Shahla Arbabi (born 1945)[1] is an Iranian-born American artist and educator. She resides in Washington DC.[2]
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Arbabi was born in 1945 in Shiraz, Iran. She began painting in childhood.
From 1961 until 1965 she studied at the University of Tehran in the College of Fine Arts, before spending four years at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. She taught art at the University of Tehran in the late 1960s to 1974. After moving to the United States in 1980, she gained her MFA degree in painting and printmaking from American University in 1983.[3][2]
Arbabi's work is in various public museum collections including the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,[4] the University of Maryland Art Gallery,[5] among others. Her 1996 mixed-media work, Untitled #2 is owned by the United States Mission to the United Nations, the United States' delegation to the United Nations.[1] During her career she has shown her work at many solo and group exhibitions internationally, both in Europe and the United States.[2]
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References edit
- ^ a b "Shahla Arbabi, Untitled #2". Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE). United States State Department. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Poet Lore. Vol. 79–80. Heldref Publications. 1984. p. 191.
- ^ "Shahla Arbabi". Tavoos Online - Iran's First Bilingual Art Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Plumb Line". Freer-Sackler. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Shahla Arbabi". University of Maryland Art Gallery. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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