Education
2011 M.F.A., Studio Art, University of California, Irvine
2006 B.A., Studio Art, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Solo/ Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 Memory Formation, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY
2021 All the Skies Over Syria, PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 To View a Plastic Flower: Passing Obliquely from One Medium Into Another, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
2018 Passing Obliquely From One Medium Into Another, PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 Anthony Lepore | Samira Yamin, Chan Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2014 Displacements: The Craft Practices of Golnar Adili and Samira Yamin, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2013 We Will Not Fail, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
2011 Geometries, University Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
Public Commission
2022 All Is Flux, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 CUT — Six Artists on the Edge, Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Day Pages, Chan Gallery, Pomona College, CA
Errata, PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Lili Chin | William Warden | Samira Yamin, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX
Work, Ladies’ Room, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Redact, Rewrite, Reframe: Art and the News. Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2021 the body is a blade (that sharpens by cutting), Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Selections from the Rose Collection 1933-2018, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2019 Made in Asian America, Art Salon Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Mis (Missing) Information, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Names Printed in Black, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA
2017 ELEMENTAL| Marking Time, Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA
Focus Group, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paratextual, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mashrabiya: The Art of Looking Back, San Francisco State University, CA
Presence: Reflections on the Middle East, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
2016 Aftermath: Resonance of War, Loss and Displacement, SAC Arts, Santa Ana College, CA
9/11 Fifteen Years, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2015 The Promise of Something and Nothing, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Attunement, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
The Cartographer, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
I See in the Sea Nothing Except the Sea..., Camera Club of New York, NY
2013 The Violent Bear It Away: 12 Artists Respond to Violence, Biola University Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA
2012 Meticulosity, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Nothing Comes From Nothing, Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Ground Control, University Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine
2007 18th Annual Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation Conference Exhibit, University of Maryland, College Park
transform/nation, Ellipse Art Center, Washington D.C.
2006 Does Religion Kill?, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA
Residencies
2022-3 Galveston Artist Residency | Galveston, TX
2019 Penumbra Foundation | New York, NY
2017 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Alumni Residency | Captiva, FL
2015 Djerassi Resident Artist Program | Woodside, CA
2014 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | Captiva, FL
2012 Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA
Awards
2024 Harpo Foundation | Grants for Visual Artists
2023 Foundation for Contemporary Arts | Emergency Project Grant | Memory Formation
2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts | Emergency Project Grant | Refractions
2017 California Community Foundation | Visual Artist Fellowship
2016 Joan Mitchell Foundation | Painters and Sculptors Grant
Selected Bibliography
2024 Aldridge, Taylor Renee (ed.). All These Liberations: Women Artists in the Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Yale University Press
2023 Dambrot, Shana Nys. “The Journey is the Exhibition: Metro Art Builds Regional Connections.” LA Weekly
Saradet, William. “Time and Space, Part 2: The Galveston Artist Residency.” Glasstire
Vankin, Deborah. “For L.A.’s newest underground art experience, head down to the Metro Regional Connector,” Los Angeles Times
Chwiejda, Ewelina. “Beyond the Limits of Representation: A Deconstructed Narrative of the War in Syria.” Prospect Art
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “It’s International Women’s Day Every Day at This Los Angeles Gallery.” LA Weekly
Kavuri-Bauer, Santhi. “Re-enchanting Mughal Architecture: A Critique of the Secular Disenchantment of India’s Past,” How Secular is Art?, Cambridge University Press, UK
2022 Saradet, William. “Time and Space: The Galveston Artist Residency.” Glasstire
Rowlan, Garrett. “Pasadena ArtCenter Looks at How We Interact With the Media.” Colorado Boulevard
“Featured Artist: Samira Yamin.” Mistake House, Principia College
2021 Zoldan, Sharon. “Sharon Zoldan shares her Art Basel Miami Beach Finds.” Whitewall
Allen, Lila. “Miami Art and Design Week: Art, Abridged.” Architectural Digest AD Pro
the body is a blade.., exhibition catalog, Fellows of Contemporary Art
* “Silence, Wielded.” SOUND OFF: Silence + Resistance, exhibition catalog, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
2020 Unzicker, Allyson. “Alumni Profile: Samira Yamin.” CONNECT UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts
2018 Davis, Genie, "LACE Emerging Curators Program: Names Printed in Black," Art and Cake
Davis, Genie, “Mis (Missing) Information: Jody Zellen and Brian Moss Curate the Media.” Diversions LA
2017 Seikaly, Roula. "At SFSU, Looking and Truly Seeing the Middle East Through Art," KQED Arts
Curiel, Jonathan. "Windows on the World." SF Weekly
Paglia, Michael, “Presence: Reflections on the Middle East Takes You Over There,” Westword
Froyd, Susan. "Presence: Reflections on the Middle East Blends Beauty and Culture Shock at CVA," Westword
Vaccerelli, Joe. "Timliness, art collide at Metro State exhibit about the Middle East," Denver Post
2015 Harezlak, Anne. The Promise of Something and Nothing, exhibition catalog
O'Brien, Heather. i see in the sea nothing except the sea. i don't sea a shore. i don't see a dove. exhibition catalog, Camera Club of New York
2014 Zappas, Lindsay Preston. "Sacred Geometry." LA Canvas Magazine
Ahn, Abe. "Meditations in Longing." Hyperallergic
Senn, Evan. "Samira Yamin and the Craft of Consciousness." KCET Artbound
2013 Rau, Jeff. The Violent Bear it Away: 12 Artists Respond to Violence, exhibition catalog, Biola University
Sykes, Stephanie. "Samira Yamin: 'We Will Not Fail.'" Harper's Bazaar Art Arabia
Winant, Carmen. “Critic's Pick: Los Angeles,” ArtForum
Knight, Christopher. "'We Will Not Fail' Meticulously Upends Mass Media Imagery," Los Angeles Times
2012 Linton, Meg and John David O’Brien. Meticulosity, exhibition catalog, Otis College of Art and Design
Ollman, Leah. "'Meticulosity' Aims to Reconnect the Conceptual, Visual," Los Angeles Times
Brown, Betty Ann. "'Meticulosity' at Otis College of Art and Design," Art Ltd. Magazine
Grattan, Nikki and Klea McKenna. "Samira Yamin," In The Make
2011 Carson, Juli. “What Remains,” Nothing Comes From Nothing, exhibition catalog
2007 Bahrampour, Tara. "Iranian Artists Bridge Cultures,” The Washington Post
Anderson, John James. “Transform/Nation: Ellipse Arts Center,” DCist
2005 * “The Art of Resistance: Palestinian Public Art,” Clamor Magazine
* authored
Selected Public Presentations
2023 Prospect Art, “Image Alchemy,” Conversation with Elizabeth Withstandley, recorded
2022 ArtCenter College of Design, Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, Exhibiting Artist/Panelist, virtual
2021 Fellows of Contemporary Art, Exhibiting Artist/Panelist, virtual
PATRON Gallery, “All the Skies Over Syria,” Artist Talk, virtual
2020 California State University, Long Beach, “Art Encounter: Artists in Their Own Words,” Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, filmed
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Exhibiting Artist/Panelist, virtual
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Artist Talk
2019 Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY, Artist in Residence Lecture
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist Lecture
2018 Women’s Center for Creative Work, Los Angeles, CA, Conversation with Yasmine Diaz
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA, “Memory + Erasure,” Exhibiting Artist/Panelist
2017 California African American Museum, Los Angeles, “Conversations by Artists, for Artists” with Umar Rashid
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, Visiting Artist Lecture
Loyola University, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist Lecture
University of California, Irvine, Visiting Artist Lecture
“Breaking News,” Photo LA Fair, Los Angeles, CA, Panelist
2016 California State University Fullerton, Visiting Artist Lecture
The People Radio, Conversation with Gina Osterloh, podcast recording
Analog Dissident, Los Angeles, CA, Artist Talk
2014 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Visiting Artist Lecture
“Politicized Aesthetics in the Work of Contemporary Iranian Artists,” San Jose State University Iranian Studies Conference, CA, Panelist
Camera Club Of New York, Exhibiting Artist/Panelist
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Artist Talk
SWANA Collective with Sejal Patel, KPFK, radio interview
2013 Biola University, La Mirada, CA, Visiting Artist Lecture
Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA, "Pattern and Perception: Peter Shire, Samira Yamin and the Work of Miriam Wosk," Exhibiting Artist/Panelist
2012 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, Artist in Residence Lecture
2010 Radio Intifada, KPFK, Studio City, CA, interview
“Intervening on War Photography as a Means of Interrogating the Historical Document,” Middle East Studies Conference, California State University, Fresno, Panelist
2009 “Social Activism and the Post Revolution Iranian Diaspora: Engaging the Global Landscape” (Part II), California State University, East Bay Conference on Afghan and Iranian Diaspora, Hayward, Panelist
Public Collections
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
Smart Museum, University of Chicago