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
2019 | A Collective Performance, Art & Activism, SVA Theatre, New York (Forthcoming)
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
2019 | Aint Bad Magazine, Issue 14
2016 | Der Grief, Issue 9
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
Artist Feature on Der Grief
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
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Camera Club of New York, Artist Residency. New York, NY
Makor/Steinhardt Center, Continuing Artist Residency. New York, NY
Makor/Steinhardt Center, Artist Residency. New York, NY
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)