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Roya Ebtehaj

Interdisciplinary artist and educator based in the SF Bay Area, CA.

San Jose, CA, 95120

  rebtehaj@scu.edu

www.royaebtehaj.com

EDUCATION

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA — MFA

2016 - 2019

Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media

Azad Art and Architecture University, Tehran, IR — BFA

2004 - 2009

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography

EXPERIENCE

Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA — Inclusive Excellence Post-MFA Fellow, Art and Art History Department

2019 - PRESENT

Taught Basic Digital Imaging Course (Arts 74)

Taught Intermediate Digital Imaging Course (Arts 174)

Taught Introduction to 3D Animation & Modeling Course (Arts173)

Taught 3D Fabrication, Animation & Dynamics Course (COEN 165)

Performed research to create art exhibitions related to topics such as immigration, war, and internet culture

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA — Digital Media Instructor, Art Department

2017 - 2019

Taught Independently Introduction to Digital Media Course (ART 74)

Teaching Assistant for Advanced Digital Video Course (ART105)

Teaching Assistant for Advanced 3D Fabrication and Printing Course (ART 102)

National Iranian Radio and Television (IRIB), Tehran, IR Art Director and Video Editor

2010 - 2015

Worked with production managers and creative teams of filmmakers. Directed and edited video content for various TV programs.

AREAS OF TEACHING 

XR Technology

3D and 2D Art

Animation and Video

Creative Coding

Design and Prototyping

Digital Installation

AWARDS

Center for Arts and Humanities Fellowship, Santa Clara University, CA.

 

Professional Development Grant, Dean’s Office, Santa Clara University, CA.

Bertha Kalm Scholarship, San Jose State University, CA.

CSU Summer Arts Scholarship, Fresno State University, CA.

Roshan Cultural Heritage Fellowship, San Jose, CA.

PUBLICATIONS

Digital Dystopia, Leonardo ABstracts Service (LABS), CA. 

Softwar[e] Manifesto, Featured by B Sterling, Wired Magazine. (co-authored)

Solo & *Two-Person Exhibition

2022                      Luna Park, Dowd Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.

2021                      PressInt Continuous, Berkeley Art Center (Commissioned), Berkeley, CA.

2020                      *Rootlessness, Ctrl+Shift Gallery, CA. (Canceled).

                              *Genesis, Chamber Music Festival Silicon Valley, Mexican Heritage Plaza, CA.

2019                      Plastic Makes Perfect, MFA Thesis exhibition, Black Gallery, SJSU, CA.

2018                      Green Hope, Black Gallery, SJSU, CA.

                               5 Minus 1, Gallery 8, SJSU, CA.

                              *How Close is too Close, Two-Person Collaboration, Maker Faire, CA.

2017                      *Play with Sky, Two-Person Collaboration, Maker Faire, CA.

2008                      Pink Lady, Photo Exhibition, Jahan Nama Gallery, Tehran, IR.  

Selected Group Exhibition

2022                      Stories in Motion, Dane Ledet Gallery, Thibodaux, LA.

2021                     Blended part two, Usak Areology Museum, Usak, Turkey.

                             Drawn Together, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus.

                             Local Love Festival part two, Bloc15, Oakland, CA.

                             Local Love Festival, Terra Gallery, SF, CA.

                             Blended, Kyoto Shibori Museum, Kyoto, Japan.

                             Relics, Roswell Visual Art Center, Roswell, GA.

                             OverLap: Home, Immigration, and Identity,  Bayfair Center, San Leandro, CA.

                             Emotional Numbness, Platform3, Tehran, IR.

2020                    Over and Under, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

                             Reflections on Home, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA.

                             Reflections on Exile, Root Division, San Francisco, CA.

2019                    Scintilla Art Box Project, Hastings College, Hastings, NE.

                            Chamber Music Festival Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA.

                            SJSU MFA Thesis Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA.

2018                    1088 Days, Social Policy Cafe, San Jose, CA.

                            Softwar[e], Babelab Gallery, Oakland, CA.

                            3 Concerns and 23 Cracks, Black Gallery, SJSU, San Jose, CA.

                            Bruce Nauman Time Tunnel, Belcher Gallery, SJSU, San Jose, CA.

2017                    Faken’et, Gallery 8, SJSU, San Jose, CA.

                            Summer Arts Showcase, Phebe Conley Gallery, Fresno, CA.

2007                    Red Tuesdays, Painting Exhibition, Mother Gallery, Tehran, IR.

Publication/Press

2022                    ‘Big Muddy Film Festival,’ 2022 BMFF Jurors, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

http://www.bigmuddyfilmfestival.com/2022-bmff-jurors/

2021                    ‘Local Love Festival,’ Exhibition Catalog, Oakland, CA. https://locallove.io/festival/Oakland2021/ 

                             ‘Local Artists Featured in Exhibit at BayFair Mall,’ San Leandro Times Newspaper, San Leandro, CA.  

2020                    ‘Plastystopia,’ Digital America journal issue #15, VA.  

                            https://www.digitalamerica.org/plastystopia-roya-ebtehaj/

                            Interview with Joel Slayton, Life/Art/Science/Technology (L.A.S.T.) magazine issue #4, CA.

                            ‘6 Women Immigrant Artists Reflect on Belonging and Home’ by MeiMei Fox, Forbes magazine,                                                    

                             https://rb.gy/srcri7.

2019                   ‘Digital Dystopia,’ by Roya Ebtehaj. Leonardo ABstracts Service (LABS), CA.

                            https://collections.pomona.edu/labs/record/?pdb=3983

                           

                            MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog by Alexander Werdmuller, SJSU Publication, CA.

                            ‘Roya Ebtehaj: October Scintilla Art Box Project Featured Artist,’  Fizz Digital, Hastings, NE.

                            https://fizz.hastings.edu/blog/roya-ebtehaj

                            ‘Stories from the IA Community,’ Iranian Americans’ Contributions Project, CA.

                            https://ia-cp.org/users-stories

2018                   ‘Softwar[e] Manifesto’ by Bruce Sterling, Wired Magazine. (co-authored)

                            https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2018/05/the-software-manifesto/

                            ‘Time Tunnel’ Catalog, Bruce Nauman Corridor, SJSU Publication, CA.

Lecture/Visit/Talk

2022                   Empower through Mixed Reality, Discussion Panel, BEA Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

                            Big Muddy Film Festival, Juror and Artist Talk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

                            DRAM 3825 – Media Design Studio, Visiting Speaker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

2021                   Dis/ruption (On Cultural Memory, Migration, and the Iranian Diaspora), Artist Talk, Santa Clara

                            University, San Jose, CA.                             

                            Breaking Into NFTs: A Guide for Artists, Artist Talk, ARTogether, Oakland, CA.

                            The Option to, Discussion Panel and Artist Talk, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.

2020                   Fly to Tehran, Discussion Panel and Artist Talk, Santa Clara University, CA.

                            Empyre- soft-skinned space, Discussion Panel, Cornell University, NY.

                            The eleventh annual NMC Showcase, Artist Talk, Chicago, IL.

                            Stories of Mutual Distress, Artist Talk, Zanan Group in Norcal, CA.

2019                   ART74, Guest lecturer, SJSU, San Jose, CA.

                            ART198, Visiting Artist, SJSU, San Jose, CA.

2018                   Advancement to graduate candidacy, Artist Talk, MLK Library, San Jose, CA.

Grant/Award

2020 - 2021        Professional Development Grant, Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA.

                            Grant received to support academic research.

                            Center for the Arts & Humanities (CAH) Faculty Fellowship, Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA. 

                            Grant received to perform research on the oral history of the Iran-Iraq war.

2019                   Professional Development Grant, Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA.

                            Grant received to support startup academic research.

2018                   SJSU Art Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.

                            Scholarship awarded for research to create final MFA degree exhibition.

2017                   Bertha Kalm Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.

                            Scholarship awarded for excellence in academic achievements.

                            CSU Summer Arts, California State University, Fresno, CA.

                            Summer scholarship awarded for academic research and attending courses in Digital Art and Design.

2016                   Roshan Cultural Heritage Fellowship, San Jose, CA.    

                            Fellowship awarded for research on the Iranian Diaspora.