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About the Artist
Jila Nikpay is a filmmaker and photographer who has received numerous awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, as well as the Jerome and McKnight Foundations. Her work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Tehran Contemporary Museum, Minnesota Historical Society, Print Center in Philadelphia among many other venues. Nikpay’s work is in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Modern Art library and many private collections throughout the U.S.
A gifted educator, Nikpay teaches the art of portraiture through a variety of innovative workshops that are offered through the Minnesota Center for Photography and the University of Minnesota.
She recently published her first book of portraits and poetry as part of her Heroines Project and currently is working on her upcoming film, In Waiting.See more of Nikpay’s work on www.jilanikpay.com
Contact Jila Nikpay by e-mail or phone regarding a portraiture sitting:
jn@jilanikpaystudio.com
tel: 612-321-9858
Artist statement:
Everyone has a story, a public persona and a hidden self. I respect the boundaries people create to protect their public persona. I also love the opportunity to go on a journey of discovery with my sitters in which we find many reflections of the self but we choose one that wants to be seen.
Recent Press
The Bridge, January 2008, "an Individual Journey," feature story by Anna Pratt
10,000 Arts magazine, November 2007, "Point of Entry," feature story by Ann Klefstad
StarTribune, "Life Transformed," a feature story on Heroines project by Kay Miller
Minnesota
Public Radio's Morning Edition:
Cathy Wurzer interview with Jila Nikpay
Radiomnartists:
Marya Morstad interview with Jila Nikpay
Minnesota
Women's Press: An emotional landsacpe by Alison Bergblom Johnson
Minnesota Monthly magazine, August 2003, Spot light section,
pp 77-78
