BIO
15/07/1988
Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan, Iran

EDUCATION
2012 Bachelor of Art in painting, Art Faculty of Gilan University, Rasht, Gilan, Iran
2008 Post Diploma of Art in Graphic Design, Ostad Moeen College, Rasht, Gilan, Iran
2006 Diploma of Art in Graphic Design, Plastic Art School, Bandar Anzali, Gilan, Iran

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2021 " Purge " Etemad Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2016 " Mutation " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2016 " Sleeping Series " Pedrami Art gallery (Antwerp, Belgium)
• 2015 " 3 " Air Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
• 2014 " Sleep " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2013 " Stop " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2012 " Epitome " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2011 " Untitled " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2023 " Asia Now " Etemad Art Gallery (Paris, France)
• 2023 " Made in Heaven " XHoma Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2023 " Birthing " , Etemad Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2023 " Connective Strings of Resilience " , Bavan Art Gallery (Dubai, UAE)
• 2022 " Asia Now " Etemad Art Gallery (Paris, France)
• 2022 " Private Group Show " Beverly Hills City Hall (CA, USA)
• 2022 " Zero Waste " 11Th Annual of Contemporary Art, Persbook, Iranshahr Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2021 " Now " Evan Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2021 " Group Show " In Collaboration with Etemad Gallery at Hasht Cheshmeh Art Space (Kashan, Iran)
• 2021 " Atchom Exhibition 21.1 " Atchom Art Gallery (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• 2020 " Grounded " Daniel Raphael Art Gallery (London, UK)
• 2019 " The new Portrait " Stoerpunkt Art Gallery (Munich, Germany)
• 2019 " To Remember " Siddhartha Art Gallery (Kathmandu, Nepal)
• 2019 " The Taste of Life " Evan Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2018 " Identity Crisis " 4th Va Lifestyle Art & Fashion exhibition Ava Arts Levels Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2018 " Summer Collection " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2018 " Stitch " Daniel Raphael Art Gallery (London, UK)
• 2018 " Mind & Sensation " Mellat Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2017 " Anything But Decorative " Stoerpunkt Art Gallery (Munich, Germany)
• 2017 " Rijswijk Museum Textile Biennial (Rijswijk, Netherland)
• 2017 " Hole " Fereshteh Art gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2017 " Pair " Knack Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2016 " The possibility of event " A Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2016 " Summer Collection " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)2016 " Sew + Zan " Azad Art gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2015 " Looking for Happiness " Pedrami Gallery (Antwerp, Belgium)
• 2015 " International Emerging Artists Award " Sofitel Hotel Jumeirah Beach (Dubai, UAE)
• 2015 " Drawing Week 3 " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2015 " Perception " Edinburg Iranian Festival in summer hall (Edinburgh, UK)
• 2014 " Thread " Total Arts at Courtyard (Dubai, UAE)
• 2014 " Art14 London " Austin Desmond Fine Art (Meshkati Fine Art) Olympia Grand Hall
• (London, England)
• 2013 " UNEXPOSED " 40 Women Artists from Iran in Ethnographic Museum (Warsaw, Poland)
• 2013 " UNEXPOSED " 40 Women Artists from Iran in Cacoyannis Foundation (Athens, Greek)
• 2013 " Drawing Week1 " Homa Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2012 " EXPANDING WORLDS " Endjavi-Barbé Art Projects, in Batiment d'Art Contemporain (BAC) (Switzerland, Geneva)
• 2012 " UNEXPOSED " 40 Women Artists from Iran in Tour &Taxis (Brussels, Belgium)
• 2012 " MAGIC OF PERSIA " in Salsali Private Museum (Dubai, UAE)
• 2012 " ART DUBAI " Gallery Kashya Hildebrand
• 2012 " HAFT NEGAH " The Fifth Greatest Art Show of the Year in Niavaran Cultural Center (Tehran, Iran)
• 2011 " ART ASIA Miami ", Gallery Kashya Hildebrand
• 2011 " 100 Works 100 Artists " in Golestan Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2011 " In Memory of the Master " in Ou Art Gallery (Rasht, Iran)
• 2011 " Iran for Japan" (Tehran, Iran)
• 2010 " 33 " in Art Center Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2010 Fifth Selected Fair of Nasle Now (New Generation) in Mellat Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
• 2009 Fourth Selected Fair of Nasle Now (New Generation) in Mellat Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran)

ART RESIDENCIES

• 2019 Space A residency program (Kathmandu, Nepal)
• 2015 AIR Antwerpen residency (Antwerp, Belgium)
• 2014 Artists proposals (Sculpture) in context with Michael Chaplin's stories, Matthew Garret
• Foundation, British Council, Tyne Voyage (South Shield, England)
• 2012 The Geneva Council Travel and Residence Award (Geneva, Switzerland) Publications
• 2021 " Unravelling Woman’s Art Book " Written by P.L Henderson, Aurora Metro Publications Limited (London, UK)
• 2019 SZ Magazine (Munich, Germany)
• 2019 Urban Nation (Berlin, Germany)
• 2018 Fad Magazine (London, UK)
• 2017 Clossal News & Media Website (Chicago, Illinois)
• 2017 Focus Magazine (Milan, Italy)
• 2017 Creators Project (New York, USA)
• 2017 Ignant Magazine (Berlin, Germany)
• 2017 Juxtapoz Magazine (San Francisco, California)
• 2017 Design Milk (New York, USA)2017 Crane TV Video Magazine
• 2017 Art TV (Istanbul, Turkey)
• 2017 Ghab Magazine (Tehran, Iran)
• 2017 Mai Magazine (Berlin, Germany)
• 2017 Avant Arte Magazine
• 2017 Journal du design (Paris, France)
• 2016 Art Cube (London, UK)
• 2016 Tandis Magazine (Tehran, Iran)
• 2015 Iran & Belgium Exchange program book (Tehran, Iran)
• 2013 Tandis Magazine (Tehran, Iran)
• Prizes, Grants, Awards
• 2017 Selected Artist for Rijswijk Textile Biennial (Rijswijk, Netherland)
• 2015 Selected Artist for IEAA's (International emerging Artist Award) 4th award edition (Dubai, UAE)
• 2015 Selected Artist in Edinburg Iranian Festival in summer hall (Edinburgh, UK)
• 2014 The Biennial of the Frontiers in Tamaulipas Museum of Contemporary Art (Mexico)
• 2014 The 3rdInternational Emerging Artist Award (Dubai, UAE)
• 2013 The 2ndInternational Emerging Artist Award (Dubai, UAE)
• 2012 The Dubai Council Travel and Residence Award (Magic of Persia) (Dubai, UAE)
• 2011 The winner of the First Sand Sculpture Festival (Gilan, Iran)
• 2010 The winner of the Special Prize of Parviz Maleki in the Fifth Selected Fair of Nasle Now (New Generation) (Tehran, Iran)
• 2009 The selected participant of the Regional Drawing Festival of Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan Provinces (Gilan, Iran)

Maryam Ashkanian

WORKS

SERIES: «Purge»

To “Purge” (Emesis) means to consciously induce vomiting to rid someone of that which ails and torments the soul. The act of exposing the irritant agent when it can no longer be avoided or ignored.

In the past, emesis was considered a manual preventative method to purify the body of toxins and impurities to calm and lighten the body.

This is precisely the same life-saving act the artist does with the consequent accumulation of the painful process of observation, experience, and understanding a particular matter; expressing and objectifying the problem into a concrete form or work of art.