CV - Gohar Dashti

Gohar Dashti
Born in 1980, Ahvaz (IR)
Works and lives in Tehran (IR)
Education:
2005 M.A. in Photography, Art University of Tehran (IR)
2003 B.A. in Photography, Art University of Tehran (IR)
Lectures and Talks:
2011 "Staged Photography", University of Tehran, Tehran (IR)
2011 Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (DE)
2011 Archive Connections National Media Museum, Bradford (UK)
2011 The Delfina Foundation, In conversation with Adam Knights, London (UK)
2011 Impressions Gallery, Bradford (UK)
2009 "Iranian Female Photographers”, Centre Atlantique de la Photographie, Quartz, Brest (FR)
2009 "Women and War in Iran”, Mediatheque d'Hennebont, Morbihan (FR)
2008 Round table discussion, The Philip Collection Museum, Washington DC (US)
2007 "Iranian Female Photographers”, Cicero Gallery, Berlin (DE)
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest (FR)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012 “Ce n’est pas du sang, c’est du rouge”, White Project Gallery, Paris (FR)
2012 “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter-Images of Humankind, A selection from the 4th Fotofestival”, Grimmuseum, Berlin (DE)
2012 “The Elephant in the Dark”, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon (IN)
2011“Pulso Iraniano”, Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
2011 4th Fotofestival “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter-Images of Humankind”, Zephyr der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim (DE)
2011 “Landscape, Revolution, People”, Queen Gallery, Toronto (CA)
2011 “Inauguration”, White Project Gallery, Paris (FR)
2011 “Staging Identity”, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich (CH)
2010 Universität der Künst, Berlin (DE)
2010 “Freitag und Robinson”, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Berlin (DE)
2010 “Recent self-portraits”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 “Southern”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2009 “Biennale des images du monde, photoquai ,Musee du quai branly, Paris (FR)
2008 Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC (US)
2008 “The inward eye”, Contemporary art museum, Tehran (IR)
2007 “Made in Teheran”, Cicero Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2006 “Art10th International Photo Biennale”, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute, Tehran (IR)
2006 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
Awards and Fellowships:
2011 Visiting Arts (1mile² project), Bradford / London (UK)
2009-2011 DAAD award, Berlin (DE)
2008 International Arts & Artists (Art Bridge), Washington DC (US)
Collections:
Museum of Fine Arts(MFAH), Houston (US)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (US)
Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
White Project Gallery, Paris (FR)
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich (CH)
Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon (IN)
Books:
2011 “La photography Iranienne”, Published by Editions Loco, Paris (FR)
2011 “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter”, Published by Kehrer, Berlin (DE)
2009 “Photoquai”, Published by Actes Sud, Paris (FR)
2008 “Iranian photography now”, Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostifildern (DE)
Magazine :
2012 Zoom Magazine, #105 international ed, January 2012, Milan (IT)
2012 Jeune Afrique Magazine, NO 2663, Paris (FR)
2012 Image Magazine, NO 49, Paris (FR)
2010 Photonews Magazine, NO C3107, Hamburg (DE)
2009 Image Magazine, Paris (FR)