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Pouya Afshar

Exhibition Viewing and Book Signing Reception

DECEMBER 11

An In-Person Event

Special exhibition viewing with artist Pouya Afshar of his solo exhibition, The Charm of the Unfamiliar at Craft Contemporary.

Join us to gain keen insight into Afshar’s solo exhibition and multi-media story of displacement, migration, and resiliency.

Exhibition viewing will be followed by a book signing reception of Pouya Afshar’s limited edition monograph “In Character” in the museum courtyard. 

This program is presented in collaboration with

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About Pouya Afshar

Pouya Afshar is an alumnus from the California Institute of Arts Character Animation department and is a graduate of University of California Los Angeles Graduate Department of Film and Television focusing in Animation and Digital Media. He has exhibited his work as a visual artist throughout the United States and Middle East, including Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center, Bovard Auditorium at University of Southern California, Royce Hall at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Monica Art studios, 18th street Art Center, Craft Contemporary Museum, and numerous galleries and art fairs around the world. Pouya has presented his research at Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Southern California, The School of Museum of Fine Arts Boston, University of California Los Angeles, and Residency Unlimited NY. He is the creator, character designer, and producer of the animated series ‘Rostam in Wonderland’ and the co-creator of ‘1PA2PA’ comics and the creator of ‘TEHRAN’ graphic novel. He is currently an associate professor of art at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.