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Iranian born Jila Nikpay
is a filmmaker and a photographer based in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. She has received numerous awards from the Minnesota
State Arts Board as well as the Jerome and McKnight foundations
for her evocative black & white images and films. Nikpay’s
work has been shown at the Walker Art Center and other venues
nationally and internationally. Central to her work is the
theme of dislocation, embracing the subject of self-knowledge
at its core.
| SELECTED RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2007 |
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"Heroines Portraits," Minnesota Historical Society |
| 2006 |
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"Passage to Oblivion," Minnesota Center for Photography,
Minnesota Projects Gallery |
| 2002 |
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"Three Portfolios: 1995-2002,"
House of Artists,
Tehran, Iran. Organized by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Art |
| 1999 |
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"Against Gravity,"
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1998 |
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"Recent Work,"
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FILM SCREENINGS |
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| Forthcoming |
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Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Art |
| 2007 |
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"Latitude," California Building Gallery, Minneapolis, Labyrinth |
| 2007 |
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"Arizona International Film Festival," Tucson, Rhythm of Tides |
| 2007 |
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"Women With Vision Film Festival," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Rhythm of Tides |
| 2006 |
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"Healing through Illness: Celebrating Art & Life" excerpt of film, Rhythm of Tides, with live performance, Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis |
| 2005 |
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"23rd Annual MPLS-St.
Paul International Film Festival," Shroud &
Torrent |
| 2005 |
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"Women With Vision Film
Festival," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Keeper of the Garden |
| 2004 |
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"Central Standard Film
Festival," organized by IFP/MSP, Minneapolis, Keeper of the Garden |
| 2004 |
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"Women With Vision Film
Festival," Walker Art Center, Shroud & Torrent |
| 2004 |
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"Sacred Texts,"
film installation, Minneapolis College of Art &
Design Gallery |
| 2001 |
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"New Photography: McKnight
Fellows 2000/2001," Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Minneapolis, MN |
| 2000 |
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"From Where We Stand,"
Katherine E. Nash Gallery |
| 1999 |
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"An Anniversary Exhibition,"
Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
| 1998 |
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"Visions of the Land,"
Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI |
| 1998 |
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"Inner Landscapes,"
PARTS Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
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| RECENT AWARDS |
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| 2007 |
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Minnesota Media Arts Program, Jerome Foundation |
| 2006 |
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Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Special Initiatives |
| 2006 & 2004 |
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Artist Initiative Grant in
film, Minnesota State Arts Board |
| 2005 & 2003 |
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Access Grants, Independent
Feature Project Minneapolis/Saint Paul |
| 2005 |
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Bush Artist Fellowships,
Finalist in film/video |
| 2005 & 2004 |
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Minnesota Media Arts Program,
Jerome Foundation |
| 2002 |
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Travel and Study Grant, Jerome
Foundation |
| 2002 |
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Artist Assistance Fellowship,
Minnesota State Arts Board |
| 2001 |
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Career Opportunity Grant,
Minnesota State Arts Board |
| 2000 |
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McKnight Photography Fellowship,
McKnight Foundation |
| 1998 |
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Artist Assistance Fellowship,
Minnesota State Arts Board |
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| PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS |
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| Heroines:Transformation in the Face of Breast Cancer, a 2006 book release,
featuring photography & poetry, with an essay by author Thomas Moore |
| Star Tribune newspaper, July 30, 2006, section E, feature article, "Artist Jila Nikpay transformed
lives with Heroines Project," by Kay Miller |
| Minnesota Public Radio, April 7, 2006, coverage of Heroines Music by Karl Gehrke |
| Radio mnartists: April 6, 2006, interview with Jila Nikpay by Marya Morstad |
| Minnesota Public Radio, April 5, 2006, interview on Heroines Project by Cathy Wurzer |
| Minnesota Women's Press, Vol., 21, NO. 26, March 2006, "An emotional Landscape: Artist's book
portrays women who have survived breast cancer," by Alison Bergblom Johnson |
| Minnesota Monthly magazine, March 2006, Art section, feature article on Heroines Project |
| NY Arts, Vol.9, no. 7/8, July/August 2004, review of "Sacred Texts" exhibition, pp14-15 |
| "Sacred Texts," Minneapolis College of Art & Design Exhibition Catalog, 2004 |
| Edge newspaper, April 2004, interview |
| Minnesota Monthly magazine, art section,
August 2003 |
| AKS magazine, No. 182, May 2002, interview |
| Iran Newspaper, No. 2105, April 23, 2002,
ISSN 1027-1449 |
| Minneapolis Star and Tribune newspaper,
September 6, 2001 |
| "New Photography: McKnight Fellows
2000/2001," Katherine Nash Gallery Exhibition Catalog,
2001 |
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| TEACHING |
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| 2006-present |
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Instructor, Minnesota center for Photography |
| 2006-present |
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Instructor, IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts |
| 2003-2005 |
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, University of Minnesota |
| 2003-2004 |
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Instructor, Complete Scholar Program, University of Minnesota |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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| Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran,
Iran |
| Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN |
| Lindquist & Vennum Law firm, Minneapolis,
MN |
| Stoughton State Bank, Wisconsin |
| Mid America Bank, Mankato, MN |
| Numerous private collections in Twin
Cities, Chicago & New York |
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