Yassi Mazandi

Yassi Mazandi, born in Tehran, Iran, lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Mazandi is a sculptor, painter and social activist.[1][2]

Personal life and education

1980-81 studied at Beechlawn College, Oxford, England. 1992-95 Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY.[3]

Exhibitions and Residencies

Public Collections
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, California
  • Roanoke College (Permanent Art Collection), Salem, Virginia
  • University of California, Art, Design & Architecture Museum,

Santa Barbara, California

Solo exhibitions
  • 2022-2023: Yassi Mazandi: Language of the Birds, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, California
  • 2022: Yassi Mazandi: In Flight, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2018-2019: Yassi Mazandi in Residence, Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai, California 2016: Yassi Mazandi: Germs on Sheets, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
  • 2014: Yassi Mazandi: Sacred Wheel, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
  • 2009: Architectonic: Yassi Mazandi, JF Chen, Los Angeles, California
  • 2007: Yassi Mazandi: Sculpted Ceramics, Allegra Hicks, London, England
  • 2007: Yassi Mazandi: Sculpted Vessels, FLUX Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2014 Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA [4]
  • 2008 Architectonic, JF Chen, Los Angeles, CA[5]
  • 2007 Yassi, Allegra Hicks, London, England
  • 2006 Yassi Mazandi, Flux Gallery Los Angeles, CA[6]

Residencies
  • 2021: Artist in Residence, Gazell.io Digital Art House, London, England
  • 2018 - 2019: Artist in Residence, Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai, California 2018 - 2019:
  • Art & Social Practice Resident Artist, ProjectArt, Los Angeles, California 2016:
  • Artist in Residence, BoxoPROJECTS, Joshua Tree, California

2012:

  • Artist in Residence, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva Island, Florida

Group exhibitions
  • 2023-2024 (upcoming): Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
  • 2023 (upcoming): Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
  • 2022: Symbiosis curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody and produced by Laura Dvorkin, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
  • 2022: Fragile / Fiber, Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai, California
  • 2022: Totum, Los Angeles Installation, curated by Kyle DeWoody, Los Angeles, California
  • 2021: Totum curated by Kyle DeWoody, Black Claro Walnut Farm, Ojai, California
  • 2021: The Bunker Artspace,

2021/2022 Season curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow, West Palm Beach, Florida

  • 2021: Pictures at an Exhibition featuring Frost Symphony Orchestra and Gerard Schwarz, co-presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center, Frost School of Music and Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
  • 2021: Disassembly Line curated by Pietro Alexander and Sasha Filimonov, co-presented by Molly Barnes and SPY Projects, Molly’s Garage, Beverly Hills, California
  • 2021: OpenSea’s First Virtual Gallery Takeover, Gazell.io x OpenSea x Spatial.io, Metaverse
  • 2021: Irresistible Delights, University of California, Art, Design & Architecture Museum,

Santa Barbara, California

  • 2021: Once Upon a Time, Advocartsy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2021: Art Beyond Survival curated by Damon Martin, Arts District, Los Angeles, California
  • 2021: All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Michael Slenske, domicile (n.), Los Angeles, California
  • 2021: Vessel, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, Colorado
  • 2021: Ephemeral Tranquility curated by Samantha Meyer, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
  • 2020: Cave Painting, Painted Cave presented by Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Hotel Indigo, Santa Barbara, California
  • 2020: 2 Day, LSH CoLab, Los Angeles, California
  • 2019: Fierce Generosity 2.0, Burnet Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 2019: ProjectArt Artist Exhibition, Redling Fine Art at Tin Flats, Los Angeles, California
  • 2019: Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
  • 2019: SPRING/BREAK Art Show (by invitation), The Stalls at Skylight ROW DLTA, Los Angeles, California
  • 2018-2019: Surreal By Nature presented by Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Hotel Indigo, Santa Barbara, California
  • 2018: The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art (by invitation), Santa Monica, California
  • 2018: My Kid Could Do That, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, California
  • 2018: Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
  • 2017: Legacy: Highlights from the Roanoke College Permanent Collection, Olin Gallery, Salem, Virginia
  • 2017: All The Small Things, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
  • 2017: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could dream together?”, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2017: Converge 45 curated by Kristy Edmunds, Hoffman Gallery (OCAC), Portland, Oregon
  • 2017: Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
  • 2017: Material Art Fair - Mexico City, Grice Bench Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2016: All-In, Club Pro Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2016: Intersectionality curated by Richard Haden, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
  • 2014: Art is Hope curated by René-Julien Praz, PIASA, Paris, France
  • 2014: Intangible Beauty: Beautiful Women and the Endless Void, Kasher|Potamkin Gallery, New York, New York
  • 2013 Angel Art Auction, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2012 Of White, Nuartlink Contemporary, Westport, CT
  • 2011 Superba, JF Chen, Los Angeles, CA[7]
  • 2011 The January White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2010 SHIFT, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2001 The Mixed Show, Red Barn, South Hampton, NY
  • 1996 Japan American Ceramics, Japanese Society, New York, NY

Residencies
  • 2012 Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva Island, FL[8]

References and Notes
  1. "Not found". paddle8.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  2. BBC Interview. Accessed November 1, 2015.
  3. Yassi Mazandi. Accessed November 8, 2015.
  4. Maloney Fine Art Blog. Accessed November 5, 2015
  5. LA Times. Accessed November 1, 2015
  6. OK Los Angeles Blog. Accessed November 7, 2015.
  7. T Magazine, New York Times. Accessed November 7, 2015.
  8. Rauschenberg Foundation Website. Accessed November 2, 2015.
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