Sahar Tarighi
Education
2021-2024 MFA. Studio Art, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
2013-2015 MA. Painting, Soore University, Tehran.
2008-2010 BA. Craft, UAST, Urmia.
2005-2007 AA. Visual Arts, Farhangian University, Tehran.
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2026 Solo show, Feqyane فەقیانە , Dream Clinic Project Space, Mar 6-27, Columbus, OH, USA.
2024 Solo show, Threads of Transformation: شاماران Şamaran, Berman Museum, Jan 15 – May 15, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Solo show, Your Lines Sit Me on Fire/هێڵەکانت دایگیرساندم, Election Station Gallery, Mar 1 – Apr 20, Elkton, MD, USA.
2023 Two-person show, Shape-Shift-Flow, NCECA, Duke Energy Convention Center, Mar 15-18, 2023, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
2022 Solo show, Shamaran/شاماران, Recitation Hall Gallery, Nov 29, 2022 – Feb, 10 , Newark, DE, USA.
Group Exhibitions
2026 Department of Art Auxiliary Faculty and staff Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Feb 23 – Mar 13, Columbus, OH, USA.
Quiet, Piggy: We Cannot be Silenced, Woman Made Gallery (WMG), Feb 18 - Mar 31, Chicago, IL, USA.
OH+5, 15th biennial exhibition, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Jan 16 - Mar29, Athens, OH, USA.
2025 Nov at ROY G BIV, Roy G Biv Gallery, Nov 14 - Dec 4, Columbus, OH, USA.
Image OHIO, Roy G Biv Gallery, Oct 10 – Nov 7, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ki me Ez? – Who Am I?, Mason Exhibitions Arlington, Sep 5 - Oct 25, Arlington, VA, USA.
Fragmented_Recaptured, Urban Arts Space, Upper Gallery, Jul 22 - Aug 16, Columbus, OH, USA.
Department of Art Auxiliary Faculty and staff Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Mar 17 - Apr 25, Columbus, OH, USA.
Conscious Dirt, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, Jan 28 - Mar 14, Mansfield, OH, USA.
Abstract Mind, CICA Museum, Apr 23 - May 18, Gimpo, South Korea.
2024 Countdown: 100 Nights + One Extra Night, project by Arezu Zargar, ASR Art Gallery, Dec 27, 2024 - Jan 10, 2025, Tehran, Iran.
Manifold, MFA Thesis Exhibition, May 3 - Jun 7, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, USA.
37th Materials: Hard + Soft Craft Competition, Feb 2 - May 4, Denton, TX, USA.
2023 13th Annual Workhouse Clay International, Aug 5 - Oct 22, Lorton, VA, USA.
EXPOSICIÓN DE ARTE, Galeria Municipal de Valparaiso, March 30, Valparaiso, Chile, South America.
Artists in Morris, Students Art Exhibition, Morris Library, Second floor, University of Delaware, Apr 1 - May 30, DE, USA.
Polyvocality: Solidarity in the Time of Political Rupture, Curator: Raheleh Filsoofi, Phase III: Women Working With Clay Symposium, Jun 12-14.
Polyvocality: Solidarity in the Time of Political Rupture, Curator: Raheleh Filsoofi, Phase II: NCECA 2023, Mar 15-18, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Polyvocality: Solidarity in the Time of Political Rupture, Curator: Raheleh Filsoofi, Phase I: Artaxis.
Photography now, CICA Museum, Apr 26 - May 14, Gimpo, South Korea.
The Second Annual University Student Show: Emerging Perspectives, the PL130 Gallery, Mar 6 - Apr 29, Philadelphia, USA.
Masked, CICA Museum, Mar 15 - Apr 2, Gimpo, South Korea.
2022 3rd Annual Ceramics Exhibition, the In Art Gallery, Sep 5 - Nov 5, USA.
Ceramics Biennial 2022, Guilford Art Center, Jun 17 - Jul 31, Guilford, CT, USA.
EXTINCTION: Save the Planet, Gallerium gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Audacity, Roaring Artist Gallery, USA.
The 11th ART Expo of Several Generations of Contemporary Artists, Laleh Gallery, Mar 12 - Apr 19, Tehran, Iran.
Mind, be here, present / be here now, King Shill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire, the UK.
2021 Along the Lines, Recitation Hall Gallery, Oct 11 - Nov 12, Newark, DE, USA.
Transformation, International Virtual Exhibition, Bone Art Project, Iran.
EGO Art Event, Online Exhibition, XART2020 PLATFORM, Turkey.
Small Works, Laleh Art Gallery, Mar 12 - Apr 19, Tehran, Iran.
2020 Ceramics-Sculpture, Online Exhibition, XART2020 PLATFORM, Turkey.
2019 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Etazhi Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2018 Far but Near, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2017 Exhibition of Tehran’s Art Teacher, Rasoul Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2016 Exhibition of Tehran’s Art Teacher, Rasoul Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2015 Jadooye Sarzamine Ehsas, Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2014 Mural Exhibition, Soore Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2012 Exhibition of Oshnavieh’s Art Teacher, Cultural & Art Complex, Oshnavieh, Iran.
2011 Exhibition of Oshnavieh’s Art Teacher, Cultural & Art Complex, Oshnavieh, Iran.
Achievements & Awards
2026 Best of Show Award, OH+5 Exhibition, Her Braids Bear the Borders, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, USA.
2025 Second Place, Postdoctoral Arts & Humanities, Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2024 Project M, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts+The Color Network, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Edgecomb, ME.
Nominee, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture, Dedalus Foundation, NY, USA.
2023 The Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation Scholarship, the Watershed Residency Full Scholarship Award, ME, USA.
The (Full) Larry Brady and Edward Jones Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, NC, USA.
UDARI, the UD Anti-Racism Initiative, Community Engagement Summer Scholars Award, University of Delaware, DE, USA.
The New Wave Scholarship, The Hidden Knowledge of Clay, A-B Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2022 CMCS, Graduate Research Presentation Fund, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Delaware, USA.
Windgate Fellowship, the Color Network to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN, USA to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN, USA.
DELPHI, Center for Material Culture Studies Delaware Public Humanities Institute fellowship, University of Delaware, USA.
2021 CMCS, Graduate Research Grant Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Delaware, USA.
A. Gray Magness Scholarship, Department of Art & Design, University of Delaware, USA.
Competitive Counter Offer Award, Graduate College, University of Delaware, USA.
2017 Second Place, Photography Competition Light & Shadow, among Tehran’s Art High-School Teachers, Tehran, Iran.
2007 Second Place, Top Teaching Patterns Festival, Ministry of Education, West Azerbaijan, Iran.
2006 Third Place, Academic Research Competition, Knowledge & Skills, Sherafat Art Teacher Training College, Tehran, Iran.
Residency
2024 Project M, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts+the Color Network, Sep 4 – Sep 20, Edgecomb, ME, USA. (Accepted)
2023 Collectivity, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Aug 21 - Sep 1, Edgecomb, ME, USA.
2006 Visual Arts Festival of the West of the Country, Marivan, Kurdistan.
Academic Appointment & Teaching Experience
2024-2027 Post MFA Scholar, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Art 6008-0360: Directed Studies in Studio Art
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- Art 5502-0020: Special Project Ceramics
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- Art 6008-0320: Directed Studies in Studio Art
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- Art 3002-15290: Introduction to Ceramics: Structure
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- Art 7108-30838: Graduate Seminar Art
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- Art 3002-17086: Introduction to Ceramics: Structure
2022-2024 Instructor of Record, Department of Art & Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
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- Art 295-010: Core Ceramics
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- Art 295-011: Core Ceramics
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- Art 290-010: Introduction to Ceramics (Non Art Major)
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- Art 390-010: Ceramics – Wheel Throwing & Firing
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- Art 295-013: Core Ceramics
2021-2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Art & Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
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- Art 393-010: Expanded Ceramic Processes (With Prof. Abby Donovan)
2012-2021 Art Teacher, teaching Ceramics & Pottery, Art High School, Tehran, Iran.
2010-2012 Art Teacher, teaching Painting, Print & Photography, Art High School, Oshnavieh, Iran.
2007-2010 Art Teacher, teaching Calligraphy, Drawing, Painting, Print & Photography, Middle School, Oshnavieh, Iran.
Curatorial & Professional Experience
2026 Juror, The Color Network Career Development Grant, USA.
Curator, Somatic Iteration, The Center for Theoretical Research, Apr 17 - May 20, Columbus, OH, USA.
Juror, apexart’s Open Call for INTL exhibitions, apexart, New York, NY, USA.
Curator, In(Out)Side, Blockfort Gallery, Jan 16 - Feb 21, Columbus, OH, USA.
Curator, Surface as Sentence, Blockfort Gallery, Jan 16 - Feb 21, Columbus, OH, USA.
2025 Juror, Artist-in-Residence, Urban Art Space, OH, USA.
Juror, apexart's NYC Exhibition Program for 2026-27, apexart, New York, NY, USA.
Juror, Being and Belonging, Group exhibition, Urban Art Space, OH, USA.
Co-curator, Fragmented_Recaptured, Urban Arts Space, Jul 22 - Aug 16, Columbus, OH, USA.
2025 Curator, Body as Land, Land as Memory, Blockfort Gallery, Apr 4 - 28, Columbus, OH, USA.
2024 Curator, Looking in: Clay Chronicles, Morris Library, University of Delaware, May 8 – June 8, Newark, DE, USA.
2022-2023 Ceramics Studio Manager, Department of Art & Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
2022 Photo and Video Equipment Monitor, Department of Art & Design, University of Delaware, USA.
2017-2020 Curator, Jobs’ Week Annual Exhibition, Sadr Art High School, Share Rey County, Tehran, Iran.
2017 Photographer, Hand-Building Book, Iran’s Schoolbooks Publishing Co., Tehran, Iran.
Book Cover Designer, Poetry Book, the Moon Refugees by Sahar Aminifar, Maya Publications, Tehran, Iran.
2016-2018 Advisor of Planning & Books Compilation Council, Art School’s Pottery Books, Office of Art School Books Compilation, Tehran, Iran.
Conferences
2025 Burdens of Resistance: Body, Labor, and Land in Kolberi, Oral Presentation, Eighteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, Sep 15-17, San Jorge University, Grupo San Valero, Zaragoza, Spain.
2025 Burdens of Resistance: Body, Labor, and Land in Kolberi, Oral Presentation, "Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum",
the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2018 A Comparative Study of Kurdish Woven Motifs (Rojhelat) and Mannais Glazed Bricks Motifs (Qalaichi & Rabat), "International Congress of Science and Knowledge", Sydney, Australia.
Visiting Artist & Lecturer
2026 Guest Lecturer, Department of Art History and Visual Culture, Bryant Arts Center, Denison University, Granville, OH, USA.
2025 Artist Panel, Kî me Ez?, Mason Exhibitions Arlington, Arlington, VA, USA.
Artist Walkthrough, Fragmented_Recaptured, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH, USA.
2024 Visiting Artist, Cecil College Elkton Station, Elkton, MD, USA.
Artists Talk, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA.
Artist Panel, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Artists Talk, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Wilmington, DE, USA.
2023 Colloquium Presenter, Department of Art and Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Guest Lecturer, Prince George’s Community College, 301 Largo Road, Largo, MD, USA.
2022 Artist Talk & Panel, Roaring Artist Gallery, Audacity, a virtual gallery exhibiting the work of visionary women artists.
2021 Artist Talk, Bon Art Project, Online Art Exhibitions, Symposiums and Introducing Artists around the World, Tehran.
Workshops
2025 Instructor, Bonding, Belonging, Braiding, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2024 Instructor, Slip Casting Braiding, Berman Museum, PA, USA.
Instructor, Concrete Poetry in Clay, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA.
2023 Participant, Plaster Molds, Penland School of Craft, NC, USA.
2022 Participant, Soda Firing, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN, USA.
2016 Participant, Special Glazes, Mehr Vatan Art School, Tehran, Iran.
Participant, Making Ceramics Products & Their Equipment, Sanat Ceram Mehr Alborz Co., Tehran, Iran.
Participant, Stained Glass, Gheiydarlou Art School, Tehran, Iran.
Participant, Poster Design, Vala Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran.
2015 Participant, Manuscripts Page Layout, Malik National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
2014 Participant, Academic Seminar on the Aesthetics of Crafts, Tehran, Iran.
Press, Catalogue & Online Features
2025 Consequence, Accessed on 12/22/2025
CANVASREBEL, Accessed on 12/10/2025
Andy Downing, Matter News, Accessed on 12/01/2025
Kurdistan 24, Accessed on 10/28/2025
Kurdistan 24, Accessed on 10/27/2025
RÛDAW, Accessed on 10/07/2025
Blockfort Gallery, Accessed on 10/01/2025
Blockfort Gallery, Accessed on 10/01/2025
Titan Contemporary, Accessed on 09/17/2025
Mason Exhibitions, Accessed on 08/10/2025
Urban Art Space, Accessed on 07/25/2025
Urban Art Space, Braiding, Bonding, Belonging: Ceramics Braiding Workshop with Sahar Tarighi, Accessed on 07/25/2025
Downtown Columbus, Artist Walkthrough by Sahar Tarighi, Fragmented-Recaptured, Accessed on 07/28/2025
Andy Downing, Matter News, Accessed on 07/24/2025
Franny Lazarus, Ohio State News, Accessed on 05/15/2025
Zagros Podcast, Accessed on 05/10/2025
Blockfort Gallery, Accessed on 04/04/2025
Urban Art Space, Accessed on 03/01/2025
2024 The Delaware Contemporary, Accessed on 05/01/2024
De Marco, Gioj, Manifold, exhibition catalog, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Berman Museum, Accessed on 04/05/2024
Cecil College Elkton Station, Accessed on 04/03/2024
The Grizzly, Accessed on 02/15/2024
Berman Museum, Accessed on 02/10/2024
Berman Museum, Accessed on 01/20/2024
Sanya Grace Kunicki, Berman Museum, Accessed on 01/22/2024
Berman Museum, Accessed on 01/20/2024
2023 Tabitha Groh, Accessed on 11/29/2023
NCECA, Accessed on 03/01/2023
The Color Network, Accessed on 09/01/2023
Allison Ebner, Morris Library, Accessed on 03/03/2023
Artaxis, Accessed on 02/01/2023
2022 Visionary Art Collective, Issue 4, P: 86-87, 10/2022
The In Art Gallery, Accessed on 09/05/2022
Gallerium, "Extinction", Accessed on 04/22/2022
ArtAxis, "contemporary ceramics artist resource", online profile visible at, Accessed on 05/10/2022
Roaring Artist Gallery, "Audacity", Accessed on 04/04/2022
Ai Wei We Call, Accessed on 01/06/2022
2021 Bon Art Project, "Transformation", Accessed on 10/01/2021
Eco Aware Art Gallery, “Eco Warrior”, Accessed on 02/03/2021
Membership
2023 Library Art Task Force, Morris Library, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
2022 The Color Network
2021 NCECA
2021 Artaxis
2018 Iranian Ceramic Artist Association
Languages
Kurdish, Farsi, English