Golnar Adili (Persian: گلنار عدیلی; born 1976 in Virginia) is an Iranian-born American multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] Much of her work is influenced by growing up in post-Iranian Revolution in Tehran and issues of displacement.

Golnar Adili
Born1976 (age 47–48)
EducationUniversity of Virginia, University of Michigan
Websitehttp://www.golnaradili.com

Biography

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Adili was born in 1976 in Falls Church, Virginia, but by 1980 at the age four her family moved back to Iran.[2][3] Her parents were political activists and after their move to Iran, her father was forced to flee back to the United States.[4] She returned to the United States in 1994 to reunite with her father and pursue her college education.[4] In 1998 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the University of Virginia and in 2006 she received a Master's degree in Architecture from University of Michigan.[5]

In 2009 she won a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books from New York Foundation for the Arts.[6] Adili has been awarded residencies at Women's Studio Workshop (2015), The MacDowell Colony (2007, 2013), the Rockefeller Foundation at the Bellagio Center, and the Lower East Side Printshop (2014), among others.[3][7][8]

Exhibitions

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A list of select exhibitions by Golnar Adili, in order by year.

  • 2016 – "Language Landscape," Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York[9]
  • 2014 – "Good News From Iran", Pasinger Fabrik-Munich, Munich, Germany[10]
  • 2013 – "Art on Paper + 1", The Brussels Contemporary Drawing Fair, Galeri Coullaud and Koulinsky, Paris, France[11]
  • 2013 – "Displacement", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California[11]
  • 2011 – "Forged Patterning: Solo Show", Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bio". Uprise Art. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Golnar Adili". Smack Mellon. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ^ a b "Summer Exhibition: In and Out of Context". Rhizome. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  4. ^ a b Hodara, Susan (2016-03-17). "Three Iranian Women Use Art to Pierce Their Homeland's Veil". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. ^ Ali, Sasha (2014). "Displacements: The Craft Practices of Golnar Adili and Samira Yamin" (PDF). Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. ^ "Directory of Artists' Fellows from 1985–2013" (PDF). New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  7. ^ "Conditions of Longing: Golnar Adili in the Studio – Women's Studio Workshop". Women's Studio Workshop. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  8. ^ "Golnar Adili on Her Life-Changing MacDowell Experience". Vimeo. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  9. ^ "Home". kentlergallery.org.
  10. ^ "'Good News From Iran' – Emerging Iranian Artists at Pasinger Fabrik-Munich". Islamic Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  11. ^ a b c "Golnar Adili". Victori Contemporary. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
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