Wajih Nahle

Modern Arab Abstract Islamic Calligraphy Modernist Painting

1994

Fereydoun (Fred) Rahimi Assa (Iranian, b. 1936) Oil and mixed media on canvas, Hand signed lower left Framed : 48-1/2"h x 36-1/2"w Sight: 48"h x 36"w Made with metallic paint, the abstract expressionist bears geometric designs and symbols. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Fereydoun Rahimi Assa (b. 1936) moved to Tehran at the age of three. He attended the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran in the same year group as well-known formidable masters, Hossein Zenderoudi and Massoud Arabshahi. After being awarded a travelling scholarship in 1964, Rahimi-Assa went to Israel for three months of study. Although Rahimi-Assa saw success through the several exhibitions he held in Israel, unable to secure a long-term visa and not keen to return to Iran, he found himself in the US – in no small part, thanks to the help of Eric Azari in obtaining a long-term residency visa. Fred Rahimi-Assa went first to New York and later settled in New Jersey. While in New York, he worked in some capacity at Columbia University’s Painting department where he also exhibited several times, including a solo show in 1968. In the same year, Rahimi-Assa participated in a group exhibition of Modern Persian painting, sponsored by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University – founded that year by Professor Ehsan Yarshater (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University). After moving out of the City, to New Jersey in the 1970s, Rahimi Asa continued to exhibit with local institutes and organized art seminars in the homes of various artists. His work was included in the Middle East auction held by Sotheby's. It includes pioneering artists such as Egyptian Mahmoud Mokhtar, Moroccan modernism, Mohammed Melehi, Lebanese Huguette Caland and Bahman Mohasses...

Fereydoun (Fred) Rahimi Assa (Iranian, b. 1936) "Lonely Soul in Desert" Oil and mixed media on canvas, Hand signed lower left Framed : 40-1/2"h x 30-1/2"w Sight: 40"h x 30"w Made with metallic foil or paint, the patchwork-like piece bears geometric designs and symbols. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Fereydoun Rahimi Assa (b. 1936) moved to Tehran at the age of three. He attended the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran in the same year group as well-known formidable masters, Hossein Zenderoudi and Massoud Arabshahi. After being awarded a travelling scholarship in 1964, Rahimi-Assa went to Israel for three months of study. Although Rahimi-Assa saw success through the several exhibitions he held in Israel, unable to secure a long-term visa and not keen to return to Iran, he found himself in the US – in no small part, thanks to the help of Eric Azari in obtaining a long-term residency visa. Fred Rahimi-Assa went first to New York and later settled in New Jersey. While in New York, he worked in some capacity at Columbia University’s Painting department where he also exhibited several times, including a solo show in 1968. In the same year, Rahimi-Assa participated in a group exhibition of Modern Persian painting, sponsored by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University – founded that year by Professor Ehsan Yarshater (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University). After moving out of the City, to New Jersey in the 1970s, Rahimi Asa continued to exhibit with local institutes and organized art seminars in the homes of various artists. His work was included in the Middle East auction held by Sotheby's. It includes pioneering artists such as Egyptian Mahmoud Mokhtar, Moroccan modernism, Mohamed Melehi...

JONATHAN FELDSCHUH Education: 1982-1986 Harvard University, summa cum laude in Physics 1993-1996 Academy of Fine Arts, Prague Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2017 “First Particles, Elementary Particles”, OPUS Project Space, New York 2016 "Large Hadron Collider", National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, with subsequent travel to Keck Institute, Washington DC; Janelia Gallery, Ashburn Virginia (2017); Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bethesda, MD (2017) 2013 "The World Egg", Skink Ink Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2012 "Large Hadron Collider", Mixed Greens Project Space, New York 2008 "Large Hadron Collider", Galerie Vernon & Vernon Projekt, Prague 2005 "Simulations", Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York; AAAS Gallery, Washington DC 2004 "Trajectories", Marella Arte Contemporanea, Como 2003 "Solar", Art Resources Transfer, New York 2002 "macro-mini", Vernon Fine Art International, Prague "Macrocosm", Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York 2000 "Little Corner of the World", Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York Selected Group Exhibitions: 2017 “The Cloud and the Void”, UES Gallery, New York “Resonators” 524W26 Gallery, New York 2016 “Visual Inquiries: Artists Inspired by Science”, Fingesten Gallery at Pace University, Artists: Suzanne Anker, Julia Buntaine, Angie Drakopoulos, Jonathan Feldschuh, Carter Hodgkin, Eve Andree Laramee, Deanna Lee, Maureen McQuillan, Paula Overbay, Taney Roniger, Steven Salzman. "Dialogues: Drawings and Works on paper", Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, January 9 - February 12, 2016 2015 "Sun Light / Star Light: Contemplations Upon the Solar Orb" - Louisiana Art & Science Museum, October 9, 2015 – April 3, 2016 2014 "Pouring it On", Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "What Lies Beneath", SciArt Center, New York 2013 "Salon", Active Space Gallery, Brooklyn "Opening", The Paper Factory, Queens, New York 2012 "The Quantum Effect", The Active Space, Brooklyn "Laboratory", Pfizer Labs, Brooklyn 2010 "Lost Horizon", ArtJail Gallery, New York 2009 "Starry Messenger: Galileo's Vision in the 21st Century", Louisiana Art & Science Museum 2006 "Science as Muse”, Montgomery Center for the Arts, New Jersey "Native Spirit" Supreme Trading, Brooklyn 2005 "Beautiful Dreamers" Spaces, Cleveland 2004 “DNA: Art & Science”, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum Art Miami (with Cynthia Broan Gallery) 2003 "Before and After Science", Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan Scope Art Fair (with Cynthia Broan Gallery) Art Chicago (with Cynthia Broan Gallery) 2002 "Some Are Painting II", Educational Alliance, New York “Vivid”, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Center, Coventry; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland "DNA", Art Resources Transfer, New York (Hallway Space project) 2001 "Vivid", Richard...

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