Nahid Hagigat or Nahid Haghighat (; b. 1943) is an Iranian-American illustrator, printmaker and artist, located in New York City. She is well known for her paintings and prints with layered imagery.
Biography Hagigat was born in 1943 in Iran. She studied at Tehran University.
She moved to New York to continue her art education at New York University in 1968. In the early 1970s she studied Fine Arts at New York University (NYU) and met her husband, artist Nicky Nodjoumi while in school. In the 70s she was also "one of the few female artists to address political issues at the time." She has a Ph.D. in Art Education from NYU and a Ph.D. from Huntington Pacific University in Behavioral Therapy. Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Illustrations Muna, CD/Album cover, music by Markéta Irglová, 2014 Anar, CD/Album cover, music by Markéta Irglová, 2011 Half for You, written by M. Azad, 2010 The Valiant Little Potter, retold by Erick Berry, 1973 The Story of the Little Robin, written by M. Azad, 1968
Exhibitions 2013 – 2014: Iran Modern, Asian Society, New York 2013: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) Gala, San Francisco, California 2011: Encyclopædia Iranica Exhibition of Iranian Art, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, New York 2010: One Generation – Seven Artists, Zora Space Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1987: An Iranian Couple, Sherkat Gallery, New York, New York
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External links Nahid Hagigat's official website Nahid Hagigat on AskArt Nahid Hagigat's art work at The Met