Katayoun Bahrami
Education
Present MA in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA
2022 MFA in Studio Art, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA
2017 MA in Arts and Cultural Management/Museum Studies, Michigan State University
2005 BFA in Fabric and Fashion Design, University of science and culture (USC), Tehran, Iran
Curatorial Experience
2023 Co-Curating Emergenc(y): Afghan Lives Beyond the Forever War, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley
2022 The Wind in My Hair, presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project in collaboration with CCA Center for the Arts and Public Life, ARTogether, and Diaspora Arts Connection
2022 (EM)power (EM)brace (EM)body, Surface Design Association
2017 [Re]Dress: Outfitting Controversy, April 21-May 07, 2017, MSU Union Gallery, East Lansing, MI
2017 Underground Comix, February 20-March 3, 2017, Outlook Gallery, RCAH, East Lansing, MI
Solo Exhibition
2020 Driveway Presents as part of Maiden L.A., I Will Plant My Hands In The Garden, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Fiber Art Now’s eighth annual Excellence In Fibers exhibition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2023 Migrations and The Shifting Borders curated by LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
2022 Forecast//Recast, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
2022 Alien Race - Envisioning sites of our future ancestors, LA ARTCORE, Los Angeles, CA
2022 PARALLAX: WOMEN'S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, GORMLEY GALLERY, Baltimore, MD
2022 Searching For Life: regrowth & display-WE, the Women's Caucus, SPE, Cincinnati, OH
2022 The New Wight Biennial 2022: Between the Self and its True Home, UCLA Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Myth of 4 /افسانه ۴ Zamin Project's Video Series at Hamzianpour & Kia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Diversia - July 2022 exhibition, organized by Exhibizone and powered by @Biafarin platform, Toronto, CA
2022 FUTURE TENSE 2022, Surface Design Organization Online Gallery
2022 VIDRINE at Worth Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2022 CCA MFA Graduate Fine Arts Exhibition, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 “Silence Unseen,” Library Online Exhibition – California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2020 “CCA@CCA,” part of Creative Citizens in Action – Hubbell Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2020 “RAW, “ MFA EXHIBITION ONLINE – UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
2020 QiPO Fair, Artist-Run Alliance, CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Union Art Gallery - Group Show, University of North Texas
2019 “Cross-section”, MFA EXHIBITION ONLINE – UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
2019 Textile Techniques in Metals, Denton, TX
2019 Launch LA- Beyond Redemption, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Iranian Artists in the US, Artem Galleries, West Hollywood, CA
2013 Group Fashion Design, Iran Design & Fabric Center, Tehran, Iran
2007 Group Batik Painting Exhibition, Kamaleddin Behzad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 Group Painting Exhibition, in Amirkabir Cultural Center Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Projects
2023 Manifest Differently, Led by Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP), a fiscally-sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media and co-presented with Artists Television Access (ATA) and Minnesota Street Project (MSP)
2022 Level Ground, Membership Drive video Production Assistants, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Zamin Project, Bridging SWANA Art Community in the Bay Area
2016-2018 Norooz (Persian New Year), East Lansing, MI
Awards/Fellowships/Scholarships
2022 -2023 California College of the Arts President’s International Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
2022 -2023 California College of the Arts Merit Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
2022 Impact Award Finalists, San Francisco, CA
2021 The Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, San Francisco, CA
2020 and 2021 California College of the Arts Merit Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
2019 and 2020 The Sue O’Kelly Scholarship (Trinity Valley Donation), Denton, TX
2019 and 2020 Voertman-Ardoin Fellowships, Denton, TX
2017 The Lillian Kumata Scholarship, East Lansing, MI
2017 Women Walking West Scholarship, East Lansing MI
2017 CVIP Appreciation Award, East Lansing MI
Press
Audience Members Cut Iranian Artist’s Hair in Moving Performance, by Emily Wilson, Hyperallergic, January 2023
Winter issue of Fiber Art Now eighth annual Excellence In Fibers | Spring 2023
MY THREE ENCOUNTERS by Marco Bene, Rewind Review Respond Vol. 4 | Spring 2022
“Murphy & Cadogan: Meet the Artists.” SOMArts, September 16, 2021.
"Three MFA Fine Arts Students Win Cadogan Awards." CCA. Accessed September 23, 2021.
“Meet Katayoun BAHRAMI: ARTIST.” SHOUTOUT LA, June 4, 2021.
“Silence Unseen: Katayoun Bahrami and Trina Robinson | CCA Libraries.” 2021. CCA Libraries. 2021.
An interview with Katayoun Bahrami and Alia Moussa, Rewind Review Respond Vol. 1 | Fall 2020
“Meet Katayoun Bahrami - Voyage Dallas Magazine | Dallas City Guide.” 2020.
Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet The Sun Again. Prestel (October 15, 2019). 2019. ISBN 9783791358758.
Professional Memberships
Clarion Alley Mural Project Board Member
Afghan American Artists and Writers Association/ AAAWA Board Member
Alangoo Fine Arts
Level Ground Organization/Collective Artist
Surface Design Association//Exhibition Committee member
National Basketry Organization/Membership Committee member
Textile Society of America
Berkeley Art Center