Nahid Hagigat
White Rooster, 2012.
 
Materials
Mixed media on canvas
8 x 24 inch
(an array in 3 parts)
 
Located in
London
 
About the Artist
Nahid Hagigat (b.1943) is a visual artist who combines her paintings with her own life stories. After graduating in Fine Arts from Tehran University, Nahid continued her studies in the United States. She received her Ph.D. from New York University in Art and Art Education, specializing in painting and printmaking. She often exhibited her art in Tehran and was instrumental in introducing printmaking to Tehran art galleries. She recently received her second Ph.D. from Huntington Pacific University in Art & Behavioral Therapy.
Nahid has had multiple solo and group exhibitions in the United States. In addition, her work is in numerous private and public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The British Museum, Tehran Museum of Modern Art, JP Morgan-Chase, New York University, and World Bank in Washington, D.C. among others. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
 
EXHIBITIONS:
2024, Yerba Buena Art Center, Solo Retrospective Exhibition, SF
2024, Advocartsy, Summer Group Exhibition, Los Angeles
2023, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), “Women Defining Women” in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond., Los Angeles
2023, Culture Lab LIC, “ Anonymously از Iran”,  New York
2021, The Bridge and Tunnel,  “Dancing Where The Dreams Live,”Inaugural Exhibition, New York
2020,  The Bridge and Tunnel,  group exhibition, New York
2018, White Wall Space, “Bare Tree and Truth”, Solo Exhibition,New York
2017, Susan Eley Fine Art, “Beyond The Ban”, New York
2016-2017, British Museum, “Recent Acquisition of Works on Paper”
2015, Silk Road Gallery, “The Secret Of Eternity”, Tehran
2014, Maheh-Mehr, Tehran
20013, Asia Society, “Iran Modern”, A Major Exhibition focus on Iran’s Modern Art from the 1950s to the 1970’s, New York
2012, Leila Heller Gallery, The Young Collectors Exhibition, New York
2012, PAAIA, Benefit Exhibition, New York
2011, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller, New York
2010, Zora Art Space, “One Generation, Seven Artists”, NY
2009, Brooklyn ARTtillery, NY
2009, Cityart 41 anniversary, New York
2008, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller, New York
2008, Homa Gallery, Tehran
2007, Tehran Museum of Modern Art, Tehran
2006, The Workmen’s Circle Gallery, Los Angeles
2005, The Workmen’s Circle Gallery, Los Angeles
2004, Maryland Federation Of Art, A National Juried Exhibition, Juror Selected Award Winner, Maryland
2002, Celebrity Center, World Contemporary Art, The Third Annual International Fine Arts Competition & Exhibition, Best of Show   Award, Los Angeles
2001, Center for Iranian Study, Washington, DC
2000, Eagle Rock, Veiling/Unveiling, Los Angeles
2000, Maison Francaise, Columbia University, New York
1999, CIMA Art Center, New York
1999, Center for Arts, Montreal, Canada
1999, CIMA Art Center, Summer Show, New York
1998, Workmen’s Circle Gallery, Los Angeles
1997, HTEL, Heckstcher Museum 38th Annual Art Exhibition, Award of Excellence, New York
1997, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
1996, Gallery 24, New York
1995, Gorky Gallery, New York
1995, Queens Museum, Annual Juried Exhibition, New York
1995, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
 
DEGREED EDUCATION: 
2007, Huntington Pacific University, PH.D in Behavioral Therapy
1980, New York University, Doctoral Degree Services I, II,  & III, New York
1973, New York University, Masters of Fine Arts in Art     Education & Creative Arts, New York