Roya Farassat
Iranian-born American artist (born 1964)
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Roya Farassat (Persian: رویا فراست; born 1964) is an Iranian-born American visual artist, based in New York City.[1][2][3][4]
Roya Farassat | |
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رویا فراست | |
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Education | Parsons School of Design (BFA) |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
| Website | royafarassat |
Life and career
Roya Farassat was born in 1964, in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran.[5][6] She is Iranian Jewish.[5] At the age of 14 in 1978, she moved to the United States prior to the Iranian Revolution.[5] Farassat attended Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she received a BFA degree.[7]
Farassat is known for her paintings and sculptures, she often works in metals like steel, as well as oil paint, and acrylics.[8] Some of her work has an element of humor and it often investigates the identity of women living in contemporary Iran under Islam.[5][9] Her art series A Mirror Has Two Faces, explores abstract portraits of women in veils, framed with Persian ornamental elements.[9]
Exhibitions
Solo and two-person exhibitions
- 2011 – A Mirror Has Two Faces, Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, New York, U.S.
- 2015 – Chaos, A Mind of Its Own, Shirin Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, New York, U.S.[2]
- 2018 – Abstracting Materiality, Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City, New York, U.S.; two-person exhibition with Wyn-Lyn Tan[10]
- 2022– As Near As Memory, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 Mateo Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.[11]
Group exhibitions
- 2016 – Contemporary Women Artists From Iran, Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 North Broadway, Nyack, New York, U.S.; three-person exhibition with Shabnam K. Ghazi and Golnar Adili[4][5]
- 2017 – Echo, Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.; curated by Azita Moradkhani, and including artists Farassat, Samira Abbassy, Elnaz Javani, and Farid ud-Din Attar[3][12]
- 2019 – A Bridge Between You and Everything: An Exhibition of Iranian Women Artists, High Line Nine Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, New York, U.S.; curated by Shirin Neshat[1]