Second Saturday Cartoonist: Yasmeen Abedifard
Saturday, January 13
1:00–3:00 pm
Cost: Included with Museum admission. Free for Members!
Meet, watch, and talk to Yasmeen Abedifard, an Iranian-American artist based in Oakland, California. Abedifard’s work is centered around storytelling mediums, including comics, illustrations, and animation. It has been featured at the SF Art Book Fair, 2727 California, Rubenstein Arts Center, Jack Hanley Gallery, and Soft Screen. Her published comics include Anar, Death Bloom, and Burnt. She received the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic in 2023 and teaches Comics at California College of the Arts.
ABOUT YASMEEN ABEDIFARD
Yasmeen Abedifard (b. 1996) is an Iranian-American artist based in Oakland. She is currently teaching Comics at California College of the Arts. She holds her MFA from Cornell University, where she received the Charles Baskerville Painting award. Her work is centered around storytelling mediums, including comics, illustrations, and animation. Her work has been featured in various spaces, such as the SF Art Book Fair, 2727 California, Rubenstein Arts Center, Jack Hanley Gallery, and Soft Screen, and has received various accolades, including the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic in 2023. She has taught comic workshops at Kala Art Institute, Sequential Artists Workshop, and Black Mountain Institute and has created published comics, such as “Anar”(upcoming), “Death Bloom,” and “Burnt”.
Feel free to send an email at yabedifard@gmail.com for business inquires, teaching opportunities, potential collaborations, any questions you may have, or a picture of a flower.
