Taraneh Mossadegh (b. 1985, Tehran) is an Iranian artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her MFA in painting from the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland, and her BFA in painting from the Art University of Tehran.
Mossadegh’s recent collections explore stillness and movement on canvas. Through patterns, gradations, and shades of light, she investigates how subtle shifts in light and pigmentation evoke emotional and spatial depth. Her practice is attuned to the interplay between texture, color, and light, considering binaries of the ephemeral and the permanent.
Part of Mossadegh’s practice involves collaborations with artists across various disciplines, including poets, visual artists, sound artists, and performers. These interdisciplinary engagements allow her to expand the boundaries of her work, creating a dynamic exchange between different modes of creative expression.
Her pieces are part of notable collections, including the Musée d’Arte Moderne de Paris and the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Mossadegh engages with contemporary dialogues on painting, studying the connections between sensory experience and conceptual inquiry.
Education
2019 - MFA, The LeRoy E.Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore-MD
2011 - BFA: Painting, Art University of Tehran, Tehran - Iran
Scholarships/Grants
2022- Vermont Arts Council Development Grant
2017 - LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting (MFA) Graduate Scholarship, Baltimore-MD
2016 - Vermont Studio Center Artists Grant
Residencies
2018 & 2021 - Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
2016,2018,2020,2022 - Windy Mowing, Halifax, VT
2016 - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
Public Collections
2024- Musée D’art moderne de Paris, Paris- France
2019 - Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, MD-USA
Solo exhibitions
2022 - Vermont Studio Center, Red Mill Gallery, VT-USA
2020 - Memory Of Not Yet, Windy Mowing Projects, Halifax, VT-USA
2017 - Hepta Gallery, Tehran-Iran
Group exhibitions
2024 - WITCHGRASS, Tempest Gallery, Brooklyn- NY
2023 - Water Talks, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 - O’Flaherty’s Gallery-NYC
2022- Byrdcliffe Artists-in-Residence Show, Kleinert James Center, Woodstock-NY
2021 - The 26th Guangzhou International Art Fair, Guangzhou- China
2020 - Art in Quarantine, E1 Gallery, Tehran- Iran
2020 - While You Were Out, VSC Alumni Group show, Johnson-VT
2020 - Mind Form, Temporary Room, Baltimore-MD
2019 - Alumnx Exhibition, 35th Anniversary Vermont Studio Center-VT
2019 - MFA Thesis show, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore-MD
2018 - Relief, Byrdcliffe Artists-in-Residence Show Kleinert James Center, Woodstock-NY
2018 - Mothership Gallery, Woodstock-NY
2018 - Exelon, Baltimore-MD
2018 - Hoffberger Group Fall Show, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore-MD
2017 - Hoffberger Group Show, Leidy Gallery, Baltimore-MD
2017 - Prelude: Moon Feeling, Menial Collection, Baltimore-MD
2016 - Gihon River School, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson- VT
Publications/ Collaborations
2024 - Cover of poetry book by of Nia Davis, Votive Mess, Published by Booldaxe press
2024 - Cover Book of “ Ou ne pas naitre” By Saafa Fathy, Published by Litmus Press, Brooklyn- NY
2022 - Posit Journal #30 https://positjournal.com/posit-30-may-2022/
2022 - Interview-Vermont Studio Center https://vermontstudiocenter.org/exhibitions/2022/10/25/taraneh-mosadegh-as-if-through-it-all-an-interview
2022 - Garden Magazine, London-UK https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/60773/
2018 - Theodora Magazine, London-UK
2017 - Fairy Tale Review, # May 31 & # July 12
2017 - Alba Culture in Translation, # 08 London, UK
2017 - Seriealfa Magazine # 73 London-UK
Artist Talk
2022 - The Department of Visual and Applied Arts, University Western Macedonia, Greece