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Haiku Reviews: ART 2014 Roundup III | Huffington Post – 09 January 2015

Hossein Khosrojerdi featured in Peter Frank’s Haiku Reviews: Hossein Khosrojerdi is best known for the work he produced in Iran, digitally composited paintings that spoke to social and political conditions under the Ahmadinejad regime. After that regime consolidated its power in a suspect election in 2009, the writing was on the wall for Khosrojerdi, as for so many of his fellow artists, and he left the country. []

Redefining Home by Acclaimed Iranian Artist at Tara Gallery | Westside People Magazine – 25 September 2014

Tara Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of acclaimed Iranian expatriate Hossein Khosrojerdi. The show opened on Saturday Sept 20 with a reception and continues until Oct 15. Currently living in self-exile in London, Redefining Home is Khosrojerdi’s first solo exhibition in the United States. []

Q&A Hossein Khosrojerdi’s first U.S. solo show opens at Tara Gallery | LA Times Culture Monster – 20 September 2014

Tehran-born Hossein Khosrojerdi has enjoyed a more than 30-year career as a prominent visual artist. He represented Iran during its debut at the 2003 Venice Biennale (Iran’s first time participating in the contemporary art event after the Islamic Revolution) and two years prior his digital painting, “Gaze,” won the grand prize at the international Sharjah Biennial. []

Home is where his art is | The Argonaut News – 17 September 2014

Iranian expatriate Hossein Khosrojerdi draws from a deep well of personal history for his first solo gallery show in the U.S. []

Tara Gallery To Host Opening Reception Sept. 20 For Iranian Expatriate | Santa Monica Mirror – 10 September 2014

Save the date — Tara Gallery in Santa Monica has announced details of its upcoming exhibition featuring acclaimed Iranian expatriate Hossein Khosrojerdi. The exhibition opens on Saturday, Sept. 20 with a reception from 6-9 pm. The exhibition runs through Oct. 15. []

Iranian expat Hossein Khosrojerdi ‘Redefining Home; Tara Gallery in Santa Monica | Monsters & Critics – 15 August 2014

“Fluidity—not stagnation—drives my work. As a contemporary artist whose life has been varied by circumstance and change, I refuse to be constrained by specific style or genre. I feel a responsibility as an artist to reflect the inconsistent reality we live in.” – Hossein Khosrojerdi. []