Mina TALAEE
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: 1985
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Educational Qualification:
Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
PHD., Art Studies, 2011- Present
Art University, Tehran, Iran
M.A., Art Studies, 2007- 2010
Thesis: Contemporary Figurative Representations in Sculpture
Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
B.A., Iranian Traditional Arts, 2003- 2007 (Graduated with honours)
Thesis: A Study on Safavid Illumination
Kish Institute of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Teacher Training Course (TTC), 2011
English Courses (23 Terms), 1999- 2005
Professional Experience:
2013- Present:
- Head of the Program for Islamic Arts and Handicrafts, Art Faculty, Soore University
2011- Present:
- Lecturer, Soore University
Courses: Islamic Art and Civilization 1&2, Introduction to Art History, Aesthetics, Design Principles 1&2, History of Woodworking, and History of Metalwork.
2011
- Lecturer, Jaame Elmi Karbordi University
Courses: Drawing Workshop (Figure and Portrait drawing), History of Iran’s Civilization, Aesthetics
- English Teacher, Kish Institute of Science and Technology
2010- 2011
- Teacher, Shayegan Institute of Higher Education
Courses: Islamic Art and Civilization, Iranian Traditional Arts
2009- 2010
- Teacher, Neda Institute of Higher Education
Courses: Art History, Islamic Art and Civilization, Man-Nature-Design
2003- 2004
- Representative of Research Counsel of Iran’s Academy of Arts in Alzahra University
Awards and Honors:
- Awarded and acknowledged, Youth Art: Forth Visual Art Festival, Essay writing, 2008
- Valedictorian, Alzahra University, 2007
- First Place Award, The 9th International Festival of Student Puppet Theatre, Designing and making puppets, 2006
- Selected work of art, Students’ Artistic and Cultural Competitions, Traditional Arts, Tehran, 1998
- First Place Award, The 9th Students’ Artistic and Cultural Competitions, Tehran, 1997
Publications:
- English editor of Negareh Journal (Shahed University), Nos: 24, 25. 2013.
- Talaee, Mina. 2012. “Art Rules”. special dossier on the 10th anniversary of Pierre Bourdieu’s passing. Sociology Faculty,Tehran University.
- Talaee, Mina and Mahmonir Shirazi. 2012. “Rereading of a manuscript after 6 centuries: Juki’s Shahnameh of Ferdosi”. Ketab Mahe Honar: 168.
- Talaee, Mina and Qolam Ali Hatam. 2011. “A Study on the Course of Sculpture in Iran”. Naghsh Mayeh semi annual of Visual Arts: Number 9.
- Talaee, Mina. 2011. “Visual Tradition of Composite Illustrations in Persian Miniatures”. Ganjineh Professional Book of Traditional Persian-Islamic Art (Iran’s Academy of Arts): Number 5.
Books:
- Woodworking chapter, Islamic Arts Encyclopaedia. Tehran: Soore Mehr Pub.
- Translations into Persian: Method Meets art: Arts-Based Research Practice by Patricia Leavy (with Mahmonir Shirazi) & Muhammad Juki’s Shahnamah of Firdausi by Barbara Brend.
Exhibitions and Festivals:
- Group art exhibition “Norouz Art Show”, Galerie Nicolas Flamel, 2014.
- Group art exhibition “Monument to Poet”, Shirin Art Gallery, 2013.
- Group art exhibition “Spatial”, Saba Art Gallery, 2012.
- Group art exhibition “Figurative”, Shirin Art Gallery, 2012.
- The First National Festival of the Iranian Youth, Saba Art Gallery, 2010
- Group art exhibition, The 10th Wooden Patterns Exhibition, Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, 2008
- Group art exhibition, Noor Cultural House, 2008
- Group art exhibition, Dokhtaran Cultural Center, 2007
- Group art exhibition, Alzahra University students’ selected works of art, Bihzad’s Art Gallery, 2006
- Group sculpture exhibition “Mask”, Khak Art Gallery, 2003
- Youth Art: Second Visual Art Festival, Painting, Iranian Arts House, 2003
Professional Memberships:
- Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts, Field of sculpture, 2011- Present
- Iranian Scientific Society of Artistic Researches, 2012- Present
- Student Scholars’ Club, 2011- 2012.
- Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, 2007- Present
- Outstanding member, Young Artists Club, Visual Art Center, 2008- 2010
