SHIMA RABIEE
Shima is a fine artist, and a creative designer based in New York City. She earned her Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor degree in Architecture. Since 2011, she has been practicing as a designer in New York City, San Francisco, and Boston. As well as the design field, she have been practicing painting for over 15 years. Her work is primarily focused on oil painting and drawing, with abstract realism style. Parallel to teaching at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, She has participated in a number of workshops and exhibitions and has published a book titled Design Visualization; The book has been featured in the LAM in 2020. Her interest is engaging the form as a fundamental element in the design and creative process and making a conclusive discussion through it, that is functional, inspiring and necessary in design and art studios.
Fine Artist, Creative Designer
Founder of NYC Art Studio
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2009- 2011
1999- 2004
2019
2024
2015-2019
2011
2005-2009
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2018
2012-2015
2012
2011
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2018
2018
2017
2015
2009
2021
2022
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2020
EDUCATION
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University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Master of Landscape Architecture
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University of Tehran, University College of Fine-Arts, B.S. Architecture
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PUBLICATIONS
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Book: DESIGN VISUALIZATION: Exploring Expressive Visualization Through Art Fundamentals, (Press: ORO Editions)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Visual Arts Teaching Artist: 92NY, New York City, NY
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Instructor: Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
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Teaching Assistant: University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Philadelphia, PA
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Adjunct Instructor: University of Tehran, College of Fine-Arts, Tehran
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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Designer; Page Southerland Page, Architectural and Engineering Company, San Francisco, CA
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Designer; SWA Group, Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urban Design Company, San Francisco, CA
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Designer; Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Collaborative Design and Planning Studio, Boston, MA
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Landscape Architect; Thomas Balsley Associate, New York City, NY
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
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University of Georgia, “The role or Art in Design and Representation”
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University of California-Davis; “The Fundamentals of Representation”
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Academy of Art University. San Francisco, “New Methods in Design Representation”
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Texas American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Conference, “Principles and Process of Visualization”
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3rd AESOP Young Academics Meeting, Vienna, Austria, “The City of Past, the City of Future”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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Abend Gallery - Denver
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SKILLS
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Painting: Oil paint, Acrylic and Watercolor
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Drawing (Dry and Wet Media): Graphite, Charcoal, Chalk, Crayon, Color Pencil, Marker, Brush and Ink
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Digital Graphic Illustration: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
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3D Modeling and Animation: Rhinoceros 4.0, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, Adobe After Effects
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Others: Digital fabrication
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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Featured in (LAF)Landscape Architecture Magazine, (The Magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects), March 2020
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Selected as part of the100 women artists, “100 voice, 100 artists” by Saatchi Gallery