Sara Dehghan

Born Tehran, Iran

Lives in Chicago

Education

2014- MFA in Drawing & Painting, California State University, Fullerton, CA

2008- BFA in Drawing & Painting, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Solo Show

2014       

Path, West Gallery, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

Selected Group Show

2015      

SeVII, Elephant Room, Inc, Chicago, IL

Remnants, Open Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

Happy Birthday Chicago, Echo of Chicago, Block 37, Chicago, IL

2014       

Strange Comfort, DA Gallery, Pomona, CA (catalogue)

MFA Biennial, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

Monday Green, Duff Gallery, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

2013

48x 24, Studio 11, Culver City, CA

Contemporary Painting, CSUMB, CA ( juried by Andi Campognone)

Trilateral Exchange, DA Gallery, Pomona, CA (catalogue)

Grand Central Art Center Resident Exhibition, Education Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

A New Space, Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA

Displacement, Exit gallery, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

2012       

Figurative Landscapes, Phantom Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

The Road Ahead, East Gallery, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

The Body Through Presence/ Absence, West Gallery, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

Paint Club, Phantom Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

Honoring Women’s Rights: Echoing Visual Voice Together, National Steinbeck Center, Salina, CA (Performance in collaboration with Barbara Million, Christina Lee, Devora Orantes, Ingrid Reeve, Ivy Yang, Katlin Evans, Kazka Reitz, Sara Dehghan, Tiffany Ma)

So-Cal: A Graduate Introspective, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

2011      

Chroma, West Gallery, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

MFA Artist Showcase, Phantom Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

MFA Show, West Gallery, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

Dwell, Sales Gallery, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

2008       

BFA Show, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Accomplishments & Publications

2014       

DeDalus Nominee, CSUF, New York, NY

Half The Sky: International in Social Practice Art, Luxun Academy of fine arts Shenyang, China, Catalogue, pg 33. 

2013      

Guerrilla Gowns: Orange County’s Ghostly Performance Art, KCET Artbound Television Documentary, 2013, http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/watch/#featured

Art Grad Students Open their Home for Showcase, Orange County Register,April

Serving Students and Faculty of Orange County, GCAC Art Unrestricted, January http://grandcentralartcenter.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/serving-students-and-faculty-of-orange-county/

Strength in Number, Inland Empire Weekly, April, www.ieweekly.com

2012       

Guerrilla Gowns: Orange County’s Ghostly Performance Art, KCET Artbound Article, http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/orange/guerrilla-gowns-in-the-oc.html

Honoring Women’s Rights: Echoing Visual Voices Together, National Steinbeck Center Museum Catalogue, pg. 51

Panel Discussion, Conversations with Tony De Reys and Deb Klowden Mann, Grand Central Art Center, CA

Phantom Galleries Haunt Orange County, KCET Artbound Article, May 17, www.kcet.org/artbound

GYST Radio, Radio Interview with Karen Atkhins, Riveted Art Collective