Education
- Honours Bachelors of Arts Economics National University of Iran
- Honours Bachelors of Arts with Fine Arts Studio Specialization in painting and printmaking, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Extra courses and workshops at Open Studio in Toronto and Centre [3] for Artistic + Social Practice in Hamilton
Residencies
2023 Exchange Artist Residency Centre[3] Hamilton, ON with Martha Street Studio Winnipeg, MB
2022 Alchemy Artist Residency, Prince Edward County, ON
2019 Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
2018 L’AiR ARTS International Artist Residency – Paris, France
2017 Artist in Residence (AiR Program), Salt Spring Island, BC
Collections
Waterloo Region Community Fund (WRCF), Kitchener, ON
Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
University of Waterloo Print Archive, Waterloo, ON
The City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Toronto, ON
Private Collections
Solo Exhibitions
2024-25 Clover, Wilfred Laurier Library, Lift Series, Waterloo, ON, curated by Suzanne Luke
2024 Reweaving our Social Fabric, Catalyst 137, Kitchener, ON
2019 Bond, Centre [3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2019 Borderless, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2017 Experiential #1, Point Gallery, Salt Spring Island, BC, curated by Margaret Day
2016 The Space Between Your Thoughts, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, curated by Suzanne Luke
2015 Repetition & Difference, Centre[3] for Print & Media Art, Hamilton, ON
2014 Meditation: The Delight of the Visual – Colour & Shape, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON, curated by Ilse Gassinger
2012 Garden of God, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, ON, curated by Sophie McCann
2011 Fatima Garzan, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran, curated by Lili Golestan
2010 Selected Prints, Print Studio, Hamilton, ON, curated by Paula Rostrp
2008 My Way, Light Through Responsive Mind, Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, ON, curated by Sandu Sindile
2006 A Spot Beyond Imagination, The Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 The Secret Garden, Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, Kitchener, ON
Juried, Selected Group Exhibitions & Competitions
2024 Redwork: The Emperor of Atlantis, Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON, curated by Catherine Heard
2023 Redwork: The Emperor of Atlantis, Niagara Artist Centre, St. Catharine, ON, curated by Catherine Heard
2023 Mural, Gaukel project Public Art, City of Kitchener, ON
2022 Field Notes, Base 31, Prince Edward County, ON
2022 Pandemic Gardens: Resilience Through Nature, Fredericton Botanic Garden, Fredericton, New Brunswick, organized by Embassy Cultural House
2022 Pandemic Garden, Embassy Cultural House (ECH), organized by Rachel A. MacGillivray and Ron Benner, Online Exhibition
2021 The Beasting Project, Arts and Creative Industries, City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON, curated by Eric Rumble
2021 International Women’s Day, Embassy Cultural House (ECH), London, ON
2021 Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth in partnership with GardenShip and State, Embassy Cultural House (ECH), London, ON
2020 Hiding in Plain Sight Virtual Exhibition, Embassy Cultural House Gallery, London, ON, organized by Ron Benner
2020 Murmuration – Celebrating 50 Years, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2020 SITE VISIT Online L’AiR ART Residency Exhibition on ARTLAND, curated by Clare Patrick
2019 De L’Aube Au Crépuscule, Gallery Mémoire de l’Avenir, Paris, France
2019 Bonds & Sutures, WalterFedy Architects, Kitchener, ON, curated by Zana Kozomora
2018 Connect 2018, WalterFedy Architects, Kitchener, ON
2017 Dar’a: Full Circle, Artcite Gallery, Windsor, ON (upcoming), curated by Jamelie Hassan
2017 Embracing Place, Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, ON (upcoming)
2016 How iRan: Three plays for iPod, Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa, ON, curated by Ken Cameron
2016 Go With the Flow, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, ON, curated by Suzanne
Luke
2015 Connect 2015, WalterFedy Architects, Kitchener, ON
2013 IMPACT13, The MT Space, Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, ON, curated by Ken Cameron
2013 BOX 13 Art Show, Kitchener, ON, curated by Suzanne Luke
2012 Past Forward || Present TENSE, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON, curated by Michelle Salter
2011 Box 13 Art Show Kitchener, ON, curated by Suzanne Luke
2012 Past Forward || Present TENSE, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON
2011 BOX 11 Art Show, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2010 Lithograph show, Print Studio Hamilton, ON
2010 BOX 10 Art Show, Kitchener, ON, curated by Suzanne Luke
2010 The Artist Project, Toronto, ON (with Open Studio members)
2009 McMaster University, Innovation Park, Hamilton, ON, curated by Peg Kelly
2009 Fly with the Cage, Lennox Contemporary (travelling show), Toronto, ON
2009 The Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2008 Printmaking Fair, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
2008 Insomnia, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008 Material Girl, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON, curated by Linda Perez
2007 Metaphor, Meditation, and the Age of Anger, Gallery 96, Stratford, ON, curated by Michelle Salter
2007 Shirley Dilworth Jaychuk Painting Competition, Elora Centre for the Arts, ON
2007 Woodlot, The Third Biennial, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON, curated by Sally McKay
2006 Summer’s Creative Flutter, Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON, curated by Fay Athari
2006 B-Sides and Rarities, Zavit Hall, University of Guelph, ON
2006 Insight, Wellington County Museum and Archive
2005 Pin-Ups, Artery Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2005 Little Prints, John B. Aird, Toronto, ON
Awards & Grants
2020 FUTURE PROOF, Honourable Mention in any Medium Award, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, ON (Sponsored by ERA Architects)
2020 Finalist & Winnder for Stand Alone work, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON
2014 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Recipient of 24th KW Arts Awards for BOX Art Show, nominated by Scotiabank
2008 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2008 Finalist in Canada Council Art Bank’s Art Competition, Ottawa, ON
2008 Ontario Art Council’s Project Grant (spotlight)
2007 Finalist in Shirley Dilworth Jaychuk Painting Competition, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
2006 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2005 Insight, painting award, Wellington Museum, ON
2005 Printmaking Award (Admission to the Open Studio, Toronto), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2005 Pin-Ups, a juried show, winner of the show, Artery Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2005 Liz Edwards Fine Arts Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2004 Mills Fine Arts Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2004 Vern Hacking Fine Arts Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Reviews, Publications & Artist Talks
2024 Shapes of Serenity Publication, Lift Series, by Suzanne Luke
2024 Reweaving our Social Fabric, online, Waterloo Region Community Fund (WRCF)
2022 Pandemic Gardens: Resilience Through Nature, Embassy Cultural House, Exhibition catalogue
2021 Tabloid, Embassy Cultural House (ECH), contributor Fatima Garzan
2021 The Beasting live, Midtown Radio Kitchener, interviewed by Danielle Deveau
2020 Hiding in Plain Sight, Embassy Cultural House Gallery London, ON (View Exhibition Catalogue)
2019 Artist talk and Presentation at Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
2018 Art presentation and artist talk in FIAP, Paris, France
2018 My approach to printmaking, Sesame Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2017 Materiality and Process, Public Library, Salt Spring Island, BC
2015 Fatima Garzan’s Art: Review by Robert Linsley
2013 33 artists showcase at BOX 13, at Waterloo RECORD by Martin DeGroot
2013 Catalogue, BOX 13,, Kitchener, ON
2012 Robert Linsley, “Iran in the Mirror”, Past Forward | Present TENSE exhibition catalogue, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
2012 Panel discussion and talk, Hamilton Artists Inc., ON
2011 Catalogue FATIMA GARZAN, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Catalogue, BOX11 Art Show Kitchener, ON
2010 Catalogue Colliers Internationals for AGO, ON
2010 Catalogue, BOX10 Art Show
2010 Thinking Inside the Box, Imprint, Waterloo by Carla Valerio
2009 Giving back to the community, Community Foundations of Canada press release,
2009 Out of the Box, Reclaiming the Industrial Spaces, by Marshal Ward at Waterloo Chronicle
2009 Culture, Patrimoine et Loisirs, Government du Canada
2007 Spotlight: Co-produced by the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario
2007 Exhibition Catalogue, Woodlot, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
2007 The Beacon Herald (Stratford), Works by Iranian-Canadians at Gallery 96
2007 Exhibition Essay by Nadia Kurd Reflections on Metaphor, Meditation and the age of Anger
2007 Rogers Cable News: Today’s Waterloo Region, by Carlie McGhee, Kitchener, ON
2007 Exhibition Essay by Barbara Jenkins, Wilfred Laurier University: Global or Universal
2006 Ancient Persian poetry inspires Iranian native’s art by Lianne Elliot RECORD Kitchener
2005 Professor Art Green, Graduating class Exhibition Catalogue
Related Activities
2023 Board of Directors, Globe Studios, Kitchener, ON.
2022 Juror, Emerging Artist – City Enrichment Fund Hamilton, ON
2021 Juror, Emerging Artist – City Enrichment Fund Hamilton, ON
2017 Peer assessment panel, Artist at Large, Waterloo Arts Fund
2016 Juror, Centre {3} for prints and Media Art
2014 Peer assessment panel, Waterloo Arts Fund
2009-13 Organizer, assistant curator of BOX Art Show, Kitchener, ON
2011 Printmaking Assistant Waterloo Community Arts Centre (Button Factory), Waterloo, ON
2006 Printmaking Assistant, University of Waterloo, ON
2007 Art Educator, Kitchener YWCA, ON
