Somayeh Faal (b. 1981) was born and raised in the South of Iran and moved to Oxford, MS, in 2022, where she continues to study art. She moved to Oxford to begin the Printmaking program at the University of Mississippi.
As a freelance and professional collaborator, Faal has the curiosity to find, learn, explore, and the team collaborates. As Fall studied mathematics as an undergrad and graduated with a Master of Fine Art, she could combine art and science well. Also, her education makes her logical, thoughtful, and creative in art. She has had ample experience and is an expert in various parts of digital, 3d art, and 2d art.
As an artist, Faal embraces a cross-disciplinary approach to making artwork that combines art techniques and scientific strategies. She has worked on life, society’s problems, and our response to the world for the past fifteen years. She sees society as a space of artist’s responsibility and one that reflects much of what is back and forth humanity within the world, both on a macro and micro level. The conceptual framework of her projects is consistently driven by the issue in society, life experiences, and their role in establishing identity.
AWARD / RESIDENCY
2024 BEST IN THE SHOW AWARD, University of Mississippi, (400$) / student summer juried exhibition
2024 SECOND PLACE AWARD, University of Mississippi, (250$) / student summer juried exhibition
2024 ROY FRANK FINGER AWARD, Outstanding promise in printmaking, the University of Mississippi, (1000$)
2024 GRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Award is presented annually to two students from all graduate majors at the university, who will speak at the Graduate Ceremony on behalf of all graduates after the Dean of the Graduate School. / University, MS
2024 LIBERAL ART & COMMUNICATION PURCHASE AWARD, Bradbury Art Museum / Jonesboro, AR
2023 FIRST PLACE AT PRINTMAKING TODAY MAGAZINE’S AWARD, Authorized by Royal Society of Painters-Printmakers (published work on the cover of magazine) / Witney, UK
2023 ROY FRANK FINGER AWARD, Outstanding promise in printmaking, the University of Mississippi, (1000$)
2022 ROY FRANK FINGER AWARD, Outstanding promise in printmaking, the University of Mississippi, (1500$)
2017 FORTH PLACE AWARD, 5th annual Iran Arts’ juried festival, (free Exhibition in France) / Tehran, Iran
2017 NASLE-NO AWARD, 9th annual Iran art festival for young contemporary artists under 40, (Free Art Tour) / Tehran, IraN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 BRADBURY MUSEUM Silent Migration Echoes, Jonesboro, AR
2025 BOZART GALLERY Water, Land, Sky, Water valley, MS
2024 GALLERY 130 Wings & Horns, Graduate thesis show, University, MS
2021 SEYHOUN ART GALLERY Womb of the Universe, Tehran, Iran
2018 SALES GALLERY Tender Space, Tehran, Iran
2011 GALLERY HALL Ordinary Woman, Graduate thesis show, Tehran, Iran
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Exhibizone, Rise & Shine, online show
2025 ARTSY.NET Skyward, International online jury exhibition by Exhibizone, Online Show
2024 GALLERY 130 Big Prints, Meek Hall, University, MS
2024 HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR PRINTMAKING International jury exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2024 MAPC exchange portfolio, wetlands: marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens, KSU, Manhattan, KS
2024 9IN HAND, 2024 International Print Exchange, New Hope, PA
2024 STARKVILLE AREA ART COUNCIL Cultural Kaleidoscope Juried Show, Starkville, MS
2024 FORD CENTER TEDX event, University of Mississippi, University, MS
2024 GALLERY 130 Teeny Tiny prints, Exchange prints, University, MS
2024 BRADBURY ART MUSEUM, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition (Competition), Jonesboro, AR
2023 BOZART GALLERY Miniatures, Water Valley, MS
2023 TELEVISION SHOWS The wrong Biennale 06, 1 Nov 2023 to 1 Mar 2024 , Online show
2023 GALLERY 130 Student Summer Exhibition, UM Dept. of Art & Art History, University, MS
2023 FORD CENTER TEDX event, University of Mississippi, University, MS
2022 GALLERY 130 Graduate Art Students of University of Mississippi, University, MS
2022 IRANIAN ARTISTS’ FORUM National Drawing-Drawing Festival of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2022 OLD WEST MUSEUM 1st Annual New Frontiers, Cheyenne, WY
2022 GALLERY 130 Student Summer Exhibition, University of Mississippi, University, MS
2022 SALSA BIROLLI ART GALLERY Iran a Thousand and One Colors, Verona, Italy
2021 NATALIA GROMICHO GALLERY Zan Meaning Woman, Lisbon, Portugal
2021 ASR GALLERY Juried national exhibition, Carbafoo, Tehran, Iran
2021 SALEES GALLERY One+one million, show, Tehran, Iran
2021 HENGAM GALLERY Juried national exhibition, Carbafoo 2, Mashhad, Iran
2021 MEHRSUN GALLERY Juried national exhibition, 1400 event, 4th Annual Alborz Artists’ member exhibition, Karaj, Iran
2021 SARZAMIN HOUNAR GALLERY Manozha, Tehran, Iran
2021 DIDI GALLERY Identity, Mahmoud Abad Noor, Iran
2021 SEYHOUN ART GALLERY Quarantine, Tehran, Iran
2021 SEYHOUN ART GALLERY Action 2021, Tehran, Iran
2021 1912 GALLERY Action art in quarantine, Washington, DC
2020 SALEES GALLERY One+one million, Tehran, Iran
2020 SILK ROAD GALLERY Drawings, Tehran, Iran
2020 MEHRSUN GALLERY Invited to juried regional exhibition, 99*99, Tehran, Iran
2020 SALEES GALLERY One+one million (Online), Tehran, Iran
2019 SABA GALLERY Alborz Contemporary Painters Festival, Tehran, Iran
2019 SEYHOUN ART GALLERY Symmetry, Tehran, Iran
2019 E1 GALLERY Art speaks where words are unable to explain, Oman international art fair, Muscat, Oman
2019 ACE GALLERY 500,600,700,800,900, Tehran, Iran
2019 ARTIBITION GALLERY On-Purpose (online), Tehran, Iran
2019 ARTIBITION GALLERY Art for gift, Artibition Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 ACE GALLERY Annual sales, Tehran, Iran
2019 ARTIBITION GALLERY Out of region, Tehran, Iran
2019 SALEES GALLERY One million 4, Tehran, Iran
2018 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION HALL IranRoute Booth’s Designer, 8th International Exhibition of Industrial Tourism, Tehran, Iran
2018 ALEIHA GALLERY Juried national exhibition, Iranian Artist’s Festival, Tehran, Iran
2018 ART HOUSE OF PARIS Juried international exhibition, Iranian Artist’s Festival, Paris, France
2018 ONLINE ART GALLERY 4th place at Juried national exhibition, International Environment Day, Tehran, Iran
2018 CINEMA CENTER Human and nature, Art festival in Iran, Dezful, Iran
2018 IRANIAN ARTISTS’ FORUM Unnamed, Tehran, Iran
2018 ARTIBITION GALLERY Summer sale, Tehran, Iran
2018 IDEA GALLERY Modern nature, Tehran, Iran
2018 PURE DRAWING MUSEUM GALLERY Direct vision, Tehran, Iran
2018 DORAN GALLERY Art Expo, Isfahan, Iran
2018 IRANSHAHR GALLERY 1001 Palate, Tehran, Iran
2018 APADANA GALLEY A slice of Karaj, Isfahan, Iran
2018 PARDIS GALLERY Juried national exhibition, Research expo, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2017 SALEES GALLERY One Million 3, Tehran, Iran
2017 IRANIAN ARTISTS’ FORUM Drawing Artists of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2017 ART HOUSE GALLERY Wetland Drawings 2, Karaj, Iran
2017 DARGUN GALLERY Wetland Drawings, Tehran, Iran
2017 NEGAH GALLERY Freedom, Tehran, Iran
2017 NEOART CULTURAL GALLERY Unnamed, Rome, Italy
2017 WHITE LINE GALLEY Juried exhibition, Plasco, Tehran, Iran
2017 PARDIS GALLERY Annual Sales, Iranian artists’ association, Tehran, Iran
2016 IRANIAN ARTISTS’ FORUM Research Expo Members under 40, Tehran, Iran
2016 HOMA GALLERY Juried national exhibition, Montakhabe Nasle-NO, Tehran, Iran