Shirana Shahbazi

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Shirana Shahbazi

Shirana Shahbazi (born June 15, 1974 in Tehran ) is an Iranian photographer who emigrated to Germany and lives in Zurich . Her conceptual works, which based on the photo, are assigned to minimalism in postmodern visual arts , have received international attention . In her creative process, a mostly two-dimensional, more or less abstract work of art emerges from photos . The artist's oeuvre still includes poster paintings and Persian silk carpets made using traditional knotting techniques.

Life

Shirana Shahbazi studied photography at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences from 1995–1997 and then continued her studies until 2000 at the Zurich University of the Arts . For a series of color photos taken in Iran - published in 2001 in the Goftare nik photo book - Shirana Shahbazi received the Deutsche Börse Photo Prize in 2002 . Also in 2002 the picture series Der Garten was published . At the 2003 Biennale she presented The Annunciation as an installation .

Shirana Shahbazi founded the Scheherazade ( Persian ) on February 18, 2004 together with the designer Manuel Krebs (* 1970) and the Berlin art critic and documentary director Tirdad Zolghadr (* 1973) شهرزاد, šahrzād ). This is a group of Persian artists living and working in Germany and Switzerland.

In 2019 Shirana Shahbazi will be awarded the Prix ​​Meret Oppenheim .

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Exhibitions

Collections

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Illustrated books, books

  • Goftare nik. 87 pages, 47 photos. Codax Publisher, Zurich 2001, ISBN 978-3-9521227-5-4 (German and English),
  • Risk is our business . 96 pages. König , Cologne 2004, ISBN 978-3-88375-774-2 (German and English),
  • Shirana Shahbazi, Rachid Tehrani, Tirdad Zolghadr, Emily Cone-Miller: Shahrzad history (see above: Scheherazade). 320 pages. JRP Ringier , Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-905701-50-0 ,
  • Tan Wälchli (ed.), Shirana Shahbazi (photos, illustrations), Aude Lehmann (design): Accept the expected. Center d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, March 2 to April 25, 2005. 103 pages. König, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-88375-944-9 (English),
  • Urs Stahel (Ed.): Then again. On the occasion of the Exhibition Shirana Shahbazi - Much Like Zero at Fotomuseum Winterthur, September / November 2011. 160 pages. Steidl, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86930-338-3 (English),
  • Monstera . 256 pages. JRP Ringier, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03764-400-3 (English).

Web links

Commons : Shirana Shahbazi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ eng. 2003 Venice Biennale installation: The Annunciation
  2. ↑ Christoph Heim: Prix ​​Meret Oppenheim: Shirana Shahbazi awarded. The federal government honors an artist, two architects and an art critic. Basler Zeitung , March 14, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Christina Genova: Shirana Shahbazi about her work: The idea that an artist must be one with his work is unworldly . St. Galler Tagblatt , May 2, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ eng. Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York
  5. ↑ eng. Milton Keynes Gallery
  6. ↑ eng. Barbican Center
  7. ^ Italian Cardi Black Box
  8. ↑ eng. The Breeder
personal data
SURNAME Shahbazi, Shirana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian-Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Tehran