| Delbar Shahbaz
Born in Tehran, Iran 1978
| Biography
Delbar Shahbaz deftly deploys sources
in her works (sculpture, painting, installation, video, and drawing) that reflect on her role as a woman, artist, immigrant, and teacher.
Delbar is exploring self-identity as a fluid multidimensional concept, defined by social and cultural context. As a new immigrant woman, she examines body image, beauty perception and female identity through the lens of different cultures. Delbar borrows from a wide range of influences, from ancient fertility totems to unknown female outsiders’ writings, in order to create a world of fantasy where her lovable and loathsome creatures are mirroring their identities through textured corporeal forms that are glamorized by their material construction. Her works depict both beauty and brutality of the body, driving the viewer to touch, fondle and play with them.
DELBAR SHAHBAZ (she/her) is a Los Angeles based artist, originally from Iran. She received her first MFA degree from Art University in Tehran in 2008 and for the past ten years has pursued a career as a professional artist and educator. In 2013, Delbar moved to the United States. She received her second MFA from ArtCenter College of Design and has worked at ArtCenter as part-time faculty since 2016. Delbar has exhibited in her work in Los Angeles, Tehran, London, Chicago, Montreal and New York.
| Professional Life
Education
2017 MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Los Angeles.
2008 MFA, Tehran Art University
2005 Bachelor Degree, Bio Medical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran
Teaching Experience
2016- now Art Center College of Design, “Collage/Mix media”, Pasadena, Los Angele 2022- now College of the Canyons, “Life Model drawing “Drawing”, Santa Clarita
2022- now\ American University of Health and Science, “Medical Illustration”, Long beach 2023- now Chaffey College,” Introduction to Drawing”, Rancho Cucamonga,
2018- now Art Center College of Design Faculty, “Making Object”, Pasadena, Los Angeles
2019 Mt Sierra College, “Fundamental Drawing”, Monrovia, Los Angeles
2019 Mt Sierra College, “Advance Drawing”, Monrovia, Los Angeles
2017 Art Center College of Design Faculty, “Installation Art”, Pasadena, Los Angeles
2016 Art Center College of Design, "Contemporary Sculpture", Pasadena, Los Angeles
2015 Teaching Assistant, Salomon Huerta, “Passion for painting”, Art Center College of Design
2015 Teaching Assistant, Lita Albuquerque, “Theories of Construction”, Art Center College of Design
2016 Teaching Assistant, Laura Cooper, “Installation Concept”, Art Center College of Design
2014 Teaching assistant, Alex Kroll, “Painting and Collage”, Art Center College of Design
2014Teaching assistant Olga Koumoudouros, "Contemporary Sculpture", Art Center College of Design
2008 Kashani University Faculty, “Drawing for Design”, Tehran, Iran
2007 Kashani University, Faculty “Painting and Drawing”, Tehran, Iran
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 “Land is feeling, Color is remedy”, Painting, Collage, Sculpture exhibition at Advocartsy, Los Angeles
2022 “Photo and sculpture exhibition”, Basmeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2020 “Everything I want to say to the world right now, Meridian Exhibition, Los Angeles
2017 “Kamikaze Show”, PØST Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 “Carnival Passengers”, Main Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
2016 “Hollow Heroes”, Dastan Basement, Tehran, Iran
2015 “Non Residential”, The Wassaic Project Artist Residency, New York
2014 “Terrain of Absence”, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
2012 “When my dreams and me vanished”, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
2012 “The Graffiti Selection”, Dastan Basement, Tehran
2010 “Little Simple Things”, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2009 “Feast of an Angel”, Dey Art Gallery. Tehran 2009 Sculpture exhibition”, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
