Art
Selected Group and solo exhibitions:
2023 Inaugural Exhibition (12 x 12 Invitational), 2121 Art Space, San Francisco, CA
2023 Fortissimo, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2022 Fariba Bogzaran: The Art of the Lucid Mind, Bolinas Museum, CA (solo)
2021 50th Anniversary. Don Soker Contemporary Art, Carriage House Annex, San Francisco, CA
2020 COVID Dreams. Virtual Exhibition, Artavita
2017 On the Fringe. Don Soker Contemporary Gallery in San Francisco, CA (solo)
2016 Dreams, Visions, Guides, & Vespers. Krowswork Gallery. Oakland, CA
2015 Bogzaran and Eubank. Gallery by the Bay. Marshall, CA
2013 Fariba Bogzaran: Lucidity-A Retrospective. Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Peter Selz and Anne Brodzky. (solo)
2012 Blue. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2012 Dark Night, Bright Light: Artists Respond to Rituals & Traditions in the Homeplace and Beyond. Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Of Water: Contemporary Paintings by Twenty Bay Area Artists. Bay Model, Sausalito, CA
2011 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2010 Artists in West Marin Review. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2009 150 Artists + 150 Wooden Boxes= 150 Positively Magnetic Masterpieces. Gallery Route One. Point Reyes, CA
2009 Myth, Magic, Mystery: Art of the Inner Worlds. The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 The Third Script. Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA (solo)
2008 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2007 The Spirit of the Dream. University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, CA
2007 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2006 Noir et Blanc. The 8 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2005 California Current. Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2005 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2005 Dream Arts. International Association for the Study of Dreams Conference (IASD). Berkeley, CA. Best of Show.
2005 The Dreaming Mind, The Conscious Mind. Arts and Consciousness Gallery. JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2004 150 Artists, 150 Boxes. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2004 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2003 Eggs Dreaming. International Association for the Study of Dreams Conference. Berkeley, CA
2003 2 X 2 Exhibit. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2003 Emotional Sensibilities. Evolving Perceptions, Circle Point Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2002 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU, Berkeley, CA. Berkeley, CA
2001 Awakening: A Creative Response to World Events. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
2001 100 Artists, 100 Boxes. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2001 Lucid Passages. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2001 2 X 2 Exhibit. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA.
2000 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
1999 Hypnopompia: Dreaming to Waking. Elosie Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz, CA
1998 Lead into Gold. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
1997 Through the Light. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
1997 Faculty Art Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA
1996 Consciousness and Art. Towards a New Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ, Juried Art exhibit. Best of Show and People’s Awards.
1993 Dream Art. Tenth Year Annual Dream Art Exhibit. International Association for the Study of Dreams, Santa Fe, NM
1988 Lucidity and Meeting the Unknown. Marbling on polygraph papers. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1988 Dream Inspired Art. International Association for the Study of Dreams, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1986 Art of the Mind. Printmaking Collagraphs. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1986 From Waking to Dreaming. Melia Foundation, Berkeley, CA (solo)
1985 Art and Shamanism. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
1984 Painting Inspired by Dreams (Conscious Dreaming). International Association for the Study of Dreams Conference, San Francisco, CA
1984 National Women's Art Show. University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point & Stevens Point Public Library, Stevens Point, WI
1983 National Wisconsin Art Show. Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI Exhibition Juried by John Hallmark Neff, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois.
PERFORMANCES AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS FOR THE ASSOCIATION FOR DREAM STUDIES CONFERENCES
2008 World of Dreaming (video production and live performance by Lana Nasser). Montreal Canada.
2004 One Night of Sleep (video production). Copenhagen, Denmark.
2005 Eggs Dreaming: Creation vs Destruction (performance and video with Emily Anderson Daniel Deslauriers, and Seth Eisen). Berkeley, CA.
1995 Fire Medicine Circle (with a cast of 25 people), Santa Fe, NM.
1991 Fire Medicine Circle, (with over 60 participants). University of Virginia Charlotteville VA.
1989: Dance of MaMus (performed with Daniel Deslauriers). London, England.
1988 One Night of Sleep (Performed with Jessica Allen, Daniel Deslauriers, Lucy lewis) University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA.
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTIONS FOR THE LUCID ART FOUNDATION
2024. Mystical Night of Music and Poetry (with David Bailey, Samandar and Sina Dehghani, Shannon Gray, Julia Hawkins, and Mia Pixley), Dance Palace, Point Reyes, CA.
2016 Mystical Night of Music and Poetry (with Samandar and Sina Dehghani, and Tim Weed) Dance Palace, Point Reyes CA.
2015 Mystical Night of Music and Poetry (with Rishii Chowdhury, Samandar and Sina Dehghani, Suphala Patankar, and Tobias Roberson). Dance Palace, Point Reyes CA.
2014 Mystical Night of Music and Poetry (with Samandar and Sina Dehghani, Tobias Roberson, and Kim Rosen). Dance Palace, Point Reyes CA.
OTHER SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND VIDEOS
2017 On the Fringe. Performance at Don Soker Gallery with Sina Dehghani. San Francisco CA.
1999 Voices of the Elders (video production with Daniel Deslauriers) in “What Is Art For? William T. Wiley and Mary Hull Webster and 100 Artists. Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
Education and Trainings: ART
1991-1995 Dialogues on surrealism, automatism and acrylic paint. Mentored with surrealist Gordon Onslow Ford, CA
1987-1988 Printmaking: Paper Marbling. Mentored with Anna Wolfe, UC Berkeley Extension, CA.
1980-1983 Printmaking: Collagraph. Mentored with printmaker Herb Sandmann, UW Stevens Point, WI.
1979-1981 Two years study in art practice (oil painting and drawing), UW Stevens Point, WI.
1978/79 "A" Level in Studio Arts (drawing and watercolor): Exeter College, Devon, England.
Selected Curatorial Exhibitions:
2009-present Lucid Art Foundation exhibitions
2019 Numinous: Sculptures of Peter de Swart
2010 Gordon Onslow Ford 1939-1951, Francis Naumann Fine Arts, New York
2009 White Passages: Paintings by Chiyomi Taneike Longo, IONS
2009 Symphony of Colors: Paintings by Fritz Rauh, IONS
2008 Landscapes of Consciousness. Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
2007 From the Vallejo, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
2003 A Shared Vision: The Art of Hyperspace, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Through the Light: Exploration of Consciousness, A & C Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley
1996 The Quest of the Inner Worlds: Paintings of Gordon Onslow Ford, A & C Gallery, JFK University, Curator, Berkeley
1988-1999 International Association for the Study of Dreams. Founded the Dream Art Exhibition program, Curator
2009-2012 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA. Art Exhibition program, Curator
1985-1989 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. Co-founded the esthetic committee (renamed to Art at CIIS), Co-Curator
Current and Past Affiliations:
1998-Present Lucid Art Foundation. Cofounder and founding Director
1991-2009 Adjunct Professor, John F Kennedy University, Department of Arts and Consciousness. Graduate courses taught: Dreams, Art and the Inner worlds; Art and Altered States of Consciousness. Independent studies for graduate art students