# Yassi Mazandi

Yassi Mazandi, born in Tehran, Iran, lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Mazandi is a sculptor, painter and social activist.

## Personal life and education

1980-81 studied at Beechlawn College, Oxford, England. 1992-95 Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY.

## Exhibitions and Residencies
### Public Collections

* Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, California
* Roanoke College (Permanent Art Collection), Salem, Virginia
* University of California, Art, Design & Architecture Museum,
Santa Barbara, California

### Solo exhibitions

* 2022-2023: Yassi Mazandi: Language of the Birds, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, California
* 2022: Yassi Mazandi: In Flight, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, California
* 2018-2019: Yassi Mazandi in Residence, Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai, California 2016: Yassi Mazandi: Germs on Sheets, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
* 2014: Yassi Mazandi: Sacred Wheel, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
* 2009: Architectonic: Yassi Mazandi, JF Chen, Los Angeles, California
* 2007: Yassi Mazandi: Sculpted Ceramics, Allegra Hicks, London, England
* 2007: Yassi Mazandi: Sculpted Vessels, FLUX Gallery, Los Angeles, California
* 2014 Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
* 2008 Architectonic, JF Chen, Los Angeles, CA
* 2007 Yassi, Allegra Hicks, London, England
* 2006 Yassi Mazandi, Flux Gallery Los Angeles, CA

### Residencies

* 2021: Artist in Residence, Gazell.io Digital Art House, London, England
* 2018 - 2019: Artist in Residence, Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai, California 2018 - 2019:
* Art & Social Practice Resident Artist, ProjectArt, Los Angeles, California 2016:
* Artist in Residence, BoxoPROJECTS, Joshua Tree, California
2012:
* Artist in Residence, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva Island, Florida

### Group exhibitions

* 2023-2024 (upcoming): Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
* 2023 (upcoming): Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
* 2022: Symbiosis curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody and produced by Laura Dvorkin, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
* 2022: Fragile / Fiber, Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai, California
* 2022: Totum, Los Angeles Installation, curated by Kyle DeWoody, Los Angeles, California
* 2021: Totum curated by Kyle DeWoody, Black Claro Walnut Farm, Ojai, California
* 2021: The Bunker Artspace,
2021/2022 Season curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow, West Palm Beach, Florida
* 2021: Pictures at an Exhibition featuring Frost Symphony Orchestra and Gerard Schwarz, co-presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center, Frost School of Music and Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
* 2021: Disassembly Line curated by Pietro Alexander and Sasha Filimonov, co-presented by Molly Barnes and SPY Projects, Molly’s Garage, Beverly Hills, California
* 2021: OpenSea’s First Virtual Gallery Takeover, Gazell.io x OpenSea x Spatial.io, Metaverse
* 2021: Irresistible Delights, University of California, Art, Design & Architecture Museum,
Santa Barbara, California
* 2021: Once Upon a Time, Advocartsy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
* 2021: Art Beyond Survival curated by Damon Martin, Arts District, Los Angeles, California
* 2021: All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Michael Slenske, domicile (n.), Los Angeles, California
* 2021: Vessel, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, Colorado
* 2021: Ephemeral Tranquility curated by Samantha Meyer, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
* 2020: Cave Painting, Painted Cave presented by Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Hotel Indigo, Santa Barbara, California
* 2020: 2 Day, LSH CoLab, Los Angeles, California
* 2019: Fierce Generosity 2.0, Burnet Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* 2019: ProjectArt Artist Exhibition, Redling Fine Art at Tin Flats, Los Angeles, California
* 2019: Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
* 2019: SPRING/BREAK Art Show (by invitation), The Stalls at Skylight ROW DLTA, Los Angeles, California
* 2018-2019: Surreal By Nature presented by Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Hotel Indigo, Santa Barbara, California
* 2018: The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art (by invitation), Santa Monica, California
* 2018: My Kid Could Do That, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, California
* 2018: Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
* 2017: Legacy: Highlights from the Roanoke College Permanent Collection, Olin Gallery, Salem, Virginia
* 2017: All The Small Things, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
* 2017: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could dream together?”, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
* 2017: Converge 45 curated by Kristy Edmunds, Hoffman Gallery (OCAC), Portland, Oregon
* 2017: Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
* 2017: Material Art Fair - Mexico City, Grice Bench Gallery, Los Angeles, California
* 2016: All-In, Club Pro Gallery, Los Angeles, California
* 2016: Intersectionality curated by Richard Haden, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
* 2014: Art is Hope curated by René-Julien Praz, PIASA, Paris, France
* 2014: Intangible Beauty: Beautiful Women and the Endless Void, Kasher|Potamkin Gallery, New York, New York
* 2013 Angel Art Auction, Los Angeles, CA
* 2012 Of White, Nuartlink Contemporary, Westport, CT
* 2011 Superba, JF Chen, Los Angeles, CA
* 2011 The January White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
* 2010 SHIFT, Los Angeles, CA
* 2001 The Mixed Show, Red Barn, South Hampton, NY
* 1996 Japan American Ceramics, Japanese Society, New York, NY

### Residencies

* 2012 Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva Island, FL

## References and Notes

* ↑ "Not found". paddle8.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
* ↑ BBC Interview. Accessed November 1, 2015.
* ↑ Yassi Mazandi. Accessed November 8, 2015.
* ↑ Maloney Fine Art Blog. Accessed November 5, 2015
* ↑ LA Times. Accessed November 1, 2015
* ↑ OK Los Angeles Blog. Accessed November 7, 2015.
* ↑ T Magazine, New York Times. Accessed November 7, 2015.
* ↑ Rauschenberg Foundation Website. Accessed November 2, 2015.