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
2013 Azure Magazine Design Award
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
Tahmineh’s design and projects are included in the permanent design collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles
