Born in 1375, Iran
Education
2022 MA in Documentary Photography, University of Westminster
2019 BA in Photography, Department of Photography, Art University of Isfahan
Biography
Amin Yousefi (Iran, 1996) lives and works in London. He holds an MA in Documentary Photography from the University of Westminster. He has participated in several international group exhibitions, awards and prizes. His recent project, “Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth” was selected as a finalist of the Carte Blanche Awards at Paris Photo in 2022. His work has been published in magazines such as Aperture, Hapax and Source. He also was selected as an Ag Galerie Talent for his work titled, “Life, Death and Other Similar Things” in 2019 which was exhibited in a solo show at Ag Galerie. A native of Abadan in the province of Khuzestan, Iran’s most oil-rich region and the scene for Iran’s bloody war with neighbouring Iraq, Yousefi’s work deals with themes related to the social-political landscape, the violence against protests in the middle east, story-making through hidden archives, effects of war and how the act of photography can conceptually mirror the structures of these relationships.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Life, Death And Other Similar Things, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2018 Untitled Photographs, Negaresh Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2022 Work in Progress, Gallery West, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
2022 Where We Meet: Connection, Deptford Does Art, London, United Kingdom
2021 Immediate and Remote, Aran Projects, Tehran, Iran
2021 HerMAP Art Project, Bozar Center of Fine Arts , Brussels, Belgium
2021 The Censored, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 Ag Talent 2019, 0/1 Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2019 Determinism Vol.2, Taropod Gallery, Shiraz, Iran
2019 Determinism Vol.1, Negaresh Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2018 An Artistic Conscience in an Ill Body, Negaresh Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2018 The Search, Naqsh Khaneh Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2017 Four Seasons, Sayan Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2016 The Paradise, Isfahan University of Art, Isfahan, Iran
2016 The 5th Iranology Foundation Exhibition, Iranology Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 The 4th “1PIX” Selection Photography Exhibition, Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran
2015 The Threnody, University of Meshkin Shahr, Mehskin Shahr, Iran
2015 The Threnody, Hozhabr Gallery, Khoram Abad, Iran
2015 Beautiful Khuzestan, Ahwaz Museum of Contemporary Art, Ahwaz, Iran
2014 Best Photos of the Year, Doorbinet Agency, Museum of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran
Other Activities
2022 Finalist, Carte Blanche Awards, Paris Photo, Paris, France
2021 Shortlist, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 Shortlist, MEETing Photo Festival, Online
2019 Finalist, Ag Talent, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2018 Finalist, 7th Firoozeh Photography Festival, Tabriz, Iran
2018 Finalist, 8th Firoozeh Photography Festival, Tabriz, Iran
2016 Finalist, The First International Photography Festival of Society and Religion, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Shortlist, 4th Festival Khane-e-Doost, Mashhad, Tehran
2016 Finalist, The 5th Iranology Foundation Photo Festival and Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2015 Finalist, The Bucovina International Photo Festival, Bucovina, Romania
2014 First Place, The 1st National Art Tourism Festival with an Economic and Cultural Approach
