Soheyla Rashidyan

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,

Dallas, Texas (2017) 



EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS


Graphic Design

Tehran Art University,

Iran, 1998

INDEPENDENT STUDIES


Sculpting and Painting

Free Academe, De Hague

The Netherlands, 2003-2006


ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE


Graphic Design

Collin College, Texas 2014


AWARDS

AWARD FOR SCULPTURE

Hill Country Art

Foundation


Destinations Exhibition


Ingram, Texas, 2011

JUDGES AWARD FOR PAINTING

Clarksville Fine Art

Festival

Clarksville, Texas, 2012


ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

Collin College, Plano, Texas, 2011-2013


PHI THETA KAPPA

Academic Honor Society