Yari Ostovany

Born in Iran in 1962, Yari Ostovany moved to the United States at the age of 16 and pursued his studies in Art first at the University of Nevada - Reno and then at the San Francisco Art institute where he received his MFA in 1995. He has exhibited extensively in the United States and internationally, and is the recipient of Center For Cultural Innovation, Sierra Arts Endowment, Craig Sheppard Memorial and Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grants. Recent solo exhibitions include The Yard: Columbus Circle in New York, Stanford Art Spaces at Stanford University, Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, Rebecca Molayem Gallery in Los Angeles and Lansing Street Gallery in Mendocino.

His work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, Connecticut), Pasargad Bank Museum (Tehran, Iran), Chateau d'Orquevaux (Champagne-Ardenne, France), Permanent Collection of the University of Nevada - Reno Art Department and is represented by Foundation Behram Bakhtiar in France, Ideel Art and Noon Powell Fine Art in London UK.

Solo Exhibitions:

2023 NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
2023 Flow Fine Art, Leverkusen, Germany
2023 Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA
2022 Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2022 Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Gallerie Valerie, Crockett,CA
2020 Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 The Yard - Columbus Circle, New York, NY
2018 Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Syra Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
2018 The Living Room Gallery (Saint Peter's Church), New York, NY 2018 Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
2016 Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
2016 B&B&Co Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Mill Valley Arts Commission, Mill Valley, CA
2015 Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2014 Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC , Reno, NV
2014 The Shed Contemporary, Dana Point, CA
2014 LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
2012 Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA
2010 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 San Jose City College Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2007 Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV

2003 Art Corner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2002 Bochum Kulturrat (City of Bochum Cultural Center), Germany 1998 Hourian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Other Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 1994 Footwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
1988 Manville Gallery, Reno, NV

Two Person Exhibitions:

2022 Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
2016 Madrigal Family Winery Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2015 MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2013 Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See, Germany

Group Exhibitions:

2022 NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
2022 Gallery 2727, Berkeley, California
2021 Mura Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2021 Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA 2020 Ruby Living Design, San Francisco, CA 2020 Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020 Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2020 White Walls Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
2019 Boccara ART, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2019 The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY 2018 Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL

2018 Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Saye Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2017 Kamil Art Gallery, Monaco-Ville, Monaco
2017 GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
2017 Museum Parc, San Francisco, CA
2017 Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Galerie Art Eterne, New Delhi, India
2016 Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
2016 Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri
2016 Hud Gallery, Ventura, CA
2016 Seyhoun Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2016 Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2016 Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2016 Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2015 LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Maryland Federation of Art - Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2015 Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2015 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
2015 Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, New York
2015 Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2015 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2014 The Invisible Line Gallery, London, UK
2014 Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Shirin Gallery NY, New York, NY
2014 The SHED Contemporary, Dana Point, CA
2014 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 ABRA Gallery, Westlake Village, CA
2014 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2013 Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL 2013 Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2013 Thomas & Paul Gallery, London, UK
2012 Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2012 Estense Castle Museum, Ferrara, Italy
2011 ArtPeople Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Arts West Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
2010 Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada
2009 California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center 2009 Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona
2008 Galleria Lallihome, Varenna, Italy
2007 la Giornata del Contemporaneo, Camaver Kunsthaus, Lecco, Italy 2007 Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2006 Sheppard Contemporary, Reno, NV
2003 HotHouse Center for Performance & Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002 Mojaveri Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2001 Kunsthof Merten, Merten, Germany

2000 Köln Galerie, Cologne, Germany 2000 Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999 Ovissi Gallery, Emeryville, CA
1999 Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran 1999 WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
1999 Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 Evolving Perceptions, National Press Club, Washington, DC 1997 San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
1997 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1996 Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
1994 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1994 Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1993 Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993 Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1992 San Francisco Art Institute Spring Exhibition, CA
1991 Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1990 E. L. Wiegand Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1989 Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV
1988 Ackerman Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1988 Nevada State Council on the Arts, Reno, NV
1987 Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
1986 Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

Education:

MFA San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1995 BFA San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1992

Awards & Grants:

2022 Center for Cultural Innovation Grant
2007 Sierra Arts Endowment Grant
1993 Annual San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition
1989, 1988 Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship
1988 Home Federal Bank Art Competition, Reno, Nevada
1988 Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant, Reno, Nevada
1988, 1987, 1986 Annual University of Nevada - Reno Student Art Exhibition

Art Fairs:

2022 Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, New York Battersea Art Fair, London, UK

2018 Art Market San Francisco 2014 Battersea Art Fair, London, UK

Artist in Residence:

2018 Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France

Collections:
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Pasargad Bank Museum, Tehran, Iran
Permanent Collection of the
University of Nevada - Reno Art Department and various private collections in the U.S. and abroad

Teaching Experience:

2005/08 Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada - Reno Art Department, Reno, Nevada

1993/92 Assistant Instructor, Painting & Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California