Education
2020 Masters of Fine Art, Yale School of Art , New Haven, CT
2016 Bachelor of Fine Art Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Solo exhibitions
2024
“Unveiling the Ground”, Tara Downs Gallery, New York, NY
Soft Waters Heard Here, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Roses in a Garden of a Ruined House, James Fuentes, Allen & Eldridge, New York, NY
2022
Does it Have a Heart, Does it Sing, Does it Sting?, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Spiraling Solitude, Maple St. Construct, Omaha, NE
Eyes Halfway Shut, Triangle Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Dirt That Binds Me, Steve Turner LA, Los Angeles, CA
Holding Onto the Echo of Decay, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Selected group exhibitions
2025
Mehmooni Part 2, Guest House x Nazarian Curcio, Los Angeles, CA
Material Systems, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2024
The Shape of Water, Visual Art Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
When the Veil Thins, Compound Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Material Matters, Nazarian / Curcio, Los Angeles, CA
Needle in the Hay, As-Is Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Women Making History, CGBF+The Ojai Institute, Ojai, CA
Felix Art Fair, Tara Downs Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Angelitos De Plata, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nouveau Bozeaux, Bozo Mag, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Tracing The Edge, Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Plant a Weed, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, NY
Memory Garden, Swivel Gallery, New York, NY
Forward From Wherever You Are, Europa, New York, NY
RAIZ, Thinkspace & Tlaloc, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
2022
Mehmooni Part 1, Guest House LA, Los Angeles, CA
Form and Gesture II, Interlock Projects, Thomaston, ME
Generations: Abstract Los Angeles: Four Generations, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
Many, Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dallas Art Fair, Ochi Projects, Dallas, TX
2021
Expanded field, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
City too hot, 702 Traction ave., Los Angeles, CA
2020
Mythopoeia In Three Acts, Ochi Projects, Ketchum, ID
MFA Group Show, Perrotin Gallery, New York, NY
#Cracks, Quarantine Gallery, Online Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Issue 2, Close Distance Press, Online Poetics Journal, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Run What You Brung, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Garden Show #3, ARVIA LA, Los Angeles, CA
The Light Within the Bulb, ED.VARIE, New York, NY
Boat Mover, Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, CA
Lectures/visiting artist
2023
Lecture and Workshop, California State University Northridge, CA
Visiting Artist & Lecturer, California State University, CA
Visiting Artist & Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Visiting Artist, Yale School of Art MFA, New Haven, CT
2022
Studio Visit, San Francisco State University MFA, San Francisco, CA
Lecturer, Art Center College of Design BFA, Pasadena, CA
Lecturer, Fresno City College BFA, Fresno, CA
2021
Visiting Artist, Pilgrim School, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies and awards
2023
The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY (forthcoming)
The Hopper Prize Shortlist
2022
Maple St. Construct, Omaha, NE
2020
The Print Shop LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Dean’s 2020 Critical Research Grant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2012-16
Donor Scholarship, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Mentions and interviews
2024
10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This February, Aryana Minai at Shulamit Nazarian, Hyperallergic
Top 3 this week, Aryana Minai at Shulamit Nazarian, KCRW
2023
Rococo Art Advisory’s Frieze Week Dinner Brought Works of Art to the Table, Surface Mag
Rococo Art Advisory Came Together For a Celebration of Los Angeles based Artists, Flaunt
What Went Down After Hours at Frieze LA, Cultured Magazine
2022
Aryana Minai at Ochi, Contemporary, Art Review LA
MUST SEE, Aryana Minai, Does it Have a Heart, Does it Sing, Does it Sting?, ARTFORUM
Aryana Minai, Spiraling Solitude Review, WhiteHotMagazine
Artist Spotlight with Aryana Minai, ArteEast
2020
An Interview with Aryana Minai, Print Club Ltd.
Aryana Minai at Steve Turner, The Dirt That Binds Me , Emergent Magazine