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Bio:
Setareh Shahbazi was born in Tehran, Iran in 1978 and moved to Germany in 1985. From 1997 to 2003 she studied Scenography and Media Arts at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe. Framed by a Scolarship from the DAAD, she spent one year in Beirut/Lebanon, where she worked on the project "Oh, no, no... – The Crystal Series“. She lives and works in Berlin and Beirut, but dreams of moving to LA one day.
Exhibitions/Projects:
2009 “Subvision Kunst.Festival.Off“, Hamburg - in cooperation with 98Weeks Research Group/Beirut
2008 “WHY NOT BAZAR“ at Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, curated by Regine Basha (solo)
2006 “The unknown, the disorder, the power and the spirits“ for New Talents at Art-Cologne (solo)
2006 ”One of you does not trust me! (The secret of atmospheric picturesII) at Montgomery, Berlin (Solo)
2006 “Oh, no, no... – The Crystal Series“ Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (Solo)
2005 “J’en rêve“, at the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris
2004 “Wie eine Fatamorgana“ at Haus der Kulturen, Berlin / Installation in cooperation with Roseline Rannoch and Tirdad Zolghadr, framed by the conference series “Framed“
Affiliations/Residencies/Fellowships/Workshops:
2005 Residency at the Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2005 “The most beautiful swiss books“ Award for the catalogue „Oh, no, no... – The Crystal Series“
2003/04 Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a one year residency in Beirut/Lebanon, working in cooperation with the Arab Image Foundation (FAI)
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