus Gallery, Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College.

2018

4th Annual on Paper Online: On-Paper festival online show, Tree of Life collection, Printmaking, Barcelona, Spain.

International Collaborative Juried Exhibitions

2018

Areej Art Gallery, Toronto Printmaking Expo, Jury: Reza Hedayat, Curator: Sedi Aledavood, Canada, Tree of Life collection, Toronto, Canada.

Diba Art Gallery, Printmaking, Tree of Life collection, Jury: Reza Hedayat, Curator: Shiva Sarlak, Felesh studio, Kerman, Iran.

Taropood Art Gallery, Toronto Printmaking Expo in Iran, Printmaking, Tree of Life collection, Shiraz, Iran.

Chav Art Gallery, Nowrouzaneh Printmaking Festival, God’s Home collection, printmaking, Jury: Elmira Mirmiran, Tehran, Iran.

2017

Sagenekunstsmie Art Gallery, Nowrouzaneh Printmaking Festival, God’s Home collection, Jury: Elmira Mirmiran, Oslo, Norway.

Spazio Art Gallery, Nowrouzaneh Printmaking Festival, God’s Home collection, Jury: Elmira Mirmiran, Milan, Italy.

Chicago Printmaking collaborative gallery, Nowrouzaneh Printmaking Festival, God’s Home collection, Chicago, US.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2022

The Seven Valleys, solo thesis exhibition, Georgia state University, Atlanta, GA, US.

2016

Dichotomy collection, Sarve-Naz Art Gallery, Painting exhibition, Shiraz, Iran.

Invitational Exhibitions

2022-23

Broward College South Campus art Gallery, The Elastic Mind, Florida.

Swan Coach House Gallery, Annual Little Things exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia.           

LRC Gallery, Pressing Matters Show, Atlanta Printmakers Studio Annual Members Exhibit, GSU Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia.

Roswell Visual Art Center, Ongoing conversation, Working Our Way Home project, Installation, Curator: Soude Dadras, Roswell, Georgia.

2021

Glass Gallery (UGA), Georgia MFA invitational Exchange Exhibition, Atlanta and Athens collaboration, Athens, Georgia, US.

Roswell Visual Art Center, Ongoing conversation Relic project, Installation, Curator: Soude Dadras, Roswell, Georgia.

Drawn Together Collaboration Project invitation, Ongoing conversation. Multimedia project: Mixed-Media on Fabric, Curator: Soude Dadras, Ushak Archeology Museum Turkey.

Drawn Together Collaboration Project invitation, Ongoing conversation. Multimedia project: Mixed-Media on Fabric, Curator: Soude Dadras, National Center of Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus.

2020

Virtual Fresh Air exhibition, Virtual Gallery, Ernest Welch Art & Design, Cyanotype-Printmaking installation. When I pass the frontier of insanity, the path will become comfortable collection: Sun-print, Curator: Hanna Brook, Atlanta, US.

Drawn Together Collaboration Project invitation, Ongoing conversation: International Mail-Art Collaborative Multimedia project: Mixed-Media on Fabric, Curator: Soude Dadras, based on Atlanta, this exhibition started and will be holding in High Spring, Florida, US.

2019

Theme Art Gallery, Group printmaking exhibition, Tree of Life collection, Printmaking exhibition, Curator: Bahareh Bahrami, Tehran, Iran.

2018

Laleh Art Gallery, Tar Ahi, Tree of Life collection, Drawing exhibition, Curator, Mahdieh Rad, Tehran, Iran.

2016

Haftsamar Art Gallery, Dichotomy printmaking collection, Curator: Elmira Mirmiran, Tehran, Iran.

Juried Exhibitions/ Iran

2018

5th Postcard Exchange print festival, Laleh Art Gallery, Tree of Life collection, Printmaking Happening, Tehran, Iran.

2017

4th Postcard Exchange print festival, Laleh Art Gallery, God’s Home collection, Printmaking Happening, Tehran, Iran.

Iran Afarinesh Art Gallery, God’s Home collection, Chav Printmaking Studio Nowrouzaneh Printmaking, Festival, Kermanshah, Iran.

Yadegaran Art Gallery, God’s Home collection, Chav Printmaking Studio, Nowrouzaneh Printmaking, Festival, Kerman, Iran.

Farzad Art Gallery, God’s Home collection, Chav Printmaking STUDIO Nowrouzaneh Printmaking, Festival, Mashhad, Iran.

Group Exhibitions / US

2021

Gallery 650, GAF Spring Art Show, Ernest Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University, Back in Pink Show, Atlanta, US.

2019

650 Art Gallery, Open Studio Happening, Ernest Welch Art & Design school, Tree of life printmaking collection, Atlanta, US.

Temporary Art Center Gallery, More Upstairs, Curator: Craig Drennan, Ernest Welch art & Design school, Installation & Video art, Tree of Life collection; When I pass the frontier of insanity, the path will be comfortable, Printmaking, Atlanta, US.

Group Exhibitions / Iran

2015

Nurayin Art Gallery, Dream Collection, Painting, Tehran, Iran.

2014

Ehsan Art Gallery, Dream Collection, Painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran.

2013

Naghsheh Jahan Art Gallery, Dance of Canvas collection, Painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran.

2012

Noghteh Art Gallery, A Group of MA Students of Science and Art University, Painting exhibition, Supervised by Behnam Jalali Jafari, Tehran, Iran.

Tehran Art Gallery, Dance of canvas, Painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran.

2010

Painting, Sheis Art Gallery, Dance of canvas collection, Tehran, Iran.

2008

Behzad Art Gallery, Nightmare collection, Drawing, Tehran, Iran.

Awards & Honors & Appreciation letters

2021

Ernest G. Welch School Director Joseph Peragine Choice Award ($300), the Virtual 22nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design University, Frontier of Insanity collection, Atlanta, US.

Graduate Supplemental Funding Award ($700), Georgia State University. Welch Professional Development Award ($1800), Georgia State University.

2020

People Choice Award in The Virtual 21st Annual Juried Student  Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design University, When I pass frontier of insanity,  the path will become comfortable collection, Atlanta, US.

Graduate Supplemental Funding Award ($750), Georgia State University.

 

2019

Low-residency and Scholarship Candidate, MICA University’s Summer Residency, Maryland Institute College of Art, US.

2018

Appreciation Certificate, IIDCYA, Fatemeh OWJ Akhtari, president of Cultural of Child & Adolescent, Tehran, Iran.

2014

Certificate of the Kandyan dance, Thala Bhawa Academy, Supervisor: Theja Wejeshinghe, Bandarawela, Sari Lanka.

2012

Letter of appreciation, the Second National Oil Festival, Naft museum, Dance of canvas collection, Khark Island, Iran.

2011

Ranked 2nd in the Fifth Painting Festival of Fars Women Artists, Art center Gallery, Dream Painting collection, Jahrom, Iran.

Bibliography

2022

Altiba9 Contemporary Magazine interview: Spain; Darya Fard.

https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/darya-fard-painting-mixed-media 

https://youtu.be/OiSv-2O4aEs

Recommended Citation, Mojtahedzadeh Fard, Darya, "The Seven Valleys." Thesis, Georgia State University. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/305.

 Voyage Magazine interview: Atlanta Magazine; Meet Darya Fard:

 http://voyageatl.com/interview/meet-darya-fard-of-atlanta-ga/

 

2019-22

Graduate instructor portfolio, Georgia State University, US.

https://thearts.gsu.edu/profile/darya-fard/

22nd Juried Student Exhibition Awards and Scholarship Ceremony: Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design University, Frontier of Insanity collection, Atlanta, US.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRdyAFWra0&feature=youtu.be

https://artdesign.gsu.edu/2021/04/22/2021-juried-student-exhibition-awards/.

21st Juried Student Exhibition Awards and Scholarship Ceremony: Exhibition, Ernest Welch Art & Design University, Frontier of Insanity collection, Atlanta, US.

 

 

2021

Soude Dadras, Roswell Visual Art Center interview, Ongoing conversation Relic project, Installation, Roswell, Georgia.

https://.youtube.com/watch?v=p9CpnPK5Hjk

https://www.instagram.com/tv/COTkYBdgwvv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Ocean Sweep and Ocean gleaner Team advisor: Pamela Longobardi.

https://artdesign.gsu.edu/2021/08/25/a-costal-trip-to-visit-activist-artist-alumna-dory-ingram/

2020

MFA Artist Talk, Georgia State University, GA.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGlfRpFpJxj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Me irl Virtual Exhibition, US.

https://meirl2020.wixsite.com/mysite.

2017

Chicago printmakers collaborative, Chicago, CPC,

https://chicagoprintmakers.com/cpc_events/nowruz-a-exchange-celebration-of-the-persian-new-year-with-iranian-and-cpc-artists/.

2022            MFA, Printmaking, Georgia State University, Atlanta, US.

2014           MFA, Drawing and Painting, Art school, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.

2001           BFA, Drawing & Painting, Art school, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

2022-2023 

Adjunct Instructor, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US. 

2020-2022 

Graduate Instructor, Intro Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch school Art & design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US. 

Graduate Instructor: Drawing 1 (Instructor of record), Ernest G. Welch school Art & Design, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2020  

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing 1, Ernest G. Welch school of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2019          

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intro Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Graduate Teaching Assistant,  Textiles, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design school, Georgia state University, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2022           Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & Design school Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta,       Georgia, US.

2021           Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & Design school Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta,       Georgia, US.

2020           Gallery Assistant, Ernest Welch Art & design School Art Galleries, GSU, Atlanta,       Georgia, US.