OVERVIEW | CV | PRESS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Born in Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 I am the Oncoming Voices, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2020 Salt Pepper Prophecy, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Deep Seep, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 Blast Off from Earth!, Gallery 16, San Francisco
2018 Oar Tatig, The Lodge, Los Angeles
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Morro Madonnas, with Maureen St. Vincent, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 insofar as i knew: Jae Yeun Choi and Maysha Mohamedi, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland
2017 A Material Lab Bites a Peculiar Personified Alchemy, with Ryan Fenchel, Dalton Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2017 The 8th Dimension, with Julia Haft-Candell, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 NADA MIAMI, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
A Peripheral Reverie, Penske Projects, Montecito
100!, Loyal Gallery, Sweden
LA in Bloom: Seven Approaches to Abstraction, Werkartz, Los Angeles
2019 In With The New, Artual Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
LA Painting: Formalism to Street Art, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
The Flat Files, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Household Effects, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Mind Body Soul, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Together, NIAD, Richmond CA
Los Angeles Notebook, Jacob’s Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Heat Wave, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
Big Pictures, Airtight Garage, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Laurie Nye)
NUT II, AIR Gallery, New York
2017 Binder of Women, The Pit, Los Angeles
Got it For Cheap, The Hole, New York
Modern Hieroglyphics, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
2016 Palette, Ampersand International, San Francisco
2015 Hôtel d’Alsace, Bustamante Gill, Los Angeles, CA
Ghost in the Hay, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
Super Contemporary, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2014 The Optimists: Maysha Mohamedi, Rebecca Morris, Ruby Neri, Laurie Reid, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Folding the Blanket of Time, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Voulkos Inspired, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2012 Moxie, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles , CA
In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today, Asian Resource Center Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 Master’s Thesis Exhibition, curated by Glen Helfand, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2010 New York Studio Program, AICAD, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Graduate Diversity Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2009 CCA Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2004 National Science Foundation East Asia Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Iranian-American Scholarship, University of California, San Diego
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Conversations About Abstraction 2, YouTube, Nov 2
CAD Calls with Kelsey, YouTube, Oct 15
A Peripheral Reverie, Flaunt Magazine, Julia Smith, Oct 1
Q&A with Maysha Mohamedi, Gurl Museum Day, Oct
Creative Resilience, Matrons & Mistresses, August 3
Maysha Mohamedi: Critics’ Pick, Artforum, May 8
Maysha Mohamedi, Sound & Vision Podast, Brian Alfred, May 7
2019 August Art is Hot: MOAH, Artillery Magazine, Genie Davis, August 14
Local Artists Return to SLO with Morro Madonnas Show, New Times, Ryah Cooley, July 11
Maysha Mohamedi: On Transitional Ground, Avant-Galaxy Podcast, Emmalea Russo, July 2
Maysha Mohamedi Merges Worlds on Her Canvas, Art of Choice, Maria Vogel, May 8
Mind Body Soul Installment, Flaunt Magazine, Paulette Ely, February 7
Maysha Mohamedi at Gallery 16, Squarecyliner, David M. Roth, February 5
The Best Exhibits at Museums and Galleries in L.A. in January, L.A. Magazine, Brittany Martin, January 4
2018 Maysha Mohamedi: Oar Tatig, Maake Magazine, Katie Kirk, October
Maysha Mohamedi: Negotiating Two Cultures, ArtNowLA, Natalie Pashaie, September
This Week’s Must See Art Events in LA, Curate LA, September 6
A Final Goodbye to Summer Art Exhibitions, San Francisco Chronicle, Charles Desmarais, August 23
The Thought-Provokers: Maysha Mohamedi,VoyageLA, May 28
Where to Find Fantastic Beasts? At Big Pictures Los Angeles’ ‘Airtight Garage,’ LA Times, David Pagel, April 17
Artists Share Their Studio Playlists, Hyperallergic, Matt Stromberg, April 4
Maysha Mohamedi, Matter of Hand, Ella Viscardi and Julia Girardoni, January 12
What Artists Listen To Podcast, Episode #3
2017 Top Pick of the Week, Curate LA, June 17
Artists You Should Know, Fabrik Magazine, Issue 36, June
The Conversation Art Podcast, Episode #178
2016 New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue, No. 127
Bay Area Painting Right Now: Maysha Mohamedi’s Aerobic Abstractions, KQED Arts, Brandon Brown, January 25
2015 James Gobel & Maysha Mohamedi: In Conversation with Sarah Thibault, SFAQ, October
Three Can’t-Miss Oakland Gallery Exhibits to See in October, 7×7 Magazine, Alana Shaw, Sept. 23
North America’s Must-See Exhibitions This Fall, ArtSlant, September 7
Quite a Lot of Art as Guerrilla Gallery Fills Parking Spaces, SF Chronicle, Sam Whiting, May 4
Deep Breaths, We Heart Magazine, Rob Wilkes, April 27
So Long, Solitaire, San Francisco Magazine, May 2015
Creativity Explored, Raw Vision Magazine, Spring 2015
Q&A with Guest Artist Maysha Mohamedi, Creativity Explored, Charlotte Russell, April 15
Contemporary Art Cetner Shatters The Idea That Artists With Disabilities Are Outsiders, The Huffington Post, Priscilla Frank, April 10
Maysha Mohamedi: Underwater 22 Minutes, KQED Arts, Sarah Hotchkiss, March 29
Creativity Explored to Collaborate with Local Artists for ‘Super Contemporary’ Show, 7×7 Magazine, Meghan Tucker, March 23
2014 The Optimists, San Francisco Arts Quarterly, Sarah Thibault, January 30
2013 Voulkos, Inspired, East Bay Express, Sarah Burke
2012 Tee Vee, Pleez, Kearny Street Workshop, Alex Wang, June 19
LECTURES
2020 Guest Artist Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, November 9
Guest Artist Lecture, American University, September 23
2019 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Seminar, University of California, Santa Barbara (Rose Briccetti), November
Guest Artist Lecture, Pepperdine University, October 23
Guest Artist, Undergraduate Painting Seminar (Allison Miller), Art Center, July 18
2017 Artist Talk, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, September 28
2015 Artist Talk, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, April 13
Guest Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Painting Seminar (Sandra Ono), Mills College, October 5
Guest Artist Lecture, “Art/Life Tactics” Graduate Seminar (Libby Black), California College of the Arts, San Francisco, October 20
2014 Guest Panelist, “Real World” Graduate Seminar (Glen Helfand), California College of the Arts, San Francisco, January 30
Artist Talk, “The Optimists,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, February 13
Artist Talk, The Painting Salon, San Francisco, September 16
Guest Artist Lecture, “Art/Life Tactics” Graduate Seminar (Libby Black), California College of the Arts, San FranciscoSeptember 23
2013 Guest Artist Lecture, Graduate Painting Seminar (Linda Geary), California College of the Arts, November 4
2012 Artist Talk, “In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today,” ARC Gallery, Oak., April 6
2010 Artist Talk, “Alluring Subversions, California College of the Arts,” California College of the Arts, San Francisco, October 20
TEACHING
2017-2018 Graduate Student Advisor, Otis MFA Program
EDUCATION
2011 MFA Painting, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002 BS Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, CA