NUVEEN BARWARI
Albany, NY
EDUCATION
The University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN
2022 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, May 2022
Awards: Herman E. Spivey Humanities Graduate Fellowship, Terry Burnette Memorial Scholarship, Orin B. and Emma G. Graff Graduate Travel Award
Tennessee State University | Nashville, TN
Bachelor of Science, Studio Art, May 2019
RESIDENCIES
Skidmore College Work + Space Residency | Saratoga Springs, NY October 2023
Arrowmont Pentaculum |Knoxville, TN, May 2022
MNPS Artist in Residency Program | Nashville, TN November 2021- January 2022
McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency | Nashville, TN, May-July, 2021
Coop Gallery | Nashville, TN, July-August 2020
McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency | Nashville, TN, May 2018- July, 2019
VISITING LECTURER AND ARTIST TALKS
Anderson Ranch, July 2024
Print Center New York, May 4, 2024
KURDISH GENDER STUDIES NETWORK, March 10, 2022
University of Maryland, 2021
Alfred University, September 4, 2020
City College of New York, Colin Powell School Lessons in Leadership Series, November 14, 2019
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Kiddie Pool Art, Albany, NY | September 2024
Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga, NY | October 2023
“Artist in Residence”
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN | 2022
“GULISTAN”
Student Union Gallery, Knoxville, TN | 2022
“Between land and dreams”
Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN | 2021
“Gul Barin, the state of being showered with flowers”
Le Swamp Gallery, Knoxville, TN | 2021
“Evina me be Sinore- our love is without borders”
Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN | 2020
“Carpet bombing”
The Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN | 2020
“No fly zone”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Kenosha, WI | October 31st- November 22, 2024
“fibercate”
All Street Gallery, New York, NY| October 30- November 17, 2024
Aicon Gallery, New York, NY | August 2024
“With every fiber”
Iterarte, London, United Kingdom | June 2024
“Wandering Echo”
The Next Contemporary, Toronto, Canada | February 17- April 13, 2024
“As I Find My Place”
Kunstlinie, Amsterdam, Netherlands | December 2023- February 2024
“The fire in Their Eyes”
Hiram Van Gordan Gallery, Nashville, TN | January 8- February 15, 2024
“Abstracted Tongues”
Oz Arts, Nashville, TN | February 3- April 10, 2023
“Floral Maps”
Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN | January 27- June 4 2023
“Revive: a Tennessee Triennial Exhibition”
Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FL | January 20- March 12, 2023
“SouthXeast: contemporary Art Triennial”
Hiram Van Gordan Gallery, Nashville, TN | January 9- February 9, 2023
“Image: Faculty Show Triennial”
Belmont University, Nashville, TN | December- January 2023
““Do you see it? Well, it doesn’t see you.”
The Next Contemporary, Toronto, Canada | October 2022
“Art Toronto Canada’s Art fair”
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY | October 22- December 11, 2022
“Home Meaning”
Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN | December- January 2022
“Beholding Me: Video Artworks from Middle Eastern Diaspora”
Media Gallery, Erbil, Kurdistan | June-July 2022
“Frameless”, traveling exhibition
East Gallery of the Parthenon, Nashville, TN | 2022
“East Gallery of the Parthenon”
Esta Gallery, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan | January 2022
“Frameless”, traveling exhibition
Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN | Nov 5- Dec 31, 2021
“To Get to the Other Side: Death and Time-Travel”
Duhok Gallery, Duhok, Kurdistan | September- December 2021
“Frameless”, traveling exhibition
Ngbk Gallery, Berlin, Germany | June 26- August 15, 2021
“Be Welat”
21c Museum Hotel, Nashville, TN | February 2- July 1, 2021
“Long Distance”
Oz Arts, Nashville, TN | September- December 21, 2020
“Long Distance”
Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN | October 3 - November 28, 2020
“SHIFT YOUR PARADIGM”
Hiram Van Gordan Gallery, Nashville, TN | August 1, 2020
“What Matters”
Cheek wood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, TN | July 18- September 26,2020
“at home”
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL | February 2020
“Orange 8”
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | October 1-November 15, 2019
“What Matters”
Sugar Gallery, Fayetteville, AR | 2019
“Seeing Through”
The Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN | October 2019
“Take Refuge”
Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN | August- September 2019
“Third Culture Kids”
Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN | August 10, 2019- January 5, 2020
“Murals of North Nashville Now”
Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN | 2019
“Bevy 2019”
Hiram Van Gordon Gallery, Nashville, TN | 2019
“Nashville Visionaries, Concept and Curation by Carl Pope”
PUBLICATIONS AND LINKS
2024-
Drawing South Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/41e0m1f6mHADjH0BXNRgRe?si=d0f766f0ec57499d
2023-
Correspondence Archive: https://www.correspondencearchive.com/post/705667079472381952/26-nuveen-barwari-marlos-evan
2022-
The Journal of Intersectionality: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48732397
New American Paintings: https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/artists/nuveen-barwari
WPLN: https://wpln.org/post/episodes/textile-arts/
Botan Times: https://botantimes.com/nuveen-barwari/
2021-
Caravel Magazine: https://caravelmagazine.com/2021/11/gul-barin-the-state-of-being-showered-with-flowers/
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/visualart/gul-barn-is-on-view-through-nov-28/article_a85d3d9e-4d4c-11ec-9022-e75c3cd2edf2.html
Nashville Scene:https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/coverstory/fall-guide-2021-artumnal/article_7a79784c-0a9f-11ec-a210-8f088392f2f5.html
Number Magazine: http://www.numberinc.org/under-the-rug-an-interview-with-nuveen-barwari-and-lily-saywitz/
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/the-people-issue-2021-artist-nuveen-barwari/article_c2aeb43c-3bbb-5b3c-8aee-c184e018314d.html
2020-
Coop Gallery: http://www.coopgallery.org/nuveen-barwari-coops-first-artist-in-residence/
Nashville Scene: https://local.nashvillescene.com/publication/best-of-nashville/2020/arts-music-and-culture/best-art-installation
Outer Voice: https://www.outervoice.net/home/nuveenbarwari
Voyage ATL: http://voyageatl.com/interview/meet-nuveen-barwari-fufu-creations-nashville-tn/
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/article/21141521/crawlish
Gazete Duvar: https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/kultur-sanat/2020/07/12/cagdas-sanatin-otantik-formu-nuveen-barwari/
2019-
21c Museum blog: https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/blog/2020/artist-check-in/
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/article/21093565/four-women-artists-reflect-on-peoples-and-places-at-coop
Burnaway: https://burnaway.org/third-culture-kids/
Nashville Scene: https://local.nashvillescene.com/event/lola-gallery/fight-or-flight-investigating-the-spectacle-of-violence
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/visual-art/article/21081217/alternative-gallery-spaces-are-nashvilles-oldest-new-trend
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/cover-story/article/21082118/a-new-exhibition-at-the-frist-shows-that-north-nashville-contains-multitudes
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/visual-art/article/21067614/nuveen-barwaris-the-blue-room-documents-and-celebrates-kurdish-culture
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/books/article/21079578/book-club-visual-artists-on-what-you-should-be-reading
YAHOO NACHRICHTEN DEUTSCHLAND: https://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/nuveen-barwari-kunst-und-aktivismus-zwischen-nashville-und-kurdistan-060707147.html?fbclid=IwAR0bQXydMHh3cxYN2zKZ8yg3ywvfJoQp0cVMxJisHjy96g8MzVgOihZDWlE
Nashville Scene: https://local.nashvillescene.com/event/tennessee-state-universitys-elliott-hall/the-blue-room
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashville-cream/article/21040370/thelma-and-the-sleaze-and-more-set-for-jessi-zazu-inc-benefit-updated
ArtFightPodcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RqdB6M7jX4wy8nI6PmDo9?context=spotify%3Ashow%3A7zZF0rLxWm7p1dTjtG9Ov0&si=yczNa6pnTBGa5smQWH3JOA
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/visualart/article/21046839/carl-pope-brings-his-message-of-personal-and-authentic-art-to-nashville·
Kurdish Voice of America : https://www.dengiamerika.com/a/4681601.html?fbclid=IwAR1nVwXOJkyP1rjm355sFFNTnuNhJpOP558QWuGhCDaqYi-tLrNGH-IOgZE
NPT ART BREAKS: https://blogs.wnpt.org/arts/centennial-art-center-get-cultured/
WXNAFM Radio Interview: http://www.wxnafm.org/shows/#/broadcasts/8836
Nashville Scene: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/visual-art/article/21017543/locals-mount-art-fundraiser-to-benefit-tirrc
Rudaw: http://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/31072018?keyword=kurdistan%20fashion%20week
NPT ART BREAKS : http://blogs.wnpt.org/arts/tennessee-state-university-we-wear-the-mask/
Lynx Magazine- the leading arts and entertainment magazine in Kurdistan and Iraq direct link: https://www.lynxmagazine.net/home/feature-fufu-creations