ABOUT SIMIN

Simin Parvaz holds a B.A. in sociology from UC Berkeley.  She has always held an appreciation for fine art and photography.  As a teenager, she was encouraged to pursue her creativity in art class when her colored pencil drawing was selected for display at her boarding school in England.

As a full-time mom, she kept up with her drawings and explored oil painting, watercolor, watercolor pencil, pen & ink and photography. What she puts on the canvas or a paper is what she sees and wants to see and bring into her world.  For her, art brings inner peace and serenity. Her photos reflect her observations of different facets of life, people, colors, and patterns, providing an opportunity to share with others.

Simin's works have been exhibited at numerous juried shows across the DC area, receiving awards and accolades in photography and other mediums.

EXHIBITIONS

• The 26th Annual Juried Members' Show, Friends of Yellow Barn Studio, Virtual, 2020-21
  
• RAL Juried Members' Winter Art Show, Virtual, 2020
  
• Nature's Inspiration, Three Artist Exhibit, Brookside Gardens Art Exhibit, Virtual, Silver Spring, MD, 2020
  
• MAA, Juried Member's Art Show, Abstract, Virtual Exhibit, 2020
  
• Friends of The Yellow Barn Studio, Annual Drawing & Water Media Virtual Exhibit, Bethesda, MD, 2020
• Cosmos Club, Cosmotographers Biennal Juried Show, Washington DC, 2019
• RAL, Juried Member's Show, Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring, MD, 2019
• MAA Exhibition, "Paint The Town," Labor Day Show,  Kensington, MD, 2019
• Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery, Drawing Show, Glen Echo, MD, 2019
• MAA Exhibition, Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring,  MD, 2019
• RAL, Juried Member's Show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD, 2019
• Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery, Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro Student Show, Glen Echo, MD, 2019
• Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery, 24th Annual Friends of Yellow Barn Member Juried Show, Glen Echo, MD, 2018
• Glen Echo Park Partnership for Art & Culture: 48th Annual Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo, MD 2018
• Cosmos Club,  Cosmotographers Biennal Juried Show, Washington DC, 2017
• Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery, Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro Student Show, Glen Echo, MD, 2017
• Cosmos Club, Fine Art Exhibition, juried , Washington DC, 2016
• Cosmos Club, Cosmotographers Biennal Juried Show, Washington DC, 2015
• Brookside School of Botanical Art & Illustration, Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring, MD, 2014

PUBLICATIONS

All Hallows Guild of Washington National Cathedral Gardens: Centennial Coloring Book (2016)

MEMBERSHIPS

•  Rockville Art League, 2019_ present
•  Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery, 2018_ present
  
•  Montgomery Art Association, 2018_ present
• Smithsonian Associates, 2018-present
• Glen Echo Park Partnership for Art and Culture, 2017-present
• International Arts & Artists, 2017
• Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region, 2014-2016