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Update #6: I have been away.....

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Update #5: Update: PLEASE READ

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Update #4: The head is coming along.....

Posted on July 29, 2010

So the casts have been made, the head has been poured, and now the tough stuff really begins...
movement, coloring, etc....
BUT I AM LOVING IT!!!

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      Mike Lee on July 29, 2010

      I love this tooo! it's rad!

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      Michael Isgett on July 30, 2010

      I know it will be a great success! Congrats!

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      connie on July 30, 2010

      Amazzzzing! There is definite "wow" factor here!

Update #3: Pics of the beginning....

Posted on July 11, 2010

So here are a few quick snapshots of the beginnings of the Tiger-Bear character.....

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Update #2: New Article!

Posted on May 11, 2010

Hey Gang!
I just wanted to share a new write up about my work:

http://flabmag.com/2010/05/mixed-media-kymia-nawabi/

Hope you all are well!
love!
Kymia Nawabi

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Kymia Nawabi, a first-generation Iranian-American was born in San Diego, CA and raised in Durham, NC. Nawabi is a multi-disciplinary artist working in drawing, painting, sculpture and short stop-motion animation. She received her MFA (2006) in drawing and painting from the University of Florida, and her BFA (2003) in drawing and painting from East Carolina University. Kymia currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Nawabi was recently invited as a visiting artist in support of her work in the group show, Tragic Sense of Life, at The Fine Arts Gallery of Westchester Community College, in Valhalla, NY. In 2009, her work was also exhibited at the Queens Museum, International Biennial, as well as at Aljira during her Emerge Residency in Newark, NJ. Kymia also received a New York Foundation for the Arts grant for drawing and was awarded her second Swing Space Residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council last year. A selection of Nawabi’s drawings can be seen at the Drawing Center’s Viewing Program in NYC. For more information on Kymia Nawabi's work please visit www.kymianawabi.com.