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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   

©  Maryam Ghoreishi 2025

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