EDUCATION          

2005  PRATT INSTITUTE – MFA (Photography)

1995  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - BFA (Photography)

AWARDS & LECTURES        

2008   JURY PRIZE AWARD – All Media Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.

2006   VIDEO SLAM - Guest lecturer at the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.

2005   OUTSTANDING MERIT AWARD   - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

           OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS                            

2011   WITNESS – Art Theatre, Long Beach, CA.

2006   GUEST ARTIST SERIES - Arnold, New York, NY.

2005   STRANGER - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

1995   HANDS ACROSS THE GALLERY - Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018   FUTURE FORMER – Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI

2013   A REASONABLE FACSIMILE – Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY.

           A REASONABLE FACSIMILE – Little Gallery, Rochester, NY.

2011   POINTS OF DEPARTURE – Jones Studio Gallery, CA.

           A REASONABLE FACSIMILE – Christensen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

2010   A REASONABLE FACSIMILE – Judson University, Elgin, IL.

           REACHING INSIDE – Lark Gallery, Long Beach, CA.

           PHOTOGRAPHY: IMPACT OF A MEDIUM –2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA.

2009   SECRET CITIZEN DEBUT – Sound Matrix Studios, Fountain Valley, CA.

2008   FEAR II - Projekt 30 – Online at: www.projekt30.com.

           ALL MEDIA SHOW –Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.

2007   SHORT HOUSE – Short House alternative space, Los Angeles, CA.

           EMERGENCE – Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

           CHANGING CLIMATE, CHANGING COLORS –Abron Arts Center, New York, NY.

2006   BROOKLYN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL - Brooklyn, NY.

           BEARINGS, THE FEMALE FIGURE - PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY.

2005   HOW CLOSE WE ARE - Endless Gallery, Shanghai, China.

           MEDITATING AMERICA - Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle, WA.

           HARLECH BIENNALE - Harlech Biennale, Harlech, Wales, U.K.

           FOUNDATION  - Gallery Boreas, Brooklyn, NY.

           MFA ANNUAL EXHIBITION - Pratt Institute, New York, NY.

           NOHO ART WALK – Various locations in NOHO, New York, NY.

2004   PAL SHOW - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

2003   MOTION - Cascades Photography Gallery, Issaquah, WA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY  

Etemadi, Yasmin, “Tales from the Black Night of the Soul”, Blurb.com (self-pubished), 2017

“Witness: A photographic exhibit”, Press-Telegram, 2011

Ford, Jessica, “Review of ‘Witness’ 9/11 Retrospective”, OC Weekly, 2011

Etemadi, Yasmin, “Witness”, Blurb.com (self-pubished), 2011

Shafie, Hadieh & Fagan, Jason, “Emergence”, Exhibition Catalog, 2007

McAdams, Shane, “Review of Foundation”, Brooklyn Rail, July 2005

ICAW Harlech Biennale, Exhibition Catalog, 2005