2018 "In the Fields of Empty Days". LACMA
IN CHARACTER MONOGRAPH
SELECTED LECTURES
2021 CRAFT CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, Lecture and guided tour on my solo
exhibition “The Charm of the Unfamiliar”
2020 Los Angeles County Museum of Art. December. LA, CA
2020 Princeton University, November. New Jersey
2019 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, September. Cambridge. UK
2018 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, January. LA, CA
2016 HARVARD UNIVERISTY, November. Cambridge, MA
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, October. Los Angeles, CA
2016 RESIDENCY UNLIMITED, July. Brooklyn, NY
2015 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, November. Stanford, CA
2015 HARVARD UNIVERISTY, November. Cambridge, MA
2015 SCHOOL OF MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, October. Cambridge, MA
SELECTED PRESS
2021 LA WEEKLY - Meet Multimedia Artist Pouya Afshar
2020 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
2018 ARTASIAPACIFIC – IN THE FIELDS OF EMPTY DAYS
2018 GUARDIAN LIBERTY VOICE – LACMA IRANIAN ART EXHIBITS TROUBLED HISTORY
2018 LACMA PRESS - IN THE FIELDS OF EMPTY DAYS: THE INTERSECTION OF PAST AND PRESENT IN IRANIAN ART
2017 ART DAILY - ARTNET FOCUSES ON ART IN THE MIDDLE EAST: 1950S TO THE PRESENT, July 8. NY, NY
2017 HARPZERBAAAR MAGAZINE – ARTNET’S FIFTH MIDDLE EASTERN ART AUCTION, July 2. UAE
2017 GOLFTODAY NEWS – ARTNET’S CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART. Muhammad Yusuf | February 17. UAE
2017 HARPERBAZAAR MAGAZINE – ARTNET LAUNCHES MIDDLE EASTERN ART AUCTIONS. March 17. UAE
Mention and visual citation of ‘Installation for Seven Conquests of Story’ in Aaran Gallery’s booklet and catalogue.
Mention and visual citation of ‘Rostam in Wonderland’ in Aaran Gallery’s booklet and catalogue.
Mention and visual citation of ‘Installation for Seven Conquests of Story’ in the author’s research paper for ‘Shahnameh Center for Persian Studies’, Pembroke College, Cambridge University.