Shahla Aghapour
Shahla Aghapour ( , شهلا آقاپور,; * before 1988 in Tehran , Iran ) is an Iranian artist and writer living in Germany.
biography
Shahla Aghapour grew up as the daughter of Iranian Azerbaijanis in Tehran and was interested in art and literature from an early age. In addition to studying art, she trained as a journalist and worked for the newspaper Ayandegan ( German future ) at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution . She had to emigrate from Iran - also as a result of her journalistic activities critical of the regime - and went to Germany.
Since then, Shahla Aghapour has been working as a writer, visual artist and performance artist and has had exhibitions and readings in Germany and other countries. She also completed a social pedagogical training as well as a postgraduate Master of Art degree at the UdK Berlin and works as an art lecturer and director of artistic projects.
Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists , PEN Center for Writers in Exile in German-speaking Countries and was chairwoman of the Iranian Association of Writers in Exile from 2007 to 2009.
Shahla Aghapour lives in Berlin.
Exhibitions (selection)
- State Gallery (Shemiran) / Iran
- Gallery Ay ( Istanbul ) / Turkey
- FBK - Free Berlin Art Exhibition
- Traveling exhibition Toys of the Winds ( Berlin - Hamburg - Münster - Zagreb - Split - Vrgorac )
- Ministry of Culture Brandenburg ( Potsdam )
- Landtag Brandenburg ( Potsdam )
- Workshop of Cultures ( Berlin )
- Prussian Landtag - Berlin House of Representatives
- Gallery Kulturforum Villa Oppenheim (Berlin)
- Heilandskirche (Berlin)
- Art store ( Friedersdorf )
- Salon Exil ( Berlin )
- Brecht House (Berlin)
- Inselgalerie ( Berlin )
- Schöneberg Town Hall (Berlin)
- Old fire station ( Cologne )
- Cultural Center ( Delft ) / Netherlands
- Cultural Association ( Zurich ) / Switzerland
- Cultural Association ( Lugano ) / Switzerland
- Hilton Hotel ( Houston ) / Texas USA
- House of Culture ( Dallas ) / Texas USA
- ART-Gallery-Benakohell ( Berlin )
Readings (selection)
- Literaturhaus Berlin
- Kulturforum Villa Oppenheim (Berlin)
- Heilandskirche (Berlin)
- Workshop of Cultures (Berlin)
- Literature forum in the Brecht House (Berlin)
- Old fire station ( Cologne )
- House of Culture ( Gothenburg ) / Sweden
- Cultural Center ( Delft ) / Netherlands
- Delftstede Numbers Center ( Delft ) / Netherlands
- Cultural Center ( Stockholm ) / Sweden
- Kulturcentrum Europers ( Brussels ) / Belgium
- Cultural Association ( Zurich ) / Switzerland
- Cultural Association ( Lugano ) / Switzerland
- Leipzig Book Fair
- Hilton Hotel ( Houston ) / Texas USA
- House of Culture ( Dallas ) / Texas USA
Publications (selection)
- Andishaje hessi - Emotional thoughts - (Persian), Gheze Verlag, Tehran / Iran
- Sarate garme hes - parts of feelings - (Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum
- Ashovtegieh Djahan - Chaos of the Cosmos - (Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum
- Parvaze sorkhe tan - Flying red bodies - (Persian), Fourough Books Verlag, Cologne
- Morvarid-e Siah - The Black Pearl - (Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum
In German transmission
- Oliver Twist in Tehran. Poems. Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2010.
Web links
- Shahla Aghapour website
Individual evidence
- ^ "Catalog of the exhibition in the gallery in the parliament"
- ^ "Iranian Night organized by PEN"
- ↑ "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
- ↑ "Kulturpur: Exhibition in the Inselgalerie"
- ↑ "Exhibition in the Inselgalerie - website of the Inselgalerie" ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Website of Texas Persian Cultural Center" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Website of the gallery: Exhibition 1001 Blick"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aghapour, Shahla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran , Iran |