Shirana Shahbazi
Shirana Shahbazi
- 1974
- Born in Tehran, Iran
- 1985
- Moves to Germany
- 1995-1997
- Study of Photography at the Fachhochschule Dortmund
- 1997-2000
- Study of Photography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich
- 2003
- Residency in New York, Atelier Stipendium der Stadt Zürich
- 2006
- Residency in Berlin, Atelier Stipendium der Stiftung Landis & Gyr
- 2008
- Residency at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
- currently
- Lives and works in Zurich
Solo Shows
- 2013
- Between Dayligts, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
- Cardi Black Box, Milano, Italy
- XCult, curated by Roman Kurzmeyer, Amden, Switzerland
- 2012
- Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic.
- FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria.
- 2011
- Shirana Shahbazi – Much like Zero, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (cat.).
- New Museum, Museum Lobby, New York, USA.
- 2010
- The Breeder, Athens, Greece.
- 2009
- Cardi Black Box Gallery, Milan, Italy.
- 2008
- The Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France.
- Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2007
- Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain (cat.).
- Swiss Institute, New York, USA (cat.).
- 2006
- Raum für Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
- Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes, Great Britain.
- 2005
- Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Italy. (cat.)
- Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran. (cat.)
- Zimmerfrei, Lugano (with Andro Wekua), Switzerland.
- 2004
- Salon 94, New York, USA.
- The Wrong Gallery, New York, USA.
- Trans Area, New York, USA.
- Planet 22 (Shahrzad), Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2003
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA.
- Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
- 2002
- Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Bonner Kunstverein am August Macke Platz, Bonn, Germany.
- L’elac, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2001
- Photographers’ Gallery, London, Great Britain.
- Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br. (with Eric Steinbrecher), Germany.
Group Exhibitions
- 2012
- New Photography 2012, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
- Junge Schweizer Kunst. Jubiläum Manor Kunstpreis 2012, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland.
- The Gallery Collection, exhibition curated by Beda Achermann, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Grösser als Zürich. Kunst in Aussersihl, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Shortening Distances. Asian Panorama of the MUSAC Collection, MUSAC, Leon, Spain.
- 2011
- Wunder, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (cat.).
- Beispiel Schweiz: Entgrenzungen und Passagen als Kunst, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein.
- Visionäre Sammlung Vol.16: Die Zürcher Konkreten, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Für immer jung. 50 Jahre Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany.
- Interieur, curated by Gürsoy Dogtas, Knust und Kunz, Munich, Germany.
- 2010
- 8th International Photo Triennial Esslingen, Germany.
- Summer Loves, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2009
- Asia Pacific Triennial (APT6), Queensland Art Gallery,South Brisbane, Queens- land, Australia.
- Darkside II - Photographic Power and Violence, Disease, and Death Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
- Three leap seconds later, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland.
- Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London, Great Britain (cat.).
- Durch die Blume…, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern, Switzerland.
- Flower Power, Villa Giulia – Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Verbania, Italy.
- 2008
- Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (cat.).
- The Eternal Flame. Ueber das Versprechen der Ewigkeit, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland.
- 2007
- Spectacular Space, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2006
- Out of Place, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, Great Britain.
- Choosing my Religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland.
- Under the same sky, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 4th berlin biennial for contemporary art, Berlin, Germany.
- Without Boundary. Seventeen Ways of Looking, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
- Reale Fantasien, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
- 2005
- Rundlederwelten, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany.
- Weltbilder, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Recreating the Case (Shahrzad), Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland.
- Universal Experience. Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA.
- Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Hayward Gallery,London, Great Britain.
- Homeworks III, Ashkal Alwan Forum, Beirut, Lebanese Republic.
- Sharjah Biennial 7, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
- Between New Painting and Political Action, Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic.