Shirana Shahbazi
Artist / Photographer
Shirana Shahbazi studied at Dortmund University and at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich. She had solo exhibitions at renowned, international institutions: recently at KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, at Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (2017); Kunsthalle Bern (2014); Fotomuseum Winterthur, New Museum, New York (2011); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2009); Swiss Institute, New York (2007); Sprengel Museum, Hannover (2006); and at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2005). Shirana Shahbazi’s works are represented in numerous public collections: among these Tate Modern, London; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich; Fotomuseum Winterthur; and Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Born 1974 in Tehran, lives and works in Zurich.
Shirana Shahbazi
Artist / Photographer
Shirana Shahbazi studied at Dortmund University and at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich. She had solo exhibitions at renowned, international institutions: recently at KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, at Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (2017); Kunsthalle Bern (2014); Fotomuseum Winterthur, New Museum, New York (2011); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2009); Swiss Institute, New York (2007); Sprengel Museum, Hannover (2006); and at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2005). Shirana Shahbazi’s works are represented in numerous public collections: among these Tate Modern, London; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich; Fotomuseum Winterthur; and Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Born 1974 in Tehran, lives and works in Zurich.
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Man Ray: Other ObjectsSep 6 – Dec 6, 2023Luxembourg + Co., New York, opens Man Ray: Other Objects. The first of its kind, this exhibition invites visitors to experience in person the premise of an artist’s practice that relied on and relished in the absence of originals. (more…)
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Malta Biennale 2024Mar 11 – May 2024The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has just granted its patronage to maltabiennale.art, which will be held in Malta for the first time in the coming year. UNESCO’s patronage is considered as a high form of recognition for this art festival (more…)
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Boros Collection / Bunker Berlin #4OngoingWe have rarely been as aware of the vulnerability of our physical bodies as in recent years. As a society, we are constantly upgrading our bodies through artificial enhancements to immunize ourselves against infections and maximize our performance. (more…)
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Ligia Lewis: study now steadySep 30, 2023 – Feb 4, 2024This fall CARA will be hosting the first solo exhibition of artist and choreographer Ligia Lewis (b. 1983, Santo Domingo; lives and works in Berlin). Titled study now steady, the exhibition will be on view September 30, 2023 through February 4, 2024, presenting one live commission, a series of rehearsal/performances, as well as newly commissioned video work. (more…)
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The Last HumansAlienation in the AnthropoceneWe have fundamentally altered the earth’s ecosystem by disrupting the natural rhythm of our planet and in doing so have created a new chapter in the evolution of Earth and a new stage of uncertainty. (more…)
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Alice Rekab / MehrfamilienhausFeb 16 – May 14, 2023Museum Villa Stuck presents Alice Rekab’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany. Rekab explores cultural and personal narratives – stories that are told about us and by us. (more…)
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Out of the Box / 20 Years SchaulagerJun 10 – Nov 19, 2023Schaulager is proud to present a major group exhibition this year and has good reason to celebrate: Schaulager is turning 20 years young! Most of the works on display were acquired in recent years for the collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation. (more…)
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Autumn at the InstitutNov 3 – Dec 24, 2023After opening its doors to the public on the occasion of five in situ previewing programmes in 2019 (extraORDINAIRE), 2020 (EN-QUÊTE), 2021 (Charles de Gaulle under the eye of the photographers and Perspectives), and in the spring of 2023 (Spring at the Institut), the Institut pour la photographie is presenting its sixth and final preview program (more…)
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Kara Walker: Back of Hand / Prince McVeigh and the Turner BlasphemiesSep 21 – Dec 3, 2023The Georgetown University Art Galleries are thrilled to present Kara Walker: Back of Hand in their de la Cruz Art Gallery, for the first exhibition of these new works in Washington by this internationally renowned artist. The exhibition displays a series of new works on paper by Kara Walker that examine themes such as complicity, racism, misremembered histories, and the violence that undergirds the legacy of the South. (more…)
