Press & media.
Criticism, interviews, films, recordings and institutional records — summarized here, with every original kept with the publisher who holds it.
Fleeing the Rose Garden: Marjan K. Vayghan Creates Safe Spaces in Los Angeles
Artbound’s short film enters the Legacy Crates — shipping crates turned into intimate rooms of carpet, light, painted panels and sound — and follows Marjan’s search for spaces of refuge and memory between Tehran and Los Angeles.
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A Racket of Banshees: Goddesses and Monsters Re-Imagined
The collective’s announcement of the 2026 exhibition, naming Marjan Khoshbakhti Vayghan among its participating artists.
Exhibitions & Institutional ArchivesThreads of Care: Costume, Collective Memory, and the Living Intelligence
An essay by Marjan on costume as collective memory, care and a living intelligence, drawing on her Art in Odd Places 2025 work.
Published WritingB-LA-M
Torrance Art Museum’s exhibition listing for B-LA-M, an exchange connecting artist-run initiatives in Berlin, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
Exhibitions & Institutional ArchivesArt in Odd Places 2025: VOICE — Association of Hysteric Curators
The festival’s artist profile for the Association of Hysteric Curators — Maya Mackrandilal, Mary Anna Pomonis, Monet Clark, Marjan Vayghan, Michiko Yao and Taryn Lee.
Exhibitions & Institutional ArchivesArt in Odd Places 2025: VOICE
West Hollywood’s program page lists Goddesses and Monsters: A Racket of Banshees by the Association of Hysteric Curators, with Marjan Vayghan among the collective.
Exhibitions & Institutional ArchivesEmily Robinson and Marjan Vayghan
A StoryCorps conversation between Emily Robinson and Marjan Vayghan, preserved in the StoryCorps archive.
Audio & InterviewsWe Are All Americans, Season 3, Episode 3
In conversation with artist Michele Jaquis, Marjan talks about arriving from Iran as a new immigrant in the mid-1990s, the gaps in her American education, and her uncle’s disappearance.
Audio & InterviewsIt’s Your Party
A two-hour collaborative performance at UC Irvine organized by Nancy Buchanan with Arshia Haq, Stephanie Allespach, Amy Alexander and Marjan Vayghan, surrounding the audience with sound, image and offerings of sweets.
Video & FilmFleeing the Rose Garden: Marjan K. Vayghan Creates Safe Spaces in Los Angeles
Artbound’s short film enters the Legacy Crates — shipping crates turned into intimate rooms of carpet, light, painted panels and sound — and follows Marjan’s search for spaces of refuge and memory between Tehran and Los Angeles.
Video & FilmBest Artists List for 2013: Critic’s Picks, Part 1
Whitehot’s year-end critics’ list includes Marjan Vayghan, illustrated with Fly with the Cage Legacy Crate (2009), a kinetic audio and light installation.
Articles & CriticismMarjan Vayghan: Back and Forth Between Tehran and Los Angeles
A KCET profile tracing how Marjan’s art moves between two cities — the Tehran of her childhood and the Los Angeles where she built her practice.
Articles & CriticismAssociation of Hysteric Curators — artist information
Cerritos College’s artist information for the Association of Hysteric Curators, including a biography of Marjan Vayghan.
Exhibitions & Institutional ArchivesDoin’ It in Public — opening reception
The Woman’s Building video archive documents the opening reception of Doin’ It in Public; Marjan Vayghan is among the artists named in its roster.
Video & FilmFly with the Cage / Building Bridges
SoCiArts’ press release for Fly with the Cage, describing Building Bridges, the arts initiative founded by Marjan K. Vayghan in fall 2004.
Exhibitions & Institutional ArchivesL.A.–Tehran: Marjan Vayghan’s Tale of Two Cities
A feature by journalist Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn on Marjan’s life and work between Los Angeles and Tehran. The original is hosted on LinkedIn and may ask readers to sign in.
Articles & CriticismPast Shows — 4 Solo Shows and Second Skin
LAAA’s exhibition history records a solo show by Marjan K. Vayghan within its 4 Solo Shows program, and her part in Second Skin, a one-night performance art event.
Exhibitions & Institutional Archives