Artist Talk at the Innovation Studio + Store: Negar Ahkami

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 / 6PM

Join us for a conversation with current Innovation Studio Artist in Residence, , and MoCA Arlington Curator & Resident Artist/Collector Liaison, Amanda Jirón-Murphy.

Hear about Ahkami's interdisciplinary process and practice, and the work she is developing during this residency. Tour the artist's studio and the Innovation store. Talk will begin ~6:15pm. Free.

Available to livestream. Tune in at the event time on either MoCA Arlington's Facebook or YouTube page!

About the Artist

makes dynamic, ornate paintings and interactive multimedia works that are inspired by artistic influences of her family's Iranian heritage, and by the interconnectivity and shared humanity of these influences. Ahkami holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York and a BA from Columbia University. She has exhibited at museums and galleries nationally and internationally including The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The North Carolina Museum of Art, the Bronx Museum of Art, and The Walters Art Museum. Her work is in the collections of The New Britain Museum of American Art, Depaul University Art Museum, Wellington Management Company, and others.

Negar Ahkami

negarahkami.com

Negar Ahkami, Backsplash, 2010. Permanent Collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.

All images Copyright Negar Ahkami 2001-2022. All rights reserved.

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