CV
Leila Seyedzadeh
Education
2019 - MFA Painting and Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, CT
2014 - BA Painting, The University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran
Awards
2019 - H. Lee Hirsche Prize, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2018 - SOMA Summer Residency, Mexico City
2013 - The 7th annual “New Generation of Painters in Iran” Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Residencies
2024 - THAT Studio Residency, New York (forthcoming)
2020 - Nars Foundation, New York
- NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York
2018 - SOMA Summer, Mexico City, Mexico
- CCAM Graduate Fellow, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale University, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2025 - Under the Sky, Obave the Sea, Visual Art Center, New Jersey (forthcoming)
2022 - Under the Same Sky, 99 Scott, New York
2022 - Hoch Wie Nie: Imaginary Landscapes and the Creatures Who Live There, two-person show, Peter Gaugy Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2020 - An Absent View, The Border Project Space, New York
2017 - Suspended Mountain, Dastan Gallery, Electric Room, Tehran, Iran
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - Enmeshed, Dreams of Water, Immigrant Artist Biennial, New York
- Conjuring Flames, Arsenal Contemporary Art, New York
- 4.5 Billion Years, Brief Histories, New York
2022 - Vector, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
- Naked Lunch, Spring break art show, New York
2021 - Our Tears are Sweet, Our Laughter Venomous, Eastern Art Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University
- A Discourse of Accord, Transmitter Gallery, New York
- Shifting Sands, ChaShaMa, New York
- The Invincible Beings, FPC Gallery, New York
2020 - Memories, tales, and folk songs, High Line Nine Gallery, New York
- Memory Manifests, Didar Art Collective, Chicago-based Iranian art collective
- In/Between, The Ford Foundation Gallery, New York
2019 - Subversive Stitch, WhiteBox, New York
- Yale Painting MFA Show, New Release Gallery, New York
- Le Gymnasium Sacre, Art Dubai, Dastan Gallery, Dubai, EAU
- Our Bodies Ourselves, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
- Again, Always, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
2018 - Words Cannot Express, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
- Paperweight biennale, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 - You Can Get In And Not Do Anything, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
2016 - Agog, Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 - Small Paintings, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Observation, Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran
2013 - The 7th annual “New Generation of Painters in Iran” Ahvaz Contemporary Art Museum, Ahvaz, Iran
- The 7th annual “New Generation of Painters in Iran” Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Artist Talks & Panels
2024 - Panelist - Justice, Equity, Sustainability & the Performing Arts Panel, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
2023 - Speaker - Enmeshed, Dreams of Water, Immigrant Artist Biennial, New York
2021 - Speaker - Criticism & Value, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Speaker - Shifting Sands, ChaShaMa, New York
2020 - Speaker - In Between the Shadows of the Sky, Space without Walls, Gent, Belgium
Curatorial Projects
2023 - Woman, life, freedom: Iran Today Symposium, Pratt Institute, New York
2022 - The Sky is Higher Here, group exhibition, Transmitter Gallery, New York
Collections
Private Collection of Gardy St Fleur, New York
Private Collection of Dr. Kambiz Behnia, Tehran, Iran
Selected Bibliographies
https://tique.art/features/leila-seyedzadeh/
https://gritdaily.com/immigrant-artist-biennials-leila-seyedzadeh/
https://cultbytes.com/water-bound-semiotics/
https://canvasonline.com/precious-territory-brief-histories-group-show/
https://www.neworleansreview.org/the-blue-sky/
https://no-niin.com/issue-15/weaving-connections-in-the-flow-a-conversation-with-leila-seyedzadeh/
https://arteeast.org/programs/leila-seyedzadeh/
https://artspiel.org/the-sky-is-higher-here-at-transmitter/?
https://artspiel.org/shifting-sands-at-chashama/
https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/leila-seyedzadeh/