Nazgol Ansarinia (born 1979;[1] Persian: نازگل انصاری نیا) is an Iranian interdisciplinary visual artist. She is known for her mixed media sculpture and installation art.[2] She lives in Tehran.[3]

Nazgol Ansarinia
نازگل انصاری نیا
Born1979 (age 44–45)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran (now Iran)
Alma materLondon College of Communication,
California College of the Arts
OccupationVisual artist
Known forMixed media sculpture, installation art

Biography

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Ansarina was born in 1979 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran (now Iran).[4][5] She holds a B.A. degree in 2001 from the London College of Communication, and a M.F.A. degree in 2003 from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California.[6][3]

In March 2009, she was awarded the Abraaj Capital Art Prize.[5][7]

Her work is included in the collections of the Queensland Art Gallery,[8] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[9] the Tate Gallery[5] and the British Museum.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Keshmirshekan, Hamid (2015-02-06). Contemporary Art from the Middle East: Regional Interactions with Global Art Discourses. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-85772-538-7.
  2. ^ "نازگل انصاری نیا | درز". Darz.art. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. ^ a b "Join the Curator: Nazgol Ansarinia". National Museum of Asian Art. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  4. ^ Keshmirshekan, Hamid; Irving, Mark; Downey, Anthony (2009). Different Sames: New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art. Thames & Hudson. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-500-97697-5.
  5. ^ a b c "Nazgol Ansarinia, born 1979". Tate.
  6. ^ "Nazgol Ansarinia: The Room Becomes a Street". Pejman Foundation: Argo Factory.
  7. ^ "Nazgol Ansarinia at Aun Gallery, Tehran". Bidoun. May 2010. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  8. ^ "Ansarinia, Nazgol, 1979 – present". Queensland Art Gallery.
  9. ^ "Enemies Should Know that Syria Will Never Fall". LACMA Collections.
  10. ^ "Collections Online". British Museum.
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