Pedram Sazesh

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Aerodynamic-Monument in Madder 

The Oak Whispers (A play in five acts)

Epilogue to the Aerodynamic-Monument

Aerodynamic Monument Chapter One

Daruish’s Grand Hotel /Kish




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EDUCATION

2012-2017        B.F.A. Cooper Union, New York, NY

2011-2012        Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS


RESIDENCIES

2025               EKWC, European Centre for Ceramics, Oisterwijk, Netherlands

2025               Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada

2024               Triangle, New York, USA 

2022              Artist Research Lab, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy

2019-2021    De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

2017               Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2015                Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Arts, Norfolk, CT


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025                Royal Award for Modern Painting 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

2024                “It’s a bright burrow” replied the wasp, Kate, Amsterdam, Netherlands [solo]

                          Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, England 

2023                Low Clearance, PTT Space, Taipei, Taiwan

                          Mutter Biennale “Halloween” Mutter, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2022                Hypernuit, Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

                          Moveable Types x Snooperverse, HISK Exhibition Space, Brussels, Belgium

2021                 Always Hallways [Epilogue to the Aerodynamic-Monument], De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands [solo]

2019                 A Flatlining Shrill, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands

                         Between the Two Columns, Institute Cervantes, Marrakech, Morocco
                          (collaborative project with Emmanuela Soria Ruiz)

                          A Mobius Strip on the Sand, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH 
                         (Sujung Chang)

2016                Green Dust, PAGE (NYC), New York, NY
                         (Will Shea)

                        Group Show, PAGE (NYC), New York, NY
       
                        Like a Perhaps Hand, 41 Cooper Gallery, Cooper Union, New York, NY
                         (Matt Ledwidge & Minh Bui)

                        Act 2 Scene 1*, The Yellow Zone, Richmond, VA
                        (Cameron Spratley & Adam Amram)
    
2015               Yale Norfolk Final Exhibition, The Art Barn, Norfolk, CT

                        End Of The Year Show, 7 Cooper Square, Cooper Union, New York, NY

                       Throwing a Dead Bird In The Air, 7 Cooper Square, Cooper Union, New York, NY

                        I’m Thinking About Love Now, 41 Cooper Gallery, Cooper Union, New York, NY
                        (Josiah Ellis & Everett Narciso)

                        The Strait Between The Known and Unknown, Menschel Fellowship Exhibition
                         7 Cooper Square, The Cooper Union, New York, NY 
                        (Emmanuela Soria Ruiz)

2014                Site to Non-Site, 7 Cooper Square, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

                         End Of The Year Show, 7 Cooper Square, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

 2013                End Of The Year Show, 7 Cooper Square, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2012                F.A.S.S., Saint Mary’s University Gallery, Halifax, NS

                        Re-shelving Initiative, Eye Level Galley, Halifax, NS

2011                Printed Matter, Seed Gallery, Halifax, NS

                        Claude Watson Art Program Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON


ACADEMIC HONOURS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

2025                Stokroos, Netherlands

                          Cultuurfunds, Netherlands

2024                Development Grant, Amarte, Netherlands

                         International Voucher Grant, Mondrian Funds, Netherlands

                         Project Grant Mondrian Funds, Netherlands

2023                First Time Project Grant, Amsterdam Funds Kunst 

                          Research and Creation Grant, Canada Arts Council

2022                Professional Development for Artists, Canada Arts Council

                         Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council 

2020                Research and Creation Grant, Canada Arts Council

                         Emerging Visual Artist Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2019                Toronto Arts Council Project Grant 

2017                Jacque and Natasha Gelman Foundation Award, Cooper Union, New York

                        Alex Katz Matching Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2015               The Ellen Battell Stoeckel Painting Fellowship, Yale University, Norfolk, CT

                        The Benjamin Menschel Fellowship Program, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2012                Full Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York, NY 

2011                Harrison McCain Foundation Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS


ARTIST TALKS

2025                Artez, Enschede, Netherlands (and workshop)

2023                R.I.S.D., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 
                           (Two artist talks for the two classes in the painting department)

2021                 Club Solo, Breda, Netherlands 


PUBLICATIONS

2023                on my belly/on my back (catalogue publication), Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como / Compagnia London

2021                Offspring 2022 Catalogue, Always Hallways, De Ateliers, Amsterdam

2019                The Vanishing Point of Verification with Sujung Chang, self-published, New York
                          (http://www.changsujung.com/thevanishingpointofverification.html)

2014                Benjamin Menschel Exhibition Catalogue, Cooper Union, New York, NY
                          (https://cooper.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/assets/development/ MenschCat_2014.pdf)