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KAMROOZ ARAM
Born 1978 Shiraz, Iran
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2003
MFA Columbia University; New York, NY
2001
BFA Maryland Institute, College of Art; Baltimore, MD
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
Further Negotiations, Battat Contemporary, Montreal, Canada (upcoming)
Brute Ornament, Kamrooz Aram and Seher Shah, curated by Murtaza Vali, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (upcoming)
Solo Booth Presentation, Art Futures at ArtHK 2012, Hong Kong, China (with Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE) (upcoming)
2011
Negotiations, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Booth Presentation, Art Dubai 2011, Dubai, UAE (with Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE)
2010
Generation after Generation, Revolution after Revelation, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York NY
Kamrooz Aram/Takahiko Iimura, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Drawings of Men, NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL (with Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York)
2006
Lightning, Thunder, Brimstone and Fire, Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Realms and Reveries, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA (catalogue)
2004
Beyond the Borders, Between the Trees, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
The Elephant in the Dark, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, Delhi, India
The End..., curated by Michael Buhler-Rose and John Connelly, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Emergent New York, The Granary, Sharon, CT
30; A Brooklyn Salon, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Painted Pictures, curated by Arthur Ou, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY
The MENASA Studio Dispatches, The Island, United Kingdom and Art Dubai Projects, Dubai, UAE
2010
Contemporary Notes, curated by Vahid Sharifian, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Run and Tell That!, Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
Love in Vein: Editions Fawbush projects and artists 2005 - 2010, Gering and Lopez Gallery, New York, NY
roundabout, City Gallery of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (international tour, catalogue)
The Big Picture, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
Pictures & Statues, Country Club Projects, Cincinnati, OH
natural renditions, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Self-Consciousness, curated by Peter Doig and Hilton Als, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin, Germany
Accented, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Fresh From Chelsea: 21 New York Artists, The University Galleries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
New Prints 2009, selected by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center, New York, NY
NEWAGERIOT, Country Club Projects, Los Angeles, CA
State of Mind, curated by Paolo Colombo, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
2008
Empire and its Discontents, Tufts University Art Gallery at the Aidekman Arts Center; Medford, MA (catalogue)
microwave 6, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
A Sorry Kind of Wisdom, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, curated by Lisa Dennison, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY (catalogue)
Warlord, Smith-Stewart Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Collectors Choice III, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Dream of Today, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
I will be alright, Country Club Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Merging Influence: Eastern Elements in New American Art, Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA (catalogue)
Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2006
A Tale of Two Cities, Busan Biennale 2006 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Busan, Korea (catalogue)
Bricks in the Hood, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
2005
The Common Room, Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Modern Art, Long Island City, NY (catalogue)
KA/VH:RA/AG, Kamrooz Aram, Van Hanos, Richard Aldrich, Amy Granat, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
The Most Splendid Apocalypse, P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY
Time's Arrow -> Twelve Random Thoughts on Beauty, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Group Exhibition, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
The Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennale I, Prague, Czech Republic (catalogue)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Studebaker Building, Columbia University, New York, NY
The Broken Mirror: Midnight's Children, Leroy Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002
Process/ion, Columbia University, New York, NY(brochure)
Multitude, Artists' Space, New York, NY(catalogue)
2001
Calligraphic Legacy, Transamerica Building Lobby, San Francisco, CA
2000
November, The H. Lewis Gallery; Baltimore, MD
Mirror of the Invisible, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernadino, CA (catalogue)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS
2011
Erickson-Kerry, Ian. "Kamrooz Aram exhibit: SoA alum waves a painted flag at Perry Rubenstein Gallery in Chelsea." Columbia Spectator. February 24, 2011. http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/02/24/kamrooz-aram-perry-rubenstein
Fekri, Reem and Stephanie Sykes. "Interview with Kamrooz Aram." Art Dubai Journal, March 2011. http://www.artdubai.ae/journal/?p=181
Holledge, Richard. "Painting the Middle East With Too Broad a Brush?", The Wall Street Journal. Web. March 2, 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775704576162773467414218.html
"Kamrooz Aram Explores Art History, Iranian Culture (PHOTOS)", The Huffington Post. Web. March 4, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/kamrooz-arams-mixed-media_n_830421.html#247965
Krause, Katherine. "Negotiations" Dossier Journal blog. February 16, 2011. http://dossierjournal.com/blog/events/negotiations/
Krause, Katherine. "Look: Kamrooz Aram." Dossier Journal, Web. February 1, 2011. http://dossierjournal.com/look/art/kamrooz-aram/
Nazhand, Nazy. "Middle East Report." Artnet.com, Web. May 24, 2011. http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/nazhand/art-dubai-5-24-11.asp
Paynter, November. "Sharjah Biennial: 10 Plot for a Biennial (16 March-16 May, 2011) and Art Dubai (16-19 March, 2011)." Art Agenda. Web. March 25, 2011. http://art-agenda.com/agenda/view/131
Rawlings, Ashley. "Projects: Kamrooz Aram at Art Dubai." ArtAsiaPacific.com, Web. May 2011. http://artasiapacific.com/Projects/KamroozAramAtArtDubai
Wallace-Thompson, Anna. "Middle East: How The West Was Won." Canvas Daily, Issue 1. March 15, 2011: 10.
2010
Gyorody, Andrea. "Critic's Picks: Kamrooz Aram." Review of Generation after Generation, Revolution after Revelation at LA><ART. Artforum. Web. March 3, 2010. http://artforum.com/new.php?pn=archive&id=25031 (log-in may be required)
Pollack, Barbara. "Making an Impact." ARTnews. May 2010: 84-91.
Sand, Olivia. "Profile: Kamrooz Aram." Asian Art Newspaper, September 2010: 2-6.
Sharifian, Vahid. Interview with Kamrooz Aram. Tandis. 2009.
Thomas, Nicholas, Rupert Richard Arrowsmith, Don J. Cohn and Marisa Mazria-Katz. ROUNDABOUT (exhibition catalogue). ArtAsiaPacific (publisher); New York, 2010.
Vaziri, Katayoun. "Interview: Kamrooz Aram." Tamasha, BBC Persian (TV). November 18, 2010 (first broadcast).
2009
Amirsadeghi, Hossein, ed. Different Sames: New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art. Thames & Hudson; London, 2009.
Aram, Kamrooz. "An artist sees signs of Neo-Orientalism in industry's restless search for a new boom to promote." ArtReview.com blog. October 24, 2009. http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blogs/an-artist-sees-signs-of
"Goings on About Town: Kamrooz Aram." Review of Kamrooz Aram: Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New Yorker. March 16, 2009: 26.
Indiana, Gary. "Kamrooz Aram: Uneasy Delights." Cover article. Art in America. March 2009: 110 - 121.
Rosenberg, Karen. "East in the Eye of This Beholder."Review of Kamrooz Aram: Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New York Times. March 22, 2009: 26.
Vali, Murtaza. "New York, Kamrooz Aram: Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery." Review of Kamrooz Aram: Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Bidoun - Arts & Culture from the Middle East. Web. Summer 2009.
Wolin, Joseph R. "Kamrooz Aram, Of Flame and Splendour." Review of Kamrooz Aram: Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Time Out New York. April 2-8, 2009: 45.
2008
Bishop, Philip E. "OMA's 'Abstracts in Art' references the past", Arts and Entertainment review, Orlando Sentinel. January 12, 2008.
Dumett, Mari. "Feature Anterier: an index to contemporary art's imminent history",Review of Empire and its Discontents, Tufts University Art Gallery. Art Papers. November-December 2008: 64-65.
"Goings On About Town: Microwave." Review of microwave, six. The New Yorker. September 15, 2008.
McQuaid, Cate. "Empire strikes back: Artists examine identity politics of East and West." Review of Empire and its Discontents, at Tufts University Art Gallery. Boston Globe. October 26, 2008.
Moshayedi, Aram. "The Burdens of Imaging: Kamrooz Aram's Painted Elsewhere". Reading Room: A Journal of Art and Culture: transcendental pop / issue 02.08: 138-151.
Tappis, Jordan. "Art Basel". Review of Kamrooz Aram at The NADA Art Fair. Malibu Magazine. February-March 2008: 18, 42, 28.
Various Authors. "Galleries". Art Asia Pacific Almanac: Volume 3, 2008. Pages 119, 122.
2007
Aram, Kamrooz. "Kamrooz Aram." NY Arts Magazine. November - December, 2007.
Azimi, Negar. "Preview: Kamrooz Aram, Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams", Bidoun - Arts & Culture from the Middle East. Winter, 2007: 16.
Caviness, Todd. "Daring displays", Review of Audacity in Art, at the Orlando Museum of Art,Orlando Sentinel. December 14, 2007.
Lew, Christopher. "Projects in the Making...Kamrooz Aram: Trial By Fire", Art Asia Pacific, July-August, 2007: 127.
Various Authors. "Art Festivals" and "Museums: Art Institutions in the Americas", Art Asia Pacific Almanac, Volume 2, 2007.
Baker, R.C. Best in Show: "Kamrooz Aram, Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams", The Village Voice. February 28 - March 6 2007: 55.
Saltz, Jerry. "The Biggest Picture", The Village Voice. January 30 - February 6, 2007.
2006
Bayliss, Sarah H. "East Meets West Meets East", ARTnews. November, 2006.
Brown, Neal. "Canvassing opinions, drawing ideals", The First Post, May 19, 2006. http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/1186,in-pictures,arts-fashion,canvassing-opinions-drawing-ideals
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. "Frieze Art fair", The Times, London, UK, October 12, 2006 (image).
Firstenberg, Lauri. "Excess of Subjectivity", MASSMoca Catalog Interview.
Mitchell, John E. "Kamrooz Aram", North Adams Transcript. January 12, 2006.
Price, Matt. "Mixed Paint: A Survey of Contemporary Painters", Flash Art #239. November-December, 2006.
Statton, Liza. "Realms and Reveries", MASSMoCA exhibition catalog essay.
Weber, Rebecca L. "Art With Meaning", Impressions Magazine. October 2006.
2005
Daftari, Fereshteh. "Kamrooz Aram", Greater New York Book, PS1/MoMA.
Smith, Roberta. "KA/VH:RA/AG", The New York Times. March 18, 2006.
2004
Bellini, Andrea and Sonia Campagnola. "I Nuovissimi Di New York: Dizionaario In Diretta Con La Nuova Pittura", Flash Art (Italy) #246. June-July, 2006.
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review, Kamrooz Aram", The New York Times. March 19, 2004.
Gennochio, Benjamin. "How the Art Scene Became a Youthscape", The New York Times. January 23, 2004.
2002
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review; 'Multitude'", The New York Times. October 11, 2002.
Firstenberg, Lauri. "Space and Subjectivity", Multitude exhibition catalog essay.
Respini, Eva. "Process/ion: An Exhibition in Three Locations", exhibition brochure.
Small, Irene. "Memory of Form", Multitude exhibition catalog essay.
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