NinaJohnson

Nasim Hantehzadeh lives and works in Los Angeles. They earned a BA from the University of Tehran Center for Art and Architecture in 2010, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013, and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2018. In 2022, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery presented Hantehzadeh’s first European solo exhibition, Ray of Light. Other recent exhibitions include The Moth and The Thunderclap, Modern Art, London (2023); Where Cloudy Waters Collide …, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery (2022); Solo booth Frieze LA, The Pit, LA (2022); Orgasmic, Nina Johnson, Miami (2021); among others. Hantehzadeh’s work has been published in Frieze Magazine, LA Times, Cultured, ArtMaze Mag and New American Paintings. They have received the Resnick Grant, the D’Arsy Hayman Grant and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. Collections include Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation, LA; Jorge Perez, Miami; Dieresis Collection, Guadalajara, Mexico; GAIA Collection, Mexico; Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, Mexico; and Lynda and Stewart Resnick Collection, USA. They have participated in residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, MacDowell, and the Corporation of Yaddo.