HK Zamani

(Habib Kheradyar Zamani)
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Around Black, Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2013 Remembering and Forgetting, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Eros/Thanatos, DELETE, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2013 Performing, Groundspace, Los Angeles, CA
2011 In-between Air, Land and Sea, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Shelter from the Storm, SolwayJones, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Star Spangled Banner, Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC
2004 The Ride, Linc, San Francisco, CA
2003 Edifice/Oedipus, London Street Projects, Los Angeles
2003 Fabric & Armature Paintings, Miller/Durazo, Los Angeles
2000 LA Art Court, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
2000 New Work, Linc, San Francisco, CA
1998 Red, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Stretch, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles
1997 DNA Windows, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996 Dot to Dot, Room, Catalog, New York, NY
1996 More Dots, Gallery LASCA, Los Angeles
1995 New Works, Pierce College, Catalog, Woodland Hills, CA
1994 New Works, Food House, Santa Monica, CA
1991 New Works, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
1990 New Works, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Catalog, Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2013 Invisible in Visible, Groundspace (collaboration with Tomas Ruller),
2013 performances with simulcast, LA/Czech Republic
2012 InCommunication, PØST (collaboration with Tomas Ruller),
2012 performances with simulcast, LA/Czech Republic
2009 Independence In Dependence (collaboration with Tomas Ruller),
2009 performances with simulcast, LA/Czech Republic
2009 Fashion of the Veil, Irrational exhibit 7, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Open Situation, Prague Quadrennial, Wenseslas Square, Prague, The Czech Republic.
2007 Open Situation, Performance Art Center, Lublin, Poland
2007 Scheherazade I and II, BWA Gallery, Bidgoszcz, Poland
2006 Southern Veil, Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC
2006 1972, (collaboration with Amitis Motevalli), Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Edifice/Oedipus IV, Kampa Museum, Prague, The Czech Republic
2004 Certain Traces, (collaboration with Tomas Ruller), Karlin Space,Prague, The Czech Republic
2004 Face to Face, (collaboration with Tomas Ruller),
2004 Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall, Los Angeles
2003 White on White, Even, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
2003 Impasse/In the Veil III, Riva Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Edifice/Oedipus III, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2003 Edifice/Oedipus, London Street Projects, Los Angeles
2002 Impasse/In the Veil, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2002 Impasse/In the Veil II, Frankfurt International Art Fair, Germany
1999 In the Blue, Arizona State University Art Museum, Online Catalog, Tempe, Arizona
1997 Dotman, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria
1997 RightWrong, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996 The Climb, Municipal Art Gallery, Video, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA
1989 East/West, Gong, (collaboration with Tomas Ruller) Prague, The Czech Republic

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Gesture, Arnea 1 Gallery, curated by Carl Berg, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Pierogi XX, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Winter, Warschaw Gallery, curated by Ron Linden, San Pedro, CA
2014 MasAttack, Torrance Art Museum, Artra Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Paradox Maintenance Technicians, curated by Max Presneill, Torrance Museum, CA
2013 MasAttack, LA Mart, Artra Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Forms of Abstraction, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts, Irvine, CA
2013 Sense and Sensibility, curated by Fatemeh Burnes, Mt San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA
2012 Impression, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts, Irvine, CA
2010 For Your Pleasure, curated by Clyde Beswick, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Difference and Repetition, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Water, Silpakorn University Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2009 Elements, Cal Poly San Lois Obispo, CA
2009 On the Shoulder of Davids, curated by Ichiro Irie, Jaus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Inadvertent Rapture, curated by Michael Shaw, Flexco, Los Angeles, CA
2007 A Certain Slant of Light, curated by Meridith McNeal, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2006 Materialwise (Revisited), domestic setting, curated by Carl Berg, Venice, CA
2005 C.O.L.A Anniversary Exhibit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
2004 C.O.L.A Exhibit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
2004 Irrational Exhibits, Traction 16 Gallery, curated by Lida Abdul & Deborah Oliver, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Coverage, M+R space to fill, curated by Shane Bradford, London, England
2004 Dialogue Prague/LA, curated by Barbara Benish, Los Angeles and Prague, The Czech Republic
2004 Minimal Form, Galerie Dionisi, Los Angeles
2004 Poetics of Proximity, curated by Lida Abdul and Gul Cagin, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2004 Continental Divide, curated by Mark Zimmermann, Planet Tyland, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Lotusland, curated by Nancy Gregory, Connecticut College, New London CT
2003 -[not (painting)], curated by Koan Jeff Bysa, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
2003 Specificity, Riva Gallery, curated by Odili Donald Odita, New York, NY
2003 In the Gloaming, Art Omi, curated by Koan Jeff Bysa, Ghent, NY
2003 Sequel, curated by William Radawec, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
2003 25 Years of Separation, curated by Farzad Karimi, ArteCultural, Los Ageles, CA
2003 Gridlock, curated by Kristina Newhouse, West LA College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Transit: survival skills, Park Paradise Complex, curated by Leo Bravo, Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 Painting’s Edge, curated by Roland Reiss, Idyllwild Art Foundation, CA
2002 California Dreamin’, Davis-Keil Gallery, Naples, Florida
2002 Five, Superior, curated by Bill Radawec, Cleveland, Ohio
2001 Big Plastic, Armory Center for the Arts, curated by Jay Belloli, Pasadena, CA
2001 Ocular Spectrum, Raid Projects, curated by Carl Berg, Los Angeles
2000 08-30-00, Gallery 138, Kent State University, curated by Bill Radawec, Kent, Ohio
2000 Murals, Irvine Fine Arts Center, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine, CA
1999 Sig-Alert, Arizona State University Art Gallery, curated by John Spiak
1999 Online Catalog, Tempe, AZ
1999 Ulema, Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin, Germany
1999 Venus, ARC, Vienna, Austria
1998 Painting Language, L.A. Louver Gallery, curated by Kimberly Davis, Venice, CA
1998 Other Related Areas, University Gallery UCI, curated by Brad Spence, Irvine, CA
1997 New Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1997 Papier, Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin, Germany
1997 118 W / 24 N, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, curated by Sam Erenbeg, Graz, Austria
1997 CA90001-185, W139, curated by Theo Tegelaers and Carl Berg,
1997 Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1996 Investigations, The Municipal Art Gallery, curated by Noel Korten,
1996 Catalog, Los Angeles
1996 Abstraction, Pyuntack City Museum, curated by Carl Berg, Catalog,
1996 Pyuntack City, Kyungkido, Seoul, Korea.
1995 Summer Show, Room, curated by Richard Dickens, New York, NY
1995 Bumpy, POST, curated by Habib Kheradyar, Los Angeles
1994 House of Styles, TRI Gallery, curated by Rory Devine, Hollywood, CA
1994 Group Show, domestic setting, curated by Bill Radawec, Los Angeles
1994 Current Abstraction, The Municipal Art Gallery, Catalog, Los Angeles
1993 Soft Surfaces, TransAmerica Building, San Francisco, CA
1993 World News, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Catalog, Fullerton, CA
1992 Emigrant Abstraction, Butler Art Gallery (Municipal Museum), Kilkenny, Ireland
1992 Art from Ashes, Pauley Pavilion/UCLA, Los Angeles
1991 Far Bazzarr, Old Federal Building, Los Angeles
1991 World News, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
1990 Faculty Exhibit, University Art Gallery, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1990 New Edge, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Dialogue: Prague/Los Angeles, Gallery Mladych, Prague, The Czech Republic
1989 Dialogue: Prague/Los Angeles, Lidovy Dum, Prague, The Czech Republic
1988 VEX, Lindhurst Gallery, USC, Los Angeles
1987 Salon des Independents, Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1995-present Founder/Director, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2008-2014 Gallery Director, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2013 Visiting Faculty, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2008-2013 Adjunct Faculty, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
2006 Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2001-2005 Adjunct Faculty, American Intercontinental University, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Visiting Faculty, “Graduate Seminar,” University of California Santa Barbara, CA
1995-99 Adjunct Faculty, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
1994-95 Director/Curator, Cerritos College Fine Arts Gallery, Norwalk, CA
1991-92 Co-Curator, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1988-95 Adjunct Faculty, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1987 Co-Director/Curator, Claremont Graduate University Art Gallery, Claremont, CA

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 Long Beach City College Foundation Grant, CA
2005 CCF Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2004 C.O.L.A. Grant, City of Los Angeles, CA
2000 Alumni Hall of Fame Founding Member, Claremont Graduate University, CA
1997 Certificate of Honor for Contributing to the Arts, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
1990 Certificate of Honor for Contributing to the Arts & Humanities, CSUDH, Carson, CA
1986-8 California Graduate Fellowship

LECTURES AND PANELS
2009 Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Noel Fellowship Juror, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2002 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
2002 Visiting Artist, University of Madison, WI
2002 Visiting Artist, Painting’s Edge: Advanced Painting Workshop,
2002 Idyllwild Art Foundation, CA
2002 Visiting Artist, Cal Poly, San Lois Obispo, CA
2000 Sculpture International, Panel Discussion organized by Kay Whitney, Houston, Texas
2000 Visiting Artist, Claremont University, Claremont, CA
2002 Visiting Artist, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1999 Visiting Artist, California State University, Santa Barbara, CA
1998 CAA, Panel Discussion on Installation Art organized by Kim Yasuda, Los Angeles
1997 Visiting Artist, Art Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993 Visiting Artist, Art Center, Pasadena, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Berkeley Art museum, University of California, Berkeley
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Permanent Collection

EDUCATION
1988 MFA in Painting, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1986 BA in Studio Arts, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1979 AA in Fine Arts, El Camino College, Torrance, CA