Pouya Afshar

1984. Born in Tehran, Iran

2000
2000
Moved to the United States of America
2005
Group show, "Out of Character", California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2005
Marc Davis Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006
Group show, "El Gallo Café", Gallery 1919, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Walt Disney Foundation Scholarship for achievement excellence in animation, Burbank, CA
2007
Received his B.F.A. in character animation, School of Film and Video, California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
2008
Four Sisters Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
2009
Edie and Lew Wasserman Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
2009
Finished his M.F.A. in animation, School of Film, TV, and Digital Media, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2009
Solo show, "Figure In Motion", Annenberg Foundation, Los Angeles
2009
University of California Los Angeles’ Vincent E. Defrances Scholarship, Los Angeles
2009
Afghan 1 2009
2010
2010
Solo show, "Disorderly Scuffled", Aun Gallery, Tehran
2011
Solo show, "Div-e Aaz / The Demon of Greed", Aun Gallery, Tehran
2011
Group show, Nil Gallery, Tehran
2011
Artist Lecture, Art Department of Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
2011
Group show, "L.A. vs. War: Art for Peace in the Hope Era", The Vortex, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Solo show, "Seven Conquests of Story", Aun Gallery, Tehran
2012
Screenings, "Farhang Short Film Festival" Screening of "Rostam in Wonderland: Sohrab’s Blood", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Second prizewinner, Best Short Film Award, Sarah Moridpour & Pouya Afshar, "The Voided Loom: Kelardasht's Carpet"
2012
Rostam and Sohrab 2012
2013
Group show, two person show, "The Mystery of Suveyda", Two Person Show, Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles
2013
Artist talk, "Seven Conquests of Story" series, Aun Gallery, Tehran
2013
Art fair, Art Context Miami Fair, Miami, Florida
2013
First prizewinner, Pouya Afshar & Soroush Rezaee, "Rostam In Wonderland - Sohrab's Blood", Best Short Film Award
2014
Art fair, Houston Fine Arts Fair, Shulamit Gallery, Houston, TX
2014
Solo show, "Romance with the Crow I Killed", Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles
2014
Art fair, Houston Fine Arts Fair, Represented by Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Houston, TX
2015
Art fair, Volta New York, Represented by Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, New York
2015
Group show, "Art Bridges", University of Adam Mickiewicz, Kalisz, Poland
2015
Group show, "Creative Art, Innovative Science", Aun Gallery, Tehran
2015
Screenings, Screening of "Rostam in Wonderland" series, Curated by Cyrus Samii, Crescent Moon Projects, Access Theater NYC, New York
2015
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Obtained "Rostam in Wonderland" series for its Art of the Middle East’s Permanent Collection, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Delivered a lecture at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2016
Group show, "Rostam in Wonderland" Series, Contemporary Art of the Middle East, Curated by Linda Komarov, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA
2016
Artist Lecture and Presentation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2017
Creative Economy Grant, Lowell High School, Lowell, MA
2017
Artist Lecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2017
Earth day group show, Curated by Ingrid Hess, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell
2017
Group show, "Artnet Contemporary Middle Eastern Show and Auction", Curated by Bibinaz Zavieh, the Space by Advocartsy, Los Angeles
2017
Solo show, "Mourn Baby Mourn", Dastan Basement, Tehran
2018
Solo show, "En Masse", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2018
Fulbright Scholar Award, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey
2018
Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Dastan's Basement Gallery, Dubai
2018
Solo show, "Mourn Baby, Mourn", Curated by Roshi Rahnama, The Space by Advocartsy, Los Angeles
2018
Group show, "Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary San Francisco", Curated by Roshi Rahnama, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
2018
Group show, "An Art and Design Collaboration: ADVOCARTSY x Ryan Saghian", The Space by Advocartsy, Los Angeles
2018
Group show, "Mossavar-nameh 2" , Curated by Hormoz Hematian and Ashkan Zahraei, Teer Art, Tehran
2018
Group show, "In the Fields of Empty Days: the Intersection of the Past and Present in Iranian Art", Curated by Linda Komarov, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2018
Artist Lecture and Master Class, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
2018
Solo show, "Out of Character", Galerie Nicolas Flamel, Paris
2018
Delivered a lecture at the University of California, Los Angeles
2018
Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Dastans Basement, Dubai
2018
Group show, "Mossavar-Nameh", Plus 2, Tehran
2018
Group show, "Mossavar-Nameh", Dastans Basement, Tehran
2018
Group show, "Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary San Fransisco", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2018
Group show, "In the Fields of Empty Days", LACMA, Los Angeles County
2019
Short-listed as a finalist for "Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and Video Competition", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles
2019
Group show, "Contemporary Photography and Video", Viewpoint Gallery, University of California Irvine, Irvine
2019
Group show, "American", Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
2019
Group show, "Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and Video", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles
2019
Displaced 3 2019
2019
Group show, "Selection of Works", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2019
Group show, "Summer Art Bash", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2020
2020
Solo show, "Out of Character", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2020
Group show, "Group Show", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2021
Group show, "Group Exhibition", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2021
Group show, "Once Upon a Time", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2021
Solo show, "The Charm of The Unfamiliar", Craft Contemporary, California
2021
Group show, "Holiday Hang", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2022
Solo show, "A Return To The Flesh", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2023
Group show, "Resilience: Summer Group Exhibition", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2024
Group show, "Vintage Modern", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2025
Group show, "Portraiture Now: Iranian Contemporary", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2026
Group show, "mādar", CUE Art Foundation, New York

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1984. Born in Tehran, Iran

2000

Moved to the United States of America

2005

Group show, "Out of Character", California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2005

Marc Davis Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2006

Group show, "El Gallo Café", Gallery 1919, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Walt Disney Foundation Scholarship for achievement excellence in animation, Burbank, CA

2007

Received his B.F.A. in character animation, School of Film and Video, California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)

2008

Four Sisters Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles

2009

Edie and Lew Wasserman Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles

2009

Finished his M.F.A. in animation, School of Film, TV, and Digital Media, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

2009

Solo show, "Figure In Motion", Annenberg Foundation, Los Angeles

2009

University of California Los Angeles’ Vincent E. Defrances Scholarship, Los Angeles

2009

2010

Solo show, "Disorderly Scuffled", Aun Gallery, Tehran

2011

Solo show, "Div-e Aaz / The Demon of Greed", Aun Gallery, Tehran

2011

Group show, Nil Gallery, Tehran

2011

Artist Lecture, Art Department of Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA

2011

Group show, "L.A. vs. War: Art for Peace in the Hope Era", The Vortex, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Solo show, "Seven Conquests of Story", Aun Gallery, Tehran

2012

Screenings, "Farhang Short Film Festival" Screening of "Rostam in Wonderland: Sohrab’s Blood", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Second prizewinner, Best Short Film Award, Sarah Moridpour & Pouya Afshar, "The Voided Loom: Kelardasht's Carpet"

2012

2013

Group show, two person show, "The Mystery of Suveyda", Two Person Show, Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles

2013

Artist talk, "Seven Conquests of Story" series, Aun Gallery, Tehran

2013

Art fair, Art Context Miami Fair, Miami, Florida

2013

First prizewinner, Pouya Afshar & Soroush Rezaee, "Rostam In Wonderland - Sohrab's Blood", Best Short Film Award

2014

Art fair, Houston Fine Arts Fair, Shulamit Gallery, Houston, TX

2014

Solo show, "Romance with the Crow I Killed", Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles

2014

Art fair, Houston Fine Arts Fair, Represented by Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Houston, TX

2015

Art fair, Volta New York, Represented by Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, New York

2015

Group show, "Art Bridges", University of Adam Mickiewicz, Kalisz, Poland

2015

Group show, "Creative Art, Innovative Science", Aun Gallery, Tehran

2015

Screenings, Screening of "Rostam in Wonderland" series, Curated by Cyrus Samii, Crescent Moon Projects, Access Theater NYC, New York

2015

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Obtained "Rostam in Wonderland" series for its Art of the Middle East’s Permanent Collection, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Delivered a lecture at Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2016

Group show, "Rostam in Wonderland" Series, Contemporary Art of the Middle East, Curated by Linda Komarov, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA

2016

Artist Lecture and Presentation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

2017

Creative Economy Grant, Lowell High School, Lowell, MA

2017

Artist Lecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2017

Earth day group show, Curated by Ingrid Hess, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell

2017

Group show, "Artnet Contemporary Middle Eastern Show and Auction", Curated by Bibinaz Zavieh, the Space by Advocartsy, Los Angeles

2017

Solo show, "Mourn Baby Mourn", Dastan Basement, Tehran

2018

Solo show, "En Masse", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2018

Fulbright Scholar Award, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey

2018

Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Dastan's Basement Gallery, Dubai

2018

Solo show, "Mourn Baby, Mourn", Curated by Roshi Rahnama, The Space by Advocartsy, Los Angeles

2018

Group show, "Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary San Francisco", Curated by Roshi Rahnama, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco

2018

Group show, "An Art and Design Collaboration: ADVOCARTSY x Ryan Saghian", The Space by Advocartsy, Los Angeles

2018

Group show, "Mossavar-nameh 2" , Curated by Hormoz Hematian and Ashkan Zahraei, Teer Art, Tehran

2018

Group show, "In the Fields of Empty Days: the Intersection of the Past and Present in Iranian Art", Curated by Linda Komarov, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

2018

Artist Lecture and Master Class, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles

2018

Solo show, "Out of Character", Galerie Nicolas Flamel, Paris

2018

Delivered a lecture at the University of California, Los Angeles

2018

Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Dastans Basement, Dubai

2018

Group show, "Mossavar-Nameh", Plus 2, Tehran

2018

Group show, "Mossavar-Nameh", Dastans Basement, Tehran

2018

Group show, "Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary San Fransisco", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2018

Group show, "In the Fields of Empty Days", LACMA, Los Angeles County

2019

Short-listed as a finalist for "Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and Video Competition", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles

2019

Group show, "Contemporary Photography and Video", Viewpoint Gallery, University of California Irvine, Irvine

2019

Group show, "American", Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA

2019

Group show, "Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and Video", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles

2019

2019

Group show, "Selection of Works", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2019

Group show, "Summer Art Bash", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2020

Solo show, "Out of Character", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2020

Group show, "Group Show", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2021

Group show, "Group Exhibition", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2021

Group show, "Once Upon a Time", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2021

Solo show, "The Charm of The Unfamiliar", Craft Contemporary, California

2021

Group show, "Holiday Hang", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2022

Solo show, "A Return To The Flesh", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2023

Group show, "Resilience: Summer Group Exhibition", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2024

Group show, "Vintage Modern", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2025

Group show, "Portraiture Now: Iranian Contemporary", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles

2026

Group show, "mādar", CUE Art Foundation, New York