Ainaz Alipour
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SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2025 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,VT
Surel's Place, Boise, ID
On View, Savannah, GA
Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 In A Frame Whose Moment…, Surel’s Place, Boise, ID
2023 Translated Transitions, 501 Gallery, Tampa, FL
Symptomatic Echos, Mattie Kelly Art Center, Niceville, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Ohio Art League, spring Juried Exhibition, The works : Ohio Center for History,
Art & Technology, Newark, OH
July Showcase, ROYGBIV, Columbus, OH
2024 We Got the Power, Contemporary Art Modern Projects, Miami, FL
Vox Populi XIX, Vox Pupuli, Philadelphia, PA
Now One With Everyone, IceBox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA,
Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Salon: Red Hot, Reverb Gallery, Tampa, FL
I keep the ladders clean, MFA exhibition, USF Contemporary Art Museum CAM, Tampa, FL
USF School of art and Art History 47th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Imminent doom, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2023 Desiring Production, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Appealing Family Values, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Year of the Dragon Snake, Heiress Gallery, Saint Pete, FL
Woven, The Factory ST Pete, FL
USF School of art and Art History 46th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Cornucopic, Tallahassee, FL
Liminal Wormhole Jazz Spectacular, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2022 Face Dancers, University of South Florida Student Center Gallery, Tampa, FL
30th annual Emerald Coast National Juried Art Exhibition, Mattie Kelly Art Center, Niceville, FL
With arms wide open, Group Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
USF School of art and Art History 45th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Arthouse XXII, Virtual Reality Installation, Tampa, FL
2021 Screen/ed, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Acquaintance, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2020 Complex Contest, Ohio University Women's Center, Athens, OH
2019 Beholding, Aknoon Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
Windows 98, Video Group Exhibition, Pirsook Art Space, Shiraz, Iran
Factory 5272, Site Specific Video Installation, Art Expo Hormuz, Hormuz, Iran
Borderless, Artibision Gallery, Tehran, Iran
The 11th Fajr Visual Art Festival, SabaGallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 The 8th TADAEX,(Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition),Nabshi Gallery,Tehran,Iran
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2025 Full General Fellowship, Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,VT
2024 In celebration of Wendy Babcox, Best in the show,
Armstrong Family Fund for development of art, 2nd best in the show,
2023 Margaret Miller IRA Award,
SWIFF (Student World Impact Film Festival), 2nd Best Animation Film
2022 30th annual Emerald Coast National Juried Art Exhibition, Best in the Show
Richard Beckman Memorial Award, 3rd in the show
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 Homescape Borderland, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Liminal Wormhole Jazz Spectacular, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
2023 Yellow Hammer Film Festival, Troy, AL
First Time Filmmaker Session, Lift-Off Sessions, New York, NY
SWIFF (Student World Impact Film Festival), New York, NY
Encanto Film Festival, Lowell, MA
2021 AIFVF (Athens International Film and Video Festival), Athens, OH
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2019 Self, Audio Visual Performance and Video Mapping, Engar gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 My Bodily practice, urban Performance, Tehran, Iran
Between Us, urban performance, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGS & PUBLICATIONS
2024 Disappearing Birds of North America – Artist Book, organized by Jen Delos Reyes
Skyway A Contemporary Collaboration – Catalog
I Keep The Ladders Clean – Catalog
SELECTED PRESS ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
2024 ArtBeats, WSLR Community Radio – Interview by Kathleen Murray
Skyway from Their Perspective – The Ringling Museum – Arts Coast Magazine - Interview by Tom Winchester
How did you learn to do what you do – Canvas Rebel – Interview with James Wright
Local Stories: Meet Ainaz Alipour – Shoutout Miami – Interview with Sofia Ramirez
SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & LECTURES
2025 Surel’s Place – Artist talk
2024 The Ringling Museum of Art – Artist talk (online)
EDUCATION:
2024 MFA, Studio Arts (Video, Digital Arts), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2017 MA, Animation and Film, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2013 BFA, Printmaking, Tehran university of Art, Tehran, Iran