Maryam Ghoreishi is a Brooklyn-based artist and art worker. Her recent practice explores the intersections of art, connection, care, and solidarity, unfolding through collaborative and organic processes that remain responsive to context and time. As an artist, her work has been exhibited in Iran, Lebanon, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Most recently, she curated And She Made the Moon a Light in Their Midst at Penumbra Foundation, New York (2025). Her previous curatorial projects include In-between at The Bridge and Tunnel Gallery, New York (2023), The Pleasure of Futile Cycles at Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia (2022), Out of Sight, Beyond Touch at the Center for Book Arts, New York (2021), and Who Really Cares at Cathouse Proper, New York (2019). She also co-curated the pop-up exhibitions for FIELD MEETING Take 6: Thinking Collections at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai (2019), and MAPPING OUT A FIELD at Zanbeel Art, Los Angeles (2020). Her curatorial projects have been featured in Hyperallergic, IMPULSE, and Art at a Time Like This. Since 2023, Ghoreishi has been collaborating with Asia Contemporary Art Forum, on its Arts for Afghanistan initiative, more recently with Hamrah Arts Club, working with artists in Afghanistan and in the diaspora. Ghoreishi holds an M.A. in Arts Administration from New York University and both a B.A. and an M.F.A. in Painting from the Art University of Tehran.
Email: maryammgh83@gmail.com
CV
Born in Mashhad, Iran
M.A. Visual Arts Administration, New York University, 2019
M.A. Painting, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, 2009
B.A. Painting, Art University, Tehran, Iran, 2006
Exhibitions
Solo
Painting, Nar Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2009
Group
Collagism, The Museum Strathroy-Caradoc, Strathroy, Canada, 2016
Nowruzaneh, The Fifth Annual Miniprint Exhibition, Chav Studio, Tehran, Iran, 2015
Sense Not, No Nation - Art Gallery, Chicago, 2014
Art for Peace, Pasfarda Art & Cultural Exchange, Chicago, 2014
First Annual of Printmaking Exchange, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2014
Sanati Museum Of Contemporary Art, Kerman, Iran, 2014
Aban Gallery, Mashhad, Iran, 2014
Nowruzaneh, The Fourth Annual Miniprint Exhibition , Tehran (Chav studio) and Mashhad, Iran, 2013
XLarge, Printmaking, Ehale Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013
Nowruzaneh,The Third Annual Miniprint Exhibition , Tehran (Chav Studio), Mashhad, Iran, Tekyyeh Moavenolmolk, Kermanshah, Iran, Shahkar Gallery, kerman, Iran, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, and Castello Ducale, Toure Matjoure, Italy, 2013
Elahe Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2012
Printmaking Today, Saba Cultural & Artistic Institute, Tehran, Iran, 2012
Heart of Iran, State Capitol, California, 2012
Nowruzaneh, The Second Annual Miniprint Exhibition, Chav Studio, Tehran, Iran, 2012 Haft Negah Art Fair, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran, 2012
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2011
Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2010
66Gallery , Tehran, Iran, 2010
The Running Horse Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, 2010
JTM Gallery, Paris, France, 2010
Kamalolmolk Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2008
Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2003