Chelsea, New York
Group Exhibition
Mādar: Iran Relief Exhibition
Cue Art FoundationAdam Golfer, Afruz Amighi, Afshin Chizari, Ajani Russell, Alex Dolores Salerno, Alma Sinai, Aminah Al Huqail, Amy Rose Khoshbin, Ana Paula Cordeiro, Arash Saedinia, Armita Raafat, Assia Anaar, Azadeh Nia, Bia Pereira, Bridget Mullen, Cami James, Candice Lin, Christina Massey, Daniel Castro, Drake R. Reed, Ellen Driscoll, Elizabeth Castaldo, Emma Fashing-Ayala, Ezra Benus, Fadl Fakhouri, Free Inside, Golnar Adili, Hushidar Mortezaie, Iviva Olenick, Jennifer Marshall, Jo Boyer, Johannah Herr, Justin Sanz, Kamran Taherimoghaddam, Kate Teale, Leila, Lily Hyon, Linda Sok, Mahmoud Hamadani, Maxwell Runko, Mehrdad Mosaferi, Mehrdad Motejalli, Melika Abikenari, Meridith McNeal, Michael Hambouz, Milad Nemati, Mildred Beltré, Mujero, Natalie Wadlington, Nilou Kazemzadeh, Nooshin Rostami, Obadah Aljefri, Ohan Breiding, Paria Ahmadi, Paulina, Pedram Mehri, Pedrum Siadatian, Peppa, Pouya Afshar, Rachelle Mozman Solano, Rambod Vala, Rex Delafkaran, Rhonda Khalifeh, Ricki Dwyer, Ridikkuluz, Roni Gross, Sabri Sami Sundos, Saina Heshmati, Samuel Warkov, Sarah Zarina Hakani, Sareh Imani, Selena Kimball, Sepideh Salehi, Setare Arashloo, Shahin Esfandiari, Sheyda Azar, Shoshana Dentz, Sister Sylvester, Sonya Blesofsky, Sunny Sanaz Shokrae, Taraneh Mosadegh, Weihui Lu, Women of Hormuz, Yasmeen Abdallah, Zakariya Abdul-Qadir Mādar is a group benefit exhibition and auction curated by Melika Abikenari and Golnar Adili that presents works by over 80 contributing artists. At a moment of ongoing uncertainty in Iran, the exhibition brings together artists spanning generations and disciplines — from Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran to Brooklyn, New York — in a collective gesture of solidarity. While the bombing has temporarily paused, the situation remains precarious. Critical infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, and millions — already burdened by years of economic crisis, inflation, and U.S. sanctions — face the threat of displacement, food insecurity, and long-term instability. Mādar features contributed artworks available for acquisition, with proceeds supporting humanitarian relief efforts through Moms Against Poverty and additional initiatives supporting people on the ground in Iran. Melika Abikenari (b. 1992, Iran) is a Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and organizer. She holds a BA from UCLA and an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is The Bronx Museum’s 2026 AIR fellow and a recent artist-in- residence at NARS Foundation. She has participated in the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program and completed residencies at Cerámica Suro, Art Cake, and Textile Arts Center. Abikenari has received the Creatives Rebuild New York grant, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2020 Scholarship Partnership Program, and the Meredith Beau CAA ’97 and Scott Beau Materials Fund. Her work has been exhibited at ArteEast (Brooklyn, NY), the Bronx Council on the Arts (Bronx, NY), New York Live Arts (New York, NY), M. David & Co (Brooklyn, NY), Art Cake (Brooklyn, NY), Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI), The Sculpture Center (Cleveland, OH), and The Main Museum (Los Angeles, CA), among others. Golnar Adili (b. 1976, USA) is an Iranian American artist, designer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. Adili holds a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Michigan and has participated in residencies with the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center (Bellagio, Italy), Center for Book Arts (NYC), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown, MA), MacDowell (Peterborough, NH), Ucross Foundation for the Arts (Clearmont, WY), Lower East Side Printshop (NYC), Women’s Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY), and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace (NYC), among others. Her work has been presented internationally in solo and group exhibitions organized by institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), CUE Art Foundation (New York, NY), Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA), and International Print Center New York (NYC). She is the past recipient of major grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NYFA, and the Jerome Foundation. In 2021, Adili was a finalist for the Jameel Prize, sponsored by the V&A Museum and Art Jameel. Her artist books are in more than fifty collections, including the Library of Congress, the V&A Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University, and the Smithsonian.