Solo exhibitions
2007
The Third Line Gallery, New Paintings, April 25, Dubai.
2006
Threshold of Hap, e x t r a s p a z i o, Rome
Albareh Gallery, Bahrain
Operation Supermarket, with Shirin Aliabadi, The Counter Gallery, London
Operation Supermarket, with Shirin Aliabadi, Kolding Design School, Copenhagen
The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
2004
e x t r a s p a z i o, Rome
Art Space Gallery, curated by Isabelle Van Den Eynde De Rivieren, Dubai
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
2003
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Geneva
Leighton House Museum, curated by Rose Issa, London
2002
13 Vanak Street Gallery, Tehran
2001
Heaven,13 Vanak Street Gallery, Tehran
2000
13 Vanak Street Gallery, Tehran
1992
Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
Selected group exhibitions
2007
Neighbours in Dialogue, Feshane cultural center, Istanbul, curated by Beral Madra, March 10 –April
2006
Iran.com, Museum of New Art, Freiburg
Images of the Middle East, Copenhagen
Art without Borders, Armenian Centre for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan
V-Day, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
Word into Art. Artists of the Modern Middle East, curated by Venetia Porter, British Museum, London
Ethnic Marketing, 13 Vanak Street Gallery, Tehran
2005
After the Revolution, curated by Octavio Zaya, KM Kulturunea Erakustaretoa, San Sebastian.
quasi niente / almost nothing, e x t r a s p a z i o, Rome
Welcome, curated by Farhad Moshiri, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
2004-2005
It’s Hard to Touch the Real, Kunstverein, Munich - Tallinn Kunsthalle, Tallinn - Unge Kunstnerers Samfund UKS (The Association of Young Artists), Oslo - Yeans (artist-run-space), Gothenburg - Bildmuseet Umeå, University College of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden
2004
Entfernte Nähe, curated by Rose Issa, House of World Cultures, Berlin
Iran under the Skin, curated by Firouz Firouz, CCCB, Barcelona
Ethnic Marketing, curated by Martine Anderfuhren e Tirdad Zolghadr, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva
Turning Points, curated by Media Farzin, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2003
Iranian Pool, curated by Maria Chus Martinez, Casa Asia/ARCO, Madrid
Casa Asia, curated by Maria Chus Martinez, Barcelona
Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden
Continuous Stroke of a Breath, curated by Afsaneh Firouz, Harvard University, Boston
Haft, curated by Michket Krifa, l’Espace Landowski, Ville de Boulogne- Billancourt, France
1993
Tehran Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1989
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Los Angeles
education
1981/84
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.
Press and Publications
2006
EURO NEWS TV channel, review of “Words into Art” at British Museum, August 22.
BERLINGSKE Newspaper, “Nar kunsten er iklaedt chador”, Kultur section,pg 2-3, Copenhagen, August 12.
CHRISTIES auction house catalog, Contemporary Art of the Middle East, May29.
WORDS INTO ART exhibition at British Museum catalog.
2005
MODERN PAINTERS magazine,“Unveiled”,pg 56-58,Oct 25, London.
Canvas magazine, cover and pages 70-79,sept/oct, Dubai.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION,exhibition catalog, KM Kulturunea
Erakustaretoa, July 20, San Sebastian, Spain.
Gulf Air Magazine, “The Persian touch”, pg 42-45,May
Walrus Magazine, “Under the sheltering crescent moon”, pg 42-50,June,Toranto.
AFSLORET newspaper, June 9, Denmark.
Exibart.com,“Divani dorati e armi giocattolo”, Jan 29, Roma
Art Asia Pacific, Spring.
WELCOME, exhibition catalog, Kashya Hildebrand gallery, Feb, New York.
Bidoun magazine, Spring issue.
Radio Farda, March.
New York Times, April 8, 2005, review by Holland Cotter
The New York Sun, pg 14, March 25.
Trace, (online magazine)March, New York.
Bidoun magazine, Winter issue.
2004
Berliner Morgenpost, “Schlussel zum Paradies”,Pg 9, March 20, Berlin.
The BUZZ (exclusive interview) 16 Nov, Dubai.
Radio Farda, April.
TRIBUNE dE GENEVE,” Le Centre d’art contemporain fait son marche ethnique”, pg 30, November 15, Geneve.
ABC, “A la caza del cazador blanco” pg 25-26, November 6.
Swiss Info, “Arts plastiques, faites votre marche”, November 5.
Le Courrier, 6/11 Geneve.
Neue Burcher Beitung, 6/11.
Time Europe, online magazine, By Malu Halasa, March
CITY TIMES, 5 Nov, Dubai.
Der Tagesspiegel (KULTUR), “Mehrdeutigkeit ist die starkste Waffe der Kunst” Pg 25, 19 March, Berlin.
Bidoun magazine, summer issue.
Mondanite, Dec, Dubai.
Kunst Feuilleton,(online Magazine,) “Entfernte Nahe”, 9/5/04 Berlin.
CASAMICA (Corriere della Sera),”DORATO IRAN”,pg 34,Dec 4, Rome.
GULF TODAY, Nov, Dubai
Kultur, “Schlussel zum Paradies”, 20 March, Berlin.
The Bite, Iran’s creative hotbed, October, Dubai.
Der Tagesspiegel, March 19, 2004, Berlin.
2004 Far Near Distance, book published by Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, p176-177 front and back cover, and title page image.
LE TEMPS, Les resorts de la xenophilie (parodie), pg.39, 28.10.2004
LA LIBERTE, Vous reprendriez bien un peu d’exotisme! Pg 40, October 30, Geneve.
KUNST BULLETIN, Ethnic Marketing, pg 46, November 1.
360 degree, “Fureur ethnique”, November.
WOZ DIE WOCHENZEITUNG,“Ethnopop oder was?” pg 23,November 4.
NEUE ZURCHER ZEITUNG, “Angebot und Nachfrage”, Pg 48, November 6.
24 HEURES, “Sur fond de mondialisation …”, pg 13, November 12, Lausanne.
2003
Haft, Seven Contemporary Iranian Artists, Somogy editions d’art, p24-31.
PARIS MATCH (Swiss),pg XIV, December 4.
Radio Farda, April.
TANK Magazine,”Never mind the secularists”, pg 136-141, 5th Anniversary issue, London.
El Pais, Arco, February 2003, Madrid.
El Mundo, Arco, February 2003, Madrid.
Rooseum Provisorium, April 2003, Malmo, Sweden.
6th Sharjah Biennial Catalog, April, UAE.
Time out Dubai, April 2003, Dubai, UAE.
2001
Telerama, “Revolution culturelle a Teheran”,December 29,France.