Setareh Shahbazi

born in 1978 in Teheran (IR), lives and works in Beirut and Berlin
Guest artist at Villa Romana from April to May 2011


Biography

2000 – 2003
Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, DE

1997 – 2000
Studies of scenography at Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe

Awards and Scholarships

2011
Catalogue funding of the Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn

2009
Ashkal Alwan support for the project Reverse Diary

2005
Studio scholarship, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo

2005
Award Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher for the catalogue Oh, no, no... – The Crystal Series

2003 – 2004
Scholarship DAAD for graduates in Beirut, in cooperation with the Arab Image Foundation

Cats (2010)

Flowers (2010)

Solo Exhibitions

2010
I am Glad that Things Have Changed, 98Weeks Project Space, Beirut

2009
Bye Bye Love, Galerie Fischerundfischer, Berlin

2008
Why Not Bazar, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara

2006
Das Fremde, die Unordnung, die Kraft und die Geister, ArtCologne, Cologne
Einer von Euch traut mir nicht! (The secret of atmospheric picturesII), Montgomery, Berlin
Oh, no, no... – The Crystal Series, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg

2004
Oh, no, no... – The Crystal Series, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, DE


Group Exhibitions

2010
Jostari dar Salighe va Ehsass, Asar Galerie, Teheran

2009
Subvision Kunst.Festival.Off, Hamburg - with 98Weeks Research Group, Beirut

2008
Regression, Montgomery, Berlin
The Intimate and Extraordinary Life of Rocks, Program - Initiative for Art and Architechture Collaboration, Berlin

2007
Whenever It Starts, It is The Right Time!, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M
Evangelisch-Katholisch IV, Montgomery, Berlin

2005
Rainbow, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut
J’en rêve, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris

2004
Wie eine Fatamorgana, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,
Open Häusle, Beirut, cooperation with Roseline Rannoch

2003
Keyword: Iran - The Unstable Archive, Casa Asia, Barcelona
Iranian Pool, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö


Workshops and Projects

2008
AIWA, Workshop with Triangle Arts Trust, Aley, LB
Beirut Every Other Day, Workshop with 98Weeks research Group, Beirut

2007
A Crime Against Art, participation at Madrid Trial, a project of unitednationsplaza