About
Education
2007 – 2009 Diploma in Digital Film Montage and Visual Effects, Tehran Institute of Technology. Tehran, Iran
1999 – 2005 BA in Photography from The Faculty of Art and Architecture, Azad University. Tehran, Iran
1994 – 1998 Diploma in Mathematics and Physics, Matin High School. Tehran, Iran
Collections
2016 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Permanent Collection. USA
Exhibitions (Museums)
2016 Islamic Art Now, Part 2: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, LACMA museum. Los Angeles, USA
2009 165 Ans de Photographie Iranienne, Photoquai world images biennial, Musée du Quai Branly. Paris, France
2007 Ey Iran, Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA). Adelaide, Australia
Selected Exhibitions (Galleries)
2019 Fragile Frontiers, Yarat Contemporary Art Space. Baku, Azerbaijan
2019 Iran: Visual Poetries, Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie. Quebec, Canada
2019 Urban Chaos, Aaran Projects Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2017-2018 Iran Year 38, JIMEI X ARLES International Photo Festival. Xiamen, China
2017 Iran Year 38 . Arles, France
2017 Aaran Projects Nourouz Photography Show. Tehran, Iran
2016 Looking Yesterday a Tomorrow, IFA Gallery (Art and Architecture Foundation). Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany
2015 A’INA-KARI Looking Glass, La Caja Blanca Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2015 Tehran, Virtual or Real, Aaran Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2015 Why Did You Wake Me Up?, Solo show of Photography and video, Aaran Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2015 Strangeness of banality and other Stories, Super Market 2015 Stockholm, Independent Art Fair. Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Tehran Mon Amor, Galerie Royal. Munich, Germany
2014 Portraits: Reflections by Emerging Iranian Artists, Rogue Space. New York, USA
2013 Untitled, Dar Al Funoon Gallery. Kuwait
2010 In Commemoration of Bahman Jalali, Faravahr Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2009 Revealing Truths: Contemporary Iranian Art Photography, Sultan Gallery. Kuwait
2008 Ey Iran, Auckland Festival of Photography, Lopdell House Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand
2006 Ey Iran, Contemporary Iranian Photography, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland Festival of Photography. Brisbane, Australia
2006 Contemporary Iranian Photography, Iranian Fine Art Photography, De Santos Gallery. Huston, USA
2005 Untitled, Khak Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2004 Untitled, Assar Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2004 Self-Portrait, Silk Road Art Gallery. Tehran, Iran
2004 Exposition Collective du Printemps Persan 6 jeunes regards Iraniennes, Fnac Montparnasse. Paris, France
Biennials and Contests
2004 The First Photo-Dialogue Contest, Iranian Artistes’ Forum. Tehran, Iran
2004 The Ninth Biennial of Contemporary Iranian Photography,
Saba Cultural Center. Tehran, Iran
Art Fairs
2009 Paris Photo, Assar Art Gallery booth, Carrousel du Louvre. Paris, France
2004 Paris Photo, Silk Road Gallery booth, Carrousel du Louvre. Paris, France
Professional Affiliation
2007 – Present Honorary member of the Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts. Iran
2016 – Present Official member of the National Iranian Photographers’ Society. Iran
Selected Publications
2017 Iran: Annee 38, ISBN: 978-2-84597-581-1, TEXTUEL / Arte Editions. Paris, France
2016 dem gestern ein morgen geben … Iran: Architekture Und Kunst, ISBN: 978-3-921970-57-7, Production by Offizin Scheufele. Stuttgart, Germany
2015 Tehran Mon Amour, ISBN: 978-3-928804-28-8, Publisher: Icon Verlag. Munchen, Germany
2014 Portraits: Reflections by Emerging Iranian Artists, Catalogue in PDF format. USA
2012 La Photographie Iranienne: Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran, ISBN: 9782919507061. France
2011 Amidst Shadow and Light: Contemporary Iranian Art and Artist, ISBN: 9787802134, Production by Liaoning Creative Press LTD. Hong kong
2003 Herfeh: Honarmand No. 5, Magazine. Tehran, Iran
2003 AKSNAMEH No. 11, Experiences, Published by Cultural Research Bureau. Iran
