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Shahin Afrassiabi

Shahin Afrassiabi

Iranian artist

Shahin Afrassiabi (born 1963, in Tehran) is an artist and author who has been based in London, Berlin and Spain.[1][2]

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His early work can be characterised as mixed media installations, using everyday building materials and domestic objects in juxtaposition, including use of shop window displays as a motif.[3] It has been suggested his work is influenced by architectural practice and early 20th century design, including Russian Constructivism.[4] More recent works have included oil paintings and drawings.[1]

Education

Afrassiabi studied for an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1997.[5] He set up The Trade Apartment[6] with architect Raymond Brinkman in 1998, and held his first solo show, 'You're a Heavenly Thing' in 2000.[4]

Career

In 2001 he was one of ten artists selected for the Institute of Contemporary Arts' Beck's Futures Arts award [5] for his mixed media work 'Jalousie Gelocht als Blend Schultz' [7] which is now in the permanent collection of Leeds Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

His work has featured in a number of international exhibitions, examples including:

  • 1998 - 'Surfacing' - Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • 2000 - 'These Epic Islands' - Vilma Gold gallery, London.
  • 2002 - 'Early One Morning (new Generation) Whitechapel Gallery, London.[8]
  • 2004 - Project Art Centre Dublin.
  • 2004 - 'Piet x 4 2004' - a new work commissioned for the EXPO21: Strategies of Display, touring exhibition, Warwick Arts Centre[9]
  • 2010 - 'Subject to Form', Limoncello Gallery, London.
  • 2018 - Paintings 2016–2018 exhibition, Soy Capitán gallery, Berlin.[10]

Publications

  • 1999 - 'REVIEW: DJ Simpson' in Flash art magazine [11]
  • 2000 - 'John Chilver' in Flash art magazine [12]
  • 2002 - Early One Morning: British Art Now.[13]

References

  1. [1]
    "Berlin – VernissageTV Art TV". vernissage.tv. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Afrassiabi, Shahin. "Artist's CV for Soy Capitan exhibition" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "Vilma Gold – 2002 Shahin Afrassiabi". vilmagold.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    highlike.org. "SHAHIN AFRASSAIABI". highlike. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "What is Beck's Futures 2? | Special reports | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. [6]
    Hunt, Andrew. "Anglo-Ponce". Frieze. No. 78. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. [7]
    Simon Miller; Frances Gertler (23 March 2001). "Shahin Afrassiabi". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  8. [8]
    Falconer, Morgan. "Shahin Afrassiabi". Frieze. No. 70. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. [9]
    "EXPO21: Strategies of Display". Warwick Arts Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. [10]
    "Shahin Afrassiabi - Bio, Artworks, Exhibitions and more - Artland". www.artland.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  11. [11]
    Afrassiabi, Shahin. "REVIEW: DJ Simpson". Flash Art. 206.
  12. [12]
    Afrassiabi, Shahin. "John Chilver". Flash Art. 213: 116.
  13. [13]
    Early one morning : British art now : Shahin Afrassiabi, Claire Barclay, Jim Lambie, Eva Rothschild, Gary Webb. Whitechapel Art Gallery. London, UK: Whitechapel Art Gallery. 2002. ISBN 0-85488-130-1. OCLC 51069408.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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