SHIVA AHMADI Born 1975 in Tehran, Iran Lives and works in Detroit
Education
2005 2003 2000 1998	Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Master of Fine Arts Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Master of Fine Arts Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Master of Art Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Bachelor of Fine Art
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1998	Figuratively Speaking, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York Three Positions, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York Atomica, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts and Esso Gallery, New York Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, Maine Five Days, Five Shows, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI Cross Current, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI Biennial Art Competition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN Detroit Now, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI New Shoes, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI Exchange, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI Academics 2002, Paint Creek Center for Arts, Detroit, MI Y2K, MCCA Gallery, Detroit, MI Expression, Neda Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Awards and Fellowships
2004 2003 2002 2001	First Prize, NYC 6th National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY First Prize, Biennial Art Competition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN First prize, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI John & Irene Sowinski scholarship, Wayne State University, 2002/2003 Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, 2002/2003 Second Prize, 2002 Michigan Drawing Biennial Exhibition, Ford Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship, the most prestigious Fellowship at Wayne State University
Juried Exhibitions
2004 2003 2002	Ceres Gallery, NYC 6th National Juried Exhibition. New York, NY Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI 29th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition. Heuser Art Center, Peoria, Illinois Michigan Drawing Biennial Exhibition. Ford Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI All Area 2002. Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI 2002 National Drawing Exhibition. University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii
Selected Bibliography
Bolleber, Luise. “Gallery Welcomes ‘Detroit Now,’” The Oakland Post, June 11, 2003, p 1 Haddad, Natalie. “Displaced,” Real Detroit Weekly, April 21, 2004 ---- “Room for Interpretation,” Real Detroit Weekly, December, 2002, p 61 Pilgian, Ellen. “Expats on show,” Metro Times, April 28, 2004, Web Link: "http://www.metrotimes.com/" “review of Exchange at Forum Gallery” TheDetroiter.com, Web Link: "http://www.thedetroiter.com/" “review of New Shoes at Tangent Gallery” TheDetroiter.com, Web Link: "http://www.thedetroiter.com/" “review of On the Wall at Tangent Gallery” Real Detroit Weekly, June 4-10, 2003, p 24 Rutter, Ben. "It's pronounced nu-cle-ar," Atomica review. New York Arts, Sept/Oct. 2005, Vol 10, No. 9/10 Tysh, George. “Wild at Heart,” Metro Times, June 11-17, 2003, Web Link: "http://www.metrotimes.com/"