Shabnam Jannesari
Education
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) with Distinction in Studio Art, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Painting, Guilan University, Guilan, Iran, 2014
Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Second Grant, Montreal, Canada, 2020 & 2022
Chautauqua Art Residency, School of Visual Art, Chautauqua, NY, 2022
HC Summer Research Grant, Hastings College, NE, 2022
Distinguished Artist Fellowship in Painting, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, 2018-2021
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska, 2021-present
Director of Jackson Dinsdale Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska, 2022-present
Coordinator at Matn Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2017-2018
Painting and Drawing Instructor, Basteh Negar Institution, Isfahan, Iran, 2014-2016
Painting Tutor for Children, Basteh Negar Institution, Isfahan, Iran, 2014
Solo Exhibitions
Upcoming Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 2025
"Each String is Thread, Each Color a Chord," Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha, NE, 2023
"Ribbons of Space," Jackson Dinsdale Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE, 2021
"The Carpet Grew like a Garden," Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, 2021
"Life in a Bubble," Gallery 244, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2020
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025: upcoming: " Made in the Plains", Joselyn Museum, Omaha, NE
2024:
Upcoming "Mid-Atlantic Biannual", University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
"Look but Look with Love," Two person Show, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Faculty Exhibition, Hastings College" Jackson Dinsdale Gallery, Hastings, NE
"CVA School of Art Alumni Residents Exhibition,", Chautauqua, NY
"Art as Storytelling- Midwest Art", curated by Aline Smithson, Online Exhibition
2023:
"A Pot Nudged into Oblivion," Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
"Social Memory, Sites of Remembrance," Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
"Faculty Show," Jackson Dinsdale Gallery, Hastings, NE
2022:
"Chautauqua Artist Exhibition," Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
"Connections II: C.V.A. School of Art Residents Exhibition," Leon Gloria Plevin Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
"Narrative Imperative," Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut Avery Point, Groton, CT
"Crossing Cultures," A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
"Origin," JMAC Gallery, Worcester, MA
2021:
"4th Annual Women Artists Art Exhibition," Fusion Art, U.S
"Domestic State," Beard and Weil Gallery at Wheaton College, Norton, MA
"Chasing Ghosts VI," Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
"(Re)location," Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
"2021 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition," University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Gallery, MA
"Fresh Faces 2021," Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
"Crossing Cultures," Fort Point Art Community, Boston, MA
"Dreams and Their Edges," Online Exhibition, I Like Your Work Podcast, U.S.
"Her Weight in Gold," Online Exhibition, Visionary Art Collective, U.S.
2020:
"Raw," M.F.A. Exhibition Online, University of Montana, MT
"31 Under 30 Emerging Artists in the United States," Online Exhibition
2019:
"Countercultures Exhibition," University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Gallery, MA
"Glimpse Exhibition 2019," University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Gallery, MA
2018:
"Migrant Connections Festival," London, UK
2017:
"Small Paintings Auction," Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2016:
"Small Paintings Auction," Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
"Welcome Spring Painting Exhibition," Erik Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015:
"21 Paintings, 21 Narrations," Apadana Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
"Independent Painters," Isfahan Artistic Center Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
"Insun," Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
Selected Publications and Interviews
2024:
Upcoming "Manifest Gallery, INPA10," Link
Upcoming, "New American Painting, No. 171, M.F.A. Annual Issue
"Friends of The Artist," Volume 17, Day Web, Laura
2022:
"New Visionary, Issue 2," Fry, Victoria, April 2022
"The Huts Mag, Issue 4," Bardi Tosobuafo Matilda, March 2022
"New Visionary, Issue 1," Fry, Victoria, January 2022
"Art Maze Mag, Issue 25," Zemtsova, Masha, January 2022
"All She Makes Magazine, Issue 4," Martynjuk, Svitlana, January 2022
2021:
"Juniper Rag Mag," Blackmer, Marc_ Farren, Christian, May 2021
"NYX PHOENIX ART/ An Artist Collective," November 2021
"The Pandemic Surfaces New Cross-Cultural Themes for This Painter," Matta, Magdiela, ARTery, April 2021
"5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Writer's Workshop And A Show Of Luminous Paintings," Matta, Magdiela, ARTery, February 2021
"Ten Questions with Shabnam Jannesari," Rose, Michael, Michael Rose Fine Art Blog, January 23, 2021
"Capsule Previews," Artscope Magazine, January/February, P 36, 2021
"From Iran to Dartmouth: UMass artist holds first solo show," Robinson, Kate, Dartmouth Week, February 2021
2020:
"Shabnam's vibrant 'Carpet Grew Like a Garden' looks inside Iranian life coming to Gallery 263," Levy, Mark, Cambridge Day, December 26, 2020
"Cambridge gallery picks UMass Dartmouth art student for solo exhibition," Dartmouth Week, December 2020
"SheThey Magazine, Issue 6," Islam, Sydney, November 2020
"Student Spotlight - Shabnam Jannesari," Pichette, Rachel, December 2020
Public & Private Collection
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA, United States, 2021
Selected by invitation for permanent exhibition at the University of Massachusetts School of Law, Dartmouth, MA, United States, 2021
Community Service
McCain Artist Fellowship in Visual and Media Arts section, Juror, 2023
Erie Arts and Cultural Artist Fellowship, Juror,2022
National Association of Women Artists, I.N.K. New York, Member,2021-2022
Artist Directory, Visionary Art Collective, Member, 2021