Education:
2017 BFA (Studio), Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Current Projects 2021:
Artist Assistant At Dream Hotel/ Winter 2021
Video Archiving and Video Project in conjunction with Nashville Metro Archives Audiovisual Heritage Center
Independent Embroidery Commission
Professional Experience:
2019 Scenic Artist, Escape Game, Nashville, TN
2018 Lead Artist, Work Refugee Day Art Installation, in collaboration with Oasis Center and
Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN.
2017 Scenic Artist, Escape Game, Mall of America, Minneapolis, MN
Project Assistant, Budweiser Live Painting for Anheuser-Busch Convention, Music City Center
2016 Project Assistant, Paint the City Red (and other colors) Mural, Nashville, TN
2014 Project Assistant, Planetone Mural, Nashville, TN
2013-15 Art Instructor, Nashville Healing Arts for TMHCA, Nashville, TN
Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Mashallah, Mashallah, Mashallah, Electric Shed, Nashville, TN
2017 Today Could Be My Birthday, Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Juried Exhibitions:
2021 Best of Tennessee Craft, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
*Best in Show
2018 Between the Seams, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
(Juror: Nnenna Okore)
2017 Cummins Station Student Art Exhibition, Cummins Station, Nashville, TN
(Juror: Michael Baggerly)
Student Art Alliance Spring Juried Show, Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN
(Kristi Hargrove)
*3rd Place
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 Bê Welat: The Unexpected Storytellers, nGbk Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Welcome Home: Her Liminal Asian-Appalachian Experience, Slocomb Galleries, Johnson City, TN
Becoming: Embodiment of Trauma, Displacement and Womanhood, KCKCC, Kansas City, KS
2020 We Count: First-Time Voters, Frist Museum: Conte Gallery, Nashville, TN
Paradigm Shift, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019 Take Refuge, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
Third Culture Kids, Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Persona, Tournament Studios, Nashville, TN
Bevy 2018, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN
Fresh Blood, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
30 under 30:Director's Choice, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
From the Ancient Valley, Casa Azafran, Nashville TN
2017 Rick and Morty, Mulan Szechuan Teriyaki Sauce, McDonalds, Los Angeles, CA
*Curated by Dan Harmon (creator of Rick and Morty)
In For a Penny, In For $141,490.98, Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfressboro, TN
Pressed: A Show of Original Prints, Cumberland Mill Gallery, Nashville TN
Artist in Residency:
2021: Arquetopia International Artist Residency, Urubamba, Peru
Nashville Metro Archives Audiovisual Heritage Center (AVHC), Nashville, TN
Awards & Scholarships:
2021 Tennessee Craft Scholarship: Professional Development
2017 Arrowmont/MTSU Full Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University and
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Publications:
2021 Çağdaş sanatta anonim bir isim: Beizar Aradini (An Anonymous Name in Contemporary Art: Beizar Aradini): Gazete duvaR. Art&Culture, Online
2020 Burnaway, Beizar Aradini at Electric Shed, Online
Locate Arts, Gallery Visit: Electric Shed, Online
2019 Burnaway, Third Culture Kids: Nuveen Bawari and Beizar Aradini, Online
2018 Native, Issue 73, 2018, Print
Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Middle Tennessee State University, Honors College,
Issue 26, Fall 2017, Print
*Creative Expression Award
2017 Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Middle Tennessee State University, Honors College,
Issue 25, Spring 2017, Print
Lectures, Panels, Visiting Artist, Workshops:
2021 Workshop: Community of Many Faces: Embroidery, Nashville Public Library
Workshop: Nashville Reads: Printmaking, Nashville Public Library
Artist Talk: Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2020 Artist Talk: 16 Days of Feminist Activism, CUNY, New York
Artist Talk: Alfred University, Sculpture Studies, Alfred, NY
We Count: First Time Voters with Beizar Aradini and Drenusha Kolshi, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
Art Talk: Kaleidoscope: Art+ Activism, Postmates HQ, Nashville, TN
Attended Workshops:
2021 Peruvian Textiles: Andean Weaving, Arquetopia International Residency, Urubamba, Peru
2017 Rise Up! 3D Fiber Techniques Workshop, Instructor Jim Arendt,
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2017 BFA (Studio), Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Current Projects 2021:
Artist Assistant At Dream Hotel/ Winter 2021
Video Archiving and Video Project in conjunction with Nashville Metro Archives Audiovisual Heritage Center
Independent Embroidery Commission
Professional Experience:
2019 Scenic Artist, Escape Game, Nashville, TN
2018 Lead Artist, Work Refugee Day Art Installation, in collaboration with Oasis Center and
Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN.
2017 Scenic Artist, Escape Game, Mall of America, Minneapolis, MN
Project Assistant, Budweiser Live Painting for Anheuser-Busch Convention, Music City Center
2016 Project Assistant, Paint the City Red (and other colors) Mural, Nashville, TN
2014 Project Assistant, Planetone Mural, Nashville, TN
2013-15 Art Instructor, Nashville Healing Arts for TMHCA, Nashville, TN
Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Mashallah, Mashallah, Mashallah, Electric Shed, Nashville, TN
2017 Today Could Be My Birthday, Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Juried Exhibitions:
2021 Best of Tennessee Craft, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
*Best in Show
2018 Between the Seams, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
(Juror: Nnenna Okore)
2017 Cummins Station Student Art Exhibition, Cummins Station, Nashville, TN
(Juror: Michael Baggerly)
Student Art Alliance Spring Juried Show, Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN
(Kristi Hargrove)
*3rd Place
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 Bê Welat: The Unexpected Storytellers, nGbk Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Welcome Home: Her Liminal Asian-Appalachian Experience, Slocomb Galleries, Johnson City, TN
Becoming: Embodiment of Trauma, Displacement and Womanhood, KCKCC, Kansas City, KS
2020 We Count: First-Time Voters, Frist Museum: Conte Gallery, Nashville, TN
Paradigm Shift, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019 Take Refuge, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
Third Culture Kids, Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Persona, Tournament Studios, Nashville, TN
Bevy 2018, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN
Fresh Blood, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
30 under 30:Director's Choice, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
From the Ancient Valley, Casa Azafran, Nashville TN
2017 Rick and Morty, Mulan Szechuan Teriyaki Sauce, McDonalds, Los Angeles, CA
*Curated by Dan Harmon (creator of Rick and Morty)
In For a Penny, In For $141,490.98, Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfressboro, TN
Pressed: A Show of Original Prints, Cumberland Mill Gallery, Nashville TN
Artist in Residency:
2021: Arquetopia International Artist Residency, Urubamba, Peru
Nashville Metro Archives Audiovisual Heritage Center (AVHC), Nashville, TN
Awards & Scholarships:
2021 Tennessee Craft Scholarship: Professional Development
2017 Arrowmont/MTSU Full Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University and
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Publications:
2021 Çağdaş sanatta anonim bir isim: Beizar Aradini (An Anonymous Name in Contemporary Art: Beizar Aradini): Gazete duvaR. Art&Culture, Online
2020 Burnaway, Beizar Aradini at Electric Shed, Online
Locate Arts, Gallery Visit: Electric Shed, Online
2019 Burnaway, Third Culture Kids: Nuveen Bawari and Beizar Aradini, Online
2018 Native, Issue 73, 2018, Print
Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Middle Tennessee State University, Honors College,
Issue 26, Fall 2017, Print
*Creative Expression Award
2017 Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Middle Tennessee State University, Honors College,
Issue 25, Spring 2017, Print
Lectures, Panels, Visiting Artist, Workshops:
2021 Workshop: Community of Many Faces: Embroidery, Nashville Public Library
Workshop: Nashville Reads: Printmaking, Nashville Public Library
Artist Talk: Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2020 Artist Talk: 16 Days of Feminist Activism, CUNY, New York
Artist Talk: Alfred University, Sculpture Studies, Alfred, NY
We Count: First Time Voters with Beizar Aradini and Drenusha Kolshi, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
Art Talk: Kaleidoscope: Art+ Activism, Postmates HQ, Nashville, TN
Attended Workshops:
2021 Peruvian Textiles: Andean Weaving, Arquetopia International Residency, Urubamba, Peru
2017 Rise Up! 3D Fiber Techniques Workshop, Instructor Jim Arendt,
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
