Bita Fayyazi Iranian, born 1962 in Tehran 13 years work experience in the field of ceramics and sculpture Lived in England for a period of 7 years; returned to Iran in 1980 Currently living and working in Tehran  Qualifications and Training Course in pottery and ceramic arts at the Iranian Handicrafts Association Extensive applied experience in tile work and wall murals Courses and training in sculpture with two prominent Iranian sculptors Course plus training in enamels and glazes at Maghsoud Chinaware factory, Iran    Experience GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1989,  Pafar gallery, Tehran.  Ceramic decorative objects 1992,  Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran. Ceramic decorative objects 1993,  Embassy of the Netherlands, Tehran. Ceramic conceptual art 1994,  Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran. Ceramic abstract forms 1996,  Golestan Gallery, Tehran.  Ceramic abstract objects 1998,  Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran. Winner of special exhibition prize: Cockroaches 1999,  Golestan Gallery, Tehran. Ceramic wares 2000,  Canadian Women's Club - Barg Gallery, Tehran. International Women's Day - Sculpture 2000,  Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition was given the name Ekbatana. 2001,  Barbican Center, London, UK . April-June / Iranian Contemporary Art 2001,  Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. June-October/ First Conceptual Art Exhibition 2001,  Art Addiction Virtual Gallery. The 7th International Female Artist's Art Annual. June-Sept.   SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1993, Classic Gallery, Isfahan. Wall murals and abstract forms   OTHER 1997, "Road Kill" An installation of 150 prostrate terracotta dogs which were consequently buried as in a grave where now a high rise is built upon. The whole  process of burial was filmed to be used as back projection for an exhibition at a future date. The initial  inspiration for the project came to as the result of collaboration with the artist Mostafa Dashti. 1998,  "Experiment 98" Conceptual Art & Installation, Tehran. An exhibition of Ephemeral Art (Art of Demolition) in which 4 participant artists ventured out on conceptualizing a house due for demolition. The house was situated in the city of Tehran in the vicinity of Hosseinieh Ershad Mosque.A new high-rise was due to replace the old abandoned house. My work was an installation of a number of sculpted crows on top of used fruit crates. Maziar Bahari, a documentary film maker, made a film of the whole process of turning the house in to a workshop for the participant artists which eventually served as the actual exhibition venue. January 2000, "Children of the Dark City", Tehran. A multimedia installation consisting of sculpture, video, photography and painting about the harmful effects of air pollution on children. The purpose of this exhibition was to express the issue of air pollution through art. The artists tried to create spaces in which to realize their individual visions while complementing each other's works. My part consisted of 34 plaster, life-size sculptures of children. www.npr.org/programs/watc/000305.pollution.html December 2000, "Falling Figures", Seyhoon gallery, Tehran. Fiberglass & Neon sculptures with back-drops of Khosrow Hassan-zadeh's ink drawings. March 2001, "7 Ceramists" Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Tehran. October/November 2001, Khoj International Artists’ Workshop, New Delhi, India. The workshop took place in the inspiring setting of the Sikribagh gardens situated on the edge of Modinagar, an industrial town north of Delhi. For a period of 2 weeks, 22 artists with different cultural backgrounds from countries including Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Britain, Canada, China, Cuba, France,  Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand were invited to work together on a “Khoj”; “Khoj” in Urdu being a “quest” or “search.” Experimenting with new processes and media,  it was challenging and enlightening.      Miscellaneous A member of the selection committee and jury for the 7th. Tehran Ceramic Arts Biennial in 2001at the Museum of Contemporary Arts. Festival of the Culture and Civilization of Persian Gulf Coastal Communities, Gheshm Island, Iran - winter 2001. An installation of coloured 3-D fiberglass free forms lit from within by rhythmical light effects installed by irregularly scattered man-made water wells; these ancient wells are still being used by the islands’ inhabitants.				Anooshfar, Mohammad Mehdi Fayyazi  Bita Ghodsi Lida Ghanbeigi Monir&Mehdi Gholestan Fakhri Bahar, Naghmeh Akhtarpour Aydin Adjari, Behzad TathiriMoghadam, Farideh Rasoulzadeh, Mina Saadatmand, Abolghasem Soltaninasab, Mahnaz Soltaninasab, Mahdokht Vafaei, Homa Honarbin,Mehri Fadaaeian Majid & Hidarinasab Parvin Foroughi, Shahireh Nemati,Roohangiz Nozad,Azadeh Rasoulzadehnamin, Zahra Siroos, Eshrat