Badri Valian, Interdisciplinary Visual and Conceptual Artist; and Painter
www.Badrivalian.com/ info@badrivalian.com / +1 650-450-1866
Biography:
Born in Iran , 1977
Living in San Francisco, California
Artist Statement:
Human’s physical and emotional interweaving with other humans, and the universe as a whole, is a story magical and mystical as no other.
Education
MFA (Master of Fine Art) and VCS (Visual and Critical Study), CCA, California College of the Art, San Francisco
Galleries & Museums:
2025, Forced Displacement Performance, WildProject, Berkeley, CA, USA
2025, Murmurations, Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
2025, Con Floptus, Winslow House Project, 816 Alice Street, Oakland, CA ( Upcoming )
2025, Saari Baat, Untold Stories of Resilience, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA ( Upcoming )
2025, Intersectionality, KnK Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025, Folding Fields’ performance event, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, CA
2025, Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, SF, CA
2025, San Francisco Art Fair, presented by Micki Meng Gallery, SF, CA
2025, Nothing New,465 Collective Art Space, Van Ness, SF, CA
2025, Beyond Boundaries, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA
2024, Edge on the Square Gallery, Public art Performance, Chinatown,SF, CA
2024, SOHO20 gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2024, Ferry Building Public Art performance, SF, USA
2024, Gallery O. Rama, 1920 Polk Street, San Francisco, USA
2024, CCC, Chinese Cultural Center, SF, CA
2024, NUMU Museum Los Gatos, CA
2024, ICA San Francisco, Institute of Contemporary Art, SF, CA
2024, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Georgia, USA
2024, Salesforce Tower Wall Display, Public Art, San Francisco, CA
2023, PLAYsPACE, San Francisco, California
2023, Shibori Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2023, Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, California
2023, Galleria Boheme, Mission District, San Francisco, California
2023, O-Rama Gallery, 1920 Polk Street, San Francisco, California
2023, YBCA ( Yerba Buena Center of the Arts ), San Francisco, California
2023, CSMA ( Community School of Music and Art ), Mountain View, California
2023, Clarion Alley Mural Project, Resilience of Poppies, San Francisco, California
2023, Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, California
2022, Clarion Alley Mural Project, The Wind in My Hair, San Francisco, California
2022, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, California
2022, Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico
2022, Restart Exhibition, Palo Alto Art Center, PA, Californioa
2021 28th Edition of Oslo World Music Festival, Oslo, Norway
2021 National Center for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk
2021 Modernisem West with Modernism Inc, San Francisco, California
2020 De Young Museum, San Francisco, California
2019 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto , California
2018 Art Venture Gallery , Menlo Park , California
2017 Pars Gala , Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
2017 Open Studio , Menlo Park , California
2016 East Lund boutique Hotel , Portland , Oregon
2014 IAWFoundation, Ritz Carlton Hotel ,Burlingame, California
2013 Seyhoon Gallery , Los Angeles
Artist Residency , Grants & Awards
USAAF, Common Ground; Jury, CA, 2026
AAWAA and The Ruby annual featured-artist in Slide Slam, San Francisco, CA, 2025
APICC, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Annual Grant ( Second Time ), San Francisco, CA, 2025
SFAC, San Francisco Art Commission, SF, CA, 2024
Ted Purves Social Practice award, San Francisco, CA, 2024
Impact Award, The Center for Art and Public Life Annual Grant, San Francisco, CA, 2024
CERF+ , Craft Emergency Relief Fund, 2024
Mozaik Philanthropy Future Art Writers Award, 2024
APICC, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center Annual Grant, San Francisco, CA, 2024
ARTogether Grant, Oakland, CA, 2022
DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, Women in the Art Recognation Award, 2022
Santa Fe Art Institute, Revolution Residency, 2022
IBERO University, Democracy Artist Residency, Puebla, Mexico, 2022
Center for Cultural Innovation Grant for Professional Development Reimbursement, 2021
ICA San Jose, Portfolio Review Recipient, 2021
Mozaik Philanthropy Award, 2021
Press:
CCA News, 2025
Los Altos Online, 2025
Los Gatan Online Mag, 2024
YBCA Artist, 2023
SFAI ( Santa Fe Art Institute ) , NM, 2022
UC Berkeley, Division of Art and humanities, 2022
Mozaik Philanthropy Award Winners, 2021
Project13exhibition, 2021
San Jose Museum of Quilt & Textile, 2020
Stanford Magazine, 2020
Los Altos Hills Magazine, 2020
Domino Online Magazine, 2018
In Menlo online Magazine, 2018
In Menlo online Magazine, 2016
Elle Decor online Magazine, 2014
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 CSUMB( California State University Monterey Bay ) , Monterey , California
2018 Art Venture Gallery , Menlo Park , California,
2013 Seyhoon Gallery , Los Angeles , California,
Publications, Bibliography and Podcast :
2024, Karimi, Pamela. Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran. Published by Leuven University Press, 2024. Featured Artist
2025, Strand Podcast Episode 87 by Kevin Kirkwood, Featured Artist