INTRECCI, a group show curated by Rischa Paterlini, presented by Galleria Anna Marra in Rome, Italy, February 27- March 30
INTRECCI delves into the profound connections these artists maintain with their roots and traditions despite living outside their homeland. Their art is a powerful testament to resilience and rebellion against oppressive regimes.
“Sepideh Salehi relies instead on traditional Iranian motifs to narrate her personal story and those of other women who, following the social and political changes in their country, have been forced to hide under veils. In the photographic collage Invisible Memories (2020), the woman portrayed covering her face becomes a sort of visible narration and silent denunciation of the abuse of power to which she is forced to submit. The black background emphasizes her isolation, symbolizing introspection and resistance. “It is through my art,” says Sepideh, “that I think over reality and connect myself with my past. I mix intuitive painting and collage with a conceptual practice rooted in emotions and memories of my separation from home and family.”
Each artist brings a unique perspective to the exhibition, exploring themes of identity, vulnerability, and societal change through various mediums, including photography, sculpture, embroidery, and performance art.
12th EDITION 23 - 26 MARCH 2023
Location: Superstudio Maxi Via Moncucco, 35, 20142 Milano MI, Italy Booth: C18
Roya Khadjavi Projects brings together the works of 4 female Iranian photographers. Tahmine Monzavi and Bibi Manavi's photographs are based on a documentary engagement that intertwines social consciousness and the environmental landscapes of Iran, while Maryam Palizgir and Sepideh Salehi's photo collages challenge the taboos related to women's sexuality, as well as issues they face with political and social freedom. Monzavi's focus is, above all, on women, Manavi's is on the transformation of land in Iran. Salehi mixes intuitive photography and collage processes with a conceptual practice rooted in emotions and memories. The concepts of covering up, hiding, and privacy manifest as layered collages. With Claustrophobia, Palizgir is an amalgam of the protuberant naked body parts with unconventional materials and brick walls; she articulates fear, anxiety, grief, loss, and inequality in the contemporary moment.
March 2021 Group Exhibition
at THE SPACE by ADVOCARTSY, LA
Featuring works by Pouya Afshar, Afsoon, Mohammad Barrangi, Simin Keramati, Mobina Nouri, Hadi Salehi, Sepideh Salehi, and Shadi Yousefian.
Email info@advocartsy.com to schedule your viewing appointment.
Art in Isolation
October 8 - January 29 2021 at the Middle East Institute
Art in Isolation: Creativity in the Time of Covid-19 was the MEI Art Gallery’s first-ever open call show, paying tribute to the experiences and reflections of artists from the Middle East and its diaspora during a period of global crisis. Curated by Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, multiple themes emerged in the selection: among them, an emphasis on found materials given the lack of access artists had to their studios; a focus on the interior world, as artists found themselves isolated inside their homes in countries where quarantines were strictly enforced; and the intersection of war and the pandemic, with several of the artists experiencing both simultaneously. The artists represented here turned their state of isolation into a rich palette of reflections, imaginary worlds, and biting critiques about a moment in time that has left an indelible mark on all of our lives.
“Self Reflection: artist self-portraits”
September 15 - 29, 2020 at High Line Nine, Gallery 9.1, NYC
Roya Khadjavi Projects is pleased to present Self-reflection, an online and in-person group exhibition by Iranian visual artists including Parastoo Ahovan, Mimi Amini, Afsane Barati, Pejman Hosseini, Aida Izadpanah, Mo Jahangir, Shahram Karimi, Maryam Khosrovani, Farsad Labbauf, Roxana Manouchehri, Sara Madandar, Dana Nehdaran, Dariush Nehdaran, Nicky Nodjoumi, Sepideh Salehi, Negin Sharifzadeh, Safarani Sisters, Atieh Sohrabi, Kamran Taherimoghaddam, and Farnaz Zabetian.
Summer 2020 Group Exhibition
August 4th, 2020 – October 24th, 2020 at THE SPACE by ADVOCARTSY, LA
Now on view at our downtown Los Angeles gallery: the Mohr Portraits series by Sepideh Salehi.
Using traditional Muslim prayer stones as a starting point, Salehi meticulously inks their impression on the surface of her portraits, veiling the subject in their rhythmic patterns. This manual, tactile process is seminal to Salehi's artistic practice as well as her identity as an Iranian woman. She is intrigued by the concepts of privacy, covering up, and hiding, and uses her work to explore the roles of women in the contemporary world. To schedule an appointment or for more information about these works, email us at info@advocartsy.com
Focus on the Flatfiles: See the Unseen
Curator: Sa'dia Rehman
Artists:
Golnar Adili, Tomie Arai, Mildred Beltré, Derek Bernstein, Karni Dorell, Robin Holder, Tamiko Kawata, Jasmine Murrell, Sepideh Salehi, Claudia Sbrissa, Emily Stern
February 21 - March 29, 2020
Opening Reception: Friday, February 21, 6 – 8pm
A selection of 15 drawings and works on paper from the Kentler Flatfiles selected by artist Sa'dia Rehman in connection with her concurrent solo exhibition, The Cost of Entry.
Art Mutters (Alone and United)
A group exhibition exploring motherhood and artmaking curated by Triangle Artist in residence Annesofie Sandal
Jan 31 - Feb 28, 2020 at Triangle, Brooklyn, NY
Making art is often a pretty lonely place, and so can motherhood be. Despite the love and joy it brings, it can feel emotionally and mentally isolating at times. The works in this show are all made by artists who are mothers. While their individual practices are rooted in other themes and interests they have generously allowed their works to be part of this show. This exhibition tries to capture the entangled and sometimes conflicted feelings of art-making and motherhood. While the experience of becoming a mother is not uniform, the struggle to stay afloat as an artist and mother, making ends meet financially and timewise, is common.
A Bridge Between You and Everything" curated by Shirin Neshat
Nov 4 - Dec 14, 2019, at the High Line Nine gallery in Chelsea, New York
A Bridge Between You and Everything," curated by renowned visual artist Shirin Neshat and artistic advisor Nicky Nodjoumi. Featuring nearly 100 works by 13 contemporary Iranian women artists including Ala Dehghan, Afruz Amighi, Afsoon, Bahar Sabzevari, Hadieh Shafie, Laleh Khorramian, Nazanin Noroozi, Parastou Forouhar, Roya Farassat, Sepideh Salehi, Shahrzad Changalvaee, Shiva Ahmadi, and Soudeh Davoud.
Art & Social Activism Festival
Curated by Roya Khadjavi Projects
September 26 to October 20, 2019, at 32 Orchard St. New York City
Public Hours: Wednesday through Sunday 11 am to 7:00 pm
The Art and Social Activism Festival’s mission is to uplift socially engaged artists and ethical designers, creating a collaborative platform to participate in the creative economy and partnering with social justice organizations to spark dialogue and action.
Photo Londo, 2019
Curated by Roya Khadjavi and Nemazee Fine Art
May 16-19 at Somerset House, London, Booth C7
At Photo London through Roya Khadjavi Projects/ Nemazee fine Art, we will be showing work by 6 artists, all of whom in some way reflect the complexity of being a modern woman in today’s society – both inside and outside of Iran – whether through their perspective as a female artist or through their subject matter.
“I have had a long fascination with portraiture – which to me transcends the traditional definition to include any artwork that reveals who the artist is – as well as political and abstract art. Along with an interest in female artists or artists who take the female as their subject matter, these personal interests have largely driven my vision for my curatorial endeavor. “ Roya Khadjavi
Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and Video
January 27, 2019 — May 12, 2019 at Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Presented in collaboration with Farhang Foundation, Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and Video is the third biennial juried exhibition of international photography and video works that offer multiple perspectives about Iran and Iranian culture.
The Only Divisions That Mattered Now: A Roundtable Discussion with Artists Sobia Ahmad, Sughra Hussainy, & Sepideh Salehi
March 28, 2019, 6:30PM
Baltimore, MD— The Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts Department, Center for Humanities, and Messina are proud to present an engaging evening of discussion with Sobia Ahmad, Sughra Hussainy, and Sepideh Salehi, three women artists from Islamic countries, who will discuss how their artworks engage issues of gender, identity, faith and experiences of dislocation caused by unrest and war.
Reveal
THE SPACE by ADVOCARTSY is pleased to present Reveal, a solo exhibition of works by Sepideh Salehi. This is Salehi's first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Feb 28 - March 10, 2018 at 924 S San Pedro St. Los Angeles
Salehi’s use of layering, both physically and conceptually, is used as a device to conceal emotions mediated through decisive yet sporadic and hypnotizing mark making. She often uses words and writing as a form of drawing. She says, “These drawings emerge from a union between the immediacy of line and the direct and literal communicative properties of writing.” Salehi uses her experience as an immigrant as a direct material in her practice manifesting through her hand but also sees her work moving beyond the confines of her culture. Her seemingly meditative and minimal practice complicates itself with the intricacy of the unanswered in a world filled with oversharing and influx of information.
If So, What? Where Art and Design Meet
Curated by Roya Khadjavi Project
April 26 - 29, 2018 at at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
At If So, What? Khadjavi will be showing work by 12 artists, all of whom in some way reflect the complexity of being a modern woman in today’s society – both inside and outside of Iran – whether through their perspective as a female artist or through their subject matter.
“Partially due to my education at Wellesley, and perhaps due as well to my upbringing in a family where women were celebrated and encouraged,” said Khadjavi, “I get inspired and energized by the female strength, beauty, intelligence, talent, perseverance, patience, and humility all together.”
MIRRORED RE-COLLECTION
Curated and organized by Alison Singer and the University of Maryland
November 1 - December 15 at Stamp Gallery, Maryland
“By incorporating aspects of storytelling and letter writing, Sepideh Salehi recollects the experiences she had growing up in post-1979 Tehran. She weaves personal narrative and cultural history into her work, reflecting on how she, and other women, navigated the shifting social and political landscapes.”
STAMP Gallery and The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development proudly present: IN CONVERSATION WITH SEPIDEH SALEHI. This talk is in conjunction with Stamp Gallery's current exhibition, Mirrored Re-Collection. Join us for an hour-long talk in which Salehi will discuss her body of work, followed by a question and answer session. The talk will be held from 6–7:15 PM in Juan Jimenez room 2208 on the second floor of Stamp Student Union.
ART BRIEF IV: IRANIAN CONTEMPORARY SAN FRANCISCO
Sat. Dec. 1, 2018 6 -10pm
Sun. Dec. 2, 2018 1- 5pm
SOMARTS Cultural Center
934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA
Patterning: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles
June 17 - July 30, 2017
Curator's Talk: Saturday, June 17, 4 pm
Kentler International Drawing Space is pleased to present Patterning: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles, curated by Samantha Friedman, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art.
Artists: Grace DeGennaro, Elizabeth Duffy, Alexander Gorlizki, Marietta Hoferer, Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, Taney Roniger, Donna Ruff, Sepideh Salehi
Featuring approximately forty works by eight artists, this exhibition explores the persistence of patterns in contemporary drawing. The diverse selection of works reflects the influence of nature and mathematics, calligraphy, and technology. Using materials both mundane and ephemeral, opulent and ornate, these artists build compositions that range from the reductive to the baroque, proving in the process that pattern often has a purpose.
ART BRIEF III: THE (UN)DRAPED WOMAN
February 9 - February 18, 2017, at Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
EXHIBITING ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Afsoon, Gohar Dashti, Amir H. Fallah, Firouz Farman-Farmaian, Shadi Ghadirian,Simin Keramati, Farzad Kohan, Tahmineh Monzavi, Dana Nehdaran, Hadi Salehi, Sepideh Salehi, Shilla Shakoori, Kamran Taherimoghaddam, and Shadi Yousefian
“This exhibition represents the work of fourteen artists, each with a unique expression, choice of subject, medium, and style of work. The images of Iranian women in this exhibition provoke a range of reactions. They draw us into new spaces that we have not experienced before. They stir our emotions, connect us with the struggles and triumphs of individuals, and challenge us to examine human despair, struggle, and controversy.” Dr. Homa Mahmoudi, PHD
Video “Strappa” made by Sepideh Salehi & Kamran Taherimoghaddam has been selected as one of the top 6 finalists at the 9th Annual Farhang Foundation Film Festival and will be screen on September 30th at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall in Los Angeles.
“The Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival has featured some of the most provocative Iranian storytellers who have utilized lm to reveal aspects of the deeply rooted Iranian identity, the complicated political history, the peoples current struggles, and the all too familiar ethereal quest for love. As a result of their unique efforts, these artists have revealed that in fact there is nothing unique about Iranians in their universal pursuit to be happy and free.”
STRAPPA: DIALOGUE AND PERFORMANCE
Sepideh Salehi & Kamran Taherimoghaddam
Curated by Roya Khadjavi Heidari
March 3rd - March 8th, 2016
Performance: March 3rd at 7:30 pm sharp
“The husband and wife duo’s exhibition builds upon the video project Strappa that Sepideh Salehi and Kamran Taherimoghaddam made in 2005. The title derives from the Italian verb ‘strappare’ (to tear) that here is used in the imperative tense, expressing the idea of control and conflict in relationships between men and women. In the video, a male figure and his female counterpart seem to argue through gestures, with their faces not appearing on the screen. While the woman expresses ire, vehemently ripping pieces of cloth, the man plays a daf (Persian frame drum) by gently brushing a plate, playing with it as it was a goblet drum, and conveying a sense of comprehension and tenderness.” Carmen Stolfi, Art Radar
Archimedes’ Bathtub
Lorimoto Gallery is pleased to present Archimedes’ Bathtub a show of work by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) 2014 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program curated by Julian A. Jimarez Howard.
August 8 - August 23, 2015
By using the more novel assessment of volumetric displacement as a metaphorical guidepost, this expansive exhibition brings together the work of 22 foreign born artists, all participants in the 2014 edition of the NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. Ranging in mediums, the politics of space and body eke themselves through sculpture and drawing, through videos, installations, photographs, paintings, and performances. These varied works vividly assert themselves as comments on the textured shape and fragility inherent to societal notions of reality, while simultaneously reflecting the idiosyncrasies of the commenter’s own filtered view as strangers in a strange land. Indeed, the artworks then, are the observed effect of our own displacement wading through the muddy waters of culture.
Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video
January 25 - May 3, 2015 at the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) of Los Angeles
Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video is a juried international exhibition of photography and video organized by the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) of Los Angeles and the Farhang Foundation to showcase living artists whose works explore themes related to Iranian culture & heritage.
ARE WE ALREADY GONE?
Artists on the Art of Leaving
Curated by Negin Sharifzadeh
On view September 21st - September 28th, 2014
Location: FlickerLab, 78 Crosby Street, New York
The Photography Show
December 11-20, 2014 at Site/109, 109 Norfolk Street New York
Presented by The Committee + AKArt, featuring Dietmar Busse, Janine Gordon, Allie Pohl, Sepideh Salehi, Marielis Seyler, Aiden Simon, Philip Smith, Michael Tharp, and Shadi Yousefian
Traces: Drawings in Motion
Dual exhibition by husband-and-wife team Sepideh Salehi and Kamran Taherimoghaddam
November 8 – December 15, 2013, at the Kentler International Drawing Space
Artists' Talk: November 23, 2013
Sepideh Salehi and Kamran Taherimoghaddam’s new bodies of work, while different at first glance, share striking similarities, most notably, their minimal approach to form and their underlying subject matter. They both tackle issues of repression and atrocity and the psychological implications therein as living, displaced artists. Both are cross-disciplinary, working in a variety of mediums—drawing, painting, photography, and video.