Shirana Shahbazi Biography Born 1974 in Tehran, Iran Lives and works in Zurich 1985 Moves to Germany 1995-1997 Study of Photography and Design at the Fachhochschule Dortmund 1997-2000 Study of Photography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich 2008 Residency at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Works in Public Collections Tate Modern, London Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem Helmhaus, Zurich Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain Photographer's Gallery, London The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen Solo Exhibitions 2013 Between Daylights, Bob van Orsow Galerie, Zurich Cardi Black Box, Milano, Italy XCult, curated by Roman Kurzmeyer, Amden, Switzerland 2012 Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic. FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria. 2011 New Museum, Museum Lobby, New York Shirana Shahbazi Much like Zero, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland 2010 The Breeder, Athens 2009 Cardi Black Box Gallery, Milan 2008 The Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris 2007 Barbican Art Gallery, London (cat.) Swiss Institute, New York (cat.)
Raum für Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, Hannover Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes Centre d Art Contemporain, Geneva (cat.) Silk Road Gallery, Teheran (cat.) Zimmerfrei, Lugano (with Andro Wekua) Salon 94, New York The Wrong Gallery, New York Trans Area, New York Planet 22 (Shahrzad), Geneva Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin Bonner Kunstverein am August Macke Platz, Bonn L elac, Lausanne 2001 Photographers Gallery, London Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br. (with Eric Steinbrecher) Group Exhibitions 2013 Farbe Form Fotografie Flache, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main Lens Drawings, Galerie Marian Goodman, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Paris, France Flowers & Mushrooms, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria 2012 New Photography 2012, Museum of Modern Art, New York, curated by Eva Respini Art Unlimited, Art Basel, curated by Gianni Jetzer Junge Schweizer Kunst. Jubiläum Manor Kunstpreis 2012, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland. The Gallery Collection, exhibition curated by Beda Achermann,, Switzerland. Grösser als Zürich. Kunst in Aussersihl, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. Shortening Distances. Asian Panorama of the MUSAC Collection, MUSAC, Leon, Spain 2011 Wunder, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg Horizont Schweiz, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz Photography Calling, Sprengel Museum, Hannover Visionäre Sammlung Vol. 16: Die Zürcher Konkreten, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
Für immer jung. 50 Jahre Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany. Interieur, curated by Gürsoy Dogtas, Knust und Kunz, Munich, German 2010 8th International Photo Triennial Esslingen, Germany Summer Loves, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam 2009 Asia Pacific Triennial (APT6), Queensland Art Gallery South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London Durch die Blume..., Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern 2008 Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich (cat.) The Eternal Flame. Ueber das Versprechen der Ewigkeit, Kunsthaus Baselland, Mutenz 2007 Spectacular Space, Out of Place, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall Choosing my Religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland Under the same sky, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen 4th berlin biennial for contemporary art, Berlin Without Boundary. Seventeen Ways of Looking, Museum of Modern Art, New York Reale Fantasien, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland Rundlederwelten, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Weltbilder, Helmhaus, Zurich Recreating the Case (Shahrzad), Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus Universal Experience. Art, Life, and the Tourist s Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Universal Experience. Art, Life, and the Tourist s Eye, Hayward Gallery, London Homeworks III, Ashkal Alwan Forum, Beirut Sharjah Biennial 7, Sharjah Between New Painting and Political Action, Prague Biennale 2, Prague We really have to strain ourselves to still discover mysteries on street signs, Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw Ethnic Marketing (Shahrzad), Centre d'art Contemporain, Geneva Far Near Distance (Shahrzad), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Non Toccare la Donna Bianca, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino Delays and Revolutions, 50th International Venice Bienniale, Venice Outlook, Athens
Identität Schreiben. Autobiografie in der Kunst, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig Black My Story, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere Nation, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.m. Unter 30, Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland Girls Night Out, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA Girls Night Out, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover Girls Night Out, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis Girls Night Out, Blaffer Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston Large Jar, Display Box, Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art, New York Haft, 7 artistes contemporain iraniens, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt The Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize, Photographers Gallery, London Protest! Respect! (Shahrzad), Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich Everland, Expo02, Biel, Switzerland Faces, people and society. Hedendaagse fotografie, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem Balsam, Exhibition der Fussballseele, Helmhaus, Zurich 2001 It takes two to tango, Shedhalle, Zurich Zurich - Urban Diary, Heimaten, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig Das Versprechen der Fotografie, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.m. Irán, recorridos cruzados, PhotoEspaña, Madrid M family, Migros Museum, Zurich Art Cologne, Förderkoje der Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Cologne 2000 Diplomausstellung, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich 1999 The World We Grow Into, AVRO Keizersgracht, Amsterdam 1998 Obsession, Galerie der Fotoklasse, Zurich 143312 m, Schöller Areal, Zurich 1997 Take It, Bielefeld Awards Leistungspreis der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich
Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst, Bern Atelier Stipendium der Stiftung Landis & Gyr für Berlin Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst, Bern Werkbeitrag für bildende Kunst, Kanton Zürich Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Bern The Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize, London Atelier Stipendium der Stadt Zürich für New York 2000 Förderpreis der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich