Ala Ebtekar

Ala Ebtekar
The Absent Arrival, 2008
mixed media print, Edition of 10
$1000, unframed

The Absent Arrival was produced for the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in June of 2008. All proceeds from the sale of this limited edition print go directly to the SFAC Gallery programming fund which supports artist honoraria and exhibition costs.

In The Absent Arrival Ebtekar collaborated with Electric Works Printmakers on his elaborate printmaking process, layering figures on top of each other by employing an energetic and light line-work method.

Ebtekar was raised in both Iran and the U.S. As a young teenager he joined the K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), working with artist Tim Rollins on collaborative artworks involving groups of urban youth. He received his BA from the San Francisco Art Institute and in 2006 his MFA degree at Stanford. He was a 2005 recipient of the San Francisco Foundation’s Murphy & Cadogan Fellowships in the Arts Award. His work is exhibited internationally and was recently featured in two prestigious exhibitions: One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, a touring exhibition originating at the Asia Society, NYC, and in the 2006 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art. In 2007, his work was featured in a solo exhibition at Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, and in Under the Indigo Dome at The Third Line in Dubai. In 2007 Ebtekar participated in a six month residency with Cite des Arts in Paris. Ebtekar was a finalist for the 2008 SECA Award given by SFMoMA biannually to outstanding Bay Area artists. His work was also featured in Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2008.

Purchasing Information
To purchase please call the SFAC Gallery at 415.554.6080 or email gallery manager, Aimee Le Duc at aimeeleduc@sfgov.org. The Gallery offers a three-month installment plan as a purchase option. All proceeds go to SFAC Gallery’s programming fund supporting artist honoraria and exhibition costs.