Negin Sharifzadeh



Negin Sharifzadeh EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL 2010 Incentive Merit Scholarship Recipient Emphasis of Study: Performing arts, Film Video and New Media Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Tehran, IRAN — 2002 Emphasis of study in Sculpture PERFORMANCES and EXHIBITIONS Artist Residency, Gallery ELL, Governors Island, NY, 2011 DePaul University Museum” \| Solo performance: “Beyond the Sense of Breaking” part of the “Iran Inside Out” exhibition\| Chicago, IL \| 2009 Abandoned Practices Performance Summer School \| SAIC \| Chicago, IL \| 2009 Public performances presentations of the first Abandoned Practices Summer School Collaborative Performance piece , “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 scalesculptures 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 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 \|2009-2010 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) WORK EXPERIENCE Creative PR for Release of iPad graphic novel Operation Ajax, Flickerlab, NewYork, NY, 2011 Communications Director, Student Union Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL \| 2010 Translator, Iranian Sculptors Society Magazine, Tehran, Iran — 2007 Translated articles from English, French in to Farsi 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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