ART PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL POURAN JINCHI Born 1959 in Mashad, Iran Lives and works in New York City EDUCATION 1993 Studio Painting, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY 1989 Sculpture and Painting, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1982 Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, George Washington University, Washington DC SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Pouran Jinchi: Tajvid Paintings, Art Projects International (Viewing Room), New York, NY 2017 The Line of March, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE 2015 Black and Blue, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2013 The Blind Owl, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE 2012 Pouran Jinchi: Dawn, Noon and Night, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2010 Entropy, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY Ritual Imprint, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE 2008 Pouran Jinchi, The Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY Pouran Jinchi: A Survey, Art Projects International, New York, NY Fabricated, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE 2007 Recitation, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York, NY 2005 Alef, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York, NY 2003 Derakht, 511 Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Entangled Thoughts, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY 2001 Antworks, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York, NY Derakht, Shibata Etsuko Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2000 Ruba’iyat Series, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York, NY Pouran Jinchi: Recent Paintings, Art Projects International, New York, NY 1999 Poetry Paintings, Nikolai Fine Arts, New York, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Infinite Present, Cambridge Arts Council Gallery 344, Cambridge, MA (upcoming) Long, Winding Journeys, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY 2016 Pouran Jinchi’s Ravaged Garden, NYU Abu Dhabi Center, New York, NY 2015 The Great Game, curated by Marco Moneguzzo and Mazdak Faiznia, Pavilion or Iran, 56th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Deceptively Simple, Art Projects International, New York, NY Accented, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE 2014 Artist in Exile: Creativity, Activism, and the Diasporic Experience, Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Queens, NY Persepolis: Word & Image, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Stoors, CT 2013 New Blue and White, curated by Emily Zilber, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2012 Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA 2011 Two Person Show, Freeze Art Fair, London, England The Bravery of Being out of Range, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Third Eye / I: Iranian Contemporary Art, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China 2010 Tarjama/Translation, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX 2009 Iran Inside Out, Chelsea Museum of Art, New York, NY Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam, curated by Ladan Akbarnia, Brooklyn Museum, NY Tarjama/Translation, curated by Leeza Ahmady and Iftikhar Dadi, Queens Museum of Art, NY Art Projects International 434 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 tel: (212) 343-2599 artprojects.com Selseleh/Zelzeleh: Movers & Shakers in Contemporary Iranian Art, LTMH, New York, NY Unknown Territory - New Work: Il Lee × Pouran Jinchi × Filipe Rocha da Silva, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2008 East West Dialogues, Mysticism, Satire and the Legendary Past, curated by Dr. Layla Diba, LTMH, New York, NY Artparis, The Third Line, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2007 Contemporary Calligraphics: Three Artists Image the Word, Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY Gulf Art Fair, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE Cultural Village, Flashback/Forward, Dubai Properties, Dubai, UAE 2002 Routes of Influence: International Artists from Asia, Art Projects International, New York, NY Poetry of the Winds, 2002 Flag Art Festival, 2002 FIFA World Cup, Seoul/Japan 2000 The Rose and the Nightingale, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY 1999 Visions of the Millennium, Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT United Nations Millennium Day, Benefit Exhibition, The United Nations, New York, NY The Cambodia Trust, Benefit Exhibition, The New York Academy of Science, New York, NY The Learning Project, Benefit Exhibition, The Craft Museum, New York, NY 1998 Artists for Gardens, Benefit Exhibition, The Puck Building, New York, NY 1997 Two Person Show, Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY Two Person Show, Gallerie Ott, Dusseldorf, Germany 1996 Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, curated by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY McQuaid, Cate. “‘New Blue-and-White’ at the MFA.” The Boston Globe, March 7, 2013. Review. Ha, Jiye. “MFA Exhibit Forges Connections to Past through Porcelain.” The Harvard Crimson (Cambridge), February 26, 2013. Review. Siegal, Nina. “Persian Calligraphy Opens a Door to Modern Art,” The New York Times, October 17, 2012. Harding, Allison, and Mami Kataoka. Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2012. Akbarnia, Ladan. “Pouran Jinchi. Prayer Stone 5, 2009.” Collecting for the Future: A Decade of Acquisition Highlights. Reproductions. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 2012. Adam, Georgina, Melanie Gerlis, and Gareth Harris. “Looking on the Bright Side.” The Art Newspaper (London), October 13, 2011. Koh, Daveen. “A Divine Diversion.” The Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca, NY), September 28, 2011. Ekhtiar, Maryam. “Transcending Forms: The Calligraphic Paintings of Pouran Jinchi.” Contemporary Practices, vol. X, 2011. Brown, Amelia. “Communicating Translation: Tarjama/Translation at the Johnson Museum.” The Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca, NY), August 31, 2010. Akbarnia, Ladan, with Francesca Leoni. Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. Foreword by Peter C. Marzio. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2010. Eigner, Saeb. Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World and Iran. Reproduction. Foreword by Zaha Hadid. London: Merrell Publishers, 2010. Akbarnia, Ladan. “Profile: Pouran Jinchi.” Canvas (Dubai), vol. 5, issue 5, 2009. Reproductions. Cotter, Holland. “Tarjama/Translation.” The New York Times, Art in Review, August 13, 2009. “Museums: The Actually Cool Guide, Queens Museum of Art,” Time Out New York, July 30, 2009. Cotter, Holland. “Iran Inside Out,” The New York Times, Art in Review, July 23, 2009. Farzin, Media. “Pouran Jinchi.” Tarjama/Translation: Contemporary Art from the Middle East, Central Asia, and their diasporas. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: ArteEast, 2009. Cotter, Holland. “The Many Voices of Enlightenment.” The New York Times, Art Review, June 12, 2009. “Iran Inside Out at Chelsea Art Museum.” Artnet (New York), April 30, 2009. Art Projects International 434 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 tel: (212) 343-2599 artprojects.com Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Diaspora on the Artistic Language of Contemporary Iranian Artists. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: Chelsea Art Museum, 2009. Galligan, Gregory. “Pouran Jinchi at Art Projects International.” Art Asia Pacific (New York), issue 62, March/April 2009. Review, reproduction. Attwood, Karen. “Royal Taste in Art Put on Display.” The National (UAE), November 16, 2008. Curtil, Sophie and Miloš Cvach. l’Art par 1001 mains. Reproduction. France: Éditions Milan, 2008. Baysa, Kóan Jeff. “Lost in Transliteration.” Ctrl+P Journal of Contemporary Art (Manila), issue 10, March 2008. Reproduction. “Countries: United Arab Emirates.” Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2008 (New York), vol. 3, 2008. Reproduction. “Art & Culture.” Time Out Dubai, January 17–24, 2008. Reproductions. Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. “Desert Oasis–or Mirage?” Art + Auction (New York), October 2007. Reproduction. “Under the Hammer.” CNN Traveller (London), Inside the Middle East, March 2007. Reproduction. Ekhtiar, Maryam. “Practice Makes Perfect: The Art Of Calligraphy Exercises (Siyah Mashq) In Iran.” Eastern Art Report (London), 2006. Goodman, Jonathan. “Pouran Jinchi at M. Y. Prospects.” Art in America (New York), October 2002. Review, reproduction. Goodman, Jonathan. “Pouran Jinchi.” Art Asia Pacific (New York), issue 32, 2001. Review, reproductions. Cotter, Holland. “More Abstraction.” The New York Times, Fine Arts & Leisure, January 21, 2000. Zimmer, William. “What 72 Artists Figured Out About Boxes Measuring 1 by 1 by 1.” The New York Times (Connecticut Edition), January 2, 2000. “Short List.” The New Yorker, December 27, 1999. SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Federal Reserve Bank, New York, NY Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, MO Pratt Institute, NY Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE Jameel Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE Art Projects International 434 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 tel: (212) 343-2599 artprojects.com.