Hamed Sahihi
Born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran
EDUCATION
2005 M.A. in Painting, Art University, Tehran, Iran
2003 B.A. in Painting, Tehran University Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran
PARTICIPATIONS
2011 Experimental Film and Video Festival (D)FEFV, Krk, Croatia
2010 "SancionedArray", New York, US
2008 Abbas Kiarostami's workshop (Wind), Karnameh Art & Cultural Center, Tehran,
Iran
2008 Abbas Kiarostami's workshop (Door), Karnameh Art & Cultural Center, Tehran,
Iran
2007 Tassvir-e Sal (Image of the Year), Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
2006 Abbas Kiarostami's workshop (Carpet), Karnameh Art & Cultural Center,
Tehran, Iran
2004 The 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of
Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran
2000 The 5th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of
Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran
2000 The 2nd Tehran Contemporary Drawing Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Arts, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "White Box", Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 "But in your head baby, I'm afraid you don't know where it is", Azad Art
Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 "The Heads", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 "Marcopolo", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 "Underground", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 "The Dispersion", Maah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 "Dreamer, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 "Other Faces", Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005 "Book Readers", Day Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 "Dreams and memories", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 "Remains of the Day", Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 "Amazement", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 "Qajar 3", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2001 "Qajar 2", Elahe Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000 "Qajar 1", Elahe Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999 House of Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1998 Elahe Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1997 Afrand Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Magical Nights Silent Auction 2010, Yas Hotel, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Curated by Fereydoun Ave
2011 "Big Lie", Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Farid Jafari Samarghandi
2010 "To Paint Cinema", Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Behnam Kamrani
2010 "Tehran to London: New Painting from Iran", Jill George Gallery, London, UK
2009 "89", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Azita Sharafjahan
2009 "Other", Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Ali Ettehad
2009 "How did you spend your summer?", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 "Inside Teheran Out", Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland
Curated by Susann Wintch
2008 "Urban Jealousy: The 1st Intl. Roaming Biennial of Tehran", Istanbul,
Turkey - Belgrade, Serbia
Curated by Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal
2008 "Between the window and viewing", Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Solmaz Naraghi
2008 Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2007 Sa'dabaad Palace, Tehran, Iran
Organized by Iranian Painters' Society
2007 "Radical Drawing", Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Vahid Sharifian
2007 "The song of nightingales from oil rich fields", Isfahan Museum of
Contemporary Arts, Isfahan, Iran
Curated by Vahid Sharifian
2007 "Group Painting Exhibition Curated by Nader Nader", Silk Road Art Gallery,
Tehran, Iran
Curated by Nader Nader
2007-2008 "Wishes and Dreams", Touring exhibition, Washington D.C. - New York,
USA
Organized by Meridian International Center
2007 Maah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 "Caravan", Shiraz Art Gallery, Venice, Italy
2007 "Auto-portrait", Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
2007 "All of my Mothers", Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 "Kurdish Painter", Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
2006 Day Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005 The opening of Day Art Gallery, Day Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 The 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of
Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran
2003 Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Hannibal Alkhas
2001 Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 Niavaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000 Elahe Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000 The 5th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of
Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran
2000 The 2nd Tehran Contemporary Drawing Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Arts, Tehran, Iran
1997 Afrand Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1996 Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
FILMOGRAPHY
2009 "Stones"
2009 "Sundown"
2008 "Outside behind the door"
2008 "Inside"
2007 "Perfect moon"
2007 "Luminous Ball"
2007 "SWISS+CHOCOLATE"
2007 "Between two shores"
2007 "Waiting"
2006 "News"
2006 "Pause"
2006 "Lightning"
2006 "Room"
2006 "Landing"
2006 "Water, wind, carpet"
2005 "Plaything"
2005 "Black, door and white"
2004 "Red Door"
2004 "Doors"
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2011 Experimental film and video festival (D)FEFV, Krk, Croatia
2011 "Videoart from Iran", Cologne OFF 2011, CeC - Carnival of e-Creativity, New
Delhi, India
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
2010 "SanctionedArray", Big Screen Project / White Box, New York, US
2010 "Handheld History", Queens Museum of Art, New York, US
Curated by Tamar Ettun and Katayoun Vaziri
2010 "Human Emotion Project", Mohsen Art Gallery / Sazmanab Project, Tehran,
Iran
Curated by Sohrab M. Kashani and Alison Williams
2009 "Inside Teheran Out", Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland
Curated by Susann Wintch
2009 International Festival for Alternative Film and Video, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Roskilde, Finland
Curated by Khaled D. Ramadan
2008 Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou Museum of Art, China
2007 "Retracing Territories", Friart Art Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland
2006 "Analyze While Waiting", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Susann Wintch
2007 "Caravan", Shiraz Art Gallery, Venice, Italy
Curated by Rosita Sharafjahan
2006 "Limited Access", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Curated by Amirali Ghasemi
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2010 "To Paint Cinema", Catalog, Mohsen Art Gallery
Edited by Behnam Kamrani
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2010 "Dreaming on canvas", Review, Art Tomorrow Magazine (+1)
By Behnam Kamrani
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2010 "Contemporaneity is the possession of an honest artist", Interview, Art
Tomorrow Magazine (+1)
By Rozita Sharafjahan
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2010 "Dreaming on canvas", Interview, Etemad Daily Newspaper (975)
By Issar Aboumahmoub
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2009 "Other", Catalog, Mohsen Art Gallery
Edited by Ali Ettehad
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2009 "Different Sames: New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art", Book,
TransGlobe Publishing
Edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi
Printed in London, UK
2009 "Sahihi: Symbolist of a unified world", Review, Tandis Biweekly Magazine
(143)
By Javad Mojabi
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2009 "Limited Access 2", Catalog, Parkingallery
Edited by Amirali Ghasemi
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2008 "Between the window and viewing", Catalog, Aria Art Gallery
Edited by Solmaz Naraghi
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2007 Tassvir-e Sal (Image of the Year), Catalog, Tassvir
Edited by Seifollah Samadian
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2007 "Zeitgenössische im Iran", Article, Kunst-Bulletin (Jan/Feb)
By Irene Müller
Printed in Zürich, Switzerland
2007 "Dream-like Flying", Review, Iran Newspaper (3593)
By Ahmadreza Dalvand
Printed in Tehran, Iran
2004 "A joy-imperialistic process", Interview, Tandis Biweekly Magazine (73)
By Vahid Sharifian
Printed in Tehran, Iran