Barbad Golshiri (b. 1982, Tehran, Iran) studied painting at The School of Art and Architecture, Azad University, Tehran. This gallery presented his work first in Looped and Layered, a Selection of Contemporary Art from Tehran, May-June, 2009. Two solo exhibitions, Nothing is Left to Tell and Curriculum Mortis, followed in 2010 and 2013.
Golshiri's art has been widely received critically and shown in such institutions as the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (2018); Arentshuis/Groeninge Museum, Bruges (2017); Grey Art Gallery, New York (2016); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2015); MAXXI, Rome, Salzburger Kunstverein and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (all 2014); CAB, Brussels, and Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi (2013); Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2010); Goteborg Konstmuseum (2009/2006-07); Saatchi Gallery, London and Chelsea Art Museum, New York (2009); ZKM, Karlsruhe (2008-09); Jeu de Paume, Paris, and Barbican Center, London (2008); Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (2006); and Apexart, New York (2005). Additional gallery shows include Galeri Nev, Istanbul (2018); Aaran Gallery, Tehran (2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010); New Albion Gallery, Sydney (2012); Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (2011); Bétonsalon, Paris, and Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver (2008); Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (2010, 2008, 2007); and Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi (2005).
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