Carpet Loom - 2009
Maryam Molki is an Iranian-American artist. She was born in Minneapolis, MN and was raised in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran.
She received her MFA honors from Rhode Island School of Design and is the recipient of 2008-2009 Fulbright Fellowship to Egypt.
In her latest work she is interested in the subject of artistic and cultural originality and exchange between Islamic and Western art.
Hand-woven Persian pile-carpets are the subject of her work.
She transforms western manufactured machine-made carpets into art
objects, and by cutting, flipping over, misplacing, and re-attaching them she strives for the arrival of skill and handiwork in these
readymade products produced by western manufacturers that lack original identity and cultural value.
She currently lives and works in Edwardsville, IL.
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), (with honors)
Providence, RI
Area of Concentration – Painting
2008, Brown University, Sheridan Center Collegiate Teaching Certificate
Providence, RI
*Year-long program in best practices and reflective teaching
2004 BFA, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE)
Edwardsville, IL
Major - Art and Design
Major Area of Concentration - Drawing
Minor Area of Concentration - Graphic Design
2000, University of Maryland
College Park, MD
HONORS / RECOGNITIONS
2008-2009 Fulbright Full Grant Fellowship Recipient to Cairo, Egypt
2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduated with Honors
* Students graduate with cumulative GPA 3.75 or higher graduate with Honors.
2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Designated 'Honor Student' in Recognition of 'Excellent Performance' during Spring Semester
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, Designated 'Honor Student' in Recognition of 'Excellent Performance' during Fall Semester
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, Designated 'Honor Student' in Recognition of 'Excellent Performance' during Spring Semester
2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Fellowship, Spring Semester
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Fellowship, Fall Semester
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Fellowship, Spring Semester
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Fellowship, Fall Semester
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Dean's List three semesters
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Gallery Assistant, RISD 2007 - 2008
Memorial Hall Painting Gallery - Worked with the painting department, artists, and curators to install exhibitions in the RISD painting
department newly built Memorial Hall Gallery.
Teaching Assistant, RISD 2008
Junior Painting
Teaching Assistant, RISD 2007
Foundations in Color
Teaching Assistant, RISD 2007
Experiments in Drawing
Teaching Assistant, RISD 2006
Sophomore Drawing
EXHIBITIONS / DONATIONS
2009 Never Think Small, Climate Gallery
Long Island, NY
2008 Graduate Thesis Exhibition, RI Convention Center,
Providence, RI
2007 Painting Department Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD
Providence, RI
2007 SwapMeet, The Ice Box
Philadelphia, PA
2005 Artwork Donations to Friends of Art Annual Art Auction, SIUE
Edwardsville, IL
*Friends of Art is an annual auction and primary fund raising event for SIUE Art and Design Department
2004 B.F.A. Group Exhibition, New Wagner Gallery, SIUE
Edwardsville, IL
2003 Artwork Donations to Friends of Art Annual Art Auction, SIUE
Edwardsville, IL
2002 Earth Day display, SIUE
Edwardsville, IL
2001 Peace Day event, SIUE
Edwardsville, IL
2D SKILLS
Painting and Drawing - oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, pastels
Printmaking - etching, silkscreen techniques
Graphic Design - web design, business package design, poster design, logo design, brochure design, simple animations
Computer - Macintosh and PC- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Microsoft words, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point
Photography - black and white film processing and photo printing
Textiles - weaving, indigo dying, screen printing, simple book binding techniques
3D SKILLS
Sculpture - mold making (plaster and rubber molds), additive form building.
Working knowledge on variety of materials such as, various foams and rubbers, epoxy resin, plaster, and hydrocal.
Ceramics - hand-building and wheel pottery
EXHIBITION REVIEWS and CITATIONS
Albanese, Robert. “Exploring the World.” Risdviews 2 July 2008: 53.
Spaid, Sue. "SWAP/meet: Where Older Critics Greet Younger Artists." 12 Aug. 2007 <http://www.temple.edu/tyler/swapmeet/essays.html>.
Cutler, Meredith. ““Welcome to the Conversation”: RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Part 4.” 2 June. 2008
<http://www.meredithcutler.com/blog/studiodebris/review-welcome-to-the-conversation-risd-graduate-thesis-exhibition-part-4-02-06-08>.
LECTURES/SEMINARS
2009 Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English
Farsi
Intermediate Arabic