Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1974

Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland

Curriculum

1995-1997
Study of Photography at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany

1997-2000
Study of Photography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich

2003
Residency in New York, Atelier Stipendium der Stadt Zürich, Switzerland

2006
Residency in Berlin, Atelier Stipendium der Stiftung Landis & Gyr

2008
Residency at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
 

Awards

2006
Leistungspreis der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland

2005
Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst, Bern, Switzerland
Atelier Stipendium der Stiftung Landis & Gyr für Berlin, Germany

2004
Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst, Bern, Switzerland
Werkbeitrag für bildende Kunst, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland

2003
Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Bern, Switzerland

2002
The Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize 2002, London, Great Britain
Atelier Stipendium der Stadt Zürich für New York, USA

2000
Förderpreis der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland

 

Solo shows

2019
New Good Luck, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland

2018
Shirana Shahbazi, Villa Garbald, Castasegna, Switzerland
Shirana Shahbazi - 14 Monotypien, Tableau Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Shirana Shahbazi, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Capovolto: Manon Wertenbroek & Shirana Shahbazi, Instituto Svizzero, Milan, Italy

2017
Shirana Shahbazi, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland
Shirana Shahbazi - First Things First, KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

2015
Shirana Shahbazi, On Stellar Rays, NY, USA

2014
Shirana Shahbazi, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Shirana Shahbazi, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2013
Between Daylights, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Cardi Black Box, Milano, Italy
XCult, curated by Roman Kurzmeyer, Amden, Switzerland

2012
Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria

2011
Shirana Shahbazi – Much like Zero, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur,
Switzerland
New Museum, Museum Lobby, New York, USA

2010
The Breeder, Athens, Greece

2009
Cardi Black Box Gallery, Milan, Italy

2008
The Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland

2007
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
Swiss Institute, New York, USA

2006
Raum für Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes, Great Britain

2005
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Zimmerfrei (with Andro Wekua), Lugano, Switzerland

2004
Salon 94, New York, USA
The Wrong Gallery, New York, USA
Trans Area, New York, USA
Planet 22 (Shahrzad), Geneva, Switzerland

2003
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland

2002
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Bonner Kunstverein am August Macke Platz, Bonn, Germany
L’elac, Lausanne, Switzerland

2001
Photographers’ Gallery, London, Great Britain
Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br. (with Eric Steinbrecher), Germany

Group Shows

2019
Bye, Bye and Hello - 40 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Nico Pirosmani, Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France
Nullpunkt der Orientierung, Art Foyer, Frankfurt, Germany

2018
A Time Capsule Revisited, Parkett Space, Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Pavillion: House Tour, 16th International Architecture Biennall, Venice, Italy
Ausbruch aus der Fläche, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany

2017
Ein Augenschein von 1944-2017, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
"5x5 Still Lifes", Museum Rattingen, Rattingen, Germany
Collection on Display, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Collection on Display: Communities, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Collector's Room # 14: Black / White, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2016
5x5 still lifes, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, Germany

2015
Zurich & Elsewhere, Carlos/Ishikawa Gallery, London, UK
Deweer Gallery - Het Portret van een familie, de Directeurswoning, Roeselare, Belgium

2014
Durch die Blume, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland (until 2015)
The other and me, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Fixed Unknowns, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, USA
Surfaces - Neue Fotografie aus der Schweiz, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Structures for viewing (with Günther Förg, Melissa Gordon & Imi Knoebel), Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2013
DECORUM, Carpets and tapestries by artists, Musee d‘Art moderne de la Vielle de Paris, France
Lens Drawings, Galerie Marian Goodman, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Paris, France
Flowers & Mushrooms, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria

2012
New Photography 2012, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Warming Up the House, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich Switzerland
Junge Schweizer Kunst. Jubiläum Manor Kunstpreis 2012, Aargauer
Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Wohnort Campus, Studentisches Wohnen rund um den Hönggerberg und den Irchel, ETH und Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Viewpoint/A closer look at showing, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
The Gallery Collection, exhibition curated by Beda Achermann, Galerie Bob
van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Grösser als Zürich. Kunst in Aussersihl, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Shortening Distances. Asian Panorama of the MUSAC Collection, MUSAC,
Leon, Spain

2011
Wunder, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Beispiel Schweiz: Entgrenzungen und Passagen als Kunst, Kunstmuseum
Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein
Visionäre Sammlung Vol.16: Die Zürcher Konkreten, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Für immer jung. 50 Jahre Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Deutsches Historisches
Museum, Berlin, Germany
Interieur (curator Gürsoy Dogtas), Knust und Kunz, Munich, Germany

2010
8th International Photo Triennial Esslingen, Germany
Summer Loves, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2009
Asia Pacific Triennial (APT6), Queensland Art Gallery,South Brisbane, Queens- land, Australia
Darkside II - Photographic Power and Violence, Disease, and Death Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Three leap seconds later, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London, Great Britain
Durch die Blume..., Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern, Switzerland
Flower Power, Villa Giulia – Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Verbania, Italy

2008
Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
The Eternal Flame. Ueber das Versprechen der Ewigkeit, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland

2007
Spectacular Space, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland

2006
Out of Place, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, Great Britain
Choosing my Religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
Under the same sky, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
4th berlin biennial for contemporary art, Berlin, Germany
Without Boundary. Seventeen Ways of Looking, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Reale Fantasien, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

2005
Rundlederwelten, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Weltbilder, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Recreating the Case (Shahrzad), Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
Universal Experience. Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Hayward Gallery,London, Great Britain
Homeworks III, Ashkal Alwan Forum, Beirut, Lebanese Republic
Sharjah Biennial 7, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Between New Painting and Political Action, Prague Biennale 2, Prague,
Czech Republic
We really have to strain ourselves to still discover mysteries on street signs,
Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

2004
Ethnic Marketing (Shahrzad), Centre d‘Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Far Near Distance (Shahrzad), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Non Toccare la Donna Bianca, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione
Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

2003
Delays and Revolutions, 50th International Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
Outlook, Athens, Greece
Identität Schreiben. Autobiografie in der Kunst, Galerie für Zeitgenössische
Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Black My Story, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Nation, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
Unter 30, Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland
Girls Night Out, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA
Girls Night Out, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Great Britain
Girls Night Out, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; Contemporary Art Museum, Saint
Louis, USA
Girls Night Out, Blaffer Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Houston,
Houston, USA
Large Jar, Display Box, Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Haft, 7 artistes contemporain iraniens, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, France

2002
The Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize 2002, Photographers’ Gallery, London, Great Britain
Protest! Respect! (Shahrzad), Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Everland, Expo02, Biel, Switzerland
Faces, people and society. Hedendaagse fotografie, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Balsam, Exhibition der Fussballseele, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

2001
It takes two to tango, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich - Urban Diary, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Heimaten, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Das Versprechen der Fotografie, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Irán, recorridos cruzados, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain
M family, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Art Cologne, Förderkoje der Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Cologne, Germany

2000
Diplomausstellung, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland

1999
The World We Grow Into, AVRO Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998
Obsession, Galerie der Fotoklasse, Zurich, Switzerland
143312 m, Schöller Areal, Zurich, Switzerland

1997
Take It, Bielefeld, Germany

Public & Private Collections (Selected)

MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Huis Marseille, Stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Photographer‘s Gallery, London, Great Britain
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane, Australia
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany