Avisheh Mohsenin
A V I S H E H M O H S E N I N
b. 1973 / France, Iran, U.S.
Lives and works in Houston, TX
2021 “PLAYING FIELDS” Heidi Vaughan Fine Art {Houston, TX, USA} – Photos on archival metal prints & Photo Collages
2019 “RESURFACE” Lone Star College {Houston, TX, USA} – Photos on archival metal prints & Photo Collages
2018 “RESURFACE” Heidi Vaughan Fine Art {Houston, TX, USA} – Photos on archival metal prints & Photo Collages
2019 “RESURFACE” Live Oak Art Center {Columbus, TX, USA} – Photos on archival metal prints & Photo Collages
2007 “I Cry Out” Golestan Gallery {Tehran, Iran} – Photo and sound installation.
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2020 "Sit Next to Me" White Wall Space Gallery [NYC, NY] - Photographs from Resurface
2019 "Resurface.Letters" Box 13 Art Space [Houston, TX] - Installation of large scale letters from Resurface
2019 "Structure/Nature" NCV-Curated by Sabine Casparie [Houston, TX] - Images from Resurface
2018 Community Stories of Hurricane Harvey The Houston Flood Museum [Houston, TX] – Images & Texts from Resurface
2018 "Seeing Harvey: Personal Stories-Public Responses" FotoFest [Houston, TX] - Images from Resurface
2016 "Tempo.Memoria” MIIT Museo, Curated by Sergio Gomez [Turin, ITALY] – Photo collages
2016 "12 x 12 Showcase” Prak-Sis Gallery Curated by Mi-yeon Kwon [Chicago, USA] – Trance-formation Series
2013 "Acts of Gravitas" Eyeporium Gallery Curated by Carron Little [Chicago, USA]
2012 Margin Art Collective Show Prak-Sis Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2012 "I Can Do That" Variable Space Curated by Jenny Lam [Chicago, USA]
2011 "Exquisite Corpse" Fulton Street Collective Curated by Jenny Lam [Chicago, USA]
2010 Art Chicago Toyota Creative Lounge Chicago [Chicago, USA]
2010 "Mood" curated show at Toyota Creative Lounge Chicago THE FIRST Event [Chicago, USA]
2010 "International Women’s Day" Chicago Art Department [Chicago, USA]
2009 "Three" Margin Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2009 "First Spring Show" Margin Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2008 "Geographies of the Mind" Margin Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2007 Aldo Castillo Contemporary Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2007 "Sojourn" Margin Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2004 "Immersion Point" LIPA Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2004 "Circus of Truth" LIPA Gallery [Chicago, USA]
2004 "Transience" Alliance Française de Chicago [Chicago, USA]
2003 "Photos of the North-West" Cascade Gallery [Seattle, USA]
P R E S S
2021 - Shoutout Houston - Meet Avisheh Mohsenin: Artist and Economist
2021 - Sabine Casparie - Essay on Playing Fields in exhibit catalogue
2021 - Constance Lewis - Essay on Playing Fields in exhibit catalogue
2019 - Houston Press - Article by Sussie Tommaney
2019 - Art Houston Magazine - Article by Sabine Casparie, Issue #8
2018 Full Frame Close Up / CGTN America - TV Documentary about Resurface art show and the Hurricane
2018 Houston Chronicle/Gray Matters - "Harvey Made Ruins, I Made Art," Personal story
2018 Visual Art Source - {Houston, TX, USA} - Recommended Art Show by Donna Tennant
2018 Houstonia Magazine {Houston, TX, USA} – coverage of Resurface Show
2018 - Rabea Ballin - Essay on Resurface in exhibit catalogue
2018 - Patricia Restrepo - Essay on Resurface in exhibit catalogue
2017 Houston Chronicle/Gray Matters {Houston, TX, USA} – Story of Harvey Floods
2010 Factio Magazine {Chicago, IL, USA} – video and print interview
2009 Iranian.com – Iranian of the Day
2007 Chicago Reader {Chicago, IL, USA} – published photo as the selected artworks of the week
2007 Centerstage {Chicago, IL, USA} – mentioned artist in the ‘must-see exhibits’
2007 Aksnameh {Quarterly photo magazine, Tehran, Iran} – published on the cover of the September 2007 issue
2007 Etemaad Melli {Tehran daily paper, Iran} – published interview on the solo show at Golestan Gallery
C O L L A B O R A T I V E W O R K
2010 - present
2010 - present
2008 - Someplace Else (2008, 70 min, Color, USA) Co-director & Co-producer | www.someplaceelsethemovie.com
Available at Amazon Prime. Shown at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009 (Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary nomination), Rhode Island International, Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival, IFP Meet the Filmmaker, Chicago Asian American Showcase.
2008: "1+1=3" SIP {Chicago, USA} Collaborative art installation
2007-2013: Member of Margin Gallery Artist Collective {Chicago, IL}
2002: "Lightmare" Group 312 Films {Chicago, USA} A choreography video in collaboration with Kai-Duc Luong & Alexandra Loewe
2012 & 13 - School of the Art Institute of Chicago {Chicago, USA} Continuing education courses in Art Critique & Painting Studio
2002 - Columbia College {Chicago, USA} Continuing education in photography
1999 - Illinois State University {Normal, USA} Masters of Science in Economics
1996 - University of Tehan {Tehran, Iran} Bachelor of Science in Economics
E D U C A T I O N
A F F I L I A T I O N S
Houston Arts Foundation {Board Member & Chair of Adopt-a-Monument} – 501(c)(3) preserving 400 city-owned public artworks
Pasfarda Arts & Cultural Exchange {Co-founder & President} – 501(c)(3) promoting peace through the arts
Margin Art Gallery & Collective {Member artist: 2007-2010} An artist collective based in Chicago
LUMO Production {Co-founder} Production company focused on documentary and artistic films & videos