Mahshid Modares is an artist and art historian. She received her B.F.A. in painting from Azad University, Tehran, in 1995, and her M.A. in art history from San Jose State University, California, in 2006. Mahshid plans to continue her academic care
...MoreMahshid Modares is an artist and art historian. She received her B.F.A. in painting from Azad University, Tehran, in 1995, and her M.A. in art history from San Jose State University, California, in 2006. Mahshid plans to continue her academic career by continuing her research and publications while pursuing a Ph.D. She is concentrating her studies on the history of visual arts in Iran during the 18th-20th centuries. Her thesis was nominated for The Outstanding Thesis Award in 2006. She, also, received two scholarships and one fellowship for her papers. Mahshid has been publishing her articles; some examples are Religious Art in Iran During the 19th-early 20th centuries: Breaking the Boundaries, Published in Artefact Journal, Universite’ Laval, Quebec, 2008; Lithography in Iran During the Nineteenth Century: Art for People, published in Iran Chamber Society, U.S., 2008; Cultural Improvements in Iran During the Qajar Period and the West, published in Iran Chamber Society, U.S., 2007; European Artists in Iran During the Qajar Period, published in Golestan Honar Quarterly, Iran, 2007; The School of Obscure World: Hussein Ali Zabehi’s Paintings, published in Architecture and Urbanism Magazine, Iran, 2004.
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