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Farhad Moshiri (Iranian, 1963)

Timeline

1963: Born in Shiraz, Iran. Lives and works in Iran.
1984: MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, USA

Exhibitions

2009: Raad O BARGH, 17 Iranian Artists, Kunstraum Deutsch Bank, Salzburg, Austria
2008: East West Dialogues, Mysticism, Satire and the Legendary Past, LTMH – Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008: CHRISTIES Auction House, International Modern and Contemporary Art, 30 April, Dubai, UAE
2008: Art Dubai, March 18 – 22, Dubai, UAE
2008: BONHAMS Auction House, Inaugural Middle East Auction, Dubai, UAE
2008: ‘Word into Art’, British Museum at DIFC, Dubai, UAE
2007: “Candy Store”, The Third Line, Dubai, U.A.E. (solo)
2007: “Sweet Dreams”, Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2006: “Threshold of Hap”, Extraspazio, Rome (solo)
2006: Albareh Gallery, Bahrain (solo)
2006: “Paintings”, The Third Line, Dubai, U.A.E. (solo)
2006: “Operation Supermarket”, a part of “Images of the Middle East”, Kolding Design School, collaboration with Shirin Aliabadi, Denmark (solo)
2006: “Operation Supermarket”, collaboration with Shirin Aliabadi, The Counter Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2006: ETHNIC MARKETING, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, 13 Vanak, Tehran, Iran
2006: IMAGES OF THE MIDDLE EAST, Coppenhagen, Denmark
2006: ART WITHOUT BORDERS, ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia
2006: IRAN.COM,Museum of New Art, Freiburg, Germany
2006: V-Day, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Chelsea NY, USA
2006: WORDS INTO ART, curated by Venetia Porter, British Museum, May, London, UK
2006: CHRISTIES Auction House, contemporary Middle East Art Auction, 2 viewings in London, Auction in Dubai, UAE
2005: “ETHNO KITSCH” Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, January, New York
2005: WELCOME, curated by Farhad Moshiri, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
2005: It’s hard to touch the real (Tour),Bildmuseet Ume, University College of Fine Arts, Ume
2005: It’s hard to touch the real (Tour),Yeans (artist-run-space), Gothenburg
2005: It’s hard to touch the real (Tour),Unge Kunstnerers Samfund UKS (The Association of Young Artists), Oslo
2005: It’s hard to touch the real (Tour),Tallinn Kunsthalle, Tallinn
2004: Guido Schlinkert Gallery, Solo show, Rome, December
2004: Art Space Gallery, Dubai, October
2004: “ETHNIC MARKETING”, Centre D’art Contemporain, Geneva. Group exhibition curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, October
2004: Kashya Hildebrand Gallery Solo exhibition, New York, April
2004: “Iran under the skin” CCCB, Barcelona, (Curator: Firouz Firouz) April
2004: “House of World Cultures”, Berlin, (Curator: Rose Issa) March
2004: “TURNING POINTS”, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, (Curator: Media Farzin) March, NY
2004: Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2004: Art Space Gallery, curated by Isabelle van den Eynde de Rivieren, Dubai, UAE (solo)
2004: e x t r a s p a z i o gallery, Rome, Italy (solo)
2003: Leighton House Museum, curated by Rose Issa, London, UK (solo)
2003: Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
2003: “Haft”, Ville De Boulogne-Billancourt, l’Espace Landowski, (Curator: Michket Krifa) November
2003: “Continuous stroke of a breath” (Curator: Afsaneh Firouz) Harvard, Boston
2003: Galerie Kashya Hildebrand Solo painting exhibition, Geneva, September
2003: Leighton House Museum, May (Curator, Rose Issa) London
2003: Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden, April
2003: Sharjah Biennial, Modern Art Museum, U.A.E April
2003: Casa Asia Curator, Maria Chus Martinez)Barcelona, July
2002: 13 Vanak Street Gallery, Curator: Fereydoun Ave, Tehran, Iran
2002: Zen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002: New Paintings, 13 Vanak ST., Tehran, Iran (solo)
2001: Heaven, installation, 13 Vanak ST., Tehran, Iran (solo)
2000: New Works, 13 Vanak ST., Tehran, Iran (solo)
2000: Painting exhibition,13 Vanak Street Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999: Painting exhibition, Bokhara Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1994–1998: Produced children’s books, computer animation and Films for UNICEF
1993: Biennale of Tehran, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1992: Painting exhibition, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1989: Painting exhibition, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1988: Installation, Black Salad Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1987: The End, a video installation, invite group exhibition, Los Angeles, USA

Literature

2005: Gulf Air Magazine, May 2005
2005: Art AsiaPacific, Spring 2005
2005: Bidoun Magazine, Spring 2005
2005: New York Times, April 8, 2005, review by Holland Cotter
2005: Canvas, March/ April 2005
2005: New York Sun, March 25, 2005
2005: Trace, March 2005
2005: Bidoun Magazine, Winter 2005
2004: Berliner Morgenpost, March 20, 2004, Berlin
2004: Der Tagesspiegel, March 19, 2004, Berlin