Shaghayegh Cyrous BORN 1987 Tehran, Iran EDUCATION MFA, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA, Social Practice 2015-2017 BA, University of science and culture (USC), Tehran, Iran, Visual art, 2010 SOLO EXHIBITION 2011 Motivation, Tehran East Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 "Inside Out Iran", Curated and presented by Art Canteen and Roya Arab, Rich Mix, London, UK Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA "Offline.1", SO Contemporary, London, UK Iranian Urban Art, Graffik Gallery, in curating collaboration with Roya Arab, London, UK 2014 Ma (We) in collaboration with Taraneh Hemami, Project of Survival, Southern Exposure (SoEx), San Francisco, CA 4th festival of 30 performances, 30 artists, 30 days, curated by Amir Rod, Tehran East Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran Culture Citizen: The Immigrant and the Stranger, Denver Seminary, The Bridge Gallery, Denver, Colorado Red Carpet and Black Dandelion, Solitary Collaborative Practice, Emeryville, CA 2013 Speak Your Peace, SOMArts Cultural Center, curated by Justin Hoover, San Francisco, CA 2012 Mirror, Golestan Palace, Curated by Drawing House, Tehran, Iran 2011 Balcony, photo exhibition, Curated by Haleh Anvari, Aaran art Gallery, Tehran, Iran Ajayebol Maxluqat, Iran art organization, Momayyez art Gallery, Curated by Drawing House, Tehran, Iran Portrait, Seyhoun art gallery, Tehran, Iran In appreciation of Shamsol ‘Emare”, Golestan palace, Tehran, Iran 2010 Water, mud, wind, fire,in appreciation of Pakistan’s flood, Solh gallery, Red Crescent, Tehran, Iran First Iranian youth's art festival, Saba museum, Tehran, Iran Spring, MOP, curated by Haleh Anvari, British Museum of London, UK Coffe House, Dot gallery, USC, Tehran, Iran 2009 The traveler, Noqteh art gallery, USC, Tehran, Iran 2008 BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DEL CARTEL EN MÉXICO, 10BICM, Mexico Damunfar 2nd visual art exhibition, Niavaran culture center, Tehran, Iran Drawing parade, Curated by Drawing House, Lale art gallery, Tehran, Iran The worlds, Curated by Akbar Nikanpour, Afrand art gallery, Tehran, Iran PUBLIC ART 2015 "In Memory of", Simin Daneshvar, Simin Behbahani and Forough Farrokhzad, Clarion alley mural project in collaboration with Ck1, San Francisco, CA 2013 Persian dreams, Clarion alley mural project, in collaboration with CK1, San Francisco, CA Chinese poem, supported by SFMTA and Chinese culture center, collaboration with Justin Hoover and Ck1, Wentworth alley, China town, San Francisco, CA HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 CCA MFA and Diversity Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2015- 2016 2011 In appreciation of Shamsol ‘Emare, Golestan palace 2010 First Iranian youth's art festival, Saba museum of Tehran 2009 Photography first prize, USC INTERVIEWS AND MEDIA 2015 "From Walls of Tehran to London" a critique by Mohammad Abdi, BBC Persian, September,29,2015 http://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2015/09/150929_l51_graffiti_london?ocid=socialflow_facebook San Francisco Chronicle, Quite a lot of art as guerrilla gallery fills parking spaces by Sam Whiting http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Art-Put-up-a-parking-lot-and-fill-it-with-art-in-6238717.php? t=462620b23c&cmpid=fb-premium Iranian Urban art, an interview by Mashal Mir, http://muftah.org/iranian-urban-art-exhibition-debuts-in- london/#.VSY8OinqaQK 2013 Voice Of America, Persian News Network interview by Arash Rod, www.youtube.com/watch? v=GoddJuBU6io Introduction of young artists, Donya-e-eqtesad magazine number 3021, 21 of September, by Javad Soroush, DEN-752873, http://www.donya-e- qtesad.com/news/752873/ 2011 Live color, written by Javad Soroush, published by Drawing House and East Art Gallery news letter ISNA, Iranian Students' News Agency, Motivation exhibition in East art gallery, 06141-9006 Contemporary artists by Farhang Radio of Tehran Today and the art by Persian TV channel 2 Motivation an interview by Persian TV channel 4 PUBLICATION 2013 Color censorship lecture, Struggles against Censorship in Iran, Siamak Pourzand Foundation, by National Endowment for Democracy Swimming In The Ice, book cover, written by Amirhossein Daneshvar, Hoonar publication, Iran, ISN: 978- 600- 93052-0-9 The Weird Dream, children book`s illustration, written by Mohammadreza Yousefi, Danesh Negar publication, Iran, ISN 978_600_308_003_4 2012 Mar Negro, a book written by Ana Arzoumanian, taken from Motivation Performance and it announced in the presentation of the book in Santiago de Chile, ISN: 978-956-9071-11-9 .