Bijan Yashar - Multimedia Arts

Bijan Yashar, Mulitmedia Instructor

Education: Bijan Yashar was born in Tehran, Iran and has been living in California since 1979, when he and his family moved to the United States. A Bay Area-based video artist and photographer, Yashar has an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MA in Educational Psychology from UC Berkeley. His photography and video works have been exhibited and screened at Torrance Art Museum, Napa Valley Art Museum, de Young Museum, and Pacific Film Archive. Bijan has been teaching digital photography at Berkeley City College since 2005. During this time Bijan also has taught digital photo/media classes as Senior Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, visiting artist at the San Francisco Art Institute, visiting scholar at Saint Mary’s College, and photography instructor at Las Positas College.

Courses: Intro, Intermediate and Advanced Digital Photo, Digital Printing for Photographers, Special Projects in Digital Photography.

Experience, Interests: I believe my role as a studio art teacher is not to be merely a transmitter of privileged information, but rather to be a facilitator and a guide, steering students toward the discovery of what for them is unknown, and hopefully helping them arrive at a place of uncharted territory. For me, this means being attuned to the interests, strengths and weaknesses of each individual, keeping in mind that there is a multiplicity of learning styles, and to the extent that it is possible, tailoring a challenging program that suits the particular needs of each student. As I believe the social context is also critical in supporting learning, I feel it is my responsibility to foster a community of practice in which mutual respect for a diversity of backgrounds and ideas allows room for individuals to freely explore, experiment, and discover new ways of seeing the world and themselves through their art.

Courses: Intro, Intermediate and Advanced Digital Photo, Digital Printing for Photographers, Special Projects in Digital Photography.

Find me on: www.bijanyashar.com

Contact information: byashar@peralta.edu or b@bijanyashar.com