
Full Biography
Statement
Mitra Ghaffari, MFA, was born in 1959 in Tehran, Iran. "My earliest
memories are of colors taking shape bathed in brilliant white light.
Love of light, lines, music & movement have been with me since
childhood." In 1976 she moved to the USA and completed the Master of
Fine Arts (MFA) degree from the Academy of Arts College in San
Francisco. She has studied, collaborated & exhibited with three
accomplished international artists: Elsa Marley, Jiang Jin and Mark
Prior. Mitra co-founded MiMa Gallery and Fine Art Publishers in 2005 with
Mark Prior. She now resides and works from their studio on Denman
Island, British Columbia.
Mitra's mediums of choice are Chinese
rice paper, ink & brush with vegetable & mineral colors, and
digital photography. Fields of color, light and calligraphic lines of
nature are her subjects. She has traveled extensively and exhibited
internationally. Her artworks are represented in the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery and in the permanent collection of
Tokyo Asian Contemporary Fine Art.
Exhibitions: SFMOMA Artists
Gallery, CA; MIMA Fine Art Gallery, Denman Island; The Gallery at
Mattick's Farm, Victoria; Pyramid Gallery, York, UK; West Hitachi
Viewseum, Santa Clara; Canon of the Famous Works of Chinese
Calligraphy, China; University of Berkeley Gallery, CA; 35th Exhibiton
of Asian Contemporary Fine Art, Tokyo; Cambridge University On The Web,
UK; North Western Polytechnic University, CA; Quantom Corporation,
Santa Clara; 29th International Exhibition of Modern Ink Painting,
China; Shanghai University, China; United Nations Association, Silicon
Valley; 3M Corporation, Santa Clara; Academy of Art College, SF.
Awards
& Articles: Winner of International Huji Prize, Japan; Select Art,
29th International Exhibition of Modern Ink Painting, China; Featured
Artist, 150th Ink Magazine, Japan; Cambridge University on the web, UK;
Shanghai Star Magazine; Nichii Bei Times, USA; Hokubi Shimbum, USA;
Academy of Art College, USA; Art Journal, USA; Comox Valley Echo, BC.
Photography & Digital Art:
Original PrintsAll prints in these Categories are ‘original prints’. Giclée is the only way in which the image is created and available.
Also by Mitra Ghaffari:
Originals
Elements, Vol.1
Elements, Vol.2
Essential Line
Sand Scripts, Vol.1
Sand Scripts, Vol.2
India
Box Sets