Shahram entekhabi
From Asian Art Documentation
Shahram Entekhabiis an Iranian-born artist and architect whose work has been the subject of many exhibitions all over the world, currently living and working across London, Berlin and Tehran. Shahram’s practice is framed within an urban setting and diffuses the idea of the urban space being a reserve for the practice and performance of the white, middle class, heterosexual male. He explores these ideas via a variety practices using architecture, installation and digital media. He chooses to highlight individuals who are ordinarily marginalized and made invisible or forced into "self-ghettoization" from the urban domain, such as migrant communities and their cultures, particularly the communities from the Middle East and its diaspora. The question of visibility and invisibility therefore is a theme he recurrently explores within his practice.
[edit] Biography
Shahram Entekhabi (1963) is an Iranian Artist living and working in London, Berlin and Tehran. He is active in the fields of video art, photography, painting, drawings, installation, performance art and community art.
He studied graphic-design at the University of Teheran, Iran in and studied architecture, urbanism, and Italian language in Perugia and Reggio Calabria, Italy. Works as independent architect on residential projects and competitions. Currently active in the fields of video art, photography, painting, drawings, installation, performance and community art. He received a 2004 fellowship at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland/OH, USA. 2007 Live Art UK Touring Commission R&D (Research and Development grants).
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2007
- LED-Wall, Zeithaus, VW Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany
- HAZARD: Performance Festival— Manchester City Centre, UK
- Commè amaro stu ppane — Centre d'art Nei Liicht, Dudelange, Luxembourg
- Sin cobertura. Independent Video from the Middle East— Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
- War of the Buttons. Children and the World of War — Århus Kunstbygning Center for Contemporary Art, Århus, Denmark
- IDEAL.LOOP — Espace Croisé, Roubaix Cedex 1, France
2006
- It's been a long way, baby (solo exhibition) — Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
- Krieg der Knöpfe (War of the Buttons) — Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany
- This Land Is My Land (II/ Berlin) — Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin
- Busan Biennale — Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan Yachting Center, Korea
- Appendix3: Visual sound — Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 100 TAG = 100 VIDEOS — Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
- Auflösung III — Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin
- Voiler - Dévoiler — Villa du Parc- Centre d’art Contemporain, Annemasse, France
- Labyrinth X - zu Rassismus und Ausgrenzung — Nikolaikirche, Rostock, Germany
- This Land Is My Land — Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany (catalogue)
- Berlintendenzen — La Capella, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
- International Artists Residency Exhibition — Vasl Art, Haveli Baroodkhana, Lahore, Pakistan
- Lost In Space. 19th Annual Images Festival — Vtape, Toronto, Canada
- dLux Media Arts international, the Middle Eastern Video Project — Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
- Something in Common (solo exhibition) — Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Almost Art — Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
- Urban Creatures — Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland (catalogue)
- Nouvelles Collections — CentrePasquArt Kunsthaus/ Centre d’art, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
- Portraits - The View Behind the Make-up — Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
