Stacy Arezou Mehrfar | CV
Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, currently lives in New York, NY. Stacy resided in Sydney, Australia from 2008-2016, where she completed an MFA (Research) at the University of New South Wales, Art & Design, and was a lecturer in photo-media at several arts colleges. Her photographs and video installations have been exhibited in the United States, Australia, Poland, Germany and Malaysia, at institutions including the International Center of Photography and ClampArt in New York, Edmund Pearce in Melbourne, the Australian Centre of Photography and the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. She has received multiple grants, awards and residencies in both Australia and the United States. These include the Australian Post Graduate Award, Arts New South Wales Grant, the National Association for the Visual Arts Grant, the Camera Club of New York Residency, the Makor Artist Residency at 92nd St Y, and distinctions from the Moran Arts Foundation, Head On Portrait Prize, Photo District News, Photobook Melbourne, and Center for Photography at Woodstock. Stacy's first photobook, Tall Poppy Syndrome, a collaborative work with Amy Stein, published by Decode Books (Seattle 2012), explores the relationship between the individual and the group in Australian contemporary society. Her first video work, The Moon Belongs to Everyone, is an artwork exhibited in multiple iterations. Most recently, Stacy completed the five channel stop motion video piece, A Collective Performance, a commission for TEDxSydney 2018. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 | A Collective Performance, TEDxSydney 2018, Sydney 2015 | The Moon Belongs to Everyone, Black Box Gallery, UNSW, Sydney 2014 | Tall Poppy Syndrome, Wallflower Gallery, Mildura 2013 | Tall Poppy Syndrome, Edmund Pearce, Melbourne 2013 | Tall Poppy Syndrome, ClampArt, New York 2009 | American Palimpsests | This Was What There Was, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, WA Australia SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 | In Search of Lost Time, International Center of Photography School, New York 2017 | 100 Days, ICP Museum Window Projection 2017 | Year in Reverse, www.hafny.org 2017 | Alternative Facts, hafny online 2016 | Transfer, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia 2016 | Belonging, Obscura Photography Festival, Penang, Malaysia 2015 | Kudos Award Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2012 | Looking At The Land, screening at The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI 2011 | Ten Years Later, International Center for Photography, New York, NY 2011 | No Direction Home, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia 2011 | Moran Prize Exhibition, State Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia 2011 | Head On Portrait Prize Exhibition, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia 2010 | Künstler und Künstlerfreunde, Gallery Merkle, Stuttgart, Germany 2010 | Things Fall Apart, Pool Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2010 | Persistence of Vision, Badcat Mobile 1, New York, NY 2009 | CLIP Award Exhibition, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, WA. Australia 2007 | A Field Guide to The North American Family, Humble Arts Foundation. New York, NY 2007 | ten X ten exhibition, Makor/Steinhardt Center. New York, NY 2007 | Selections from the CCNY Residency Program, Camera Club of New York. New York, NY 2007 | CCNY Photography Auction, Daniel Cooney Gallery, New York, NY 2006 | Iris Awards Exhibition, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, WA. Australia 2006 | Photo Works of the 21st Century, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO 2006 | Lost in Space, hpgrp gallery, New York, NY 2006 | Makor Artist Residency Exhibition, Makor/Steinhardt Center, New York, NY 2005 | Lodz Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland 2005 | Group Show, International Center of Photography, New York, NY AWARDS 2016 | Australian Photobook of the Year Award, Finalist 2015 | Kudos Award, Finalist 2013 | NSW Artist's Grant 2013 | Australian Artist's Grant 2013 | Australian Post Graduate Award, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia 2011 | Moran Prize, Finalist, Australia 2011 | Head On Portrait Prize, Finalist, Australia 2009 | Photography.Book.Now, Honorable Mention, Blurb.com 2009 | CLIP Award, Finalist, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Australia 2008 | Photography Now, Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York 2007 | Flash Forward/ Emerging Photographers, Honorable Mention, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada 2006 | Iris Award, Commendation Prize, Perth Centre For Photography, Perth, Australia 2006 | International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention 2005 | PDN Photo Annual, Personal Work Category, Photo District News CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE 2011 | No Direction Home, commissioned by the Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2014 | Photofile Magazine, Vol 95, Australian Centre for Photography 2012 | Tall Poppy Syndrome, Monograph, published by Decode Books 2013 | Tall Poppy Syndrome reviewed in PDN magazine, Issue 03 2012| Excerpt Magazine, Issue 2 2009 | Photography Quarterly 98, Center for Photography at Woodstock 2007 | Flash Forward 2007: Emerging Photographers from The US, Canada and The UK, published by The Magenta Foundation 2007 | Field Guide to the North American Family, published by Mark Batty Publishers 2005 | PDN Photo Annual, Photo District News ONLINE PUBLICATIONS Interview on Two Way Lens Interview, Flak Photo Interview, Tall Poppy Syndrome, Urbanautica Interview, Nymphoto.com Excerpt magazine, Issue 2 Interview, Amy Stein Blog Interview, Nymphoto.com Interview, Jewcy.com Profile, Flak Photo COLLECTIONS Center For Fine Art Photography Permanent Collection. Fort Collins, CO Barclays Capital Emerging Artist Collection. New York, NY Private Collections. New York, NY., Tampa, FL., Sydney, NSW ARTIST RESIDENCIES Camera Club of New York, Artist Residency. New York, NY (2006-2007) Makor/Steinhardt Center, Continuing Artist Residency. New York, NY (2006-2007) Makor/Steinhardt Center, Artist Residency. New York, NY (Winter 2005) EDUCATION UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, Australia, MFA by Research, (confirmed April 2016) International Center of Photography, New York, NY, Certificate in General Studies, Photography (2001-2002) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Bachelor of Arts, Majors: Communication Arts (Radio, Television and Film); English (1995-1999) VISITING ARTIST LECTURES Photography Studies College, Melbourne, VIC RMIT, Melbourne, VIC La Trobe University, Mildura, VIC School of Visual Arts, New York, NY University of Technology, Sydney, NSW National Arts School, Sydney, NSW Foto Freo Photo Festival, Perth, WA TEACHING Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (2018-present) Lecturer, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (2018-present) Lecturer, Fashion Institute of Technology, Precollege, New York, NY (2017-persent) Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (2013) Lecturer, National Arts School, Sydney, Australia (2012-2013) Lecturer, Makor/Steinhardt Center for 92nd St Y, New York, NY (2005-2007)