Nazila Jahangir Anbardan
Education
• 2023 MFA (Research), University of Western Australia, Australia
• 2011 MFA (Coursework), Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
• 2008 BFA (Coursework), Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Awards
• 2022
Emerging Artist Winner, “Australian Women’s Art Prize”, Ravenswood Centenary Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honoured with Digital Exhibition on Yagan Square Digital Tower, Perth CBD, Western Australia
• 2019
University of Western Australia International Fee Scholarship, MFA (research)
University of Western Australia Postgraduate Award, MFA (research)
Solo exhibitions
• 2025
“Immigration”, Stala Contemporary, West Leederville WA
• 2022
“Forget-Me-Not”, The Cullity Gallery, Perth WA
“Forget-Me-Not”, Digital Exhibition on Yagan Square Digital Tower, Perth CBD, Western Australia
Two-person exhibitions
• 2015 “Boxes”, Atbin art gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2013 “In the mood for death…”, Atbin art gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2012 “Tomato, fresh your feelings!”, Atbin art gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group exhibitions
• 2024
[Finalist] "The Percival Portrait Painting Prize, 2024", Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia
• 2023
“Into the pink”, Stala Contemporary, West Leederville, Western Australia
• 2022
[Winner] “Australian Women’s Art Prize”, Ravenswood Centenary Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 2021
[Finalist] “City of Busselton Art Award “, ArtGeo Gallery, Busselton, Western Australia
[Finalist] “City of Melville Art Award “, Wireless Hill Museum, Melville, Western Australia
[Finalist] “National Capital Art Prize”, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra ACT, Australia
"City of Kalgoorlie Boulder Art Prize”, Goldfields Arts Centre, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
"City of Canning Art Awards”, Riverton Library, Canning, Western Australia
[Finalist] "City of Belmont Art Award”, The Glasshouse Gallery, Belmont, Western Australia
"Fifty Squared Art Prize", Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• 2016
“Gol”, Negar art gallery, Tehran, Iran
“1st Nafas visual art festival “, Iranian artists forum, Tehran, Iran
“Few scenes from paradise", Atbin art gallery, Tehran, Iran
Publications & Presentations
• Jahangir Anbardan, N. (2022). Women, art, and activism; a feminist analysis of the life and work of botanical female artists from the 17th to 20th century. [Master's Thesis, The University of Western Australia].
• Aikins, S. (2023, Jan 1) “Women, artists, activists: telling their own
stories” (Interview with Nazila Jahangir), Peninsula Living and North Shore
Living, 141, pp 36-38
• 2022 Presentation in Fine Arts and History of Art Postgraduate Symposium hosted by
the University of Western Australia School of Design
Professional affiliation
• 2022-Present Artsource Western Australia, Active member No.191044
Certificates
• Jun 2017 “TVPaint animation”, Inverses Digital Arts school, Tehran, Iran
• Mar 2016 “Adobe after effects CC”, Inverses Digital Arts school, Tehran, Iran
• Sep 2014 MOMA, Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art
• Dec 2014 Yale University, Roman Architecture
• Jan 2014 The University of Colorado Boulder, Comic Books and Graphic Novels
• Sep 2013 The University of Edinburgh, Introduction to Philosophy
• Aug 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Design: Creation of Artefacts in Society