Yari Ostovany

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Born in 1962 – Tehran

Education:

BA: University of Nevada – Reno, NV Art 1990
BFA: San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1992
MFA: San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1995

Artistic Activities:

1993/92 Assistant Instructor, Painting & Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2005 -present Instructor, Drawing, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno, Nevada

Solo Exhibitions:

1988- Manville Gallery, Reno, NV
1989- Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
1994- Footwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997- Other Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
1998- Hourian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002- Bochum Kulturrat (City of Bochum Cultural Center), Germany
2002- Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, Cologne, Germany

2003- Art Corner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2007- South Valleys Library, Reno, NV
2007- Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV
2009- San Jose City College Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2010- Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011- Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA

2012- Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA (in preparation)

Group Exhibitions:

1986- Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1987- Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
1988- Home Federal Bank, Reno, NV
1988- Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
1988- Nevada State Council on the Arts, Reno, NV
1988- Ackerman Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1989- Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV
1990- E. L. Wiegand Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1991- Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1992- San Francisco Art Institute Spring Exhibition, CA
1993- Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1993- Iranian Artist’s Exhibition, Redwood City, CA
1993- Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994- Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1994- Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1994- Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
1995- Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
1996- Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1997- Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1997- San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
1997- Evolving Perceptions, National Press Club, Washington, DC
1998- Mehregan festival, Irvine, CA
1999- Evolving Perceptions, Washington, DC
1999- Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1999- Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC
1999- WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
1999- Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
1999- Ovissi Gallery, Emeryville, CA
2000- Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000- Köln Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2001- Kunsthof Merten, Merten, Germany
2002- Mojaveri Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2003- HotHouse Center for Performance & Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2006- Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2007- Catherine Bouwer Gallery, Reno, NV
2007- Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2007- Cesi Palace, Acquasparta, Umbría, Italy
2007- la Giornata del Contemporaneo (Organized by Camaver Kunsthaus), Lecco, Italy
2008- Galleria Lallihome, Varenna, Italy
2009- Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona
2009- California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center
2010- Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada
2011- Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011- Arts West Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
2011- ArtPeople Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012- Estense Castle Museum, Ferrara, Italy

Awards:

1986 Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition
1987 Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition
1988 Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant, Reno, Nevada
1988 Home Federal Bank Art Competition, Reno, Nevada
1988 Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship
1988 Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition
1989 Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship
1993 Annual San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition
2007 Sierra Arts Endowment Grant
Publications:
1988   BRUSHFIRE, Literary publication of the University of Nevada, Reno
1989   BRUSHFIRE, Literary publication of the University of Nevada, Reno
1989   University of Nevada Press catalog cover
1990   BRUSHFIRE, Literary publication of the University of Nevada, Reno
1990   Nevada Biennial Exhibition Catalog, Reno / Las Vegas, Nevada
1991   Dialogues (Goftegu dar Shahr) Magazine, Berkeley, California
1992   San Francisco Art Institute View Book
1997   Featured Artist, October issue of THE IRANIAN Internet Magazine
1998   Featured Artist, January issue of THE IRANIAN Internet Magazine
1998   Heilman-C Gallery, November Guest  Artist
2006   BRUSHFIRE, Literary publication of the University of Nevada, Reno
2008   Between Shadow and Light: Contemporary Iranian Art and Artists, by Hengameh Fouladvand
2008   Iran Today, by M. Kamrava, M. Dorraj, Greenwood Publishing Group
2010   Hidden Wounds, Paper Bullets – Iranian Contemporary Art Exhibition Catalog

Collections:

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Permanent Collection of the University of Nevada – Reno Art Department various
Private collections in the U.S. and abroad