MAHNAZ EKHTIARY

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

  • “Under the skin of the city”, A&A Albe & associati legal studio, Busto Arsizio, Italy

2023

  • “I am the Change”, Villa Contemporary, Monza, Italy

2013

  • “The Tree of the Body”, Artwear Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2011

  • “Empty Dress”, Artwear Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2007

  • Fashion Illustration Exhibition, Mehrin Gallery, Tehran, Iran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

  • “THIS IS THE END” Curated by AND Third Sector Organization, Casa della Memoria, Milan, Italy
  • “OLTRE MARE/ULISSE”, Artist’s Bookmark, Curated by Maria Tereza Zagone, Roberta Guarne, Messina, Italy
  • “AMBIENTAL…MENTAL”, Sculpture Park, Curated by Marco Agostinelli, Cetona, Italy 
  • “THIS IS THE END”, Fourth Edition, MO.CA – Centro for new Cultures, Brescia, Italy
  • “VENUS & FRIENDS”, Fringe Festival, Studio Marta Mez, Milan, Italy

2025

  • “ChristmArt Time”, Curated by Monica Villa, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
  • “Tratto” (Art, Body, Soul), curated by Filip Borel, Lariofiere, Como, Italy
  • “This Is the End”, Third Edition, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
  • “Pagine (in) definite”, Curated by Andrea Meregalli and Monica Villa, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
  • “Venus & Friends”, Fringe Festival, Studio Marta Mez, Milan, Italy

2024

  • “Arte Sotto L’albero”, Small Artworks for Gifts, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
  • “Libera Perfino di Sparire”,  Curated by Antonella Casazza, Loredana Galante, and Marta Mez, Spazio Ex Fornace, Milan, Italy
  • “Milan Sculpture”, 8th Edition, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo, Italy
  • “Art, Artifact, Artifice”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, La Talpa Studio, Bologna, Italy
  • “The Awareness of the Abdomen “, Sculpture Exhibition, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy

2023

  • “The Brain Begins from Eyes”, 100 years of Italo Calvino, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
  • “World with Woman”, Art against violence project, Melegnano Castel, San Giuliano Milanese, Italy
  • “Song of Love”, 150 artists united against violence, Docks Dora studio, Turin, Italy
  • “Rosa Alchemico “, The 31st edition of Miniartextil, Textile and Industrial Tradition Museum, Busto Arsizio, Italy
  • “Radical Voice”, Sozzani Foundation, Milan, Italy
  • “Postcards from Iran”, ABAO Art week, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Italy
  • “Tribute to Piero Manzoni”, Ex studio of Manzoni, Fiori Chiari Street N16, Milan, Italy
  • “The Starry Night “, Textile Art Exhibition, Ablimento Milano Creative Art Fair, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, Italy

2022

  • “Rosa Alchemica”, 31st Edition of Miniartextil, International Fiber Art Exhibition, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy
  • 30th Edition of Miniartextil, International Fiber Art Exhibition, Beffroi de Montrouge, France

2021

  • “Perception from the underground”, Walk in Studio Festival, Atelier Minus One, Milan, Italy
  • 30th Edition of Miniartextil, International Fiber Art Exhibition, Civic Art Gallery, Como, Italy

2020

  • “Attesa ad un filo”, Fiber Art Exhibition, VI.P Studio, Walk in Studio Festival, Milan, Italy

2019

  • “Expansion of the Body”, Jewelry Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2018

  • “Redefine the Jewelry”, Jewelry Exhibition, Bijou Museum of Casalmaggiore, Italy
  • The second exhibition of Iranian contemporary artistic jewels, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2017

  • “Splendid Persia”, Jewelry Exhibition, Bijou Museum of Casalmaggiore, Milan, Italy
  • “Fashion Graduate Italia”, Jewelry Exhibition, BASE Milan, Italy
  • “Sharing”, Jewelry Design Competition, Doxa, Milan Fall Design Week, Italy
  • “Sharing”, Jewelry Design Competition, Fiera Milano, Italy
  • “Introspection”, Abstract Painting Exhibition, Sisal Wincity Milano, Italy
  • “Jvaher”, New Iranian Jewelry Exhibition, Bellini Museum, Florence Jewelry Week, Italy
  • Brera Academy Open Day, Artwear Exhibition, Milan, Italy

2016

  • “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • Milan Graduate Fashion Week, Fashion Show, Mudec Museum, Milan, Italy
  • “Milano Unica”, Brera Academy Exhibition in the 22nd Edition of Italian Textile Fair, Italy

2015

  • “Hello Sweetie”, Artwear Exhibition, Design Box, Expo of Milan, Italy
  • “Italian Code”, Sculpture Exhibition, Grimaldi Palace, The Venice Biennale, Italy
  • “Rising Sun and the Land of Sun”, Montesegale Contemporary Art Museum, Pavia, Italy
  • “The Life of Elsa Schiaparelli”, Artwear Exhibition, Design Box, Expo of Milan, Italy
  • Milan Graduate Fashion Week, Jewelry Exhibition, Triennial of Milan, Italy
  • “The Format Follow”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Format Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • “Homage of Emanuel Ungaro”, Artwear Exhibition, Brera Academy, Milan, Italy

2014

  • Drawing Exhibition, Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • Painting Exhibition, Group Cesare Frigerio, Corsico, Italy

2013

  • “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • “Haft Negah”, Painting Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran

2012

  • Painting Exhibition, Terme Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • “Without Borders III / Persbook Art”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Forum of Iranians Artists, Tehran, Iran
  • “Restriction”, Painting Exhibition, Man Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • “SNAC 2012”, Painting Exhibition, Art People Gallery, San Francisco, USA
  • “Small Works of Art”, Painting Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2011

  • “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • Drawing Exhibition, Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • “Without Borders II / Persbook Art”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

2010

  • “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2009

  • Fashion Show, Mahestan Tower, Tehran, Iran

2008

  • “Shadow” Illustration Exhibition, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran

2007

  • Fashion Show, Kamal al-Din Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
  • 2nd Festival of “The Women of My Homeland”, Fashion Show, Tehran, Iran

2006

  • 1st Festival of “The Women of My Homeland”, Fashion Show, Tehran, Iran

2004

  • “Kharazmi”, Illustration Exhibition, Arasbaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran

HONOURS & AWARDS

2026

  • Selected artist for the 35st edition of Miniartextil, Italy
  • Selected for the Artist’s Bookmark project by Forog Gallery
  • Selected as the Second Prize Winner in the First Edition of the ARTEINBORGO Live Painting Competition, Rezzago, Italy

2022

  • Selected artist for the 31st edition of Miniartextil, Italy

2020

  • Selected artist for the 30th edition of Miniartextil, Italy

2019

  • Candidate for the 2019 Fashion Film Award, SHOWstudio, London, United Kingdom
  • Selected artist for Tehran’s Fourth Contemporary Artistic Jewelry Exhibition, Iran

2018

  • Selected designer for the Static Exhibition, New Talents, The National Chamber for Italian Fashion

2017

  • Selected artist for design competition in Lombardy region, Jewelry, Italy

2015

  • Selected artist for Format Gallery, Sculpture, Milan, Italy

2012

  • Selected artist for Art People Gallery, Painting, United States of America
  • Selected artist for “Mashghe Honar” Publication, Painting, Tehran, Iran

2011

  • Selected artist for the second Persbook, Iranian Contemporary Art Festival, Installation Art, Tehran, Iran

2009

  • One of the 10 best-selected artists at the Crystallized Abaya Design Award of Swarovski, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2006

  • Winner of third place in the first edition of the festival “Women of My Homeland”, Manteau Design, Tehran, Iran

2003

  • Winner of the National Science Competition, “Kharazmi”, Illustration, Tehran, Iran

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