Mana Mehrabian is an interdisciplinary artist, born and raised in Tehran, Iran, and currently living in eastern Washington. Her work explores the role of images in our communication and visual consciousness and reflects on ideas of perception, identity, memory, migration, home, and the body. Mehrabian draws inspiration from everyday interactions with images, objects, materials, and social and personal concerns and experiences. In addition to her work as an artist, she works as an educator and independent curator.
Exhibitions
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2024: Upcoming, Two-person exhibition with Mary Coss, Vestibule Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2023: From: To: |: فرستنده: گیرنده, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
2019, Invisible Sight, with Roin Morigeau, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington
2019, Double Vision, with Joe Hedges, Juried, Gem Art Center, Boise, Idaho
2018, Perception- Sensation, with Amelia Warden, Juried, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2017, Perception- Sensation, with Amelia Warden, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts- Gallery II, Pullman, Washington
Group Exhibitions:
2024, Time Capsule, Vestibule Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2023: Embrace Equality: Illustrating (In)visible Labor, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington
2022, Auto Focus. A Portrait of the Self, Juried, curated by Loosenart, Rome, Italy
2022, Presences, Invitational, Saranac Arts Project, Spokane, Washington
2021, Currents New Media 2021, Juried, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2020, 5$ Video: A Juried Exhibition, Juried, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas
2020, Clouds: The 6th International Exhibition on New Media Art 2020, Juried, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2020 SPE Media Festival, The Society for Photographic Education, Juried, The Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas
2020, Now & Then, MFA Alumni Exhibition, Juried, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington
2019, NYC Phoenix Art Gallery, An Artist Collective, Juried, Online Solo Exhibition
2019, Experimental Film and Video 2019, Juried, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2019, Fracture, Juried, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
2019, De-composition, Juried, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, New York
2019, Wish You Were Here 19 postcard show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2019, Small work online exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Online
2019, Escape, Stray Galleries, Pullman, Washington
2019, Ospizio Giovani Artisti (OGA)Video art Exhibition, Juried, Rome, Italy
2018, Side by Side, Faculty exhibition, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, Washington
2018, Lines of Thought, Juried, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2018, Terrain 11, Juried, Spokane, Washington
2018, Off the Wall (2018), Juried, Art+ Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin
2018, MFA Exchange Show (Washington State University and University of Idaho), Ridenbaugh Art Gallery, Moscow, Idaho
2017, Memento Mori, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts- Gallery II, Pullman, Washington
2017, Art Through the Lens, Juried, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
2017, LUV, Stray Galleries, Pullman, Washington
2017, Off the Wall (2017), Juried, Art+ Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin
2017, 100 for 100, CVA Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
2016, 6 Hours, Lodge Gallery, PNCA, Portland, Oregon
2014, Few Scenes from Paradise, Juried, Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Bibliography (Print media, exhibition catalogs, interviews, and reviews)
“Auto Focus. A Portrait of The Self Exhibition Catalog”, Published by LoosenArt, 2022
“Into the Clouds: New Media Art 2021”, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, January 2021
Murze Magazine, Edition 8, 15 October 2019, Juried, London, England, 2019
Friend of the Artist (FOA), Volume 10, Juried, United States, 2019
Decomposition Exhibition Catalogue, Main Street Art Gallery, 2019
Art Through the Lens, Exhibition Catalogue, Yeiser Art Center, 2017
The Spokesman-Review- exhibition review, 2018
Publication as Author: “Art and Language" Theories in Contemporary Iranian Art during the 2000s, Scientific-Research Quarterly of Art and Architecture - Tehran-Iran, Book 15, Vol 5, Spring 2012
Publication as Author: A review on "Art and Language" Theories, Scientific-Research Quarterly of Art and Architecture - Tehran-Iran, Book 14, Vol 4, Winter 2012
Curatorial
2023: Critical Mass 2023, Juror with Krista Brand, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon.
2023: In Solidarity, Juror with Sarah Barnett, Washington State University, Department of Art, Pullman, WA
2022: Paracosm, Jury member, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, WSU
2022, Critical Mass 2022, Juror with Krista Brand, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon.
2022, Repair: Reset, An Invitational online Group Exhibition, Curator with Krista Brand, Side x Side Contemporary
2021, Critical Mass 2021, Juror with Krista Brand, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon
2020, So Close: International Online Juried Group Exhibition, Juror and Curator with Krista Brand, Side x Side Contemporary
2020-present, Co-founder , Side x Side Contemporary
2018-2019, Curatorial Assistant, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art /WSU, Pullman, Washington
2017, Jury member, Utopia/Dystopia, Juried Group Exhibition, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington
2016-2018, Member of Gallery/Curatorial Committee, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington
Teaching Experiences
2022-present: Lecturer, Washington State University, Department of Art, Pullman, Washington.
Fall 2022: Adjunct Instructor, Spokane Falls Community College, Pullman, Washington.
Spring 2019: Adjunct Instructor, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.
2018-2019: Adjunct Instructor, Spokane Falls Community College, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.
2017-2018: Instructor of Record, Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.
2013-2016: Adjunct Instructor, Center of Art and Cultural Education, University of Applied Science and Technology, Department of Interior Design & Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran.
2012-2015: Adjunct Instructor, Islamic Azad University-Roudehen Branch, Department of Graphic Design and Interior Architecture, Roudehen, Iran.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Master of Arts in Art Research, Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran.
Bachelor of Arts in Photography, Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran.
Awards
2022 Grant for Artists' Progress (GAP), Artist Trust
2018: Elizabeth and Patrick Siler Fellowship in Fine Arts
2017: John Ludwig Graduate Fellowship
2017: Claude N. Nelson Graduate Fellowship in Visual Arts
Collections
Inatai Foundation, Seattle, Washington