I am an Iranian artist based in Paris since 2011. My practice unfolds through photography, Film, drawing, and installation.
Time spent working with filmmakers has influenced the way I consider and question the construction, dissemination, and reception of images. I aspire to make these processes visible but also to construct my own visual fictions.
Today I am interested in the images that are offered to me. I collect documentary images found on the internet or in films as well as photos simply captured with my camera during my wanderings. I consider these recorded visuals for what they are—compositions—in order to divert the paradoxical relationship that exists between image and the idea that we have of reality/verity.
The interplay between mediums, the transition from one state to another, has become central to my practice. This sensibility might stem from a life lived between multiple worlds, shaping an approach where boundaries dissolve and overlaps become opportunities. It’s a process that has led me to explore installation and, more recently, film, seeking out spaces where materials and techniques intersect in unexpected ways. In earlier years, my work was more explicitly engaged with themes like exoticism and self-representation, but the passage of time has introduced new layers, shifting focus towards the subtleties of what lies in-between.
It seems to me that the image is produced by fraction—for an image inscribed in space, a thousand other images can literally be born from it—and by effraction—by dependence and emancipation, even detour, of a visual economy which dominates our modes of perception and our cognitive schemes.
Ambiguities and transitory states interest me more than affirmations. It is in this state of mind that I seek bridges between mediums and continually test new techniques. I look for the poetic accidents that result from these marriages, which I compare to black holes opening up to horizons to be explored.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 • Maltournée,
MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie), Paris, France.
2022 • Œil pour œil,
Frac Île-de-France Le Plateau (La Vitrine), Paris, France.
2018 • Discreetly Living Behind Your Face,
Galerie 52, Folkwang-Uni, Essen, Germany.
2018 • Discreetly Living Behind Your Face,
Galerie petits carreaux, Saint-Briac, France.
2017 • Telesm,
kultur kapellen, Pictoplasma festival, Berlin, Germany.
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 • Pooya Abbasian XX Grand8,
La Generale, Paris, France.
2021 • RCO,
La Marbrerie, Montreuil, France.
2011 • Nature Regulate,
Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2010 • Aklil-al-Molook,
Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2007 • Exopalasht,
Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2006 • Related-Unrelated,
Tehran Artists House, Tehran, Iran.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 • Photo Saint-Germain,
Galerie John Ferrere, Paris, France.
2024 • MAD(Made Anywhere),
Fondation Fiminco, Romainville, France.
2024 • La logique des lieux,
Fondation Fiminco, Romainville, France.
2024 • Faire image,
Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France.
2024 • Nord-Est,
Poush, Aubervilliers, Paris, France.
2024 • La Box une première histoire (1990-2024),
La Box, Bourges, France.
2024 • Soli Loci,
LaTour Orillon, Montreuil, France.
2024 • Courser l’Été – Territoires Buissonniers,
Placement Produit Paris, France.
2024 • Let us try to assume our fundamental ambiguity,
Poush, Aubervilliers, France.
2024 • Art93,
Poush, Aubervilliers, France.
2012 • Dip into the Bleu,
Maison Touchard, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
2021 • Memento,
Zeto project space, Paris, France.
2020 • En Être,
70ème édition de Jeune Création, Romainville, France.
2020 • Le radeau des cimes,
Villa Belleville, Paris, France.
2019 • En Cas de Pluie (hors les murs de Jeune Création),
Friche étex, Paris, France.
2018 • Artvilnius,
Litexpo, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2016 • Face à Face,
Association La Source, La Guéroulde, France.
2013 • Cousu Main-le temps passé,
Galerie des petits carreaux, Paris, France.
2013 • Art On Paper,
la Gare Maritime, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2013 • Interdit aux mineurs,
Galerie des petits carreaux, Paris, France.
2012 • Slick,
Le Garage(haut-marais), Paris, France.
2012 • Jaunes,
Galerie des petits carreaux, Paris, France.
2012 • AnimaFac Festival,
Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France.
2010 • Window,
Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2010 • Military service,
Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2007 • 9th visual arts biennial,
Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran, Iran.
2006 • Limited Access,
Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2006 • House of Drawing 1st Gathering,
House of Drawing, Tehran, Iran.
2006 • 8th visual arts biennial,
Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran, Iran.
RESIDENCIES
2024 • Design Person, Nagoya, Japan.
2023 • Fondation Fiminco, Paris, France.
2022 • SHIFT, amac, Paris, France.
2021 • Drawing Factory – Cnap, Paris, France.
2020 • La Box ENSA, Bourges, France.
2019 • Villa Belleville, Paris, France.
2018 • Galerie des petits carreaux, Saint-Briac, France.
2017 • Association La Source, La Guéroulde, France.
2016 • Association La Source, La Guéroulde, France.
2014 • Forum des images with Arte, Paris, France.
GRANTS
2024 – la MEP Permanent collection,
for the film Maltournée, Paris, France.
2024 • Production grant
Fondation Françoise pour l’art contemporain.
2023 • Production grant
Fondation Fiminco, Paris, France.
2021 • Production grant (Wim Wenders Foundation),
Institut Français / Goethe Institut, France, Allemagne.
2020 • CNAP (French National Contemporary Art Collection),
Permanent collection for Lumen series, Paris, France.
2019 • CNL Bourse aux auteurs,
For the book Les Secrets de Sinavar, Paris, France.
TALKS
2022 • Talk at IESA,
(Ecole internationale d’arts et culture) Paris, France.
2021 • Talk at ENSA,
(école de beaux-arts) Bourges, France.
2018 • Talk at Folkwang-University,
with Gisela Bullacher, Essen, Germany.
2018 • Parrain de la Nuit de la lecture,
Ministry of Culture, Paris, France.
2017 • Intervention for Little Villette festival,
La Villette, Paris, France.
2017 • Talk at Bétonsalon,
Center for Art and Research, Paris France.
2017 • Conference at Pictoplasma Festival,
Berlin, Germany.
2016 • Intervention at Centre Pompidou,
On Abbas Kiarostami, Paris, France.
BOOKS (AS AUTEUR/ILLUSTRATOR)
• La Petite Vague Bleue,
published at Gallimard Jeunesse.
• Les Secrets de Sinavar et autres Contes d’Irân,
published at Gallimard Jeunesse.
• De Lamour, Fragments d’un Discours Scientifique,
published at Actes sud.
• Terres et Hommes,
published at Actes sud-Junior.
• Les Poulpes, futurs maitres du monde,
published at Actes sud-Junior.
• L’incroyable aventure de la génétique,
published at Nathan.
• Sonnette entre Chien et Loup,
published at Gallimard Jeunesse.
• Mes Amis Monstres,
published at Actes sud-Junior.
• Un Arbre pour Ami,
published at GallimardJeunesse.
PUBLICATIONS
• Maltournée,
MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie).
• Une révolution iranienne : Femme, Vie, Liberté,
Beaux-arts de paris.
• Contemporary Iranian Art,
New Perspectives by Hamid Keshmirshekan.
• Signing Tehran,
Eine Designreporteage by Julia Kahl.
• Urban Iran by BirAnna Olson.
SELECTED PRESS
• Arté • British Journal of Photography • Étapes
• France Culture • France Inter • Interview Magazine
• Kaltbult Magazine • Journal des arts • Libération
• L’Œil Magazine • Premiere • Telegramme
COLLABORATIONS
• Centre Pompidou
• Jafar Panahi
• La Cinémathèque Française
• Les Films Pelleas
• Maison Margiela
• Universal Music
• Zaman Books Curating