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Maryam Javaheri
Biography Maryam Javaheri was born in Tehran and received her Fine Arts degree from Tehran University. After some advance study in Europe, she continued her fine arts education at New York University and the Art Students League in New York in the early 1960's. Independently, she has worked under the tutorledge of such prominent American painters as Ad Reinhardt, Adolf Gottlieb, and Will Barnett. She has won several awards, and has had numerous single and group shows in the United States and Iran. She has also participated in a few international exhibitions. Her works include painting, collage, and sculpture -both freestanding and wall hung. The style is non-objective, using strong, simple colors and forms to create the composition. Her work has been reviewed by renowned art historians and journalists, the most recent one being by Phyllis Tuchman EXHIBITIONS Iran America Institute, Tehran 1959 Talareh Abbasi Gallery, Tehran 1960 Aspen Art Gallery, Aspen 1963 Plymouth Gallery, New York 1965 International Exhibition Center, New York 1970 Galerie Litho, Tehran 1975 Grand Palais, Paris Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels Modern Iranian Art, Basel, Switzerland 1978 Columbia University, New York 1990 Museum of Modern Art, Tehran 1991 Gilford Gallery, New York 1991 Farhang Saraye Neavarand, Tehran 1994 Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Boston 1997 National Press Club, Washington DC 1997 University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC 1998 Wilson Art Center, Washington DC 1999 Galerie Seihoun, Tehran / 12 shows 1967-1998 Gallery Ovissi, Emeryville CA 1998-1999 AWARDS Aspen School of Art 1963 Ford Foundation 1965 Merit 1967 International Art / New York 1970 First Prize, First Iranian Painters Biennal, Tehran 1991
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