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Born in Kermanshah, Iran
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
 
Education
1972-74MFA The City College of New York
1963-67BA Tehran University of Fine Arts, Tehran
 
Solo Exhibitions
2010Educating the Horse, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, UAE
Invitation to Change Your Metaphor, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
2009The Formulaic Nature of Appearances, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
2006Triumph of Tradition, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2005Interactive Game, Thom Andriola/ New Gallery, Houston, TX
2004Private Agenda, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2001Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY
1999Pierogi 2000, New York, NY
1997Studio 24, New York, NY
1993Artists Space, New York, NY
1985Pictogram Gallery, New York, NY
1983The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1984Leila Taghinia Milani Gallery, New York, NY
1980Retrospective, The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1978Shahr Gallery, New York, NY
Roko Gallery, New York, NY
1976Seyhon Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1968The Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
 
Group Exhibitions
2011The Mask and the Mirror, curated by Shirin Neshat, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Tale Spinning, curated by Dan Mills, Bates College Museum of Art
2010One Thousand and One Nights: the narrative tradition in contemporary Middle Eastern art, curated by Nancy Einreinhofer, William Paterson University, University Art Galleries, Wayne, NJ
2009Iran Inside Out, DePaul University Museum in Chicago, Chicago, IL
Epic Painting, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
The East West Project, Iran Inside Out, The Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Chelsea Visits Havana, 10th Havana Biennial, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
2008Conference of the Birds, organized by Berardi & Sagharchi Projects Ltd. and
Leila Taghinia Milani Heller Gallery, Flawless Gallery, London
Fifth Annual Immigrant Heritage Week, Chelsea Art Museum, NY
2004Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
East Village Now & Then: 20 Year Anniversary, Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY
2003Momus Gallery, New York, NY
Dubrow International, curated by Norman Dubrow, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
637 Running Feet: Black on White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists, Queens Museum of Art, NY
2002New York in Texas, New Gallery, Houston, TX
20th Anniversary Celebration: Stefan Stux Gallery, New Gallery, Houston, TX
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001Tribeca Open Artists Studio Tour, New York, NY
2000Maison Française, Columbia University, New York, NY
Pierogi 2000, New York, NY
1999Center for Iranian Modern Arts, New York, NY
Pierogi 2008, Brooklyn, NY
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1998The Lobby Gallery at Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
Bard College, New York, NY
Vassar College, New York, NY
1993Burns Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY
1987Annual Juried Exhibition, Queens Museum, New York, NY
1985Pictogram Gallery, New York, NY
1984Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
1982Annual Juried Exhibition, Queen Museum, New York, NY
1977Kerman Museum, Kerman Basel, Switzerland
1976Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1975Parson-Truman Gallery, New York, NY
1974The City College, Gallery, New York
1967Gandriz Gallery, Tehran
 
Curatorial
2010The Life and Art of Ardeshir Mohassess, a conference and exhibition on the works of Ardeshir Mohassess, New York University, NY
2008Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran, co-curated with Shirin Neshat,
Asia Society and Museum, New York, NY
 
Selected Bibliography
2010Bui, Phong. “Nicky Nodjoumi with Phong Bui.” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2010
Nodjoumi, Nicky. “The Tale of Two Cities.” Canvas Magazine. November – December, 2010
Comi, Emanuele. “Dubai gets in touch with its arty side.” CNN.com, March 22, 2010.
Ayad, Myrna. “Political Art on Show.” Canvas Daily, no. 4, Art Dubai Edition, March 19, 2010.
2009Broffman, Marissa. "Iran Inside Out Shocks and Provokes at the Chelsea
Art Museum
," Huffingtonpost.com, August 13, 2009.
Kino, Carol. "Iranians Shine, Assisted by Expatriate," New York Times, August 15, 2009.
Cotter, Holland. "Iran Inside Out." The New York Times 24 July 2009, Art in Review sec.: C25. Print.
Crow, Kelly. "Iran: A Defiant Self Portrait." The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2009.
“Iran inside Out, Influences of Homeland and Diaspora on the Artistic Language of Contemporary Iranian Artists,” Exhibition Catalog, published in conjunction with the Iran Inside Out exhibition at the Chelsea Art Museum, June 26 - September 5 2009, 130-131.
Horne, Sarah. "Politically Charged." Canvas Magazine, Vol. 5 Issue 3, May / June, 2009, 84-95.
Robinson, W. "Chelsea Galleries to Havana, Cuba," The Havana Times, March 24, 2009.
Robinson, W. "Chelsea Galleries to Havana, Cuba," Artnet News, March 24, 2009.
"Nodjoumi on Display in New York," Iran Times, March 13, 2009, 7.
“New York trifft Havana: Galerienbesuch auf Kuba.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Seitung. March 7, 2009.
Hrbacek, Mary. "Nicky Nodjoumi: Priska Juschka Fine Art," M magazine, March, 2009.
Kepler, Leo. "Nicky Nodjumi: The Formulaic Nature of Appearances" at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art." Weblog post. Gallery Crawl. March 8, 2009.
“Chelsea Visits Havana,” Catalog, Fundacion Amistad, 2009, 32.
Ben-Haim, Tsipi. Yedioth Ahronoth, 2009.
2008Pollock, Barbara. “Art Review: Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran,"
Time Out New York, Issue 668: July 17-23, 2008.
Rosenberg, Karen. "Art Review: Life in Iran, Etched With Suspicion and Humor,"
The New York Times, May 30, 2008.
Berardi, Carlo, and Nima Sagharchi, eds. Conference of the Birds Catalog. London: Berardi
and Sagharchi Projects LTD, 2008. 40-41.
2006Kunz, Nicole. “Allegories Modernes et Peinture Rituelle,” Tribune De Geneve, April 19, 2006.
Baker, R.C., “Nicky Nodjoumi,” Village Voice, February 1 – 7, 2006.
2005Sidley, Kelly. “Art in America, Nicky Nodjoumi,” Art in America, May, 2005, 165.
Berwick, Carly. “Reviews: New York, Nicky Nodjoumi,” Art News, January, 2005, 125.
2004Reed, John. “Returning Cap’n Crunch to Politics,” Gay City News, November 18, 2004.
Johnson, Ken. “Nicky Nodjoumi, Private Agenda,” The New York Times, November 12, 2004.
2003Neshat, Shirin. “Nicky Nodjoumi,” Atlantica Revista de Arte Y Pensamiento, No. 35, Summer, 2003.
Naves, Mario. “The Rich Rewards of Engagement with Dense, Demanding Work,”
The New York Observer, February 2, 2003.
Cotter, Holland. “Weekend Art Guide: Nicky Nodjoumi,” The New York Times, February 7, 2003.
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Nicky Nodjoumi,” The New York Times, January 31, 2003.
2002Gilmore, Johnathan. “Nicky Nodjoumi at Stefan Stux,” Art in America, April, 2002.
“Portfolio, Nicky Nodjoumi: An Illustrator with a Burning Passion of Tough Brush Touches and Refreshing Intuition,” Design Journal, 2002.
2001“Art Review: Nikzad Nodjoumi’s Paintings,” Persian Heritage, Vol. 6, No. 24, Winter, 2001.
1984Klein Lee, Ellen. “Nicky Nodjoumi,” Arts Magazine, April, 1984.
1983Rodriguez, Gino. “Nicky Nodjoumi in the Midst of Revolution,” Alternative Museum Calendar, 1983.
Sadegh, Mina. “Contemporary Persian Painting, Contemporary Persian Art,”
Pacific Asia Museum Calendar, 1983.
1981McFadden, Sara. “The Museum and the Revolution,” Art in America, October, 1981.