EXPERIENCE
“Welcome to the official portfolio of Soheyla Rashidyan, contemporary artist and founder of the Museum of Contemporary Visual Art.”
Founder and Executive Director of Museum of Contemporary Visual Arts (2015-present)
and Executive Director of Museum of Contemporary Visual Arts (2015-present)Founder and Executive Director of museu of Contemporary Visual Arts (2015-present)
· President and Artistic Director of Plano Art Association (2015-2017)
· Selection Committee Juror, 18th ST AIRSpace
(Artist-in-Residence program),
Plano Public Library System (2015-2017)
· Selection Committee Juror, Art-in-Libraries Program,
Plano Public Library System (2015-2017)
· Selection Committee Artistic Juror, City of Plano Portal Project
(2015-2016)
· Executive Committee and Art Juror, Plano Heritage Grant Mural Project (2016-2017)
· Exhibition Curator, Plano International Festival Multicultural Exhibition (2016)
· Volunteer Teacher and Tutor in Painting and Sculpture for Children in the International
Refugee Committee’s Netherlands Camp (2002-2005)
· Volunteer Teacher of Computer Skills for Adults in the International Refugee Committee’s
Netherlands Camp (2002-2005)
· Board of Directors, Historic Downtown Plano Association (2016)
· Founder,
President and Lead Designer for Chuback Graphic Design Company (1996-1998)
· Founder and Partner, Matches Art & Graphics International (2011-2017)
Selected Art Exhibitions
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Biennale Exposition of Children's Book Illustration (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts)
Tehran, Iran (1996)
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Group
Photography Exhibition (Free Academe) De Hague, Holland (2003)
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Group Painting Exhibition for Artist In Exile
(Art Delft Museum) Delft, Holland (2005)
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ARTvocacy Group Exposition (Latino Cultural Center) Dallas, Texas (2006)
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Texas Visual Arts Association (Medical City) Dallas, Texas (2008)
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Hill Country Arts Foundation Destinations Competition Ingram, Texas (2009)
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students@work2012 – Frisco, Texas (2011)
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125 Show – Plano Art Association
& Collin College, Plano, Texas (2012)
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Art-in-the-Libraries
The exhibition, Harrington Library, Plano, Texas (2015)
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Art-in-the-Libraries
Exhibitions, Haggard Library, Plano, Texas (2016, 2017)
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Beyond
Form Exhibition, “See Me in My Paintings” Child Art Installation, The Center,
EDUCATION
Tehran Art University,
Iran, 1998
Free Academe, De Hague
The Netherlands, 2003-2006
Collin College, Texas 2014
AWARDS
Hill Country Art
Foundation
Destinations Exhibition
Ingram, Texas, 2011
Clarksville Fine Art
Festival
Clarksville, Texas, 2012
Academic Honor Society