EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Art in Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002 Bachelor of Fine Art in Graphic Design, School of Art & Architecture, Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran
2015 Certificate of Achievement in Photography, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS, RESIDENCY
2023 Cubberley Artist Studio Program Artist-in-Residency award, Palo Alto, CA
2022 Media Artist In Residence Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2021 SECA Art Award Nomination, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2020 Honorary Artist In Residence Awards, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY
Bay Area Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Production Relief Grant, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA
2019 Artist Merit Award, H.A.R.D Foundation, Hayward, CA
Best of Bean, PhotoCentral Spring Exhibition, Hayward, CA
2018 Artist-in-Residency, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Artist-in-Residency Fellowship, Agapolis +Building 180, Portola Valley, CA
New Genres Outstanding Graduate Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2016 SFAI Grant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Award of excellence in Photography, PhotoCentral Spring Show, Hayward, CA
Best of Bean, PhotoCentral Spring Show, Hayward, CA
2015 Official Selection, New York Photo Festival, New York, NY
Certificate of National Merit, League of Innovation Student Art Competition, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Honorable Mention, Mike Ivanitsky Award of Photographic Excellence, Los Altos, CA
2014 Award of excellence in Photography, PhotoCentral Spring Show, Hayward, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 I Sprout on my Wound, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 Black, San Francisco Art Commission, M+C cafe, San Francisco, CA
Lights, Fort Mason, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Dig and Rise, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2023 CCA Faculty Exhibition, CCA Campus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Auction 23: Transforming Art Into Action, COHSF, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
Pyramid Scheme, Bass & Reiner Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Three Views, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Art Kala 2023 Auction, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Portrait of the Artist as Young Person, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022 Artist Annual Exhibition 2022-2023, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Myth of 4, Central Stage, Richmond, CA
Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
The David Ireland House, San Francisco, CA
Hamzianpour & Kia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Soapbox Derby, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Art Kala 2022, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2021 Zamin Project, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Call & Response: Craft as a Tool for Activism! Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
I AM…, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Labor and Immigration, SFAA Instagram Exhibition Platform, San Francisco, CA
A Spirit OF Disruption, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Three Turns, San Francisco Art Institute, Tower + Online, San Francisco, CA
2020 Photo Open Up, International Photography Festival, Macello Cathedral, Padova, Italy
Women Artists Making Their Mark, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Bay Area Visual Artist Production Relief Grant online Exhibition, Ever Gold Project, San Francisco, CA
2019 Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Space Between Space, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Open Book Show 6, Arion Press, San Francisco, CA
Fight Like a Girl, Cod and Canvas, San Francisco, CA
Orium III, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
Women in Business Symposium, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Once at Present, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Spring Exhibition, PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2018 Bay Area Currents, Smith Andersen North Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Agapolis + Building 180 Final Show, Building 180, Portola Valley, CA
Green Book, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Vernissage, MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Looking for Gold, Fort Mason Atrium, San Francisco, CA
Incli(nations), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 The Impracticals, Bass & Reiner Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
The Abject Goddess, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spectacle Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
In My Blood, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Spring Exhibition, PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
2015 The Last Picture Show, New York Photo Festival, POWERHOUSE Arena, New York, NY
New York Photo Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Viewpoints, Foothill College Photographic Portfolio Exhibition, Los Altos, CA
Viewpoints, PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
Mike Ivanitsky Award of Photographic Excellence, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Collective Vision, Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Los Altos, CA
Dreams, Adobe Art Gallery, Hayward, CA
Spring Exhibition, PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
2014 Spring Exhibition, PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Fight and Flight Digital Catalog, SFMCD website
2022 The 2022 Soapbox Derby: Meet The Artists + Builders, SFMOMA website
2021 Sound and shadow evoke Nasim Moghadam’s Iranian Roots, womxn’s solidarity, 48hills
2020 Finding Peace in a Restless World, Spring Book 2020, True North Edition
Three looks from Iran, Photo Open Up, Padova, Italy
Bay Area Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Production Relief Grant, and Exhibition, Artsy
Quarantine Journal, Issue 7, The Racket Reading Series
2019 Student Spotlight: Nasim Moghadam | SFAI
Good Day April 17-18, 2019, The San Francisco Examiner
2018 Fold, Staple, Embrace: The Body Alive in the Archive, Art Practical
MFA/MA Catalogue, San Francisco Art Institute
2015 Viewpoint, Foothill College Photographic Portfolio Collection, True North Edition
League of Innovation, Student Art Competition Catalog
TEACHING, LECTURE, PANEL
2022 - present, Adjunct Professor, Photography Department, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Artist Talk, Central Stage, Richmond, CA
2021 - present, Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Graphic Design Internship Instructor, EPACENTER ARTS, East Palo Alto, CA
Digital Media Instructor, EPACENTER ARTS, East Palo Alto, CA
Grant Review Panelist, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
2020 Guest Artist Speaker, Foothill/De Anza College, Photography Department, Los Altos, CA
2019 - present, Photography Instructor, EPACENTER ARTS, East Palo Alto, CA
Director & Art Instructor, Creative kids Club, Palo Alto, CA
Art Instructor, Bisheh Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Panelist, Women in Business Symposium, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Artist Talk, Ten Forward, Z Space, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, Woman’s Art Critic Salon II, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
Artist Talk, Career Connection, College Track, East Palo Alto
2003 Photo and Video Software, and Graphic Design Instructor, Kelk-e-Khial Filmmaking and Advertising Institute, Tehran, Iran