EDUCATION
1985, 89 Painting Tutorial with J. Alpuy of the Atelier of J. Torres
Garcia; NY, NY.
1984 MFA, Rosary College, Ill; (Now Dominican University);
Graduate Program in Florence, Italy.
1983 MA, Rosary College, Ill; (Now Dominican University);
Graduate Program in Florence, Italy.
1982 BA, Bennington College, Bennington, VT; Scholarship student
and recipient of two awards for outstanding achievement in the
Arts.
1981 SVA, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY; Summer program in
Morocco.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Hunting Tavern Museum, Andes, N.Y.
Spirit, Santa Fe, N.M.
Galeria Rene Metras, Barcelona, Spain.
Galeria Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain.
"Ritos y Gritos", Galerie Denise Levy, Barcelona, Spain.
Spirit Arts, Santa Fe, N.M.
Marguerite Oestreicher Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA.
Marianovich Arte, Barcelona, Spain.
Jedigs Kunsthandle, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Villa Schifanoia, Florence, Italy.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“21st Century American Women Artists”, Art in Embassies Program
(ART) of the United States, Brussels, Belgium.
"TOTEM", Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL.
Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, Long Island, NY.
“Celebrating Spirituality”, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY.
“The Art of Love”, SAAAIDS, Gallery ArtsIndia, NY, NY.
"Cross-Cultural Expressions", CIMA; M.Y. Art Prospects, NY, NY.
Worth Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Brick City Center for the Arts, Ocala, FL.
"Evolving Perceptions", National Press Club, Washington, DC.
Galeria Rene Metras, Barcelona, Spain.
"L ‘Estany del Desig", Centre Civic Carmel, Barcelona, Spain.
"Arxipelag", Capella del Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu, Barcelona, Spain.
Spirit Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Turner-Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
"33 Premi a la Pintura Jove", Sala Pares, Barcelona, Spain.
SATA Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Atherton Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Curzon Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
Brooklyn Art and Cultural Center (BACA), Brooklyn, NY.
AWARDS/GRANTS
2006 US Govt. Grant for Art in Embassies Program; “21st Century
American Women Artists”; Brussels, Belgium.
2005 NY State Council for the Arts, Decentralization Grant
2003 IVAcc; Second Place; 3B Abstract-International; Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
2003 “The Healing Power of Art”, Manhattan Arts International;
Award of Excellence, NY,NY
2001 El Fumador, Sewickley, PA; First Prize and Honorable
Mention, Sewickley, PA
1982 Sandra Kessleman Slotnik Award, Bennington College,
Bennington, VT
1982 Ella Woodner Macy Award, Bennington College, Bennington,
VT
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000499
http://www.bnl.gov/60th/houshmand.asp
http://nato.usmission.gov/dossier/Women.asp
“Gunpowder Island, A Bermudan Adventure”, Concept Pub., 2003, Cover
Art
“Unbroken Line; Writing in the Lineage of Poetry”; written by Miriam
Sagan, published by Sherman Asher, First Edition, 1999. Cover Painting.
Catskill Mountain Guide, 2005, Artist Feature Section.
New Art International 2003, Book Art Press.
“Santa Fe Poetry Broadside”; Issue #12, November 1999; paintings featured
with Poetry by Miriam Sagan. (http://www.rt.66.com/-sfpoetry).
El Periodico, Barcelona, Spain; El Pais, Barcelona, Spain; New Orleans
Gambit, New Orleans, LA; The News, Boca Raton, FL; Boca Thursday,
Boca Raton, FL; La Vanguardia, Barcelona, Spain; ABC, Madrid, Spain;
Marte, Barcelona, Spain; Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Post Gazette,
Pittsburgh, PA, North Hills News Record, Pittsburgh, PA.
BIO
Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian-American artist who was born in 1961
in the Philippines. She was raised in the Philippines and Iran, and received
her education in the Arts in the US and Italy. Her MA and MFA are from
Rosary College of Illinois Graduate Program in Florence, Italy, (1983, 84)
and her BA is from Bennington College in Vermont where she received
awards for outstanding work and leadership in the arts (1982). For several
years she studied with Julio Alpuy, a preeminent member of the Atelier of
Joaquin Torres Garcia, founder of Universal Constructivism.
Roshan Houshmand has been exhibiting her work for over two decades in
New York, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Barcelona,
Brussels and Copenhagen, among other locations. She is a 2005 recipient
of the NY State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant and a 2006
grant recipient from the US Government for “21st Century American
Women Artists”. Her major solo exhibitions include Galeria Rene Metras
and Marianovich Arte in Barcelona, Spain. Her work has been included in
group exhibitions including “Totem” at the Boca Raton Museum of Art,
Florida, “Evolving Perceptions” at The National Press Club in
Washington, DC, and most recently “21st Century American Women
Artists” at Truman Hall, US Mission to NATO in Belgium. She has taught
art at Escola Massana (Barcelona's municipal art college), Penn State and
the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
Roshan Houshmand’s work is in private collections in Denmark, Spain,
Belgium, London, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Italy and the United States.
