Samira Alikanzadeh
1967: Born in Tehran, Iran
Education:
1998: MA, Painting, Azad University, Art and Architecture School, Tehran, Iran
1996: BA, Painting, Azad University, Art and Architecture School, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions:
2008: Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005: Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004: Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2001: Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999: Golestan Gallery, Tehran, IranSelected Group Exhibitions:
2010: I Am Not Half the Man I Used to Be, Dar Al Funoon Gallery, Kuwait
2010: Yek, do, se (1, 2, 3): Three Contemporary Iranian Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, USA
2010: Recent Self Portraits, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: Iran Inside Out, Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE
2010: AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
2010: The Other, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009: Dar Al Funoon, Kuwait
2009: Routes II, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, London, Uk
2009: Off the Loom: The Persian Carpet in Contemporary Iranian Art, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009: Guns and Roses, Eleven Howland Gallery, London, UK
2009: Self Portraits, Tarahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009: Masques of Shahrazad, Mall Gallery, London, UK
2008: Whispered Secrets, Murmuring Dreams, Mall Gallery, London, UK
2008: Wishes and Dreams, Iran’s new Generation Emerges, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA
2008: Planting New Roots, Dar Al-Funoon Galley, Kuwait
2007: 32 Oskou, Students of Aydin Aghdashloo, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2007: Broken Promises, Forbidden Dreams, Iran Heritage Foundation, London, UK
2007: Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007: Wishes and Dreams, Iran’s new Generation Emerges, Meridian International Center, Washington DC, USA
2007: Self Portrait, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Society of Iranian Painters, Tehran, Iran
2004: Trois Regards Persans, Salle Polyvalente de la Mediatheque, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
2003: Palme e Palmizi, Palazzo Allocca, Naples, Italy
2003: Guest Artist of the Dena Group, Esfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Esfahan, Iran
2001: New Experiences, Society of Iranian Painters, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2001: Contemporary Iranian Art Exhibition, Ataturk Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2001: Contemporary Iranian Art Exhibition, Modern Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2001: Contemporary Iranian Drawing Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999: Contemporary Iranian Drawing Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Fairs and Biennales:
2011: Art Scoop, Basel, Switzerland
2000: The Fifth Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1995: The Third Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
Grants:
April-June 2006 Scholarship Grant from Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts to stay and work at the Cite International des Arts in Paris
January-March 2003 Scholarship Grant from the Cultural Division of the German Embassy in Tehran to participate at the Goethe Institute in Berlin
Auctions:
2008 Phillips de Pury & Company, Contemporary Art Day Sale, London, UK
2008 Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art Sales, Dubai, UAE
2008 Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art Sales, London, UK
Collections:
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Farjam Collection
