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Yari Ostovany

1962
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

40 Works exhibited on Kooness

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New York City

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Works by Yari Ostovany

Ship of Theseus 4

2022

Paintings , Oil

91 x 61cm

2748,00 €

The Ship of Theseus 5

2023

Paintings , Oil

75 x 55cm

2629,00 €

The Bodhi Tree 5

2021

Paintings , Oil

61 x 46cm

2390,00 €

Peregrine 39

2023

Paintings , Oil

51 x 41cm

1613,00 €

Testament 7

2023

Paintings , Oil

25 x 20cm

1195,00 €

Transitory Poem 5

2022

Paintings , Oil

25 x 20cm

1195,00 €

Sonnet

2023

Drawings , Oil

31.3 x 23.7cm

1195,00 €

Wanderer's Hymn 11

2023

Drawings , Oil , Acrylic , Mixed Media

31.3 x 23.7cm

1195,00 €

Transitory Poem 6

2023

Drawings , Oil , Acrylic , Mixed Media

23.7 x 31.3cm

1195,00 €

Yari Ostovany is an Iranian-born American abstract artist. He creates richly textured, layered color field paintings that explore processes of metamorphosis. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Reno. He is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Education Yari Ostovany began his creative studies at age 14, he was first drawn to modern Persian poetry and then the visual arts. He earned his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1995, his BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and his BA in Art from the University of Nevada, Reno. He has received numerous awards and grants, including the Sierra Arts Endowment Grant, and has taught at the University of Nevada, Reno. Technique The paintings Ostovany creates unfold over time, evolving as layers of pigment are added, washed out, covered over, scraped away, dissolved and then more layers added. With each new phase in the process the composition becomes deeper and more luminous. A new painting often begins as a series of calligraphic gestural marks, what Ostovany calls a gesturaloutburst, inspired by a cognitive/emotional spark. Ostovany then rubs and dilutes the marks, allowing them to meld together with previous marks and layers, coaxing new dimensions of color and texture. The transient nature of the layers becomes embedded into the visual language of the work, evoking a sense of movement and transcendence. Inspiration Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. He is attracted to the alchemistical transformation of formal elements like light, color, texture and space into compositions that are more than the sum of their disparate parts. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions. He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting. Exhibitions Yari Ostovany has exhibited his work in numerous solo exhibitions in the US, the UK, Canada, Iran, Tajikistan, Italy and Germany. His paintings have also been exhibited internationally in multiple two-person and group shows. Collections Work by Ostovany are included in many private collections around the world, as well as the collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the Pasargad Bank Museum in Tehran, and the Collection of the Art Department of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Solo Exhibitions 2018 Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Living Room Gallery (Saint Peter's Church), New York, NY Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA 2017 Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA 2016 Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA B&B&Co Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Mill Valley Arts Commission, Mill Valley, CA 2015 Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2014 Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC , Reno, NV The Shed Contemporary, Dana Point, CA LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA 2012 Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA 2010 Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2009 San Jose City College Art Gallery, San Jose, CA 2007 Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV 2003 Art Corner Gallery, Cologne, Germany 2002 Bochum Kulturrat (City of Bochum Cultural Center), Germany 1998 Hourian Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Other Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 1994 Footwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1989 Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV 1988 Manville Gallery, Reno, NV Two Person Exhibitions 2018 Gallery at North Berkeley Investment Partners, Berkeley, CA 2016 Madrigal Family Winery Gallery, Sausalito, CA 2015 MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2013 Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See, Germany Group Exhibitions 2018 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2017 Kamil Art Gallery, Monaco-Ville, Monaco (Organized by Magic of Persia) Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA Vida Hotel, Dubai, UAE Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA Museum Parc, San Francisco, CA Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2016 Galerie Art Eterne, New Delhi, India Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri Hud Gallery, Ventura, CA Seyhoun Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2015  LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA Maryland Federation of Art - Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, New York Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran Berkel ey Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2014  The Invisible Line Gallery, London, UK Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada Shirin Gallery NY, New York, NY The SHED Contemporary, Dana Point, CA Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA ABRA Gallery, Westlake Village, CA Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA  2013  Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA Thomas & Paul Gallery, London , UK 2012  Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA Estense Castle Museum, Ferrara, Italy 2011 ArtPeople Gallery, San Francisco, CA Arts West Gallery, Elon, North Carolina 2010 Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada 2009 California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona 2008  Galleria Lallihome, Varenna, Italy 2007 la Giornata del Contemporaneo , Camaver Kunsthaus, Lecco, Italy Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV 2006  Sheppard Contemporary, Reno, NV 2003 HotHouse Center for Performance & Exhibition, Chicago, IL 2002 Mojaveri Gallery, Cologne, Germany 2001 Kunsthof Merten, Merten, Germany 2000 K ö ln Galerie, Cologne, Germany Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran 1999 Ovissi Gallery, Emeryville, CA Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC 1997 Evolving Perceptions, National Press Club, Washington, DC San Jose City College, San Jose, CA Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 1996 Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA 1994  Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1993 Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1992 San Francisco Art Institute Spring Exhibition, CA 1991 Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA 1990 E. L. Wiegand Museum of Art, Reno, NV 1989 Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV 1988 Ackerman Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Nevada State Council on the Arts, Reno, NV 1987  Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV 1986  Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2007 Sierra Arts Endowment Grant 1993 Annual San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition 1989, 1988 Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship 1988 Home Federal Bank Art Competition, Reno, Nevada 1988 Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant, Reno, Nevada 1988, 1987, 1986 Annual University of Nevada - Reno Student Art Exhibition