Shahram Karimi

Born 1957 in Shiraz, Iran
Lives and has worked since 1988 in Germany and New York

SOLO EXHIBITION
2021
Actionhaus.Tehran
2020
Fillings auction.london
Actionhaus Dorotheum
Self- reflection.Neu York
Actionhaus.Tehran

2019
I lost myself somewhere, Gallery Etemad Tehran ‘Iran
PINK Dreams in a Land with no Name, Gallery Elga Wimmer New York
Actionhaus.Tehran
2017
The Garden is My Skin, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Germany
The Garden is My Skin, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Germany
2016
The Cold Earth Sleeps Below (in Collaboration with Shoja Azari), Leila Heller Gallery, New York, United States
2015
Remembrance , Syra Arts, Washington
2015
Remembrance , Gallery Syra, Washington D.C., United States
Longing for Myself, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Germany
Open the Door, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Germany
2014
The Rose Garden of Remembrance, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2013
Magic of Light, Mana Contemporary, Jersey city, NJ USA
2011
The Rose Garden of Remembrance, Leila Hella Gallery, New York
2010
Museum Siegburg, Germany
2008
Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Gallery Leo Castelli, New York, USA
2006
Gallery II Gabbiano, Rome, Italy
Art Basel Galerie Marco Noire, San Sebastiano / Turin, Italy
2005
Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, Cologne, Germany
2004
Studio Shirin Neshat in New York, USA
2001
Pumpwerk, Siegburg, Germany
1998
Museum Siegburg, Germany
1987
Gallery Taehr, Shiraz, Iran
1981/86 Gallery Wesal, Shiraz, Iran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018-Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018-The World is My Home, ADVOCARTSY, LA. USA
2018-Art Cologne, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2016-Art Cologne, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2015-Abu Dhabi Art, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2014-Look at Me, Leila Heller Gallery
2014-Art Fair Dubai, UAE
2012-The Elephant in the Dark, Devi Art Foundation, India
Magic of Persia, Dubai, UAE
2011-The Mask & The Mirror, curated by Shirin Neshat, Leila Heller Gallery Art Dubai, Brigitte Schenk Gallery
Art Cologne, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Germany 2010 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Art Cologne, Germany
2009Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA Art Cologne, Germany
Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE 2008 Art Paris, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Art Cologne, Germany
Gallery Taginia, New York, USA Art Fair Miami, USA
Art Fair Bologna, Italy 2007 Art Fair Bologna, Italy
2006
Museum Las Palma (CAAM), Spain
ART20 The International Art Fair New York, USA
2003
“Poetic Justice”, the 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Gallery of Contemporary Arts in Pancevo, Yugoslavia
2000
“25 Years of Separation”, Iranian Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany
1997/2000/2001 Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
1994
Kunstforum Bonn, Germany
1979
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1976
Gallery Takhte Jamshid, Tehran, Iran

FILM PRODUCTIONS
Shahram Karimi has collaborated with the visual artist/filmmaker, Shirin Neshat as the key production designer for the following films:

2012
“Desert Dancer” Richard Raymond
2010
“To Be and Not To Be” Filmmaker Nederland/Frank Schaffer
2008
“The White Meadow” Iran/Mohammad Rasoulof
2007
“Women Without Men”
2003-‐05 Feature length film “Women Without Men”, shot in Morocco
2002-‐04 “Logic of the Birds”, a multi-‐media performance, USA and European tour
2003
“The Last Word”, Shot in New York
2002
“Tooba”, Shot in Mexico
2001
“Passage”, “Possessed”, “Pulse”, Shot in Morocco, Film “K” in the US
2000
“Fervor”, shot in Morocco
1999
“Soliloquy”, shot in Turkey
“Under the Sun” Pasoulini film production, shot in Egypt

Shahram Karimi has also been the production designer for American filmmaker Shoja Azari in several of his productions, including his feature length film “K” (2002) and “Windows” (2006)

AWARDS

2009
Golden Lion for Women without Men

Special Jury Prize Award Dubai Film Festival

The White Meadows, Mohammad Rasoulof
1997
First Prize “Art Price” Rhein-‐Siege V, Germany