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 exhibited extensively in the United States and internationally, and is the recipient of Center For Cultural Innovation, Sierra Arts Endowment, Craig Sheppard Memorial and Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grants. 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 Lansing Street Gallery in Mendocino.

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, Ideel Art and Noon Powell Fine Art in London UK.

Yari Ostovany currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2023
NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
Flow Fine Art, Leverkusen, Germany
Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA

2022
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA
Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gallerie Valerie, Crockett,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.
The Living Room Gallery (Saint Peter's Church), New York, NY
Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA

2016
Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
B&B&Co Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mill Valley Arts Commission, Mill Valley, 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
Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ligne Roset, 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

1998
Hourian Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
Other Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR

1994
Footwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1989
Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV

1988
Manville Gallery, Reno, NV Two Person Exhibitions

2022
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA

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

Group Exhibition

2023
Sausalito Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
Gallery 2727, Berkeley, California
Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California

2022
NoonPowell Fine Art, London, UK
Gallery 2727, Berkeley, California

2021
Mura Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Lansing Street Gallery, Mendocino, CA

2020
Ruby Living Design, San Francisco, CA
Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
White Walls Gallery, New York, NY

2019
Ruby Living Design, Mill Valley, CA
Boccara ART, Brooklyn, New York, NY
The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
 

2018
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Saye Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

2017
Kamil Art Gallery, Monaco-Ville, Monaco
GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
Museum Parc, San Francisco, CA
Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2016
Galerie Art Eterne, New Delhi, India
Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri
Hud Gallery, Ventura, CA
Seyhoun Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2015
LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Maryland Federation of Art - Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY 2015 Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, New York 2015 Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
 Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran 2015 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

2014
The Invisible Line Gallery, London, UK
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Shirin Gallery NY, New York, NY
The SHED Contemporary, Dana Point, CA
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
ABRA Gallery, Westlake Village, CA
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

2013
Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Thomas & Paul Gallery, London, UK

2012
Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Estense Castle Museum, Ferrara, Italy

2011
ArtPeople Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Arts West Gallery, Elon, North Carolina

2010
Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada

2009
California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center
Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona

2008
Galleria Lallihome, Varenna, Italy

2007
La Giornata del Contemporaneo, Camaver Kunsthaus, Lecco, Italy
Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV

2006
Sheppard Contemporary, Reno, NV

2003
HotHouse Center for Performance & Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2002
Mojaveri Gallery, Cologne, Germany

2001
Kunsthof Merten, Merten, Germany

2000
Köln Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1999
Ovissi Gallery, Emeryville, CA
Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC

1997
Evolving Perceptions, National Press Club, Washington, DC
San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

1996
Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

1995
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA

1994
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA

1993
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA

1992
San Francisco Art Institute Spring Exhibition, CA

1991
Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1990
E. L. Wiegand Museum of Art, Reno, NV

1989
Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV

1988
Ackerman Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Nevada State Council on the Arts, Reno, NV

1987
Walter McNamara (SxN) Gallery, Reno, NV

1986 Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

Education

MFA San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1995
BFA San Francisco Art Institute, Painting 1992

Awards & Grants

2022 Center for Cultural Innovation Grant
2007 Sierra Arts Endowment Grant
1993 Annual San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition
1989, 1988 Craig Sheppard Memorial Art Scholarship
1988 Home Federal Bank Art Competition, Reno, Nevada
1988 Sierra Nevada Arts Foundation Grant, Reno, Nevada
1988, 1987, 1986 Annual University of Nevada - Reno Student Art Exhibition
 

Art Fair
2022 Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, New York Battersea Art Fair, London, UK
2018 Art Market San Francisco
2014 Battersea Art Fair, London, UK Artist in Residenc
2018 Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France

Collections
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut Pasargad Bank Museum, Tehran, Iran Permanent Collection of the University of Nevada - Reno Art Department and various private collections in the U.S. and abroad Teaching Experience 2005/08 Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada - Reno Art Department, Reno, Nevada 1993/92 Assistant Instructor, Painting & Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California