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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