2024-2026 Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Arts
University of Chicago, Chicago Il
2018-2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Double Major in Visual Arts and Art History
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Exhibitions
2025 To be Seen Looking, Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Chicago Il
Two-Person Exhibitions
2026 WIHSH Project VII - Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
2026 Chapter 4: On “tomato/tomato” Olivia Isabel Rosato & Kiana Shahnia, State VIII Project, Hyde Park Art Center,
Chicago, IL
2024 Who’s your Daddy: Inherent Topographies and Other Familiar Accumulations
West Vancouver Art Museum, West Vancouver BC
Group Exhibitions
| 2027 2026 | Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL (forthcoming) Groundfloor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL |
| 2026 | Too Much, Not Enough I, Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL |
| 2026 | Weathervanes, CWAC Exhibitions, Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Chicago, IL |
2024 EDGING, Logan Center for the Arts Chicago Il
2023 Women, Life, Freedom, North Van Arts, North Vancouver BC
2023 in/finite: Inside of Us is the Universe, Audain Art Centre, Vancouver BC
2023 Kent Collective, The Kent Van, Vancouver BC
2022 Body, Hatch Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022 Inverted Pyramid Series: Antipode, James Black Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022 Where Have We Been, Hatch Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 Visual Arts Undergraduate, Audain Art Centre, Vancouver BC
Publications
2024 “Artist’s statement” and “Artist Bio” Who’s Your Daddy: Inherent Topographies and Other Familiar
Accumulations Exhibition Catalog, West Vancouver Arts Museum
2024 “Battles of Simurgh and Ezhdaha: The Ideological Transformation of Monsters”
Undergraduate Journal of Art History and Visual Culture Issue 14
2023 “Navigating an Entangled Universe” in/finite: Inside of Us is the Universe Exhibition Catalog,
Audain Art Centre
2021 “I See No Point” and “Front Cover” Tribute, VASALINE Zine Issue 3, University of British Columbia
Artist Talks
| 2026 | Painted Carpets, Entanglements of the Early Modern, Persian Circle University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2025 To Be Seen Looking: A Crisis at Play, MagicFeifei and Kiana Shahnia Chat About,
University of Chicago VRC, Chicago Il
2024 Who’s Your Daddy: Inherited topographies and Other Familiar Accumulations, Kiana Shahnia and
Roselynn Sadeghiani, West Vancouver Art Museum, West Vancouver BC
2023 Women, Life, Freedom Curatorial Tour, North Van Arts, North Vancouver BC
Press
2023 Nina Malekyazdi “Women, Life, Freedom: Exhibit highlights Iranian women's continued resistance”
The Ubyssey, July 10, 2023.
2022 Gloria Rahgozar “Politics of the Body at the Hatch was an exploration of vulnerability and identity,”
The Ubyssey, November 1, 2022.