Galerie Bob van Orsouw

installation in progress

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.