BOBAK ETMINANI
52 Italy Avenue, Tehran 14166-13497, Iran
info@bobaketminani.com, +989123205110
Born 1957, Tehran, Iranian-American
EDUCATION
1991 MFA in Drawing and Painting, California College of the Arts (CCA), Oakland, California, USA
1989 BFA in Drawing (with high distinction), CCA, Oakland, California, USA
1975 High School Diploma in Natural Science, Alborz High School, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Retrospective (and book launch), Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2017 Organic Expanses, Dastan+2, Tehran, Iran
2016 The Cradle of Time (performance-Painting-installation), No. 6 Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Grey Paintings, Art People Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2011 Genesis, Matn Gallery, Esfahan, Iran
2010 Observations, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 Recent Works, Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Retrospective, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran
2001 Creations, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1995 Constellations, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1991 Persian Themes (MFA Thesis show), CCA, Oakland, California, USA
1989 101 pieces of Work (BFA show), CCA, Oakland, California, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Nineteen/five, e1 Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 Art and HIV/AIDS Exhibition, Pardis Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 4th Art for Peace Festival, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2015 Two-Person Exhibit, Mim Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 Expression and Abstraction, Pardis Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 From the Collection of Lajevardi Foundation, Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2012 Extraterrestrial, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Thinking about art, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010 Protect Wildlife Heritage, Prince of Wales Museum at Mumbai, India
2009 UN-HABITAT, University of Westminster, London, England
2008 Three Generations of Iranian Contemporary Artists, Art Center gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Iranian Spring, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2006 4th International Painting Biennial of the Islamic World, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute, Tehran
2006 Abstract painting, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2005 Group Exhibit, Assar Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 Abstract, Abstract-figurative, Mah Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 Spiritual Outlook, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2003 A Group of Contemporary Artists, Bamdad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2001 10th Biennale of Dhaka, National Museum of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1999 Contemporary drawing of Iran, Bag Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1997 Commemorating Changiz Shahvaq, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1988 Iranian Collective Artists, Ackerman Hall Gallery UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
1986 Faculties and Students in Drawing Department, CCA, Oakland, California
1985 Group Exhibit of Foreign Students, CCA, Oakland, California, USA
1984 Local Artists, Picked by Glen Miles, Café Au Coquelet, Berkeley, California, USA
SELECTED JURY MEMBER
2016 1st National Jokal Festival of Painting Students, Pardis Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 4th Biennial of Damonfar Festival, Pardis Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 UN-HABITAT, University of Westminster, London, England
2008 3rd Annual Montakhab-e Nasl-e No, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran
2006 6th Youth Art Festival of Western Provinces of Iran, Uramantakht, Kurdistan, Iran
2004 4th Annual of Contemporary Painters of Esfahan, Esfehen Museum of Contemporary Arts, Esfahan
2003 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2001 1st Youth Art Festival of Western Provinces of Iran, Marivan, Kurdistan, Iran
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1993 – Till now Etminani Classes, developed a comprehensive system in studio art education
1993 – 2012 Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2006 – 2009 Lecturer, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2004 – 2005 Lecturer, Sureh University, Tehran, Iran
2001 – 2002 Lecturer, Science and Culture University, Tehran, Iran
1993 – 1994 Lecturer, Art University, Tehran, Iran
1993 Initiated Etminani Classes, and developed a comprehensive shortcut in art education
1992 Member of the founding faculty to establish the Painting Department of the Faculty of Art and Architecture at Azad University, Tehran, Iran
1989 – 1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant of Professor Larry McClary, CCA, Oakland, California
SELECTED ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS
2017 Painting: Gestural Behavior, Etminani Classes, Tehran, Iran
2015 Drawing: Figurative Expressive, Etminani Classes, Tehran, Iran
2013 Drawing: Structure of Creativity, Art University, Tehran, Iran
2013 Drawing: Figure-Space-Motion, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2012 Drawing: Academic Roots of Action Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
2011 Drawing: Academic Roots of Action Painting, Eshraq Gallery, Qom, Iran
2010 Drawing: Roots of Abstract Expressionism, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 Drawing: Geometry of Space, Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
2006 Analytical Figure Drawing, Ferdowsi Art University, Neyshabur, Iran
2004 New Approaches to Modern Academic Drawing, Esfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts, Iran
SELECTED LECTURES
2018 Typology of Painting and the Five Genes, a Comprehensive Academic Shortcut in Teaching Drawing and Painting, University of Manchester, England
2015 Typology of Painting and the Five Genes, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2014 Teaching in Iran: A Personal Journey, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
2011 My Experience at Qom, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
2011 Cosmological Concepts in Painting, Eshraq Gallery, Qom, Iran
2009 Abstract Nature of Nature, Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
2008 Bobak Etminani: Self Introduction, York University, Toronto, Canada
2006 Geometric Perception of Space, 6th Youth Art Festival of Western Provinces, Marivan, Iran
2002 Bobak Etminani: Self Introduction University of California at Berkeley, California, USA
2002 Academic Roots of Abstract Expressionism, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2001 In the Times of Horror, Tears and Hope, 10th Biennale of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2001 Similarities between Modern Art and Iranian Visual Traditions, Azad University, Tehran
1998 Color as Space, Faculty of Art and Architecture at Azad University, Tehran, Iran
1988 On Painting, Darvag Theatre Group, Berkeley, California, USA
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2017 Paint Dripped on Wet Floor and Changed Everything, Honaronline, Tehran, Iran
2015 Thirteen Replies, Hengam Magazine, Shiraz, Iran
2010 Painting, Quantum and Wisdom, Shagh Daily, Tehran, Iran
2009 Abstract Misunderstandings, Tandis Magazine, Tehran, Iran
2008 Meaning is the heart of it, Iran Daily, Tehran, Iran
2007 Deliberate Accidents, Etemad Daily, Tehran, Iran
2007 I Surprise Myself, Shargh Daily, Tehran, Iran
2007 No Longer Do Colors Beckon Me, Jam-e Jam Daily, Tehran, Iran
2006 In search of life, Jam-e Jam Daily, Tehran, Iran
2005 Our Visual Tradition is Abstract, Hamshahri Daily, Tehran, Iran
2005 Creating is Like Writing Poetry, Hamvatan Daily, Tehran, Iran
2002 Wisdom of Using Quantities, Herfeh: Honarmand Magazine, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED CRITIQUES
2008 The Man from Tehran, Richard Rhodes, editorial, Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, Canada
2008 Too Far, Too Close, Ahmadreza Dalvand, Golestaneh Magazine, Tehran, Iran
2007 A Discovery on the Edge of Matter and Unmaterialistic World, M.R. Nowruzian, Etemad Daily, Tehran, Iran
ESSAYS
2017 Tony in Wonderland, Roots and Stones, Tony Cragg Exhibition Catalog, TMoCA, Iran
1991 Modernism and Tradition in Iran, MFA Thesis (unpublished), CCA library, Oakland, California, USA
ASSOCIATION OF IRANIAN PAINTERS (AIP)
2015 – 2018 Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, AIP, Tehran, Iran
2016 – 2018 Director of the Exhibitions Committee, AIP: Designed and initiated The Comprehensive Research Expositions as an ongoing internal biennale for the members of AIP (with more than 40 artists and 250 works in each Expo.)
2016 Holding the 1st Research Expo. for members under 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2016 Holding the 2nd Research Expo. for members under 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2016 Holding the 3rd Research Expo. for members under 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2017 Holding the 4th Research Expo. for members under 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2017 Holding the 5th Research Expo. for members over 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2017 Holding the exhibition Landscape Up-close, VIP, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2017 Holding the 6th Research Expo. for members over 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2018 Holding the 7th Research Expo. for members over 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2018 Holding the 8th Research Expo. for members over 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2018 Holding the exhibition 7 Expos at One Glance, VIP, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
2018 Holding the 9th Research Expo. for members over 40, Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
Books & CATALOGS
2017 Bobak Etminani, Contemporary Art Publication, Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2013 Bobak Etminani, Painting: 1994-2010, Catalogue, Art People Publication, San Francisco, CA, USA
AFFILIATIONS
2002 Association of Iranian Painters, Tehran, Iran
1991 Alumni Association, CCA, Oakland, California, USA
AWARDS
2006 First Award, 4th International Painting Biennale of the Islamic World, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute, Tehran
1985 Third Prize, Group Exhibition of Foreign Students, CCA, Oakland, California, USA
WEBSITE & INSTAGRAM
bobaketminani.com
@bobak.etminani, @etminani.classes