Born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran

Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Education

2006 MFA in Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

2004 BFA in Visual Arts, Oregon State University, OR

BA in Political Science, Oregon State University, OR

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 ASS•AS•SIN: hashish anyone?, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York

Tala Madani, Pilar Corrias, London, UK

2007 Smoke and Mirrors, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Size Matters: XS- Recent Small Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY

2005 Green Gallery, Graduate Show, Yale University

2003 Fairbanks Gallery, Senior Exhibition, Oregon State University

Studio 580, Group Show, Bend, OR

Awards

2007 Kees Verwey Fellowship

2005 Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Yale University

2003 Oregon State University President’s Award for Excellence in Art

Residences and Fellowships

2007 Residency at The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

2006 Visual Arts Fellowships at The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Bibliography

2008 “Arts+Selects: Multimedia – Secret Society.” New York Sun, vol.124, no. 21, May 14, 2008: 10.

Falconer, Morgan. "Tala Madani." Art World, issue 3, Feb/Mar 2008: 68-73.

2007 Banai, Nuit. “Tala Madani: Lombard-Freid Projects.” Modern Painters May 2007: 95.

Genocchio, Benjamin. "Beauty is Back, and Available in Small Sizes." New York Times, Arts and Entertainment Section, Oct 7, 2007: WE 11.

Maerkle, Andrew. “Tala Madani: Smoke and Mirrors.” Art Asia Pacific, Reviews, no. 54, Jul/Aug 2007: 113-114.

McClemont, Doug. “Doug McClemont On Tala Madani at Lombard Freid, New York.” http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk Apr 2007.

Morgan, Robert C. “Tala Madani: Smoke and Mirrors.” The Brooklyn Rail May 2007: 29.

Schwabsky, Barry. “First Take: Barry Schwabsky on Tala Madani.” Artforum Jan 2007: 214-215.

Smith, Roberta. "Tala Madani, Smoke and Mirrors." The New York Times 30 Mar 2007.