ArtBridge Participants
Arash Hanaei
- Born 1978 in Tehran, Iran
- Lives and works in Tehran
“I should mention that in most of my work collections I have never emphasized on a moralistic romanticism. The important point is a global and allusive attitude toward the individual separateness and persecution of hopes, a reproduction of redundant representation of some real facts. By opting for simple daylights or using direct flash and mostly special kinds of cameras I try to diminish visual attractions in order to leave place for the theme and interlocutors.”
Education
2002 BA in Photography from Azad University of Art, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Rebel Minds Gallery, Berlin, Germany, “Thinking Cypresses”
2004 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran, “The Benefits of Vegetarianism”
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Bag Factory Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, “self/destruct”
2006 Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia, “ey! Iran”
2005 Tammen Gallery, Berlin, Germany, “Berlin meets Tehran”
2005 N Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgian
2005 Khoj Gallery, New Delhi, India, “Only Delhi”
2005 Khak Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 Art Space Gallery, Dubai, “Vis-à-vis”2003 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Awards & Participation
2004 Photo-Dialogue Contest, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2004 9th Biennial of Iranian Contemporary Photography, Tehran, Iran
2000 Special Award of the 2nd Iranian Contemporary Drawing Festival, Tehran, Iran
Art Fairs
2005 DFOTO, San Sebastian, Spain
2004 Paris Photo, Paris, France
Photography Residencies
2006 “Bag Factory” Artists’ Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
2005 KHOJ International Artist’s Association, New Delhi
