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Negin sharifzadeh Boushehri
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL 2009 Incentive Merit
Scholarship Recipient Emphasis of Study: Performing arts, Film Video and
New Media
Independent Research, (EHESS) Paris,
France, 2004 L’École des hautes études en Sciences Sociales, Independent
research on “Art, Woman and Society” with a focus on status of women in
Iran.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tehran
University, Tehran, IRAN — 2002 Emphasis of study in Sculpture
PERFORMANCES and EXHIBITIONS
Beyond the Sense of Breaking” | DePaul
University Museum | Chicago, IL | November 2009
Solo performance: “Beyond the Sense of Breaking” part of the “Iran
Inside Out” exhibition
Abandoned Practices Performance Summer School
| SAIC | Chicago, IL | 2009 Public
performances presentations of the first Abandoned Practices Summer
School Collaborative
Performance piece entitled, “Links Boy”
Iranian Women Conference, Group
Exhibition | Berkeley University | Berkeley, CA | 2008
Presenting my sculptures for the art exhibition as part of the19th
international annual
Iranian Women Conference
Goat Island Summer School | SAIC
Chicago IL | 2008 Public performances presentations of
the Collaborative Performance piece entitled, Mass Media‚ |
Solo Sculpture Exhibition
entitled‚”inspired by Haiku” |
HaftSamar Gallery Tehran Iran |2007 Presenting large scale
sculptures in Aluminum
Sculpture Symposium | Museum of
Contemporary Art | Tehran | Iran | 2007 Finalist at the
Fifth Sculpture Symposium
COMMISSIONS and AWARDS
Designing and fabricating masks |
Accessible Contemporary Music | Chicago IL | 2009 For
Polamor Chicago-based music ensemble performances
Bust Of Dr Mohammad Mossadegh |
Ahmad Abad Museum | Ahmad Abad, Iran Sculpted
the bust of Dr Mohammad Mossadegh (Former Prime Minister of Iran before
the Islamic
Revolution of 1979), which is on permanent display at Ahmad Abad
(Mossadegh) Museum
International Olympic Committee |
Design Competition | Tehran, Iran 2007
4th place, designing the medallion for Iran National Horse Polo Team
RELATED
EXPERIENCES
Group Leader | Atelier
Farda | SAIC Iranian Student Group | 2009 Administrative tasks
(reserving spaces), Handling bureaucratic details, Publicity (Designing
& distributing posters
and flyers | Speaking up in organizational meetings and public forums
Organizing group
exhibitions and cultural events
Panel Discussion Iran’s Struggle for Democracy|
SAIC| Chicago, IL | 2009 Panelists: Faith
Wilding (SIAC), Kaveh Ehsani (DePaul University), Norma Morouzi (UIC)
Ahmad Sadri (Lake
forest), Negin Sharifzadeh (SAIC)
National American Iranian Council |
NIAC | Member
Amnesty International | Member
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Communications Director,
Student Union Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL | 2009
Collaborated with the school’s Communications and Marketing Department
to promote
exhibitions on and off-campus
Edited designs and e-advertisements and writing press-releases
Organized volunteer committee meetings
Monitored galleries during exhibitions.
Production Meetings.
Updated Website Resources for Artists
Translator, Iranian Sculptors
Society Magazine, Tehran, Iran — 2007
Translated articles from English, French in to Farsi
Assisted with design of marketing material
Program Assistant, United Nations
Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Culture Department, Tehran, Iran — 2005 to 2006
Participated in a research team to rebuild “Arg e Bam” in aftermath of a
2004 earthquake
Represented Iran UNESCO branch in the International Congress on
Intercultural and
Interreligious Dialogue, Bilbao, Spain, 2005
SKILLS
Language: Fluent in English, French
and Farsi
Software: Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe
Photoshop
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