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Laura Compton, “Manetti Shrem Museum Exhibitions Feature William T. Wiley, Mary Heilmann, Groundbreaking New Media Art,” University of Davis, October 05, 2021
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Ahalya Srikant, “Cheryl Haines’s Magic Carpet Ride,” San Francisco Magazine, October 2017
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Katherine Brooks, "13 Artists You Should Fall in Love With This Spring," Huffington Post, March 12, 2015
Sebha Mohammad, "Graceful Grenades: Shiva Ahmadi animates tales of violence and beauty," Modern Painter Magazine, June 2014
Laura C. Mallonee, "Using Beauty to Examine Ugly Political Truths," Hyperallergic, July 14, 2014
Mark Giuducci, "An Exclusive Preview of Lotus, Shiva Ahmadi's Mesmerizing New Video," Vogue, June 25, 2014
David M. Roth, “Bloody Testaments to Female Resilience,” Squarecylinder, February 25, 2024