SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Certificate in Residential Décor, Algonquin College, Ottawa (2009)
• Nine years teaching in private and public art galleries
• Five years’ experience as a painting instructor in visual art galleries
• Colour training for mentally-challenged children
• Research on colour recognition for mentally challenged children
• Research, writing, and presenting on psychological and social effects on children of arts and painting
WORK EXPERIENCE
Ariush Gallery Tehran, Iran 2003 - 2005
Teacher, Facilitator
Art instructor
Nima Petgar Art Gallery Tehran, Iran Winter -2001
Teacher, Facilitator
Art instructor
Firouzmand Gallery Shiraz, Iran 1991-1993
EXHIBITIONS
Online Current
• www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/d/dastoornejad/site
• artengine.ca/shabnam
Oil, watercolour, and pastel works.
La petit Gallery Ottawa, Here for There Winter2010
Cube Gallery Ottawa Art for Haiti Winter2010
Saw Gallery Ottawa, Fall 2009, 2oo8 and Winter 2007
Group exhibition
University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON Winter 2009
Art of Iran Exhibition
Atomic Rooster Ottawa, ON Fall 2009
Group exhibition
Cube Gallery Ottawa, ON Winter 2007
Group exhibition
Personal Gallery Tehran, Iran Winter 2002
Watercolour collection
Barg Gallery Tehran, Iran Winter 2002
Binal Designers of Iran
Descriptions.
Personal Gallery Tehran, Iran Winter 2001, Spring 1999 Individual drawing performance
Asar Gallery Tehran, Iran Summer 2000
Oil paintings
Vessel Gallery Shiraz, Iran Fall 1998
Multimedia
EDUCATION
Algonquin College Ottawa, ON 2006 – 2010
Certificate, Residential Décor
BHIE University Tehran, Iran 2001 – 2003
MA, Educational Psychology
Thesis: Research in Comparative Sensational Scale between Painting Artists, High School Graduates, and University Graduates in Psychology
BHIE University Tehran, Iran 1995 – 1996
BA, Psychology
Thesis: Psychological Observations of Painting in Children between Ages Five and Seven
Research and Publications
University Tehran, Iran 2004
Research Assistant
Artistic contributions to study of psychological and social effects of arts and painting on disabled children
Proficiency and Art 2003
Contributions, of written and artistic content, to Iranian art journal
AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Winner, 2nd prize, Iranian national high school art competition, 1990
Member of Art Engine (
http:/artengine.ca)
Member of Absolute Art (www. http./absoluteart.com)
Member of Ottawa Art Gallery
