Sadegh Tirafkan

Born in Iraq in 1965 from Iranian parents


Solo exhibitions


2012 Struggle(s) Maison Particulière, Bruxelles 

2011 AB Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
Human Tapestry, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milano

2010 Selma Feriani Gallery , London , England

2008 Assar Art gallery , Tehran , Iran

2007 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2006 Lee Ka-Sing gallery , Toronto, Canada
Aspace Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Massoud Nader Gallery, New York, U.S.A

2005 Esace photography contreype, Bruxelles, Belgium
VU Photography Centre Quebec City, Canada
Assar Art gallery , Tehran , Iran

2004 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, U.S.A

2003 VU Gallery, Paris, France

2002 Massoud Nader Gallery, New York, U.S.A
Parkerson Gallery, Houston, U.S.A

2001 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2000 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1997 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1995 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1991 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1989 Mansoureh Hossini Gallery, Tehran Iran

Group shows

2011 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gif of sultan, Los Angeles, USA

2010 Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, Germany

2009 Osborne Samuel gallery, London, England
Chelsea Art Museum, Iran inside out, NY, New York
British Museum, London, England

2008 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angles, U.S.A

2007 Contemporary Art Platform, In Focus, LONDON, UK
Maison Europeenne de la Photographie,Paris,France

2006 Total Arts gallery, Dubai, U.A.E
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii

2005 Art after Revolution , San Sebastian , Spain

2004 LEE Ka-sing gallery , Toronto, Canada
Musulmanes,Musulmans in Caire, Tehran, Istanbul, Paris and Dakar, La Villette Museum, Paris, France
Art Brussels 22nd contemporary art, VU Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
The Fifth International Month of Photography in Moscow, Russia

2003 Paris Photo Art Fair, VU Gallery, Paris, France
Group show, Unique(s), VU Gallery, Paris, France

Group show , Arta Gallery, The Distillery, Toronto, Canada
Art Brussels 21st contemporary art, VU Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2002 Paris Photo Art Fair, VU Gallery, France
'Memoires de Pierres' musee, municipal des Beaux-Arts de Frejus, France
20 years photography in Iran, 40 Iranian photographers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2001 5th Aleppo Photo Festival, Syria
Espace Electra, 20 years photography in Iran, 40 Iranian photographers, Paris, France

1996 Five Iranian photographers, Paris, France

1988-1989 First and second Iranian Annual photography festival, Museum of contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

Conceptual Art Exhibitions

2005 “Lighting The Nation Gate” Photo, Video installation , Assar Art Gallery Tehran , Iran

2002 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Second exhibition of conceptual Art, Secret of Words, Tehran, Iran
Zagreb museum, Iranian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Zagreb, Croatia

2001 Tehran museum of contemporary Art, First exhibition of conceptual Art, Ashura installation with a collaboration with an Iranian contemporary painter, Tehran, Iran
UNESCO center, Ashura installation pictures, video & painting

With a collaboration with an Iranian contemporary painter - Beirut , Lebanon, March 2001

2000 The children of Dark city - installation ,video , painting, sculpture

With 3 Iranian artists - about Tehran's air pollution - Tehran, Iran

collezioni pubbliche:

2001 Museum of contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2003 Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris,France

2007 British Museum. London, England

2008 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angles, U.S.A
Brooklyn Museum, NEW York, U.S.A

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