Ala Ebtekar
A Breath of Air, 2006
archival pigment print
9 ½ x 22 ¾ “ image / 10 ½ x 24” paper
Edition of 15
$600

Ebtekar’s print, A Breath of Fresh Air, was produced in collaboration with Electric Works. While visiting Iran in 2000, Ebtekar found an 80 year old book at a Friday bazaar that has became the inspiration for an entire body of work. The text is in Farsi and Arabic, and contains instructions by multiple authors on how to pray. The juxtaposition of conceptual and stylistic elements generates a timely political statement within a format that blends street-style graphics with traditional Iranian text and design.

A 2006 MFA graduate of Stanford University, Ala Ebtekar is represented by Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco. He was a 2005 recipient of the SF Foundation’s Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship in the Arts Award. He recently completed a six month residency in Paris with Cité Internationale des Arts. His work has been featured at venues including: The Asia Society, NY, NY; the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Flawless Gallery, London, UK; the De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE; and the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA.

Purchase Information
To purchase please call the SFAC Gallery at 415.554.6080 or email gallery manager, Aimee Le Duc at aimee.leduc@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.

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.