Biography:

Born in 1980 in Ahwaz, Iran
Lives and works in Berlin/Germany and Tehran/Iran

EDUCATION

2005
MA Photography, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

2003
BA Photography, University of Art, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Centre d’Art Passerelle, Brest, France

2006
Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Ara Gallery, Tehran, Iran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Landscape, Revolution, People, Queen Gallery, Toronto, USA
Staging Identity, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland

2010
Indoor Photography, Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Freitag und Robinson, Skulpturenpark Berlin Zentrum, Berlin, Germany
Recent self-portraits, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Southern, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2009
Photoquai, Biennale des Images du Monde, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

2008
Hillyer Art Space in Washington, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2007
Cicero Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2006
10th International Photo Biennale, Tehran, Iran
Griova and Oradea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Iran Artist’s House, Tehran, Iran

2005
Iran Artist’s House, Tehran, Iran

2004
Nikol Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Niavaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Mirak Gallery, Mashad, Iran

2001
One day in Afghanistan, Red Cross, Tehran, Iran

SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCES

2011
Visiting Arts (1mile2 project), Bradford, UK

2009-2011
DAAD scholarship, Berlin, Germany

2008
International Arts & Artists’, Art Bridge Program, Washington, USA