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Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Education
2011
M.F.A., Studio Art, University of California, Irvine
2006
B.A., Studio Art, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2014
Displacements: The Craft Practices of Golnar Adili and Samira Yamin, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2013
We Will Not Fail, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
The Promise of Something and Nothing, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Attunement, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Object Object!!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
The Cartographer, Charlie James Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
I see in the sea nothing except the sea… Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2013
MENA/Viceroy, Levantine Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
BiennaleOnline, Global Grid Curated By Jan Hoet, biennaleonline.com
The Violent Bear it Away, Biola University Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2012
Meticulosity, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Vertigo, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Nothing Comes From Nothing, Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA
MFA 2011 Thesis Exhibition: Geometries, University Art Gallery, UCI, Irvine, CA
2010
Ground Control, University Art Gallery, UCI, Irvine, CA
2007
18th Annual Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation Conference Exhibition, University of Maryland, MD transform/nation, Ellipse Art Center, Washington D.C.
2006
Does Religion Kill?, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA
Stomping Ground: Young Women of Color Explore Homeland, Lucy Florence Cultural Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Boroughs of Los Angeles, William Grant Still Center, Los Angeles, CA
Kinross High, New White Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Public Talks/ Interviews
2014
Thrive on Live with Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, HuffPostLive
Artist Talk, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Exhibiting Artist Panel Discussion, Camera Club Of New York, New York, NY, panelist
Politicized Aesthetics in the Work of Contemporary Iranian Artists, Iranian Studies Conference, SJSU, San Jose, CA, panelist
Artist talk, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
SWANA Collective with Sejal Patel, KPFK, radio interview
2013
Artist Talk, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
“Pattern and Perception: Peter Shire, Samira Yamin and the Work of Miriam Wosk,” Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, panelist
2012
Artist Talk, Headlands Center for the Arts
“Intervening on War Photography as a Means of Interrogating the Historical Document,” Middle East Studies Conference, CSUF, Fresno, CA, panelist
Radio Intifada, KPFK, Studio City, CA, radio interview
2009
Social Activism and the Post Revolution Iranian Diaspora: Engaging the Global Landscape (Part II), CSU East Bay Conference on Afghan and Iranian Diaspora, CSUEB, Hayward, CA, panelist
2006
Uprising with Sonali Kolhatkar, KPFK, Studio City, CA, radio interview
Bibliography
2015
“A Heart-felt Interview About Art and Politics,” Sofie Axelsson, Journal 282
2014
“Scotoma,” Mockingbird Magazine, Issue 3
“Scotoma,” Secret Behavior Magazine Issue 02
“Sacred Geometry,” Lindsay Preston. Zappas LA Canvas Magazine, editorial
“Samira Yamin,” B|Ta’arof Magazine, Issue 3
“Meditations in Longing,” Abe Ahn, Hyperallergic.com, review
“Samira Yamin and The Craft of Consciousness,” Evan Senn, KCET ArtBound, editorial
2013
The Violent Bear it Away: 12 Artists Consider Violence, Jeff Rau, exhibition catalog
“Samira Yamin: We Will Not Fail”, Stephanie Sykes, Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia, review
“Highlights From Canvas Guide: Santa Monica,” Canvas Magazine, review
“Samira Yamin: We Will Not Fail,” The Week Magazine, review
Artforum Critic’s Pick: Los Angeles, Carmen Winant, ArtForum.com, review
“We Will Not Fail’ Meticulously Upends Mass Media Imagery,” Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, review
2012
“Samira Yamin.” Grattan, Nikki and Klea McKenna, inthemake.com
Meticulosity, Otis College of Art and Design, exhibition catalog
“Meticulosity’ Aims to Reconnect the Conceptual, Visual,” Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, review
“‘Meticulosity’ at Otis College of Art and Design,” Betty Ann Brown, Art Ltd., review
2011
“What Remains,” Juli Carson, Nothing Comes From Nothing exhibition catalog essay
2010
“Ground Control,” The New University, review
“Iranian Artists Bridge Cultures,” The Washington Post, review
“Transform/Nation: Ellipse Arts Center,” DCist, review
“Iranian Art Exhibit Aims to Defy Stereotypes,” Northern Virginia Magazine, review
“The Art of Resistance: Palestinian Public Art,” Clamor Magazine, Toledo, OH, artist publication.
Residencies
2015
Djerassi Resident Artists Program | Woodside, CA
2014
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | Captiva, FL
2011
Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA
Teaching
2016
Art Center Collge of Design, Visiting Faculty
Passion for Painting
2013
California Institute of the Arts, Visiting Faculty
Benjamemes: Photography in the Age of Digital Reproduction
Independent Study
2012
Otis College of Art and Design, Continuing Education
Introduction to Paper Cutting
2010-11
University of California, Irvine, three quarters
Visual Cultures 1B: Reproduction
Independent Study Writing Workshop for grads and undergrads
2009-10
University of California, Irvine, Teaching Assistant, four quarters
Artists as Writers
Theory of Contemporary Art
Myth of Media Violence