In December 2017, the Monir Museum opened in Tehran, the only museum dedicated to a single female artist in Iran. Tel: 415.397.8114 Fax: 415.397.8115 Farmanfarmaian (born in Iran in 1924) is keenly aware of the mystical implications of geometry in Islamic art. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, the acclaimed 93-year-old artist who creates elaborate mosaics made of mirrored glass, is known for her work combining modern art … In a career which spanned more than five decades, she worked in both her native Iran and the United States. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose work is included in the collections of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum… Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was one of Iran’s pioneering women artists. Solo Exhibition. 2015. Dec 31, 2016 - In a career that spans more than five decades, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian has balanced techniques and imagery drawn from Islamic decoration with the innovations of the Minimalist avant-garde. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons November 21, 2012–January 27, 2013. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. In 2017, the Monir Museum opened in Tehran. Ignited by your own abstracted reflection they offer an otherworldly surprise with every step. This is the first U.S. museum exhibition of mirror works and drawings by Iranian artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. Qazvin, Iran, 1924). She is the subject of the monograph “Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Cosmic Geometry,” edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and is the co-author of her autobiography, “A Mirror Garden” (Knopf, 2007). Farmanfarmaian personally … Solo Exhibition Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmain: Infinite Geometry. In 2015 she became the first Iranian artist to have a solo exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. Based on the Hexagon: The Recent Drawings of Monir Farmanfarmaian. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (Iranian, 1924–2019), Untitled (Circles and Squares), 2014, felt-tipped marker and colored pencil on paper. 49 Geary Street, Suite 540 San Francisco, CA 94108. Mirror Works and Drawings, 1974-2014. It was the first Iranian museum dedicated to the works of a female artist. Monir Shahroudy, as she was born, was raised in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin among peach, almond and walnut trees. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian died on 20 April in Tehran, aged 97. The installation has been conceived as part of the museum’s larger celebration of the arts of the Islamic world. These incredible works hold thousands of mirror sections that dance like a diamond under a microscope. She combined traditional reverse-glass painting, mirror mosaics, and principles of Islamic geometry with modern concepts of minimalism. High Museum of Art, The kaleidoscopic sculptures of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922-2019) are currently on view at both locations of the James Cohan Gallery in New York. Exhibition Organization and Support Solo Exhibition Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA.