VAHID SHARIFIAN
Iranian, based in New York
Vahid Sharifian (born 1982) based in Los Angeles and Brooklyn. His works has been featured at many venues like Ropac Gallery (Paris), James Fuentes LLC (New York), Chelsea Art Museum (New York, NY), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, UK), the Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art (Copenhagen, DK), Guangju Museum (South Korea) and Venice Biennale (2015). His work has also been featured in ARTnews, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Art in America among numerous others. Vahid Sharifian is included in 100 New Artists by Francesca Gavin, published by Laurence King Publishers in 2011. Working in the footsteps of Pop Art and Dadaism,Vahid Sharifian has coined his art “Papa'ism,” which is to be read as a critic of both movements. Even so, he plays with their language to create quirky works, such as his series “My father is a democrat and through his chimney there are always hearts flying to the sky” the moments he has shared with his father and his generation.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
"Romantic Facilities",
Maryam Fashi Harandi Gallery, Tehran, Dec 2014;
"Eestern Angry Birds", Etemad Gallery, Tehran, May 2014;
"Flowars" Etemad Gallery,Tehran, May 2012;
"Martyr" Maryam Fashi Harandi Gallery, Tehran, Jan 2011;
"My father is a democrat and through his chimney there are always hearts flying to the sky" Photo Installation, khastoo gallery, Los Angeles, California, US, 2009;
"My father is a democrat and through his chimney there are always hearts flying to the sky", XVA Gallery, Dubai, UEA Photo installation, Oct 2008;
"Waiting For Jeff koons", Ave Gallery, Story-Installation, Tehran, Oct 2007;
"Game without a ball ", Ave Gallery, March 2006.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
"Great Game", Venice Biennale, Iran pavilion, cur. by Marco Meneguzzo, Venice, Italy, May 2015; "Songs of Loss and Songs of Love" , cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath" Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea, May 2014;
"Paintingwall", cur. by Ala Dehghan, Touch gallery, Boston, USA , January 2014;
"Paper works" cur. by Fereydoun Ave, Etemad Gallery, Dubai, Nov 2013;
"Iran Scope" , cur. by Fereydoun Ave ,Khak gallery, Dubai, Dec 2012;
"Documentary of Sea" cur. by Vahid Sharifian, XVA Gallery , Dubai, Feb 2012;
"third eye ,cur. by Raul zamudio, Other Gallery, Shanghai,China , March 2011;
"Ground Floor America , WHW Curaturial Group, DenFrie Centre of Contemporary Art,Copenhagen, Denmark ,July 2010;
"Iran-Today, Curated by Shahram Karimi, galerie Brigitte schenk, Koln ,Germany Nov 2010
"Iran-Today,galleria Il Gabbiano ,Rome,Italy , July 2010;
"I.U[heart], cur. by m.shafahi ,Third Line Gallery, Dubai, Jun 2010;
"Pop-up, smithshop+Stor, khastoo gallery , LA ,March 2010;
"Iran inside out, cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till fellrath, Farjam Foundation,Dubai. March 2010;
"Iran inside out, cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Depual Art Museum,Chicago .Nov 2009;
"Iran inside out, cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Chelsea Art Museum, New York .June 2009; "Made in Iran curated by Arianne Levene and Églantine de Ganay, Asia House ,London, UK, June 2009
"RAAD O BARGH, Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg, Austria, July 2009;
"RAAD O BARGH", Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, cur. by Victoire de Pourtales, Paris, France, Feb 2009 "crack up", cur. by Leila Michele , khastoo gallery, Los Angeles CA/ USA. Nov 2008;
"Lion under the rainbow, cur. by Alexandros Georgiou "Art from Tehran, D-Art Association, Athens, Greece, May 2008;
"Radical Drawing" , cur. by vahid sharifian ,Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran Dec 2007;
"Nightingales Song of Oil Rich Regions", Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts, Isfahan, Iran Jan 2008;
"Memorial to the Iraq war" cur. by Mark Sladen, Institute Of Contemporary Arts ,London, UK, May 2007
BOOKS:
"Deer T shirt "(story), Ney Publication, Tehran, 2014;
"Three dollops of ketchup".2HB CCA Glasgow, UK, July 2011;
"Songs of Black Tulips",panai/NATURE BLISS INC, Tokyo, Japan 2010;
"second son of mary"(poetry),ahangedigar pubication,Tehran, 2009;
"Funeral"(screenplay), Arvij publication,Tehran, 2006;
"The line Of Pines And The White Cat" (poetry), Ahang-e-Digar publication,Tehran, 2006.
AUCTIONS:
artnet Auction, middle eastern contemporary art,11 Aug. 2011;
Magical nights Auction( Magic of Persia), Iranian modern and contemporary Art,5-6 Nov 2010,
Dubai,UAE; Laxart Benefit Auction , contemporary art ,15 Nov 2009,Los Angeles ,CA/USA; Artcurial auction, Iranian and arab modern and contemporary art, 24 Oct 2009,Paris,France; Magic of Persia Auction, Iranian modern and contemporary art, 11 April 2009,Dubai,UAE.
SELECETED PRESS AND REVIEWS:
artnet News, Singing the praises of love and loss, Ines min, May 2014;
ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, Songs of loss and Song of love , by Jayoon Choi, Sep 2014;
Artnews, , Removing the Veil ,By Barbara Pollack December 2010;
L'Officiel Hommes , Agendaart, AlixO,byrin ,No 15,2009;
L'Officiel, L'Art AND Lamatiere ,by delphine Minoui, March 2009;
Wallpaper magazine, Thunder and Lighting ,Feb 2009;
artnet, Iran ART Now ,Ben Davis, Aug 2009;
New York Times, Art Intersects With Reality of Iranian Conflict ,Randy Kennedy, June 26, 2009;
New York Times ,iran inside out, Holland Cotter July 23, 2009
"Romantic Facilities",
Maryam Fashi Harandi Gallery, Tehran, Dec 2014;
"Eestern Angry Birds", Etemad Gallery, Tehran, May 2014;
"Flowars" Etemad Gallery,Tehran, May 2012;
"Martyr" Maryam Fashi Harandi Gallery, Tehran, Jan 2011;
"My father is a democrat and through his chimney there are always hearts flying to the sky" Photo Installation, khastoo gallery, Los Angeles, California, US, 2009;
"My father is a democrat and through his chimney there are always hearts flying to the sky", XVA Gallery, Dubai, UEA Photo installation, Oct 2008;
"Waiting For Jeff koons", Ave Gallery, Story-Installation, Tehran, Oct 2007;
"Game without a ball ", Ave Gallery, March 2006.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
"Great Game", Venice Biennale, Iran pavilion, cur. by Marco Meneguzzo, Venice, Italy, May 2015; "Songs of Loss and Songs of Love" , cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath" Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea, May 2014;
"Paintingwall", cur. by Ala Dehghan, Touch gallery, Boston, USA , January 2014;
"Paper works" cur. by Fereydoun Ave, Etemad Gallery, Dubai, Nov 2013;
"Iran Scope" , cur. by Fereydoun Ave ,Khak gallery, Dubai, Dec 2012;
"Documentary of Sea" cur. by Vahid Sharifian, XVA Gallery , Dubai, Feb 2012;
"third eye ,cur. by Raul zamudio, Other Gallery, Shanghai,China , March 2011;
"Ground Floor America , WHW Curaturial Group, DenFrie Centre of Contemporary Art,Copenhagen, Denmark ,July 2010;
"Iran-Today, Curated by Shahram Karimi, galerie Brigitte schenk, Koln ,Germany Nov 2010
"Iran-Today,galleria Il Gabbiano ,Rome,Italy , July 2010;
"I.U[heart], cur. by m.shafahi ,Third Line Gallery, Dubai, Jun 2010;
"Pop-up, smithshop+Stor, khastoo gallery , LA ,March 2010;
"Iran inside out, cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till fellrath, Farjam Foundation,Dubai. March 2010;
"Iran inside out, cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Depual Art Museum,Chicago .Nov 2009;
"Iran inside out, cur. by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Chelsea Art Museum, New York .June 2009; "Made in Iran curated by Arianne Levene and Églantine de Ganay, Asia House ,London, UK, June 2009
"RAAD O BARGH, Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg, Austria, July 2009;
"RAAD O BARGH", Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, cur. by Victoire de Pourtales, Paris, France, Feb 2009 "crack up", cur. by Leila Michele , khastoo gallery, Los Angeles CA/ USA. Nov 2008;
"Lion under the rainbow, cur. by Alexandros Georgiou "Art from Tehran, D-Art Association, Athens, Greece, May 2008;
"Radical Drawing" , cur. by vahid sharifian ,Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran Dec 2007;
"Nightingales Song of Oil Rich Regions", Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts, Isfahan, Iran Jan 2008;
"Memorial to the Iraq war" cur. by Mark Sladen, Institute Of Contemporary Arts ,London, UK, May 2007
BOOKS:
"Deer T shirt "(story), Ney Publication, Tehran, 2014;
"Three dollops of ketchup".2HB CCA Glasgow, UK, July 2011;
"Songs of Black Tulips",panai/NATURE BLISS INC, Tokyo, Japan 2010;
"second son of mary"(poetry),ahangedigar pubication,Tehran, 2009;
"Funeral"(screenplay), Arvij publication,Tehran, 2006;
"The line Of Pines And The White Cat" (poetry), Ahang-e-Digar publication,Tehran, 2006.
AUCTIONS:
artnet Auction, middle eastern contemporary art,11 Aug. 2011;
Magical nights Auction( Magic of Persia), Iranian modern and contemporary Art,5-6 Nov 2010,
Dubai,UAE; Laxart Benefit Auction , contemporary art ,15 Nov 2009,Los Angeles ,CA/USA; Artcurial auction, Iranian and arab modern and contemporary art, 24 Oct 2009,Paris,France; Magic of Persia Auction, Iranian modern and contemporary art, 11 April 2009,Dubai,UAE.
SELECETED PRESS AND REVIEWS:
artnet News, Singing the praises of love and loss, Ines min, May 2014;
ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, Songs of loss and Song of love , by Jayoon Choi, Sep 2014;
Artnews, , Removing the Veil ,By Barbara Pollack December 2010;
L'Officiel Hommes , Agendaart, AlixO,byrin ,No 15,2009;
L'Officiel, L'Art AND Lamatiere ,by delphine Minoui, March 2009;
Wallpaper magazine, Thunder and Lighting ,Feb 2009;
artnet, Iran ART Now ,Ben Davis, Aug 2009;
New York Times, Art Intersects With Reality of Iranian Conflict ,Randy Kennedy, June 26, 2009;
New York Times ,iran inside out, Holland Cotter July 23, 2009
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