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Ali Kaeini
Born in Tehran, Iran - Lives and Works in Richmond, VA
Education
2023 MFA Painting and Printmaking, VCU, Richmond, VA
2019 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2014 MA Painting, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran
Solo and Two Person Shows
2024 DDDD Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Earth blossom, (with Eleanor M Thorp), 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Unfinished Miracle, Delgosha Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Selected Group Shows
2024 New Now, Hamiltonian Artist, Washington DC
2023 Sadza Series: 2, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022 Made in VA, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art; Virginia Beach, VA
Trawick Contemporary Art Award Finalists Exhibition; Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
2019 Wholly Coast, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Insomnia (Curated by Pooya Aryanpour), Asar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Close Vision: Body (Curated by Ali Nassir, Bavand Behpoor), Galerie Gondwana, Berlin, Germany
Selected Residencies and Awards
2024 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH (Upcoming)
NARS Foundation International residency (Full Fellowship), Brooklyn, NY (Upcoming)
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY (Upcoming)
VMFA Professional Fellowship award, Richmond, VA
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2023 Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship, Washington, DC
VCCA, 50th Anniversary Fellowships for Artists of Color, Amherst, VA
Summer Research Grant, VCU Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Research Grant, VCU Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2022 Trawick Contemporary Art Award Finalists, Bethesda, MD
2021 VCU GTA Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Teaching Experience
2021-2023 Teaching assistant, Painting and Printmaking Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2023-present Adjunct Instructor, Painting and Printmaking Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2023-present Adjunct Instructor, Art Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2023-present Adjunct Instructor, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA