Yari Ostovany
Born in Iran in 1962, Yari Ostovany moved to the United States at the age of 16 and pursued his studies in Art first at the University of Nevada - Reno and then at the San Francisco Art institute where he received his MFA in 1995. He has has exhibited extensively in the United States and internationally, and is the recipient of Sierra Arts Endowment Grant, Craig Sheppard Memorial Grant and Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant. Recent solo exhibitions include The Yard: Columbus Circle in New York, Stanford Art Spaces at Stanford University, Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, Rebecca Molayem Gallery in Los Angeles and Aria Gallery in Tehran.
His work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, Connecticut), Pasargad Bank Museum (Tehran, Iran), Chateau d'Orquevaux (Champagne-Ardenne, France), Permanent Collection of the University of Nevada - Reno Art Department and is represented by Foundation Behram Bakhtiar in France, Art Represent, Emergeast, and Ideel Art in London UK.
Yari Ostovany currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2023
NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA
2022
Gallerie Valerie, Crockett,CA
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019
The Yard – Columbus Circle, New York, NY
2018
Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Syra Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Living Room Gallery (Saint Peter’s Church), New York, NY
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
2016
Mill Valley Arts Commission , Mill Valley, CA
B&B&Co Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2014
Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC , Reno, NV
The Shed Contemporary, Dana Point, CA
LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
Art People Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA
2010
Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009
San Jose City College Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2007
Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV
2003
Art Corner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2002
Bochum Kulturrat (City of Bochum Cultural Center), Germany
Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, Cologne, Germany
1998
Hourian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Other Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
1994
Footwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Manville Gallery, Reno, NV
1987
Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV
2016
Madrigal Family Winery Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2015
MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
2013
Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See, Germany
Postcards From The Edge, New York, NY
Magic of Persia, Los Angeles, CA
Christie’s (for Magic of Persia), Monaco-Ville, Monaco
Art for AIDS, San Francisco, CA
Postcards From The Edge, New York, NY
Alwan For The Arts, New York, NY
Hospitality House, San Francisco, CA
PARS Equality Center, San Jose, CA
Annual San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition
Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship
Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition
Home Federal Bank Art Competition, Reno, Nevada
Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant, Reno, Nevada
Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition
Annual University of Nevada – Reno Student Art Exhibition
2022
Hamptons Fine Art Fair
2018
Art Market San Francisco
2014
Battersea Art Fair, London, UK
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Pasargad Bank Museum, Tehran, Iran
Permanent Collection of the University of Nevada – Reno Art Department
Permanent Collection of Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
and various private collections in the U.S. and abroad
