BIOGRAPHY

Pardis Bakhtiari is an artist-scholar currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Fine Arts at Texas Tech University. In addition to her academic pursuits, she has taught art to undergraduates at TTU and children at Calcolor Academy and Bay Area Discovery Museum using play-based, project-based, and place-based strategies. Pardis holds certifications in Museum Science and Women's and Gender Studies, allowing her to bring a multidisciplinary perspective to her work. Her artistic practice and research delve into explorations of identity within the realm of post-humanism as they relate to art. Pardis has shared her scholarly work at conferences and in various publications, covering diverse topics such as visual culture, women's and gender studies, and art education. Additionally, her artwork has been exhibited in galleries both in the United States and Iran.

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Education

2020-2023 Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Texas Tech University, TX USA.

2020-2022 Graduate Certificate, Women’s and Gender Studies, Texas Tech University, TX USA.

2021-2022 Graduate Certificate, Museum Science, Texas Tech University, TX USA.

2010-2013 M.A. in Art Research, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2004-2008 B.A. in English Literature, Islamic Azad University of Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran

Work Experience

2024_Present Senior Art Instructor, CalColor Academy, Cupertino, CA

2023 – 2024 Lead Educator, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, CA

2020 – 2023 Instructor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

2020 – 2023 Gallery Assistant, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

2013-2019 Researcher, Journalist, and Editor, Peyk-Bartar Company, Tehran, Iran

2008-2013 English Teacher, English Institutio, Tehran, Iran

Awards and Honors

Judge at VASE (Visual Art Scholastic Event) competition, Dallas, Texas, 2020-present
Second Place of the Arts & Humanities Conference (Visual & Performing Arts division) at Texas Tech University, 2022
Judge at the 21st annual Graduate School Poster Competition at Texas Tech University, 2022
Judge at the 10th Annual Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Conference at Texas Tech University, 2021
The winner of Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship (2021, 2022, 2023) at Texas Tech University
The winner of The Helen DeVitt Jones Graduate Fellowship at Texas Tech University, 2020- present
The winner of TTU A&LA White Reg VPA Scholarship at Texas Tech University, 2021
The winner of Talent Development at Peyk-Bartar Co., 2018
The Award winner at Khorshid Aramesh Gallery painting festival, Iran, 2014
The winner of Ashura painting competition at Tarbiat Modares University, 2013

Publication

Expanding Notions of Identity through New Materialism, Trends - The Journal of the Texas Art Education Association, 2023
The influence of Tabriz paintings on Qajar paintings, Pajuhesh Honar Magazine, No.7, 2016
Geometric proportions and artistic charm affecting tourism in petroglyphs and pottery, Pajuhesh Honar Magazine, No. 8, 2016
The Evolution of Women in Iranian Paintings (pre- Islamic to Safavid period), Ketab Mah Honar, No.175, 2014
A Collection of Paintings at Mazandaran Modern Artist book, 2013

Translation

Iranian art (Qajar period), Ketab Mah Honar, No. 162, 2012
Khorasan Newspaper, Surprising Work Habits That Make You Look Unprofessional, No. 1453, 2016

Conference

2023, Constructing Diverse Spaces: Art, Bodies, Interdependences, and Social Practice at National Art Education Association (NAEA), San Antonio, TX
2023, New Materialism: Conceptualization of Becoming-Woman, SRAE’s Graduate Student Lightning Talks at the NAEA Conference, San Antonio, TX
2022, The intertwine of the body and mine in the work of Carolee Schneemann at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2022, Post humanist Performativity in the Art of Ana Mendieta at Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Exhibition and Workshop

2024, 11th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, Oregan
2024, Abstract Art Contest, Grey Cube Gallery, Showcasing Contemporary Art on the Online Platform
2022, 3rd Annual Voices of East Lubbock Art Exhibition, East Lubbock Art House, Lubbock, TX
2020, Collaborative mural, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University
2022, Printmaking Workshop with Scherezade Garcia, Lubbock, Texas
2022, Anti-racism, Juried Art Exhibition hosted by the Humanities Center at Texas Tech University, East Lubbock Art House; Lubbock, TX USA.
2021, Mural Project with City of Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
2021, Participate in First Friday Art Trail, Lubbock, Texas
2021, Participate in 2021 TX Painting Symposium, Lubbock, Texas
2014, Group Painting Exhibition, Khorshid Aramesh Gallery, Mazandaran, Iran
2014, Participating in a painting workshop titled Garden and Flower, Khorshid Aramesh Gallery, Mazandaran, Iran
2013, Participating in a painting workshop, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2010, Participating in a painting festival, Mazandaran, Iran
2009_2010, Group Paintings Exhibition, Mowlaian Gallery, Mazandaran, Iran