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Sam Nejati

Education:

BA, San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA

Diploma from Visual Academy of Fine Arts – Tehran, Iran

Solo Shows:

2025 Standing on the Poetry of Light, Choom Gallery, Bandar Anzali, Iran

2019 Thomas Deans gallery, Atlanta, Ga

2018 Bill Lowe gallery, Atlanta, Ga

2017 Bill Lowe gallery, Atlanta, Ga

2016 Ruby Design, Mill Vally, Ca

2015 West Brook Galleries, Carmel, Ca

2014 Cranium Devices, San Francisco, CA

2013 Ruby Design, Mill Valley, CA

2012 Art Santa Fe, Presented by Westbrook Galleries

2011 Huston Fine Art Fair, Presented by Westbrook Galleries

San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Presented by ABRA Gallery

2010 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Presented by ABRA Gallery

2009 “Paragon”, ABRA Gallery, Westlake, CA

2008 “Existence” Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA

“Living in the Moment”, Lessa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA

2007 “Zen”, Sayhoun Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Morning Has Broken”, Lessa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA

2006 “Resurrection”, Voshan Fine Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

“Elevation”, Lessa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA

2005 “Negotiation”, Voshan Fine Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

2004 “Conventions”, Albany Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA

“Magnitude”, Voshan Fine Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

Group shows:

2023 Abington Art Center, Abington, Pa

2022 In Liquid, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Ca

2019 Thomas Deans Gallery, Atlanta, Ga

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Ca

2018 Red Ink Studio, Palo Alto, Ca

2017 West Brook Gallery, Carmel, Ca

Bill Lowe gallery, Atlanta, Ga

2016 Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, Ca

Lessa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, Ca

2015 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Ca

2014 (N) Collages, Icehouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA

2013 Huston Fine Art Fair, Presented by Gallery Sam

Art Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2012 Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010 Stillwell, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA2009 ABRA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 “Silence”, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA

2005 Sayhoun Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004 “Elegy”, Voshan Fine Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

2004 I.M Chase Gallery in Association with James Goodman, Beverly Hills, CA

Fundraising for Palo Alto School District, Palo Alto, CA

2003 Introduction to South, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

Bahrum-B Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2002 Red Ink Studios, Palo Alto, CA

Anti-Violence Seminar for Youths, Irvine, CA

2001 Orlando Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1997 Visual Academy of Arts, Students Group Show Tehran, Iran

1996 Visual Academy of Arts, Students Group Show, Tehran, Iran

Awards:

Martin Wang scholarship, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

First Place at the Drawing Competition Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

First Place at the Drawing Competition Visual academy of art for Students Iran, Tehran

Publications:

Works & Conversations, January 2015

Zone Magazine, Summer of 2013

Tosheh, July 2011

Interview with Voice of America, February 2011

Artworks Magazine, Summer of 2010

KALW Radio Station, January 2008

Diablo Arts Magazine, January 2007

American Art Collectors Magazine, January 2007