Amitis Motevalli
Amitis Motevalli
Born in Tehran, Iran 1969
Education:
BA, San Francisco State University 1995
MFA, Claremont Graduate University 1998
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions:
2008
Threshold of the Innocents and Martyred (Harameh Massomeen va Shohadha),
18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica California
2006
Right; Rite; Write Piece, Performance, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, California
2005
Re-Aiming the Canon, Slanguge, Los Angeles, California
2002
Stop it at it’s Source. Deep River Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009
Traces of Being, Morono Kiang, Los Angeles, Ca.
Staybite: Modes of Operation, The University of Texas at Dallas
The Feminist Art Project Bus Tour, Los Angeles
“Tan Lejos de Dios…”, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
“Tan Lejos de Dios…”, ASARO, Oaxaca, Mexico
You Make Me Laugh, S1F, Los Angeles
2008
A Guide to Democracy in America, Creative Time Project
The Audacity of Desperation, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles
California Biennal, Orange County Museum of Art, Ca.
Chora Collection, Farmlab/La Casa de Tunnel, Mexico
2007
(Un) Holy Selves, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, Il
Voices of Resistance, Around the Coyote, Chicago, Il
And That Was How it Ended, McNish Gallery, Oxnard City College
Migration Study, Phanthom Gallery, Los Angeles, California
First Kiss, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, Califrnia
No Human Being is Illegal, CSPG at Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California
2006
Sexta Feria del Libro en el Zocalo, Mexico City, Mexico
Does Religion Kill, 18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Irrational 5, Performances, Track16, Santa Monica, California
2004
Fade, Luckman Gallery, CSU Los Angeles, California
I Am A Curator, Chisenhale, Gallery, London, UKoh
Revolt, She Said, Forde, Switzerland
2003
Enter Intercessor, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California
Democracy When At, the Project, Los Angeles, California
2002
Democracy When, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,California
Utopian Grids, Coagula Projects, Los Angeles, California
New Trajectories in Street Influenced Art, ICU Art, Los Angeles, California
2001
Overflowing, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
Axiomatic Arcade, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
Capital Art, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
Tricky, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, Ca.
Awards and Fellowships:
California Community Foundation, Emerging Artist Fellowship
James Irvine Foundation, Vision of California
Montalvo Artist Residency Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts / Andy Warhol Foundation, project fellowship at 18th Street Arts Center
Publications:
Books
Voices of Resistance, Muslim Women on Love, War and Sexuality
Catalogues
2008
A Guide to Democracy in America, Creative Time Books
Visions from a New California
2006
I Am A Curator, Chisenhale Gallery Press
Enter Intercessor
2002
Democracy When?, Catalogue, LAS
2000
Capital Art, Catalogue, Smart Art Press
1997
My First Work, Catalogue, Pasadena City College
Projects
The Sand Ninja and friends, (Performance and intervention)
Ak-Ami (Performance, interventions and media)
From the Barrel (founder, artist collective)
Hamaam Project (dialogue project with Muslim Women Artist collaboration with Sarah Husain)
Stupid Muslim Joke (series of performances and web based interactions and dialogue)
