Ali Kaeini

Born in Tehran, Iran - Lives and Works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2023 MFA Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2019 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2014 MA Painting, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran

Solo and Two Person Shows

2024 DDDD Gallery, New York, NY

2023 Earth blossom, (with Eleanor Mahin Thorp), 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

2018 Unfinished Miracle, Delgosha Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Shows

2025 PAIRIDAĒZA (Curated by Celeste del Valle), Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

2024 NADA Miami Art Fair, DDDD Gallery, Miami, FL

New Now, Hamiltonian Artist, Washington DC

2023 Sadza Series: 2, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

2022 Made in VA, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art; Virginia Beach, VA

Trawick Contemporary Art Award Finalists Exhibition; Gallery B, Bethesda, MD

2019 Wholly Coast, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Insomnia (Curated by Pooya Aryanpour), Asar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2014 Close Vision: Body (Curated by Ali Nassir, Bavand Behpoor), Galerie Gondwana, Berlin, Germany

Curatorial

2025 Sticky Gum Flat, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC

Selected Residencies and Awards

2025 Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY (Upcoming)

2024 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH

VMFA Professional Fellowship award in Painting, Richmond, VA

Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, New York, NY

NARS Foundation (Residency Fellow), New York, NY

2023 Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship, Washington, DC

VCCA, 50th Anniversary Fellowships for Artists of Color, Amherst, VA

Summer Research Grant, VCU Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Research Grant, VCU Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2022 Trawick Contemporary Art Award Finalists, Bethesda, MD

Teaching Experience

2023-2024 Adjunct Instructor, Painting and Printmaking Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Adjunct Instructor, Art Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2023-2024 Adjunct Instructor, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

2021-2023 Teaching Assistant, Painting and Printmaking Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA