Roya Farassat

Roya Farassat
رویا فراست
Born1964 (age 61–62)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
EducationParsons School of Design (BFA)
OccupationVisual artist
Known forPainting, sculpture
Websiteroyafarassat.com

Roya Farassat (Persian: رویا فراست; born 1964) is an Iranian-born American visual artist, based in New York City.[1][2][3][4]

Life and career

Roya Farassat was born in 1964, in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran.[5][6] She is Iranian Jewish.[5] At the age of 14 in 1978, she moved to the United States prior to the Iranian Revolution.[5] Farassat attended Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she received a BFA degree.[7]

Farassat is known for her paintings and sculptures, she often works in metals like steel, as well as oil paint, and acrylics.[8] Some of her work has an element of humor and it often investigates the identity of women living in contemporary Iran under Islam.[5][9] Her art series A Mirror Has Two Faces, explores abstract portraits of women in veils, framed with Persian ornamental elements.[9]

Exhibitions

Solo and two-person exhibitions

  • 2011 – A Mirror Has Two Faces, Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, New York, U.S.
  • 2015 – Chaos, A Mind of Its Own, Shirin Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, New York, U.S.[2]
  • 2018 – Abstracting Materiality, Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City, New York, U.S.; two-person exhibition with Wyn-Lyn Tan[10]
  • 2022– As Near As Memory, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 Mateo Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.[11]

Group exhibitions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Asatekin, Cigdem (August 19, 2024). "A Bridge Between You and Everything: An Exhibition of Iranian Women Artists". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Mortazavi, Negar (May 4, 2015). "Rorschach Inkblots Conjure Up Themes of Loss in Iran". Hyperallergic. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  3. 1 2 McQuaid, Cate (June 23, 2017). "The Power of Understatement". The Boston Globe. pp. G2. Retrieved March 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "Contemporary Women Artists From Iran". The Journal News. January 29, 2016. pp. K4. Retrieved March 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Hodara, Susan (March 17, 2016). "Three Iranian Women Use Art to Pierce Their Homeland's Veil". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Where We Are Standing: Contemporary Women Artists from Iran". Visit Nyack. February 27, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  7. ↑ Mlalazi, Christopher (2018). "Waiting with Mother". Evergreen Review. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Roya Farassat Works". Advocartsy. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Artist-Led Tour of "A Bridge Between You and Everything…" curated by Shirin Neshat". ArtTable. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ Citron, Beth (November 17, 2018). "Two-person painting exhibition of Wyn-Lyn Tan and Roya Farassat opens at Sapar Contemporary". ArtDaily.com.
  11. ↑ "On View thru April 9, 2022: Luis De Jesus LA, Aaron Maier-Carretero, Jackie Milad, Roya Farassat". LA Art Party. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  12. ↑ Kalinovski, Roman (July 5, 2017). "A Hybrid State: Art by seven Iranian-American women". ArtCritical. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
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