EDUCATION
MFA • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Painting & Drawing, 1996
BFA • Alzahra University , Tehran, Iran
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 • Present, Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 • “A Bridge Between You and Her”, Fine Arts Instructional Center Gallery, ECSU, CT
2020 • “I am the Woman of Shahnameh”, Towson University, Towson Asian Arts & Culture Center Gallery, MD
2020. • Women in Poetry, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Greece
2020 • “Women of Shahnameh”, Sacred Heart University Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2018 • “Women of Afarin Rahmanifar”, Three Rivers Community College Art Gallery, Norwich, CT
2017 • “Memory Between”, Women of Shahnameh, SOHO 20 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 • “Memory Between”, Women of Nobility, Art Walk Gallery, Hartford Public Libray, CT
2017 • “Four Seasons”, On Stage Screened Exhibition at S. O.Y. Piano Trio a MultiMedia Concert, Concert Hall, Fine Arts Instructional Center, ECSU, CT
2015 • “Unraveling Stories”, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2015 • “Unraveled”, Museum of Art, Juniata College, Huntington, PA
2012 • “Afarin Rahmanifar New Work”, On Stage Screening, Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
2011 • “Afarin Rahmanifar New Work”, Jackson Ville University Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2010 • “Landing”, Guplan Contemporary Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
2010 • “Afarin Rahmanifar New Work”, The Jorgensen Center for the Arts Gallery, Storrs, CT
2008 • “ Afarin Rahmanifar New Work”, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, NYC
GROUP EXHIBITION
2020 • “Painting and Drawing Faculty Exhibition”, Fine Arts Instructional Center Gallery, ECSU, CT
2018 • “ECSU Faculty Exhibition”, Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2017 • “Further On”, Group Exhibtion, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, MCC, CT
2016 • “Annual Invitational Group Exhibition”, SOHO 20 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 • “Embodied Narratives” Group Exhibition, Art Space, Willimantic, CT
2016 • “China International Life Expo”, International Convention Center, Beijing, China
2015 • “Azadi Va Edalat” (freedom and justice), Museum of Art, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA
2015 • “The My Windham Art Project”, Kerry Gallery, Willimantic, CT
2015 • “Different Stages” New Voice of Printmaker, Art Space, Willimantic, CT
2015 • “Life of Forms Through Water“, Guitanjala Gallery, Panjim-Goa, India
2014 • “Iranian Women Study Foundation Exhibit”, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2014 • “Fuse”, Faculty exhibition, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT
2014 • “No Boundarie”,Three Person Show, Bell Gallery, Eathel Walker School, Simsbury, CT
2014 • “Persepolis”, Benton Museum, Storrs, CT
2014 • “Revival Gallery”, After Rabat, Fitchburg, MA
2014 • “Beneath Raw Skin”, Art Space, Curated by Afarin Rahmanifar, Willimantic, CT
2013 • “Herstory and Memory”, L.Q.M Gallery, New London, CT
2013 • “East Meet West”, “Through the Eyes of Women”, L.Q.M Gallery, New London, CT
2012 • “Fluidity, Layering, Veiling”,Sacred Heart University, Exhibitor/Panelist, Fairfield, CT
2011 • “Chahar Ghesmat” (Four Parts), Akus Gallery, Exhibitor/Curator, Willimantic, CT
2011 • “Where Lies Beauty“, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2011 • “Middle Eastern Perspective”, Provenance Center Gallery, New London, CT
2010 • “Alumni Biennial”, Contemporary Art Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2009 • “The 9th International IWSF”, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2009 • “Mixed Blessings”, Williamsburg Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2009 • “Continuity and Change”, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
2008 • “Afarin Rahmanifar New Work”, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, NYC
PUBLISHED BOOKS
2019 Artist Book, Craig, Michelle. Gelburd, Gail. Pellegrini, David. Women of Afarin Rahmanifar. Carlsbad, CA : Modern Postcard, 2018
2016 Book Illustration, ” It Was a Beautiful Day”, Dr. Raouf Mama, Introduction, Dr. Cid, 2017
CURATORIAL
2021 • Co- Curator “A Bridge Between You and Her”, Fine Arts Instructional Center Gallery, ECSU, CT
2017 • Curator and Director of “Benevolence” Exhibition, Marillyn Brewer Community Gallery, Tirgan Biennial Cultural Festival, Toronto, Canada
2016 • Curator of “Embodied Narratives” Exhibition, Art Space, Willimantic, CT
2015 • Co- Curator of “Azadi Va Edalat” Exhibition (freedom and justice, in Persian), Museum of Art, Oglethorpe, University Atlanta, GA
2014 • Curator of “Beneath Raw Skin” Exhibition, Art Space, Willimantic, CT
2011 • Co- Curator of “Chahar Ghesmat” Exhibition (Four Parts), Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT
FILM PRODUCTION AND SCREENING
2020 • Women of Shahnameh, The Forgotten Women, Producer and Art Director, Fine Arts Instructional Center Gallery, ECSU, CT
2020 • Women of Shahnameh Virtual Reality Trailer, Producer and Art Director, Fine Arts Instructional Center Gallery, ECSU, CT
2018 • “Women of Afarin Rahmanifar”, Producer and Art Director Three Rivers Community College Art Gallery, Norwich, CT,
2017 • “Women of Shahnameh” SOHO 20 Gallery, Producer and Art Director of an 8 Minutes Animated Film Brooklyn, NY
2017 • “Unraveling Stories” ArtWalk Gallery, Hartford Library. Producer and Art Director of a 5 Minute Animated Film, Hartford, CT
2017 • “Unraveling”, Outdoor film projection, Windham Project, Willimantic, CT
2011 • “Where Lies Beauty”, Screened at Mattatuck Museum, and Yale University, Artist life Documentary Film, Produced by Mattatuck Museum, Turtle Production”, CT