Course in pottery and ceramic arts at the Iranian Handicrafts Association
Extensive applied experience in tile work and wall murals
Courses and training in sculpture with two prominent Iranian sculptors
Course plus training in enamels and glazes at Maghsoud Chinaware factory, Iran

Exhibitions:

2008, Gulf Art Fair, presenting by Gallery B21, Dubai, UAE

2008, Orients Sans Frontieres, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris

2007, Magic of Persia, Dubai, UAE

2007, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, presented by Gallery B21, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2007-2008, international art exhibition, "Bette et Hommes", Parc de la Villette, Paris, France

2007, Iranian artists Group exhibition, No More Grey Gallery, London, England

2006-2007, iran.com, Museum of Modern Art, Freigburg, Germany

2006, New Territories, De Hallen, Brugge, Belgium

2005, When still a child, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2005, Amazon, Rebell Minds Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2005, 51st Venice Biennial, Iran Pavilion, Venice, Italy

2004, Gardens of Iran, Ancient Wisdom/New Visions, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2004, A selection of Iran,ian contemporary Art (3 generations), National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

2004, Contemporary Ceramic exhibition, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts, Isfahan, Iran

2003, "Iranian Contemporary Artists" at Pietro Della Valle, the Italian School of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2002, 2nd conceptual art exhibition titled "New Art", Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran

2001, The 7th International Female Artist's Art Annual, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery

2001, First Conceptual Art Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2001, Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Center, London, UK

2001, ±7 Ceramists, Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Tehran, Iran

2000, Ekbatana? , Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000, Falling Figures, Seyhoon gallery, Tehran, Iran

2000, Canadian Women's Club, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1999, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1998, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran [Winner of special exhibition prize: Cockroaches]

1996, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1994, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran

1993, Classic Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

1993, Embassy of the Netherlands, Tehran, Teharn

1992, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran

1989, Pafar gallery, Tehran, Iran

Experience:

2004, For Bam, Tehran, Iran

2003, The Speed Bag Factory International Artists Residency Programme, Johannesburg, South Africa

2003, Lucky Charms, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2003, On The Road, Tehran, Iran

2002, Forum on "Cultural Practices In The Region", Beirut , Lebenan.

2001, Festival of the Culture and Civilization of Persian Gulf Coastal Communities, Gheshm Island, Iran

2001, Khoj International Artists' Workshop, New Delhi, India

2000, Children of the Dark City, Tehran, Iran

1998, "Experiment 98" Conceptual Art & Installation, Tehran, Iran

1997, Road Kill, Tehran, Iran

Miscellaneous:

2007, Kismet installed in Fabrica, Benetton Group's Communication Research Centre, Treviso, Italy

Correspondent Editor for the British art magazine the "Contemporary"

2001, As part of a documentary film about Iran, "Women in Black" by Sean

2001, A member of the selection committee and jury for the 7th Tehran Ceramic Arts Biennial at the Museum of Contemporary Arts

2002,As one of the participant artist in the online project "Peep Radio", based in Denmark initiated by the Danish artist Rosan Bosh, http://www.peep.dk/programmer/111100/bita.rm

I believe it is for the work to speak for itself and once the work is out of my atelier, it is no longer within my control what the work stands for. I always consider myself as the dead artist with no record of works done, and it’s for the onlooker to decide what to believe. It is the response of the viewer that defines the work.

"Art is not about art, art is about life" (Louise Bourgeois).

Bita Fayyazi