LEYLA MODIRZADEH, MFA
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Everyday Oddities: An illustrated Year 
by Leyla Modirzadeh 

​ Everyday Oddities​ is a witty visual diary depicting everyday moments through a dreamlike, at times irreverent, lens. Brimming with bright hand-drawn illustrations that explore a range of emotions from childlike playfulness to painful reality, this collection of unusual drawings, cartoons, and haikus celebrates life in all its quirky glory. On each page, Everyday Oddities invites readers to tease the wonder from their days and enter into Leyla’s off-kilter, idiosyncratic world.

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“Like a kaleidoscopic tin of curiously strong mints for the imagination . . . Delightful!” 
—Dr. Bryan Smyth, author of Merleau-Ponty’s Existential Phenomenology and the Realization of Philosophy 
 
“Leyla Modirzadeh's work is imaginative, witty, and colorful, with a view of the world all her own . . . This book of art is a breath of fresh air.” 
—Ping Chong, playwright, theater director, and video artist 

Leyla Modirzadeh’s Everyday Oddities stops time with elegant imaginaries everyday magic, and intermittent disquiet." 
—Dr. Paul Austerlitz, author of Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race, and Humanity
After getting my second MFA, this time in Visual Arts: New Forms from Pratt Institute, I began exploring art quilts, illustration, animation, and film. My artwork has been exhibited at Schafler Gallery Retrospective, NYC 2011, Toy Theatre Exhibits, Great Small Works, Art in General, Galapagos Art Space, NYC, and in an animated segment for the film “The Pink House.”  Artist residencies include The Vermont Studio Center and Wildacres Artist Residency.
DRAWINGS
Maryam & Mehri
Rachel's Birthday
Ohlone Cafe
Rockridge BART Station
Library, I-House, UC Berkeley
Courtyard, I-House, UC Berkeley
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ART QUILTS
Mes Années (My Years), 2008, mixed media, hand dyed silk and typewritten silk pages, 90 inches high, 72 inches wide
From the 4 part series: Mes Années, Mes Visages, Mes Vêtements, Mes Voyages (“My Years, My Faces, My Clothes, My Places”)
PAINT CHIP POEMS
I started the Paint Chip Poem series when I found a paint color sample book in the garbage of a hardware store. As an experiment to create meaning from incidental language, I made poems out of the color names given to me on each of the 200 strips. My challenge  was to transform purely functional found words into poetry.
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  • ABOUT
    • Interviews
    • CV
    • Recent Projects
  • TEACHING
    • BIPOC Playwrights Project
    • Publications
    • SYLLABI
  • DIRECTING
    • Documentary Theatre
    • No Exit
    • Love and Information
    • The Overcoat
    • Hot Mess
    • Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
  • ACTING
    • Gallery/Reviews
  • ART
  • FILM