Shahin Afrassiabi

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Shahin Afrassiabi
Born
Iran
Education Goldsmiths College

Shahin Afrassiabi (born 1963, in Tehran) is an artist and author who has been based in London, Berlin and Spain. [1] [2]

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His early work can be characterised as mixed media installations, using everyday building materials and domestic objects in juxtaposition, including use of shop window displays as a motif. [3] It has been suggested his work is influenced by architectural practice and early 20th century design, including Russian Constructivism. [4] More recent works have included oil paintings and drawings. [1]

Education

Afrassiabi studied for an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1997. [5] He set up The Trade Apartment [6] with architect Raymond Brinkman in 1998, and held his first solo show, 'You're a Heavenly Thing' in 2000. [4]

Career

In 2001 he was one of ten artists selected for the Institute of Contemporary Arts' Beck's Futures Arts award [5] for his mixed media work 'Jalousie Gelocht als Blend Schultz' [7] which is now in the permanent collection of Leeds Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

His work has featured in a number of international exhibitions, examples including:

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 "Berlin – VernissageTV Art TV". vernissage.tv. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. Afrassiabi, Shahin. "Artist's CV for Soy Capitan exhibition" (PDF).
  3. "Vilma Gold – 2002 Shahin Afrassiabi". vilmagold.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 highlike.org. "SHAHIN AFRASSAIABI". highlike. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 "What is Beck's Futures 2? | Special reports | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. Hunt, Andrew. "Anglo-Ponce". Frieze. No. 78. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. Simon Miller; Frances Gertler (23 March 2001). "Shahin Afrassiabi". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  8. Falconer, Morgan. "Shahin Afrassiabi". Frieze. No. 70. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. "EXPO21: Strategies of Display". Warwick Arts Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. "Shahin Afrassiabi - Bio, Artworks, Exhibitions and more - Artland". www.artland.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  11. Afrassiabi, Shahin. "REVIEW: DJ Simpson". Flash Art. 206.
  12. Afrassiabi, Shahin. "John Chilver". Flash Art. 213: 116.
  13. Early one morning : British art now : Shahin Afrassiabi, Claire Barclay, Jim Lambie, Eva Rothschild, Gary Webb. Whitechapel Art Gallery. London, UK: Whitechapel Art Gallery. 2002. ISBN   0-85488-130-1. OCLC   51069408.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)