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SINGLE SHOW

2000	Seyhoun Gallery Tehran, Iran.
1996	Fortisimo, U. C. Berkeley Department of History of Art (A site specific installation).
1995	Introspective, Darvag Community theater.
1993	Mystic Vision, Carrara Cafe-Gallery.
1993	The Child Within, A night of Music and Art; Sponsored by The Society Of Iranian Professionals, Cupertino Community Center, Sponsored by Shab-e-Sokhan (an Iranian cultural club).
1991	A night of Literature and Art, Darvag Community Theater.

GROUP SHOWS

2008	Paraphernalia, Pump Project Art Complex, during the SXSW season; 8-22 March, Austin, Texas.
2007	EAST (East Austin Studio Tour) , Austin, Texas.
2005	San Francisco Bay Area Open Studio Season , Berkeley, California.
2005	Art As Life As Art, Rancho del Paraiso, Vacaville, California.
2003	Persian Center Fund Raising, Berkeley, California.
2000	Mill and Short Gallery; San Francisco.
1997	Alliance of Islamic Arts And Education, San Rafael, California.
1996	Ovissi Gallery Art Contest, first prize winner, Washington, DC.
1994	Northern California Selected Iranian Artists' Exhibition, Sponsored by Stanford University.
1993	Northern California Iranian Artists' Exhibition, Redwood City, California Sponsored by Iranian Community Center.
1993	Highland Hospital Fund Raising Art Show, Oakland, California.
1991	Northern California Iranian Artists' Exhibition, San Jose Lincoln Library San Jose, California, Sponsored by Iranian Community Center.
1991	Whole Life Expo, San Francisco, California, Visionary Arts, Sponsored by Gallery Obscura.
1990	Whole Life Expo, San Francisco, California, Visionary Arts, Sponsored by Gallery Obscura.
1980	Humboldt State University Annual Juried Show, (first prize winner), Humboldt, California.
1977	Simi Valley Annual Art Contest, Simi Valley, California.

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EDUCATION

2004	Ph.D., Iranian Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley, California DISSERTATION: The Angali Dialect: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Glossary.
1998	MA, Iranian Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley, California THESIS: "Drakht-i Asurig," (a text in Sasanian Middle Persian): Transliteration, Transcription, Translation, with commentaries.
1980	BA, Fine Arts, Art Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.
1972	BA, Public Relations And Publicity, College Of Social Communication Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Since 1998	Koorosh currently teaches Persian Syntax and Grammar at University of California, Berkeley and De Anza Community College, Cupertino, California.

LECTURES

2008	Sadeq Hedayat: the Source of His Imagery. The Seventh Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies. Sponsored by ISIS (the International Society for Iranian Studies). Thursday, July 31 through Sunday, August 3, 2008. Park Hyatt Hotel. Toronto, Canada.
2008	The Problem of Translation in Today's Iran. The Free Islamic University. May 21, 2008. Tehran, Iran.
2008	Ferdowsi in the West. The College of Economics and Management. May 18, 2008. Tehran, Iran.
2006	On the Development of the 3rd Singular Copula in Post-Revolutionary Colloquial Persian. The Sixth Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies. Sponsored by ISIS (the International Society for Iranian Studies). SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies). August 3-5, 2006. London, UK.
2006	Implementation of English Transcription in Teaching a Foreign Language. The Third UC Language Consortium Conference on Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives. UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles). April 21-23, 2006. Los Angeles, California.
2006	Words of English Origin in the Angali Dialect. University of Austin, Texas. April 2006
2004	The Dog. A versified play by Roham Shaikhani and Koorosh Angali, read by Roham Shaikhani (Koorosh departed for Iran the same day) Saturday, June 19, 2004. Sponsored by Intersection for Arts. San Francisco, California.
2004	On the Decipherment of Two Words in the Middle Persian Text of Drakht-i Asurig. Fifth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies. Sponsored by The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS); Cosponsored by The Association for the Study of Persian Societies (ASPS). Friday, May 28 through Sunday, May 30, 2004. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, MD.
2004	My Parents Are Illiterate. The Second UC Language Consortium Conference on Theoretical & Pedagogical Perspectives. UCSC (The University of California at Santa Cruz). March 26-28, 2004. Santa Cruz, California.
2003	On the Decipherment of Two Words in the Middle Persian Text of Drakht-i Asurig. Department of Near Eastern Studies. The University of California at Berkeley. Wednesday, November 12, 2003. Berkeley, California.
2002	RUMI: The Irreligious Gnostic: An Introduction to Rumi's biography and philosophy. Sponsored by The World Affair Council. February 13, 2002. San Francisco, California.
1997	The Rhetoric Aspects of Drakht-i Asurig. Sponsored by: G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, Iranian Studies Program, Campus Programming Committee and UCLA Muslim Student Association. UCLA (The University of California at Los Angeles). Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of February 1997. Los Angeles, California.

EXTRA TALENTS

POETRY

In Search Of One's Own Self. A miscellany of my poetry. Los Angeles/Berkeley: Nashr-e Ketab Publishers, 1995.

Two Centuries of Ruba'i in Bushehr. A selction of my ruba'is is included. Tehran: Lyan Publishers, 2007.

Without No Favors from the Rain. A selection of my poetry in included. Bushehr: Soru' Publishers, 2007.

MUSIC

Koorosh Angali Recites Rumi, Vol. I
X Dot 25 Music Productions, 1997, Berkeley, California.

Composition of an Opera piece and other music tracks for a stage play titled The Three Piglets Opera and Ten Short Stories, written and directed by Roham Shaikhani,1993, Berkeley, California.

Composition of music for the versified play A Sexocialist Manifesto by Roham Shaikhani titled , 2002.

1972

Winner (second place, Silver Medallion), Iranian universities' Music Contest: Guitar Contest and Band Ensemble, Tehran, Iran.

ACTING AND PERFORMANCES

2002	The Three Piglets Opera and Ten Short Stories, Written by Roham Shaikhani First performance, 1993, directed by Roham Shaikhani Second performance, 2002, directed by Hameed Ehya
1997	Lysistrata 97! Operation No Penetration, Written and directed by Torange Yeghiazarian
1997	The Last Supper Comedy, Written and directed by Farhad Ayish
1997	San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival (with Banafsheh Sayyad and Irene Masharo, The Namah Performance Troop).
1997	Dying, Laughing (with dancer/choreographer Shinichi Momo Koga (inkBoat Butoh Dancers) and Uro Teatr Koku [Japanese Butoh Dancers], 1997, several performances).
1996	The Devil, or The Dagger of Faith, Written and directed by Roham Shaikhani and Farid Nabavi

AWARDS

2003	Graduate Student Instructors' Achievement Award University of California, Berkeley
1996	Ovissi Gallery Art Contest Washington, DC First prize winner
1980	Humboldt State University Annual Juried Show Arcata, California First prize winner
1977	Simi Valley Annual Art Show Simi Valley, California Second prize winner
1972	Iranian University and College Bands Contest Babolsar, Iran Second place: Guitar mastery. (See above.)