Born in Iran and raised in Isfahan until the age of 16, Tahmineh Javanbakht is a Los Angeles–based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of identity, memory, and cultural heritage. She is the co-founder of Artecnica, a Los Angeles–based design firm whose works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Javanbakht has also taught experimental painting at her alma mater, the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Tahmineh Javanbakht CV
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor in Arts, Art Center College of Design
COMBINED AWARDS, SEMINARS, EXHIBITS, AND EVENTS
2025 PORTRAITURE NOW: Iranian Contemporary, ADVOCARTSY, Los Angeles
2025 ZONAMACO Art Fair, Mexico City
2024 VINTAGE MODERN, ADVOCARTSY, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Aura & Penumbra, Arts District, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Palm Springs Modernism Show, Palm Springs, CA
2021 GuRu Today’s Craft and Design Art Fair, Paris, France
2019 Gulla Jonsdottir Atelier, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Barbara Bestor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 One Design Week Presentation and Workshop, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2014 Deco Home Wonderland – Best Design of the Year, Ambiente Show, Frankfurt
2013 Gelinkt Exhibition, Museum of Ghent, Belgium
2013 Azure Magazine Design Award
2013 Sotheby’s Exhibition Designs of Artecnica, London
2012 Parade Design Award
2011 Design Workshop on Sustainable Glass Design, Kaohsiung; IDS Design Conference Presentation, Taipei
2011 ECO-Design Finalist Award, NYIGF
2011 NPR Design & Architecture Interview, Los Angeles
2011 It’s Easy Being Green – Just Ask the Experts!, Seminar, New York
2010 Journey of the Royal Party, Event & Presentation, Propeller Showroom, San Francisco
2010 People’s Choice Award, Formex, Stockholm
2010 Design Distinction Award, Annual ID Design Review
2010 Why Design Now, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York
2010 Artecnica Presentation, IDS World Without Oil Conference, Toronto
2010 Trend Display Exhibit, Maison & Objet, Paris
2009 Presentation, Design Olympiad, Seoul, Korea
2009 Useless Life Exhibition, Singapore
2009 Dwell on Design Conference Presentation, Los Angeles
2009 Aid to Artisan Innovation in Craft and Visionary Design Award, New York
2009 Decooh Fair, Feature Exhibit & Guest Speaker, Brussels
2009 Design with Conscience Presentation, Gwangju Art Biennale, Korea
2009 Fragile Exhibition, Kuwait
2008 Artecnica Showroom Opening Exhibition, Los Angeles
2008 TBWA/MAL Recycled Apple Billboard Design Program, Invited Project
2008 Fragile Exhibition, Kortrijk, Belgium
2008 Design Tide Exhibition, Tokyo
2008 Sustainability Seminar, Metropolis Magazine, New York
2008 Triennale Exhibition, Milan
2008 Design Olympiad Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2007 The Wrong Store, Tobias Wong
2007 IDS Show Entrance Hall Feature Exhibit, Toronto
2007 Fragile Exhibition, Design Miami
2007 Trash Deluxe Exhibition, Design Week Festival, London
2007 Utter Rubbish Exhibition, Design Festival, Singapore
2007 Design with Conscience Exhibition, Vivid Galleries, Rotterdam
2007 Exhibition, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York
2007 Chandelerious Exhibition, Shelburne Museum, Vermont
2006 Accent on Design – Best Design Award, New York
2006 ICFF Editors Award – Best Accessory Collection, New York
2005 Glamour Exhibition, MOCA, San Francisco
2005 The End Exhibition, Moss Galleries, New York
2005 Carousel Exhibition, Alexander McQueen Showroom, Milan
2005 Design Miami / Art Basel, Moss Galleries
2004 Accent on Design – Best Collection, New York
2004 Brilliant Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2004 Happily Ever After Exhibition, Moroso Showroom, Milan
2004 Wallpaper Magazine Display, Bergdorf Goodman, New York
2002 Excellence in Gypsum Board Design Award, Los Angeles
2001 Design with Conscience Collection, Conceived and Launched
2001 Eco-Friendly Design Programs, Design School of Eindhoven & Brazil
1998 Top 100 Products, Residential Lighting Magazine
1998 Top 100 Products, Merchandising Magazine
1995 Accent on Design – Best Collection, San Francisco
1994 Solo Exhibition, Nicolae Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1988 Exhibition, Otis College of Art and Design Gallery, Los Angeles
1982–1986 Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Artecnica design and projects are included in the permanent design collections of:
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles
Museum of Design Helsinki
Design Museum Copenhagen
Corning Museum of Glass
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
PUBLICATIONS
1989–Present Editorial publications in architecture, design, interiors, art, craft, business, and general readership magazines, books, newspapers, and online media worldwide, including:
The New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Magazine
The New York Times Style Magazine
Washington Post
San Francisco Chronicle
Wallpaper
Interni
Elle Décor (USA, UK, Poland, Germany, Brazil)
Elle Decoration
Interiors
Azure
Surface
InStyle
Intramuros
Daily Candy
Dwell
Wired
Metropolis
Design Boom
Not Cot
View on Color
La Vie
I.D.
Brutus
Frame
Damn
Good
Architectural Digest (USA, Russia, Mexico)
Sunset
Maison Française
O at Home
Martha Stewart
Elemente
American Craft
Vogue (Japan, UK, USA, Italy, France)
House Beautiful
Canadian House & Home
Fast Company
Interior Design
House & Garden
Bon Appétit
Cottage Living
Dom & Wnętrze
Annabelle
Edelweiss
Living
Food & Wine
Casa Vogue
California Home + Design
Town & Country
Elle Wonen
Icon
Domino
Harper’s Bazaar
Globe and Mail
Vogue Living
Inside Out
W Magazine
Metropolitan Home
Angeleno
Business Week Online
Glamour
Huffington Post
T Magazine
…and numerous international design and cultural publications.
