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Ghazal Rahimi (Born 1994, Tehran, Iran)

Lives and works in Los Angeles

EDUCATION  

2020 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) 

University of California, Berkeley, CA 

2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)  Painting Major with Graphic Design Minor 

Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 

EXHIBITIONS 

The 50th Annual Master of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Upcoming May 2021
Reflections on Exile, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA, January 2019  Murphy and Cadogan Awards Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, September 2019 MFA Now, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 2019  Repeat Three Times , Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, January 2019  No Shade in the Shadow of The Boss, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, May 2018 Buyer’s Remorse, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, December 2017 Solo painting Exhibition, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, August 2016  Surface:10125 Exhibition, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, May 2016 

HONORS AND AWARDS 

2019   The Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, San Francisco, CA 2018   Brenda S. Bagg Memorial Award for Watercolor, Women Painters West, Los Angeles, CA 2016   Women Painters West Award, Women Painters West, Los Angeles, CA 

TEACHING

Instructor, Introduction to Visual Thinking, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2019
Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley, CA Summer 2019 

Teaching Assistant, Life Drawing, Professor Christopher Warner, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2015-2017