Shahla Arbabi

Born in 1944, Tehran

Education:

MFA in painting and print-making, American University in Washington

Activities:

Teaching art at the University of Tehran in the late Sixties and early Seventies

Selected Solo:

2012- “Fly zone” Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD.

2012- “Fly zone” The Art gallery at the University of Maryland, Collage Park, MD

2005- Georgetown University Gallery 101 Departement of Art, Music & Theater, Washington, DC

2003- McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

2003- Galerie Artemisia, Paris, France

1999- International Cultural Communications; Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, DC

1998- National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (2 person show)

1996- Maryland College of Art and Design, Gudelsky Gallery, MD

1994- Mary Mount University, Barry Gallery, Arlington, VA

1993- The Ellipse Art Center, “Thresholds”, Angela Adams; curator, Arlington, VA

1991- Robert Brown Contemporary Art, Washington, DC

1991- Shahla Arbabi Archaic Voices – Construction at the Court House Place in Association with Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

1989- Robert Brown Contemporary Art, Washington, DC

1989- Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

1989- Neville Sargent Gallery, Chicago, Ill

1987- Robert Brown Contemporary Art, Washington, DC

1983- Gallery Baumgartner, Washington, DC

1983- Gallery Foundry, Washington, DC

1983- George Mason University, Arlington, VA

1980- Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA

1980- Wald Harkrader and Ross, Washington, DC

1978- The American University Library, Washington, DC

1977- The Art Society of the International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC

1976- Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA

1974- Gallery Seyhoun, Teheran, Iran

1972- Gallery Seyhoun, Teheran, Iran

1969- Gallery Girocolo Artistico, Naples, Italy

1968- Gallery Sistine, Rome, Italy

1968- Gallery Sistine, Rome, Italy

1967- Gallery’12’, Rome, Italy

Selected Group:

2011- “The foundation for arts and preservation in Embassies (FAPE)”, American art to the New US mission to the United Nations, New York, NY

2011- “Ten Years after 9/11″, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC

2010-“Re-Vision”, The Katzen American University Museum, Washington, DC

2010- “Catalyst”, The Katzen American University Museum, Washington, DC

2008- “Winter Solos”,”Hope and Fear”, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2007- ” All in the Family”, The Katzen American University Museum, Washington, DC

2007- “Hope and Fear”. Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2007- The Mayer foundation, Washington, DC

2006- “DejaVu”. Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2006- Photo Genesis, MacLean Project for the Arts, MacLean, VA

2002- Photo Genesis, MacLean Project for the Arts, MacLean, VA

2002- The Phillips Collection, James Mclaughlin Memorial Exhibition, Washington, DC

1999- Ludwig Forum Fur Internationale, Kunst, Germany

1999- The Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA

1997- Arlington Art Center, “Janus 1”, Arlington, VA

1995- Gray Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994- Art Site Six, A Multi-Site Area Exhibition, Judith Frost; curator, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA

1991- The Washington-Moscow Art Exchange Exhibition at The Carnegie Library, Washington, DC

1991- TRW System Integration Group in association with Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA

1991- The Annex, “Cross Fire”, David Carlson; curator, Washington, DC

1990- Emersen Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

1990- Washington Moscow Art Exchange, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1990- “Melancolia”, Andrea Polan; curator J.W. Mahoney De Andino Fine Arts, Washington, DC

1988- Multi-Media Juried Membership Exhibition Juror: Ted H. Potter, Director, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Winston-Salem, NC

1987- The Phillips Collection, Willem De Looper; curator Shippee Gallery, New York City, NY

1986- Arlington Arts Center Membership Exhibition, Juror: Willem De Looper, Curator of the Phillips Collection, Arlington, VA

1986- The Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. “Ambiguous Relationships”, Juror: David Tannous, Kennsington, MD

1985- Arlington Arts Center, Annual area-wide juried painting exhibition, Juror: Martin Puryear, Arlington, VA

1984- Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, “Expression of our Time”

1983- Arlington Arts Center, Annual area-wide Juried Painting Exhibition, Juror: Frederick R. Brandt; Curator, Virginia Museum of Art, Arlington, VA

1982- Second Street Gallery, Tenth Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Juror: David Tannous, Charlottesville, VA

1981- Watkins Gallery, The American University, Washington, DC

1980- Gallery Jack Rasmussen, Washington, DC

1978- Gallery Foundry, Washington, DC

1977- Washington Project for the Arts, “A Bird’s Eye View”, Washington, DC

1976- Washington Project for the Arts, “The Glass Door: Immigrant Artists of Washington”, Washington DC

1974- Exhibition of works by contemporary Iranian Artist sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Arts, General Department for Literary and Artistic Creation, Teheran, Iran

1967- Gallery Sistina, Rome, Italy