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PARIA SHAHVERDI
Education
2023-2025 MFA, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2021-2023 BFA, Honorarium Interdisciplinary, York University, Toronto, Canada
2000-2004 BFA, Azad University of Tehran Central, Tehran, Iran
Teaching Experience
2025 Drawing: Approaches to Abstract Image-Making, AMPD, York University, Toronto, Canada
2025 Juror and Award Giving at the Annual Drawing Area Juried Exhibition and Open House Awards, AMPD, York University, Toronto, Canada
2011-2018 Fine Art Instructor, Studio Vivaldi, Vaughn, Ontario, Canada
2006-2009 Fine Art Instructor, Academy of Art and Music, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
AWARDS
2025 Honorarium Award Painting, Lynda Tam, AMPD, York University
2025 Excellent Academic Fund, AMPD, York University, Toronto, Canada
2025 Artist Residency, Arts Letters and Numbers, New York
2025 Bursary, York University
2025 Domestic Master's Fellowship
2025 Bursary, Graduate Financial Assistance- Dom
2025 Honorarium Award Painting, Lynda Tam, York University
2024 Bursary, The Franc and Mary Joubin Bursary Fund
2024 Honorarium Award Painting, Lynda Tam, York University, Toronto, Canada
2024 Bursary, York University
2024 Artist Residency in Costa Rica - York University
2024 York University Graduate Fellowship - Master Domestic
2023 York University Award
2023 York University Graduate Fellowship - Master Domestic
2023 York University Health Care Graduate Bursary - Domestic
2023 Nalini and Tim Stewart Artists
2023 Worrall Family Artist of Tomorrow
2023 Gallery 1313 Exhibition Painting, York University, Toronto,
Canada
2023 Imasco Performing Arts Award, York University, Toronto, Canada
2023 The Louis Odette Sculpture Award, York University, Toronto, Canada
2023 Honorarium award painting for Lynda Tam Award, York University,
Toronto, Canada
2022 Award recipient of the Royal Bank Emergency Bursary Fund, York
University, Toronto, Canada
2022 Honorarium award for live painting, National Day of
Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Borgia,
York University, Toronto, Canada
2021 Honorarium award painting for Lynda Tam Award, York University,
Toronto, Canada
2017 Recipient of Ontario Art Council Grant, Canada
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo Exhibitions
2025 A Truck Goes Through the Tulip Field, MFA Thesis Show, The Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2024 A Truck Goes Through the Tulip Field, Goldfarb Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada
2024 A Truck Goes Through the Tulip Field, Special Project Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2023 A Truck Goes Through the Tulip Field, Installation, Special Project Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2021 The Artist Is Present, Performance, York University, Toronto, Canada
2021 Stoning Women, Performance, York University, Toronto, Canada
2018 WAR, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2016 WAR, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2008 Immigration, Parya Gallery, North York, Canada
2006 Immigration, Tarahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 Trees, Elaheh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2025 Fresh Paint/New Construction, Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2025 Anthology, Top Top Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2024 PURA VIDA, The Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2024 MFA2, The Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2023 Zacks Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2023 The Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada, MFA and PhD
Candidates group exhibition
2023 The Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
2023 Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, Canada
2022 Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, Canada
2022 Akin Winter Art, Scarborough, Canada
2022 Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, Canada
2020 Evenementille Gallery, Paris, France
2020 By Sahahar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2020 Singulart artist, Online Gallery
2020 John B. Aird Gallery, Annual Selection 2020 DRAWING
2019 John B. Aird Gallery, Annual selection 2019 DRAWING
2018 Rome Gallery, Italy, Rome
2018 Onsite Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2017 Scene Not Herd, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2017 ArtHeals, Aurora Cultural Arts Center, Aurora, Canada
2017 The Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Canada
2017 Self-Portrait selected for Anuual Drawing, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto,
Canada
2016 WAR, Nuit Blanche Selected, Red Head Gallery, 401 Richmond Building, Toronto, Canada
2016 Untitled, Selected Work Exhibition, Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 Insomnia, Nuit Blanche, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Selected
Work
2015 Untitled, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Selected Work
2015 142nd Annual OSA, Elected Work for OJE, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto,
Canada
2015 Spring Art Show, Studio Vivaldi, Thornhill, Canada
2014 Untitled, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2013 Untitled, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 SCA Members Exhibition Halifax Club Nova Scotia, Canada
2012 Immigration, Twist Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 RHGA, Richmond Hill, Canada
2012 Art & Letter, Toronto, Canada
2012 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 Blue Moon, Toronto, Canada
2011 Blue Moon, Toronto, Canada
2011 Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 RHGA, Richmond Hill, Canada
2010 42nd Open National Juried Exhibition SCA, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010 Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010 Trees, Elaheh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Landscape in Canada, Noor Cultural Center, Toronto, Canada
2010 Parya Gallery, North York, Canada
2010 Green Movement, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 Immigration, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 Tarahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Noor Cultural Center, Toronto, Canada
2008 Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 Parya Gallery, North York, Canada
2007 Elaheh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Azad University Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Tarahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
BOOK COVER DESIGN
2022 Murmuring of Life, Author: Abbas Shokri, Publisher: Aftab Publication, Cover Design: Paria Shahverdi, Painting for each Prose: Paria Shahverdi, Genre: Prose, Layout: Mahtab Mohammadi, Implementation: Nadia Vyshnvka, Norway
2020 Ghahremani Close, Author: Abbas Shokri, Publisher: Aftab Publication, Illustration for Interior and Cover Design: Paria Shahverdi, Implementation: Nadia Vyshnvka, Layout: Mahtab Mohammadi, ISBN: 978-1-71654-917-5, Genre: Memoir, Norway
2020 The Abyss of Dissolution, Author: Fariborz Kardar, Genre: Poetry, Publisher: Aftab Publication, Layout: Mahtab Mohammadi, Cover Design: Paria Shahverdi (Gotaz), Implementation: Nadia Vyshnvka, ISBA: 978-1-71650-315-3, Norway
2010 Sky is not the limit, Author: Aysaan Gholipour, Publisher: Alef, ISBN: 3941619, Iran
MEMBERSHIP
2021 Toronto Art Circle, Film 2 Review, https://youtu.be/L1plEizTKyU
2021 Toronto Art Circle, Film 1 Review, https://youtu.be/gib4iJyx0Rc
2020 Toronto Art Circle, Art Criticism, Architecture and Cinema, (52
Episodes) Toronto Art Circle Introduction, ITC TV
2017-2023 Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Canada
2016 Emerging Juried Exhibition Co-Chair
2015 McMichael Canadian Art Collection Member & School Program Docent
2015 Society of Artists – Vice President & Head of OSA Exhibitions
2014-2015 Ontario Society of Artists – Executive Council Director
2013-2018 Elected member of Ontario Society of Artists
2012-2018 Elected member of Canadian Society of Artists
2012-2018 Ontario Society of Artists
2009-2010 WARC Gallery
Exclusive Artist of bysahar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Artist of Singulart Collector
Artisst of Gallery Evenementielle, Paris, France
