HK Zamani
Upcoming
2022
Adornment ❘ Artifact, a group exhibit curated by Dr. jill moniz, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Erasure Paintings & Sculptures, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA
Protagonists & Erasures Redux, California State University Art Gallery, Stanislaus, CA
2021
HK Zamani: A 20-year Survey, Museum of Art and History, curated by Andi Campognone, Lancaster, CA
Protagonists & Erasures, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Inadvertent Protagonists, 515 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Past, Present, Future, LBCC Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2015
No Abode, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Around Black, Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2013
Remembering and Forgetting, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Eros/Thanatos, DELETE, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Performing, Groundspace, Los Angeles, CA
2011
In-between Air, Land and Sea, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Shelter from the Storm, SolwayJones, Los Angeles, CA
2007
House of Veneer, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Star Spangled Banner, Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC
2005
The Ride, Linc, San Francisco, CA
2003
Edifice/Oedipus, London Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Fabric & Armature Paintings, MillerDurazo, Los Angeles, CA
2000
New Work, Linc, San Francisco, CA
L.A. Art Court, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Red, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Stretch, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
DNA Windows, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996
Dot to Dot, Room, Catalog, New York, NY
More Dots, Gallery LASCA, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Pierce College, Catalog, Woodland Hills, CA
1994
1991
Burning for the Living, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
1990
New Works, Carl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Performances
2021
Edifice/Oedipus III Re-performed, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Protagonists & Erasures, a collaboration with Emma Jürgensen, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Harmony and Dissonance, curated by Samuel White for ICALA 1717, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA
2017
2013
2012
2010
2009
Independence in Dependence, PØST, (collaboration with Tomas Ruller), performances with simulcast, LA/Czech Republic
Fashion of the Veil, Irrational exhibit 7, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2007
Open Situation, Prague Quadrennial, Wenseslas Square, Prague, The Czech Republic
Open Situation, Performance Art Center, Lublin, Poland
Scheherazade I and II, BWA Gallery, Bidgoszcz, Poland
2006
Southern Veil, Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC
1972, (collaboration with Amitis Motevalli), a part of "Irational Exhibits," Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Edifice/Oedipus IV, Kampa Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Certain Traces (collaboration with Tomas Ruller), Karlin Space, Prague, Czech Republic
White on White, Even, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
White on White, Even, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2003
White on White, Even, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
Impasse/In the Veil III, Riva Gallery, New York, NY
Edifice/Oedipus III, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
Edifice/Oedipus, London Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Impasse/In the Veil, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Impasse/In the Veil, Art Frankfurt, Germany
1999
1997
Dotman, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria
Two Possible Positions, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996
The Climb, Municipal Art Gallery, Video, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA
1994
Standing II, TRI Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1989
East/West, Gong, (collaboration with Tomas Ruller) Prague, The Czech Republic
1988
Bed of Nails, Santa Fe Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
1981
Lawrence Knack #7, The Only Open Sometimes Art Gallery, Manhattan Bch., CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Adornment❘Artifact, a group exhibit curated by Dr. jill moniz, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Funhouse: A Celebration of Los Angeles Painting, curated by Rory Devine, rdfa, Los Angeles, CA
LA Painting (Ebner, Lee, Zamani), curated by Salomon Huerta, ArtBug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Found/Made, curated by Jody Zellen, Beyond Baroque (Online), Los Angeles, CA
2020
Spring Mix, Gallery 515, Los Angeles, CA
Enter Viewing Room, curated by Lauren Fejarang, Super Dutchess Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Made in California, curated by Wayne Shimabukuro, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, CSUSB, CA
10th Year Anniversary Exhibit, TSA Philadelphia, PA
Berlin-LA Connect, Lage Egal, Berlin, Germany
2018
Pairings, curated by Carl Berg, DENK, Los Angeles, CA
Like Ghosts, New Works by Rema Ghuloum and HK Zamani, JAUS, Los Angeles, CA
CO/LAB III, Collaboration with Lage Egal, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2016
Come In, A+D Museum, curated by Daneille Rago, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Gesture, Arena 1 Gallery, curated by Carl Berg, Santa Monica, CA
2014
Pierogi XX, Pierogi, curated by Joe Amrhein, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Paradox Maintenance Technicians, curated by Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum, CA
2010
Psychic Outlaws, Luckman Art Center, curated by Annie Buckley and John Souza, Los Angeles, CA
Difference & Repetition, (two-person show), CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Exhibit, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
2009
Water, Silpakorn University Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
On the Shoulder of Davids, curated by Ichiro Irie, Jaus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Inadvertent Rapture, curated by Michael Shaw, Flexco, Los Angeles, CA
2007
A Certain Slant of Light, curated by Meridith McNeal, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, NY, NY
2006
Materialwise (Revisited), domestic setting, curated by Carl Berg, Venice, CA
2004
COLA Exhibit, Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Coverage, curated by Shane Bradford, M+R space to fill, London, England
Dialog Prague/LA, curated by Barbara Benish, Los Angeles, CA and Prague, Czech Republic
Irrational Exhibits, Track 16 Gallery, curated by Lida Abdul & Deborah Oliver, Santa Monica, CA
Minimal Form, Galerie Dionisi, curated by Danica Derpic, Los Angeles, CA
Purple Haze, Square Blue Gallery, curated by Margaret Sherwood, Santa Ana, CA
Faculty Exhibit, American Intercontinental University, Los Angeles, CA
Continental Divide, curated by Mark Zimmermann, Planet Tyland, Brooklyn, NY
Lotusland, curated by Nancy Gregory, Connecticut College, New London CT
2003
Specificity, curated by Odili Donald Odita, Riva Gallery, New York, NY
In the Gloaming, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
-[Not (Painting)]:extending the field, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, Ise Foundation, NY, NY
Gridlock, curated by Kristina Newhouse, West L.A. College Art Gallery, CA
Sequel, curated by William Radawec, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Painting's Edge, Idyllwild Art Foundation, CA
California Dreamin', Davis-Keil Gallery, Naples, Florida
Transit: survival skills, Park Paradise Complex, Scottsdale, Arizona
2001
Big Plastic, curated by Jay Belloli, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
Ocular Spectrum, curated by Carl Berg, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
08-30-00, Gallery 138, curated by Bill Radawec, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Murals, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1999
Sig-Alert, Arizona State University Art Gallery, Online Catalog, Tempe, Arizona
Ulema, Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin, Germany
Venus, ARC, Vienna, Austria
1998
Painting Language, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Other Related Areas, University Gallery UCI, Irvine, CA
1997
New Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
118 W / 24 N, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria
CA90001-185, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996
Investigations, The Municipal Art Gallery, Catalog, Los Angeles, CA
Pyuntack City Museum, Catalog, Pyuntack City, Kyungki-do,Seoul, Korea
1995
Summer Show, Room, New York, NY
Bumpy, curated by Habib Kheradyar, POST, Los Angeles, CA
1994
House of Styles, curated by Rory Devine, TRI Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Current Abstraction, curated by Noel Corten, The Municipal Art Gallery, Catalog, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Soft Surfaces, TransAmerica Building, San Francisco, CA
1992
Emigrant Abstraction, Butler Art Gallery (Municipal Museum), Kilkenny, Ireland
1991
World News, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
1990
New Edge, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989
Dialogue: Prague/Los Angeles, Gallery Mladych, and Lidovy Dum, Prague, Czech Republic
1988
VEX, Lindhurst Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
1987
Salon des Independents, Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Reviews, Conversations and Essays
King Cap, Max, "HK Zamani at PRJCTLA" Artillery magazine, September 2021
Dr. moniz, jill, "In Conversation with HK Zamani," Catalogue, August 2020
Pazdarka, Tom, "In Dialogue with HK Zamani,"" LUM Art Zine, winter 2020
Heitzman, Lorraine, "Like Ghosts, Rema Ghuloum & HK Zamani," Art & Cake Magazine, March, 2018
Brewer, Gary, “Studio Visit with HK Zamani," Art and Cake Magazine, August 24, 2017
Sweeny, Erin, “Devine Wind: HK Zamani & Reinvention of PØST,” Art21 Magazine, Oct/Nov 2016
Buckley, Annie, "POSTscript: End of an Era for A Downtown Space," KCET.ORG Artbound, July 8, 2015
Michno, Christopher, "Remembering & Forgetting," Art LTD, Nov. 2013
McArthur, Meher, “Defying Definition: Art of HK Zamani,” KCET Artbound, March 6, 2013
Shaw, Michael, "HK Zamani at CB1 Gallery," Visual Art Source, July 2011
Frank, Peter, "Haiku Review: HK Zamani," The Huffington Post, June 24, 2011
Pagel, David, "HK Zamani: In Between Air Land and Sea at CB1 Gallery," LA Times, June 3, 2011
Abraham, Megan, "HK Zamani: In Between Air Land and Sea," Whitehot Magazine, June 2011
West, Andrew J., “Crossing Borders with Creativity,” Bangkok Post, March 2009
Nys Dambrot, Shana, “Shelter from the Storm,” Flavorpill, June, 2008
Segal, Lewis, “As if the living move among the dead,” LA Times, October 8, 2005, E6
Geer, Suvan, “C.O.L.A. Exhibit,” Artweek, June, 2004, pg 20
Myers, Holly, “COLA Exhibit,” LA Times, May 31, 2004
Goldman, Edward, “COLA Exhibit,” Art Talk-KCRW, May 11, 2004
Zimmermann, Mark, “-[not (painting)]," artUS, Inaugural Issue, Fall 2003
Schwarzman, Carol, “Specificity,” Artpapers, September-October, 2003
Church, Amanda, “Specificity,” Flash Art, No. 228, summer issue, 2003
McGovern, Thomas, “Habib Kheradyar at MillerDurazo,” Artweek, April 2003
Newhouse, Kristina, “domestic setting,” Artnet Magazine, April, 2003
Frank, Peter, "Art Picks of the Week," L.A. Weekly, February, 2003
Zimmerer, Kathy, “Habib Kheradyar at MillerDurazo,” Artscene, February, 2003
Knight, Christorpher, "Big Plastic," Los Angeles Times, Friday, November 30, 2001
Berk, Amy, “Habib Kheradyar at Linc,” Artweek, January 2001, vol. 32, issue 1, pp.16-17
Schmerler, Sara, “Habib Kheradyar at Pierogi 2000,” Art in America, December 2000, p.117
Roche, Harry, “Habib Kheradyar,” S.F. Weekly, November 2000
Baker, Kenneth, “Kheradyar’s Objectivity,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 28, 2000, D1-2
Weitzel, Antje, "Ulema: Karamustafa, Kheradyar, Neshat," Zing Magazine 12, 2000
Laster, Paul, "Brooklyn Spice:...Kheradyar's LA Artcourt," Artnet Magazine, August, 31, 2000
Pagel, David, "Abstract View," Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1998, F 26
Curtis, Kathy, "Habib Kheradyar and...," LA Times, October 12, 1998
Ianacconne, Carmine. "Habib Kheradyar," Art/Text, November-January 1997-98, pp 76-81
Kandel, Susan, "Kheradyar Reshapes" Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1997, F21
Wilson, William, "Investigations," Los Angels Times, June 4, 1996, F4
Kandel, Susan, "Connected" Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1996, F21
Greene, David, "Painting the Town," L.A. Reader, September 29, 1995, p 14
Kugelman, Kerry, "Bumpy," Art issues., November/December 1995
Kandel, Susan, "Bumps and More Bumps," Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1995, F24
Zimmerer, Kathy, "West Coast Abstraction," Artweek, September 1996, pp 14-15
Holleran, Scott, "L.A. Festval Exhibit," Glendale News-Press, Living Section, August 1993
Kapitanoff, Nancy, "A Show for Eye and Soul," LA Times, August 13, 1993, p 8
Butler, Brian, "The Acceptance of History; Building of Hope," Visions, Summer '93, pp 26-27
Scarborough, James, "L.A. Prophet and Loss," Art Press International, October 1993, p E11
Frank, Peter, "Art Picks of the Week," L.A. Weekly, June 22, 1990, p 116
Levin, Kim, "Blank Czech," The Village Voice, September 19, 1989, pp 92-3
Butler, Brian, Kheradyar's art embodies Persian and American, Collage, 1988
Kehoe, John, "Moving Pictures: Performance Art," Southbay Magazine, September 1981, pp 84-85
Selected Collections
AD & A Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art museum, University of California, Berkeley
Ernst and Young, Los Angeles, CA
Hewlett-Pacard Company, Mexico City, Mexico
LA County Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Professional Activities
1995-2020
Founder/Director, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2008-2014
Gallery Director and Adjunct Faculty, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
2014
Visiting Faculty, “Senior Studio,” University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2001-2005
Adjunct Faculty, American Intercontinental University, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Visiting Faculty, “Graduate Seminar,” University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1995-99
Adjunct Faculty, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
1994-95
Director/Curator, Cerritos College Fine Arts Gallery, Norwalk, CA
1991-92
Co-Curator, California State University at Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1988-95
Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1987
Director/Curator, Claremont Graduate University Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
Selected Honors and Awards
2009
Long Beach City College Foundation Grant, CA
2005
California Foundation Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2004
COLA Getty Trust Grant, City of Los Angeles, CA
2000
Alumni Hall of Fame Founding Member, Claremont Graduate University, CA
1997
Certificate of Honor for Contributing to the Arts, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
1990
Certificate of Honor for Contributing to the Arts &Humanities, CSUDH, Carson, CA
1986-88
California Graduate Fellowship
Lectures and Panels
2021
Visiting Artist, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
2019
Visiting Artist, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Visiting Artist, California State University, Santa Barbara, CA
Visiting Artist, Santa Barbara Community College, Santa Barbara, CA
2017
Visiting Artist, California State University, Santa Barbara, CA
2015
Juror, California Community Foundation Grant, Los Angeles, CA
Juror, Cal State University, “Bachelor of Arts Exhibit,” San Bernardino, CA
Professor for a day, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
2009
Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Noel Fellowship Juror, Milwaukee, WI
2003
Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2002
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
Visiting Artist, University of Madison, WI
Visiting Artist, Painting's Edge: Advanced Painting Workshop, Idyllwild Art Foundation, CA
Visiting Artist, Cal Poly, San Lois Obispo, CA
Visiting Artist, Cal State University, Long Beach, CA
2000
Sculpture International, Panel Discussion organized by Kay Whitney, Houston, Texas
Visiting Artist, Claremont University, Claremont, CA
Visiting Artist, Brad Spense’ Art Seminar, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Visiting Artist, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Visiting Artist, California State University, Santa Barbara, CA
1998
CAA, Panel Discussion on Installation Art organized by Kim Yasuda, Los Angeles, CA
New media, Panel Discussion, Design Week, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Visiting Artist, Art Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993
Visiting Artist, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
1988
Visiting Artist, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
Education
1988
MFA in Painting, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
1986
BA in Studio Arts, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
1979
AA in Fine Arts, El Camino College, Torrance, CA