BIOGRAPHY
Mahnaz Piroozfar is a Toronto-based artist. Born in Tehran, Iran she received her BFA from the University of Tehran after receiving her diploma from Fine Art High School. In her work, Mahnaz often incorporates techniques from traditional Persian painting into contemporary styles to invent a new language for the expression of her work.
Ever since moving to Canada with her family in 2002, Mahnaz has been inspired by the Canadian landscape through the different seasons. She uses her background in watercolour painting to portray these sceneries and letting it affect her formal language at the same time.
When Mahnaz is not painting, she is passing on her knowledge through teaching painting at Central Montessori Schools and Parya Trillium Foundation. She continues to explore, learn, and develop new ways of expression through the visual language.
Mahnaz Piroozfar is a Toronto-based artist. Born in Tehran, Iran she received her BFA from the University of Tehran after receiving her diploma from Fine Art High School. In her work, Mahnaz often incorporates techniques from traditional Persian painting into contemporary styles to invent a new language for the expression of her work.
Ever since moving to Canada with her family in 2002, Mahnaz has been inspired by the Canadian landscape through the different seasons. She uses her background in watercolour painting to portray these sceneries and letting it affect her formal language at the same time.
When Mahnaz is not painting, she is passing on her knowledge through teaching painting at Central Montessori Schools and Parya Trillium Foundation. She continues to explore, learn, and develop new ways of expression through the visual language.
EDUCATION
2007 Early Childhood Education Diploma, Centennial College, Toronto (CA)
2005 English for Academic Purposes Certificate, Centennial College, Toronto (CA)
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tehran Fine Art University, Tehran (IR)
1983 Advanced Diploma, Institute of Fine Art, Tehran (IR)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Celebration of Nowrooz, Parya Trillium Foundation, Toronto (CA)
2010 Cultural Art Show, Arta Gallery, Toronto (CA)
1990 Persian Miniature Painting Show, Laleh Hotel, Tehran (IR)
1997 Persian Painting Exhibition, Andisheh Art Centre, Tehran (IR)
2000 Iranian Traditional Arts, Ferdous Garden Cultural Centre, Tehran (IR)
2002 Persian Painting Exhibition, Marefat Cultural Civic Centre, Tehran (IR)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Don Valley Art Club Group Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto (CA)
2018 Don Valley Art Club Spring Show, Todmorden Mills Heritage Site,
Toronto (CA)
Heintzman House Group Exhibition, Heintzman House, Toronto (CA)
2010 Nowrooz Art Show, Queen Gallery, Toronto (CA)
2009 Women’s Group Show, Arta Gallery, Toronto (CA)
International d’art Miniature Exhibition, Hotel de Ville, Quebec (CA)
2008 Summer Artists Show, Parya Trillium Foundation, Toronto (CA)
2007 International d’art Miniature Exhibition, Hotel de Ville, Quebec (CA)
2005 Under the Azure Dome Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (CA)
International d’art Miniature Exhibition, Hotel de Ville, Quebec (CA)
2004 I.C.N Group Exhibition, Sheraton Hotel, Toronto (CA)
2003 Group Show, Iranian Women’s Organization of Ontario, Toronto (CA)
2001 Women’s Art Exhibition, Andisheh Art Center, Tehran (IR)
2000 Iranian Traditional Arts, Ferdous Garden Cultural Centre, Tehran (IR)
1999 Group Art Show, Marefat Cultural Civic Centre, Tehran (IR)
1997 Women’s Arts Festival, Andishe Art Centre, Tehran (IR)
1989 Persian Painting Biennale, Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran (IR)
1984 Persian Painting Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran (IR)
AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
2018-current Participating Artist at Don Valley Art Club, Toronto (CA)
2011-2015 Participating Artist at Nami Iranian Canadian Centre for the Arts, Toronto (CA)
1997 Women’s Art Festival in Iranian Traditional Painting (First Prize),
Tehran (IR)
PUBLICATIONS
2013 20+1 Exhibition Catalogue, Nami Iranian Canadian Centre for the Arts,
Toronto (CA)
1999 Book Cover: Poems of Baba Taher Hamedani, Mahtab Publishing,
Tehran (IR)
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-current Art Teacher, Central Montessori Schools, Toronto (CA)
2008-current Art Instructor, Parya Trillium Foundation, Toronto (CA)
2007-2008 Art Instructor, Pascal Academy, Toronto (CA)
2002-2007 Art Teacher, Private Drawing & Painting Sessions, Toronto, (CA)
1999-2002 Art Instructor, Private Painting Classes, Tehran (CA)
2003 Art Instructor, Iranian Women’s Organization of Ontario Centre,
Toronto (CA)
1998-2002 Program Coordinator & Art Instructor, Marefat Cultural Civic Centre,
Tehran (IR)
1983-1984 Art Instructor, Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children &
Young Adults, Tehran (IR)