Neda Zarfsaz
b. 1981, Iran
Education
2011 MFA in C:Art:Media | Valand Academy of Fine Arts | Gothenburg University | Goteborg/Sweden
2008 BA in Visual Communication Design | Art faculty of Alzahra University | Tehran/Iran
2003 Two years college in Math | Urmia University | Urmia/Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2018 “The Rift” | Etemad Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2016 “Prospect off the slope” | ARTIM Project Space - YARAT Contemporary Art Space | Baku/Azerbaijan
2016 “Illuminato” | YARAT Contemporary Art Space - YARAT Studios | Baku/Azerbaijan
2016 “Body,Space,Perception” (with Mina Zarfsaz) | Azad Art Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2015 “Illuminato” | Etemad Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2013 “Between Black and White” | Mohtasham Art Gallery | Urmia/Iran
2013 “From Outside, or Otherwise” (with Claudia Djabbari) | Mottahedan Projects | Dubai/UAE
2010 “Connect” Installation show (with Diana Riesco Lind) | “Ambiguous Identities I” piece | Backa Culture house | Goteborg/Sweden
Group Exhibitions
2018 “Group Annual Exhibition”: Etemad Gallery Negarestan, Tehran, Iran
2017 “Tasty Art” | Rooberoo Mansion | Tehran/Iran
2017 “On Paper” | New Media Society and Parking Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2017 4th Annual “20/29 Video Festival” | Icebox Project Space | Philadelphia/USA
2017 “New Members Show” | Vox Poluli Gallery | Philadelphia/USA
2017 “Shabtab 2” | Azad Art Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2016 “Blue Gold” | Etemad Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2016 “Surveiling the Naked City” | Haugesund Kunstforening | Haugesund/Norway
2015 “Light-Meter” | Momayez Gallery, Iranian Artist’s Forum | Tehran/Iran
2015 “Good news from Iran” | Mottahedan Projects | Dubai/UAE
2015 “Belichtungsmesser” | Sammlung Lenikus | Vienna/Austria
2014 Limited Access International Festival | Parkingallery, Reloading Images (Berlin), SCCA (Ljubljana), Townhouse Gallery (Cairo)
2014 and Studio Strike (London).
2014 “Shared Studio” Tehran/NYC Portal Collaboration | Lu Magnus NY and M-40 Tehran | Tehran and NYC/Iran and US
2014 “Good News From Iran” | Endjavi Barbe Art Projects | Pasinger Fabrik | Munich/Germany
2014 “Black Gold” | Shirin Art Center | Tehran/Iran
2013 “Chi controlla i controllori” | Galleria Clou | Ragusa/Italy
2013 “Open Door” Project | Fórum Eugénio de Almeida | Évora/Portugal
2013 “Surveiling the Naked City” | Atopia | Oslo/Norway
2013 Drawing Week 1 | Homa Art Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2012 Kunstort “ inbetween “ | Gelsenkirchen/Germany
2012 “La Turo de Babel“ | “ Galleri Rotor | Goteborg/Sweden
2012 “Time’s Memory Remembrance of Objects” Video Art show | Mohsen Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2012 Photography Show | Mohtasham Art Gallery | Urmia/Iran
2011 6th Iranian National Biennial of Sculpture | Niavaran Artistic Creation Foundation | Tehran/Iran
2011 “Spaceless” Persbookart” contest’s show | Siin Gallery | Tehran/Iran
2011 “The Winter Sighed to the Spring” | Röda Sten | Goteborg/Sweden
2010 Valand Academy’s Open House| Goteborg/Sweden
2010 KulturNatten Typo drawing Prrformance | Galleri bob | Goteborg/Sweden
2010 Hagabion Cinema | Goteborg/Sweden
Art Fairs
2013 Abu Dhabi ArtFair | “Small is beautifull” curated by Fabrice Bousteau | The UAE Pavillion | Abu Dhabi/UAE
Residencies and Awards
2016 YARAT Residency Award 2016 (Mid-April,Mid-July) | Baku/ Azerbaijan
2013 Magic of Persia in Gasworks residency Award 2013 (January, March) | London/UK
2013 Honored as the 1st ranked woman artist at West Azerbaijan province | Urmia/Iran
2011 Honored on the 1st annual contest of Iranian Contemporary Art “Persbook” for Installation section | Tehran/Iran
2011 Adlerbertska Hospitiestiftelsen 2011 | Goteborg/Sweden
2011 Honored for the Installation piece “Life Sketch” | Gothenburg University and Chalmers | Goteborg/Sweden
