EDUCATION

 

Master of Fine Arts
University of Alberta | 2021 – 2023, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Master of Art in Painting
Tehran Azad University | 2011 – 2013, Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering
Zanjan University | 2006 – 2011, Zanjan, Iran

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2027 The Wave, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Canada, (Upcoming)
2025 The Home, Art Gallery of St. Albert, Alberta (December – January 2026)
2024 The Third Space, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2023 The Home | FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2019 The Boat | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Where is in the Moment? | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 what we take, what we leave, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (March – August, 2025)
2024 Midsummer Reception | Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2023 Lumen | O Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2022 Land as Muse: Contemporary Art Concepts from Edmonton / 34th Annual Members’ Show
Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton, Canada
2022 The Thin Wall | FAB Gallery, Department of Art and Design, Edmonton, Canada
2020 Rally | Soo Contemporary, Tehran, Iran
2020 Spiting Plato Re Architecture | Inja-gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Summer Collection | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Selection of New Generation Painters | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013 Mat | Amol Private Art School, Amol, Iran
2012 Mental Spaces | Maan Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Group Exhibition, Amir Khani Art Gallery, Iran

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AWARDS & HONOURS
 Edmonton Art Council Individuals Grant, 2024
 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship (Second Grant), 2024
 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship, 2022
 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship, 2021
 Harriet Snowball Winspear Graduate Scholarship, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 2021
 University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, 2021
 Selected Painter of the New Generation, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2018

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PRESS/MEDIA
- Art Gallery of St. Albert Highlights the Immigrant Experience, St. Albert Gazette, 2025
https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-arts-and-culture/art-gallery-of-st-albert-highlights-the-
immigrant-experience-11600406
- There’s Art Installation at Art Gallery St. Albert, CBC Radio Active, 2025
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active/clip/16187238-theres-art-installation-
art-gallery-st.-albert
- The Third Space, Galleries West, 2024–2025
https://www.gallerieswest.ca/events/mohammad-abbasi-%7C-the-third-space/PUBLISHED

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BOOKLETS and CATALOGS
 Shabgir, Biweekly Publication of 17 Paintings, No. 2, 2021
 Solo Painting Exhibition Booklet and Catalog, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2018
 Works of New Generation of Iranian Painters, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2017