Negin Ehtesabian Lichty
Interdisciplinary Artist
NEGINETE . N.E.L
Shows:
2021 -Digital and Beyond: Techspressionists show, Southampton Art Center, NY, USA + + + + + + + + +
-The Forest Collective Art Show, NeMe Art Center, Limassol, Cyprus
-RUDE: An Art Show, a group show/event, Lorimer, Brooklyn, NY, USA
-Be Mine 2022, An Invitational Valentines Art Exhibition, the Greenleaf Art Center Chicago, Illinois, USA
2021 -Through the Mesh: Media, Borders and Firewalls, NeMe Art Center, Limassol, Cyprus
-Critical Abstraction New Media Art show, University of Wyoming/ USA
-Two Zero Two One, International Collaborative Art Space, Tasmai, Pondicherry, India
-Techspressionism Brooklyn, NFT art event and show, NY, USA
- Techspressionism Annual show 2021, Kunstmatrix , Metaverse
- NFT Now, a Techspressionist Exhibition, Kunstmatrix , Metaverse
-Art Was Only Substitute for the Internet, ArtSubstitute, The Wrong Biennale pavilion
- Devotion, TenDevoted, The Wrong Biennale pavilion
-Artbox Projects show, The Artbox Gallery, Barcelona/ Spain
-Sharjah Book Fair Illustration Exhibition/ United Arab Emirates
2019. -The International Poster Competition, Mumedi Design Museum/ Mexico
-Sharjah Book Fair Illustration Exhibition/ United Arab Emirates
-The First International Caricature Contest, Baku/ Azerbaijan
-ØUTBREAK art show, White Page Gallery, Sudden Gallery solo show, as a part of the
WPG/s network, part of Linea Festival, based in Italy +
2018. -Fables Remain, curating and showing at the group illustration exhibition, Dena
Gallery, Tehran, and Hess Gallery, Karaj/ Iran
-New Pictures from Iran, Ladislava, Sutnarka Gallery, Pizen / Czech Republic
2017 -The 26th Biennial of Illustration of Bratislava BIB 2017/ Slovakia
-Mostra di Illustratori Iranian, Laboratorio Formeninti, Milan/ Italy
2016 -Anaarestan and Eardbeerland, Ausstellungszentrum Pyramid Art Gallery, Berlin/ Germany
-Medusa and Stone Puppets, Solo Exhibition, Dena Gallery, Tehran/ Iran
-Chahar Baagh (Persian Garden), Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan/ Iran
-The First Stone, SaNg Art Collaborative Project art show, Apadana Gallery, Isfahan/ Iran
2015. -International Fairy Tale Illustration Art Show, The Cultural Center Pyramid, Berlin/ Germany
-Anaarestan, The 11th IBBY Regional Conference by USBBY, New York/ USA
-Jahan Pahlevan (Takhti) new media art show, Shirin Gallery, Tehran/ Iran
-New Pictures from Iran, Silkeborg Bad Art Center/ Denmark
2014 -I Am Spring, Nowruz International Festival art show, Cultural Center of Iran embassy in
Baku/ Azerbaijan
- “Ex-Change(s)” SaNg Art Collaborative Projects, Chazou Gallery, B.C/ Canada
-Anaarestan Illustration Exhibition, Copenhagen, Orestad Bibliotek/ Denmark
2013 -Oslo International Rumi Festival, Norway
-The 6th Tehran Illustration Biennial, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran/ Iran -
-Anaarestan Illustration Show, The International Youth Library, Munich/ Germany
- Your Night/ My Day New Media art show in CAMCSI, University of North Texas/ USA
- The 7th International Triennial of Stage Poster Sofia/ Bulgaria
-The 33rd Mini Print International of Cadaques at the Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques/ Spain
-Lessedra Gallery Annual Print Exhibition/ Bulgaria
2012 -Illustratie Biennale, The Blue Noise Art Show, Netherlands
-Iranian Illustration Collection, Berlin’s Neurotitan Gallery in Frappante eV, Hamburg/ Germany
-The Sharjah Book Fair Illustration Exhibition, UAE
-The Annual Visual Art Fair in Iran’s Artists’ House, Design exhibition, Momayez Gallery
Tehran/Iran
-Cento Sapori Italiani, Cento Illustrazioni Iraniane exhibition, Stazione Leopolda,
Florence/ Italy
2011 -The First Expo of Iranian Illustration, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin-Mitte/ Germany
2010 -The Third International Biennial of Zagreb/ IBBY Croatia
2009 -Padova International Illustration Biennial, “I Colori del Sacro”/ Italy
-IRUS, The International Intercultural Collaborative New Media Art Projects, Andeken Gallery,
Denver, Colorado / USA (and in 2010 in the Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago/ USA
-Dreams of Drawing Dreams, Giulio Cavazza Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2008 -Tetrio Art Competition, Associazione Culturale Teatro, Chioggia/ Italy
-The Third International Exhibition of Children's Books of Barreiro/ Portugal
2007 -Iranian Literary Masterpieces Illustration Festival, Niavaran Gallery, Tehran/ Iran
-The 44th International Biennial of Illustration of Belgrade/ Serbia
-The 21st Bratislava Illustration Biennial (BIB2007) / Slovakia
2006. -Billeder Fra Iran, Illustration exhibition, Copenhagen/ Denmark
-Nostalgic Future, The 15th Noma Concourse for Picture Book Illustration by UNESCO,
Noma/ Japan
-The First International Biennial of Zagreb- IBBY, Galerija Klovicevi Dvori/ Croatia
2005 -The 44th International Biennial of Belgrade, Galerija Progres/ Serbia
-The First Biennial of Islamic World Poster Design, Imam Ali Museum,
Tehran/Iran
2004 -The International Illustration Exhibition of Centre de Promotion du Livre de Jeunesse,
Paris/ France
2003 -The 43rd International Biennial of Illustration of Belgrade, Galerija Progres/ Serbia
2002 -The 5th Tehran Biennial of Illustration (TIBI), Niavaran Gallery/ Iran
Other activities:
2022 -One of the Jurors at the Weird Media exhibition, IDMAA Conference, Winona State
University, MN, USA
-NPT Talk with Design and Multimedia students, at the Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic
-Femme Tech, presentation at Techspressionism Salon no.43
-El arte como huída para las mujeres en Irán, represented on daily newspaper, Spain
-Cover story: Negin Ehtesabian, Represented by Yathrae Magazine, India
-SHOW & TELL: COLLAGE, presentation at Techspressionism Salon no.40
-Artist Talk: Techspressionism Digital and Beyond, Clubhouse discussion
-Art in Iran: A Way of Protest and Empowerment for Women, represented on Catalonia TV, Spain
-International Reception, presentation at Techspressionism Salon no.42
2021 -Workshop for artists at NeMe Art Center, Limassol, Cyprus
-Curating the show "We Don't Fall" Iranian Emerging Digital Artists
-Represented by Yathrae Magazine, India
-Techspressionist members Collab #2 exhibition, Kunstmatrix, based in NY/ USA
-Co-founding of Techspressionism.ir
-Participated in [-empyre-] Cornell-Listev discussion, Vol 191, with "Time-Archiving Journal" article
-Techspressionist members Collab #1 exhibition, Kunstmatrix, based in NY/ USA
-Had a presentation at Techspressionism Salon no.13
-Had a presentation in the Artist Meet-up at the Developmental and Community Art Instructor, San Pedro Art Center
-Represented by ZH Art Magazine based in the US
2020 -Giving a talk at the Iranian Illustrator's Society discussion plan for Iran Illustration Week
-Live video performance, Reading Human Rights, NPT projects, in the Worldwide Reading for Democracy and Freedom of Expression, ILB/ International Literature Festival, Berlin/ Germany
-Becoming a techspressionist artist
-Being interviewed by the Iranian Illustrator's Society website, and
Hamshahri Youth magazine in Iran,
Katha Organization in India,
And Do Art Sanat Dergisi in Turkey
2019 -Art direction and illustration, Tirgan Magazine, Canada
-Participating in live video performance in the Worldwide Reading for Democracy and Freedom of Expression, ILB (International Literature Festival,
Berlin) NPt Projects, Germany
-The Online Performance Art Festival, Live Video Performance, NPt Projects, / based in Serbia
2018 -Writing the introduction note, for The showcase book of Ardabil Illustrators,
Ardabil Bookfair, Iran
-jury member, and writing the introduction note, The Annual show book of
Isfahan Illustrators, Iran
-Leading mix-media workshops in Ardabil Art and Culture Centre, Iran
-Street art project and photography for Tirgan Festival Magazine, Canada
2017 -Jury member, and writing the introduction note, for The Annual book of Iranian illustrators, Iran
-Talk and workshop in Character Design, in the Kara cultural institute, by the Art and Culture Dialogue forum (Gap) in Tabriz
-Leading illustration workshop for art academy/college teachers Master class, Tehran/ Iran
-Leading illustration workshop in the Parsi youth center, Tooma art group, Tehran/ Iran
-Leading art workshop, The First Symposium of Ardabil Visual Art Ordibehesht,
Fadak cultural Institution, Ardabil/ Iran
-Giving a talk at the picture books panel discussion, Imam Reza University of
Mashhad’s cultural conferences
2016 -Giving a talk in the“Bright Room” discussion plans by the Iranian Illustrators Society,
Iran's Artists House, Tehran/Iran
2015 -Mentoring and leading a series of workshops for Indian school students,
Katha Utsav festival, New Delhi, Chennai, and Vadodara/ India
2014 -Giving a talk in the “Bright Room” discussion plans by the Iranian Illustrators Society,
Iran's Artists House, Tehran/Iran
-Collaborating in the exhibition of the collection of Iranian children's books,
the Library of the Fontys University of Applied Science, Sittard, the Netherlands
2011 -Giving a Talk and Show the video art (The Box), The New Media Panel Show
"The Romantic Self-Exiles", Zane Bennett Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2008 -Art director and graphic designer of MFT IT magazine, Iran
-Publishing critical articles about illustration and culture in Tandis weekly magazine, Iran
2006 -Illustration for UNESCO wall calendar of ACCU, the Year 2008, called "Nostalgic Future", Japan
2005 -Illustration for the school books for the Ministry of Education and Science and selected in the School Books Festival’s Exhibition and Show Book, Saba Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran