Negar Assari
Negar Assari (Persian: نگار آثاری صمیمی, born 1970) is a painter, photographer, sculptor, and graphic artist. Life. She was born in Tehran, Iran. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Art and Architecture (Tehran) with a concentration in Educational Visual Communication in 1993. After moving to the United States in 1994, she earned a Master's degree in Visual Information Technology from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA in 1997. In 2000, she founded the non-profit Art of Iran organization, which is an online community detailing the history of Iranian art, as well as  maintaining an Iranian artists database. Since 2003 she has designed the annual charity calendar for Children of Persia. Assari is the cover artist and contributor for "The Poetry Of Iranian Women" an anthology of contemporary poems edited by Sheema Kalbasi. She is also the cover designer for "Mihan's Future" and "Four Springs", two collection of poetry by Partow B. Nooriala as well as two of Fereidoun Farahandouz's poetry CDs - "Sedaaye Eshgh (The Voice Of Love)" and "Faryaad dar Baad (Cry In The Wind)". She was the Invited Artist and promotional poster designer for the "Art and Material Culture  of Iranian Shiism Conference" at the University of Oxford in July 2006. In 2007, Assari created the theme poster for the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation (IWSF)"18th Annual International Conference", which was held June 29-July 1, 2007 at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. She also designed the theme poster for the "Rumi International Conference" held September 28–30, 2007, also at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. She has appeared several times as an in-studio guest on Voice of America, speaking in Persian to Iranian/Persian communities on issues of art and culture. She frequently contributes  artwork and text to Iranian.com. She lives near Washington, DC with her husband and three children. Works. Assari uses different media - including sculpting, drawing, painting, photography, and computer graphics - and has been featured in multiple exhibitions in the United States and Europe. Her works include "The Cage" (2003), "Religion And Tolerance" (2001) and "Art For Peace" (2000). The "Religion And Tolerance" work was selected for inclusion at the 2003 Florence Biennale (Italy) International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Exhibitions. Assari has had her artwork featured in the following exhibitions: