EDUCATION: 

 

2022                 Ph.D. Fine Arts: Art Track, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 

                         (Dissertation Title: Photographic Images, Distanced Realism, and the State of Being Modern in the Works of Mohammad                          Ghaffari and Otto Dix.)

2014                 MFA: Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2010                 BA: Painting, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran 

2004                 High School: Graphic Design, Avini School of Art, Tehran, Iran 

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

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Fall 2024- Present: Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 

Painting 
Design 

Technology in Arts
Digital Storytelling 
Animation Across Arts, Science, and Technology 

 

January 2023 – May 2023: Assistant Professor of Visual Arts and General Education, Regis College, Weston, MA

American Art History 

Introduction to Art History

Drawing

Reading, Writing & Thinking

Digital Storytelling

Design
 

2016 - 2020: Graduate Part-time Instructor, Texas Tech University 

Beginning Printmaking (hybrid)

Technology in Arts (hybrid)

Foundation Drawing 

Art Appreciation 

 

2015 - 2019: Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University 

Technology in Arts

Art Appreciation

Drawing

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2013: Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 

Head Structure

Introduction to Artistic Anatomy

 

2014 - 2015: Instructor: 

Art Instructor: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and Mixed Media, Centre for Creative Works, Philadelphia, PA

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HIGHLIGHTS OF EXHIBITIONS:

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2024                 Wanderer, Solo Art Exhibition, Carney Gallery, Weston, MA. 

2021                 Reimagining the Real, Juried Group Exhibition, Emery Community Arts Center, Farmington, Maine

2021                 Space: Chapter One, Juried Group Exhibition, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL

2018                 Objects and Metaphors, Solo Art Exhibition, Christine Devitt Icehouse Gallery, Lubbock, TX

2018                 24 fps Memories Decoded, Transmedia Group Show, Casp Studio, Lubbock, TX

2016                 Texas Tech Graduate Students’ Group Show, Museum of Texas Tech University

2015                 Residents Art Show, International House Philadelphia

2014                 Emerging Talent, Group Exhibition, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2014                 113th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2014                 Art Auction, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

2014                 Group Art Exhibition, Gallery Eight, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2014                 Fourth Wall Panel Review, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2014                 Residents Art Show, International House Philadelphia

2013                 Group Exhibition, Frame Works Studio, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2013                 Open Studio Night, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2012                 Open Studio Night, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2012                 Negah Group Painting Exhibition, Simorgh Gallery of Art, Tehran, Iran

2011                 8th Painting Biennial, Saba Cultural House, Tehran, Iran

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PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS:

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Forthcoming     “Emergent Behaviors of AI Models, Aesthetics, and New Approaches in Art Education.”  Book chapter. In the Hydra:                                 The Many Approaches to Generative AI in the Art and Design Classroom. Palgrave Macmillan.

2025                 “AI-Integrated Cross-Disciplinary Liberal Arts Colloquium,” (co-author), Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning.  

2024                 “How Deep is Your Art: An Experimental Study on the Limits of Artistic Understanding in a Single-Task, Single-Modality                            Neural Network” (co-author), PLOS One.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS: 

 

2018                “Rethinking New Objectivity in Alfred Barr’s Chart of Modern Art in 1936” Online Library of International League of Fine                              Art Schools. URL: https://ilfas.org/library/#.W-BoaJNKg2w

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

 

2025                 “Emergent Phenomena in AI and its Implications in Art Pedagogy,” presenter for the Professional Practices Committee’s                            session addressing “Critical AI Literacy,” College of Art Association (CAA) 2025 Annual Conference, New York, NY.

2024                 “Artificial Intelligence in Art Education: Challenges and Opportunities,” Workshop Leader, College of Art Association                                  (CAA) 2024 Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois 

2024                 “Inclusive AI-Integration through a Studio Arts Model at a Small Liberal Arts College,” Innovative Education Conference,                            University of Rhode Island 

2020                 “Reviving Identity: Adaptation and Integration of Pre-Islamic Iranian Imagery with Islamic Philosophy in the Leiden                                    Manuscript,” College of Art Association (CAA) 2020 Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois

2019                 “Examining Denise Green’s Theory of Metonymy in the Contemporary Art” at Art and Humanities Conference, Texas                                Tech University

2018                 “Rethinking New Objectivity in Alfred Barr’s Chart of Modern Art in 1936” at Representational Art Conference (TRAC                                2018), Leeuwarden, Netherlands

2018                 “Discovering the Self: Farshid Maleki’s Improvisation Within the Crisis of Identity in Iran” at Southwest Popular American                            Culture Association, 39th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2018                 “The Outmoded Metropolis: Adaptation of Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodile in Brothers Quay’s Animation”at Art                              and Humanity’s Conference, Texas Tech University

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LECTURES AND TALKS:

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2024                 Artist Talk, Regis College Fine Arts Center, Weston, MA 

2023                 Art & Academia: Exploring our Mission and Values,” Lecture and Reflections at Regis College

2023                 Faculty Pride Lecture Series: Challenges& Change in Higher Education, Generative AI& ChatGPT

2022                 Guest Lecturer: “History Through Artistic Representation,” American University, Washington, DC

2021                 Artist’s Talk, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

2019                 Fellowship Lecturer: “World War I and Representation: A Cross-cultural Comparison of the British Soldier’s Poetry and                              Der Krieg by Otto Dix,” University of North Texas Library, Denton, TX 

2019                 Guest Lecturer: “Art of the 18th and 19th Century in Europe and North America,” Texas Tech University

2019                 Guest Lecturer: “Drawing,” Texas Tech University

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AWARDS: 

 

2022                 Hardwick Fellowship, Institute for Studies in Pragmatism, Texas Tech University 

2021                 Helen Hodges Educational Graduate Award

2020                 Artist Relief Grant, National Arts Grantmakers

2020                 Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship, Texas Tech University

2019 - 2020      Helen Jones School of Art Scholarship, Texas Tech University

2019                 University of North Texas Special Collections Fellowship, Denton, TX

2015 - 2019      Graduate Recruitment Fellowship, Texas Tech University  

2015 - 2018      Richard and Sybil Dickey Art Scholarship, Texas Tech University           

2016 - 2017      Alan & Lee Ann White Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship, Texas Tech University

2012 - 2014      International Student Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2013                 Fellowships of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2013                 Resident Advisory Award, International House Philadelphia        

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:

 

2025                 Curator of Students’ Time-Based Art, Tiny Gallery, Washington and Lee University

2024                 Curator of Regis College Group Art Exhibition, Carney Gallery, Weston, MA.

2014                 Curator of Students’ Art Exhibition: Paintings and Printmaking, Centre for Creative Works

2015                 Curator of Residents’ Art Exhibition, International House Philadelphia

2014                 Curator of Residents’ Art Exhibition, International House Philadelphia

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HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:  

 

2025                 Co-presenter, Writing the Future with AI, Fall Academy, Washington and Lee University. 

2024                 Co-chair, Cultural Co-Curricular Committee, Regis College 

2024                 Co-facilitator, AI Faculty Learning Community (FLC), Regis College 

2023-2024        Fine Arts Center Faculty Liaison, Regis College 

2023-2024        Mary C. Bryan Award Committee, Regis College 

2023                 AI Policy Working Panel, Regis College 

2023                 Charles S. Peirce Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship 2024 Committee Member, Texas Tech University

2021                 Virtual Poster Competition Judge, Texas Tech University