Brian Gross Fine Art: Artists: Hadi Tabatabai

Born: 1964; Mashhad, Iran; Lives and works in California since 1977
Education: 1995; BA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute; 1985; BS in Industrial Technology
Awards and Honors: 2011; SFMOMA SECA award nominee; 2010; Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; 2008; Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; 2007; Kala Art Institute Artist in Residence, Berkeley, CA; 2006-2007; Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; 2005; ASIA Alive Artist in Residence, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA; 2004; SFMOMA SECA award semi-finalist; 2001; SFMOMA In/site award nominee
Solo Exhibitions: 2011; Portals, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2010; Tabatabai, Schiff, Bell, Danese Gallery, New York, NY; 2009; Inde/Jacobs, Marfa, Texas; 2008; The Space of a Line, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; 2006; Daruni, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 2005; Interior Spaces, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY; 2004; New Work, James Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 2000; Introductions, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2013; Indian Tantric & Western Contemporary, Bartha Contemporary Ltd, London, UK; 2012; Papier/Paper II, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn, Germany; 2011; Papier/paper, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn, Germany; Different Abstractions, Green Cardamom, London, England; Drawn / Taped / Burned, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Works on paper, Danese, New York, NY; 2010; Works on paper, Danese, New York, NY; Accrochage1, Gallery Dora Bassi, Gorizia, Italy; By a thread, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA; IRAN diVERSO: Black or White?, Verso Artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy; Touch, Paris CONCRET, Paris, France; 2009; At 21, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Metaphysical Abstraction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California; Mashq: Repetition Meditation Mediation, Green Cardamom, London; Yield, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO; Art Dubai, Green Cardamom, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2008; Banned and Recovered, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA; Out of the Fog, Art Works Downtown, San Raphael, CA; East of the West, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA; 2006; Gridlock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA; 2005-2006; Series, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA; Drawings & Works on Paper II, Patrick Heide Art Projects, London; 2005; Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY; 2004; Woodwork, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY; 2001; Current Holdings: Bay Area Drawing/Bay Area Collections, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA; Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; 2000; Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Permanent Collections: The Achenbach Foundation at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware; The Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Progressive Corporation, U.S.A.; Werner H. Kramarsky, New York, NY
Selected Bibiography: Berkovitch, Ellen. “New Iranian Art in Marfa,” Adobe airstream, August 02, 2009,; Bonetti, David. “Grand center bulges with three shows,” STLtoday.com, May 03, 2009; Hamlin, Jesse. “Art’s a Fine Line for Hadi Tabatabai,” San Francisco Chronicle (Datebook). Wedesday, July 5, 2000, pp. D1,D7.; Hanjani, Ucef. “Hadi Tabatabai,” SOMA, (September 2000), pp. 51-59.; Houng, Cynthia. “Hadi Tabatabai at Brian Gross Fine Art,” Artweek (June 2009), pp. 13-14.; Ovissi, Maryam. “Journey Between Cultures-Iranian Artists in America,” Easter Art Report, no. 48 (January 2003), pp. 17-19.; Porges, Maria. “Now you see it.” Melissa Feldman, “True grid: Art of Tabadabai.” Daruni, 2007.; Selz Peter. “Lyric Representaion of Sacred, Unattainable Worlds,” The Berkeley Daily Planet (Oct 29–Nov 4 2009), pp. 14; Tabatabai, Hadi. “Winter of 1995”, Likovne Besede/Artwords 69-70, (Winter 2004) pp. 118-119.; _______. “Winter of 1995,” Works + Conversations, no. 10, (Summer 2005) pp. 36-37.; Van Proyen, Mark. “ San Francisco email,” Art Issues ( September/October 2000), pp. 42-43.; Whittacker, Richard. “A Conversation with Hadi Tabatabai,” Works + Conversations, May 2008.; _______. “The replenishing zero,” Works + Conversations, no. 17, (October 2008) pp. 21-31


		Born 1964 Mashhad, Iran Lives and works in California since 1977 Education 1995 BA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute 1985 BS in Industrial Technology Awards and Honors 2011 SFMOMA SECA award nominee 2010 Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2007 Kala Art Institute Artist in Residence, Berkeley, CA 2006-2007 Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 2005 ASIA Alive Artist in Residence, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA 2004 SFMOMA SECA award semi-finalist 2001 SFMOMA In/site award nominee Solo Exhibitions 2011 Portals, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2010 Tabatabai, Schiff, Bell, Danese Gallery, New York, NY 2009 Inde/Jacobs, Marfa, Texas 2008 The Space of a Line, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2006 Daruni, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 Interior Spaces, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY 2004 New Work, James Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000 Introductions, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA Selected Group Exhibitions 2013 Indian Tantric & Western Contemporary, Bartha Contemporary Ltd, London, UK 2012 Papier/Paper II, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn, Germany 2011 Papier/paper, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn, Germany Different Abstractions, Green Cardamom, London, England Drawn / Taped / Burned, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY Works on paper, Danese, New York, NY 2010 Works on paper, Danese, New York, NY Accrochage1, Gallery Dora Bassi, Gorizia, Italy By a thread, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA IRAN diVERSO: Black or White?, Verso Artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy Touch, Paris CONCRET, Paris, France 2009 At 21, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii Metaphysical Abstraction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California Mashq: Repetition Meditation Mediation, Green Cardamom, London Yield, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO Art Dubai, Green Cardamom, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2008 Banned and Recovered, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA Out of the Fog, Art Works Downtown, San Raphael, CA East of the West, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA 2006 Gridlock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2005-2006 Series, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA Drawings & Works on Paper II, Patrick Heide Art Projects, London 2005 Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Woodwork, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Current Holdings: Bay Area Drawing/Bay Area Collections, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2000 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA Permanent Collections The Achenbach Foundation at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware The Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Progressive Corporation, U.S.A. Werner H. Kramarsky, New York, NY Selected Bibiography Berkovitch, Ellen. “New Iranian Art in Marfa,” Adobe airstream, August 02, 2009, Bonetti, David. “Grand center bulges with three shows,” STLtoday.com, May 03, 2009 Hamlin, Jesse. “Art’s a Fine Line for Hadi Tabatabai,” San Francisco Chronicle (Datebook). Wedesday, July 5, 2000, pp. D1,D7. Hanjani, Ucef. “Hadi Tabatabai,” SOMA, (September 2000), pp. 51-59. Houng, Cynthia. “Hadi Tabatabai at Brian Gross Fine Art,” Artweek (June 2009), pp. 13-14. Ovissi, Maryam. “Journey Between Cultures-Iranian Artists in America,” Easter Art Report, no. 48 (January 2003), pp. 17-19. Porges, Maria. “Now you see it.” Melissa Feldman, “True grid: Art of Tabadabai.” Daruni, 2007. Selz Peter. “Lyric Representaion of Sacred, Unattainable Worlds,” The Berkeley Daily Planet (Oct 29–Nov 4 2009), pp. 14 Tabatabai, Hadi. “Winter of 1995”, Likovne Besede/Artwords 69-70, (Winter 2004) pp. 118-119. _______. “Winter of 1995,” Works + Conversations, no. 10, (Summer 2005) pp. 36-37. Van Proyen, Mark. “ San Francisco email,” Art Issues ( September/October 2000), pp. 42-43. Whittacker, Richard. “A Conversation with Hadi Tabatabai,” Works + Conversations, May 2008. _______. “The replenishing zero,” Works + Conversations, no. 17, (October 2008) pp. 21-31