Shahla Aghapour
Shahla Aghapour | |
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Born | Tehran, Iran |
Education | Berlin University of the Arts |
Website | http://www.aghapour.de |
Shahla Aghapour also known as Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell[1] (شهلا آقاپور) (born in Tehran) is an Iranian artist, author and gallery director living in Germany.[2] She works both as a writer and poet, as well as a painter, sculptor, performance artist and director of Galerie-Benakohell.
Biography
Shahla Aghapour grew up as the daughter of Iranian-Azerbaijanis and was early interested in arts and literature. In addition to studying art she also trained as a journalist and at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, she worked for the newspaper Ayandegan. She had, as a result of her dissident journalistic work, emigrate from Iran and went to Germany.
Shahla Aghapour worked as a freelance artist in Berlin and has exhibited her works and readings in Germany[1][3][4] and other countries.[5] She completed a Master of Art at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003[6][7] and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.[8][9][10][11]
Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries[12] and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.
Work
Exhibitions
This is a list of select exhibitions, in order by date.
- National Gallery, Shemiran, Iran
- Gallery Ay, Istanbul, Turkey
- Free Berlin Art Exhibition, Germany
- Traveling exhibition, Toy of the Winds, Berlin–Hamburg–Münster–Zagreb–Split–Vrgorac
- Kulturministerium Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
- Cultural Center Spandau, Berlin, Germany[13]
- Ministry of Culture of Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
- Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
- Gallery Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany
- Saviour church, Berlin, Germany
- Art Store, Friedersdorf, Germany
- Brecht-Haus, Berlin, Germany
- Rathaus Schöneberg (City Hall), Berlin, Germany
- Old Fire Station, Cologne, Germany
- Cultural Centre, Delft, Netherlands
- Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland
- Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland
- 1997 – Landtag of Prussian, gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives, Germany[14]
- 2008 – Island Gallery, Berlin, Germany[15][16]
- 2009 - "Iranian night" (in book week of Germany), exhibition of painting about woman face and body, wives of current and former presidents of Germany had joined to the meeting[17]
- 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
- 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States[18][19]
- 2012 – Salon Exil, Berlin, Germany[20][21]
- 2015 – Galerie-Benakohell, Berlin, Germany [22]
Readings
- House of Literature, Berlin, Germany
- Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany
- Saviour Church, Berlin, Germany
- Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
- Literature Forum in Brecht-Haus, Berlin, Germany
- Old Fire Station, Cologne, Germany
- House of Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Cultural Centre, Delft, Netherlands
- Delftstede number Centrum, Delft, Netherlands
- Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
- Kulturcentrum Europers, Brussels, Belgium
- Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland[23]
- Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland[24]
- Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
- 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
- 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States[18][19]
Publications
- Andishaje hessi (Soulful Thoughts), (in Persian), Gheze Publisher, Tehran, Iran][25]
- Sarate garme hes (Parts of Emotions), (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
- Ashovtegieh Djahan (Chaos of the Cosmos), (in Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum, Germany
- Parvaze sorkhe tan (Flying red bodies), (in Persian), Fourough Books Publishing, Cologne, Germany
- Oliver Twist in Tehran, (in German), POP Publishing, Ludwigsburg, Germany[26][27]
- Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
References
- 1 2 "Aghapour-Benakohell, Shahla". World Cat. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Iraner in Deutschland". deutschpersisch.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ http://www.kultur-steglitz-zehlendorf.de/veranstaltungsarchiv.html
- ↑ "Pressespiegel - Shahla Aghapour". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ http://www.kodoom.com/en/search/?q=shahla+aghapour&qw=Berlin%2C+Germany | |title =Exhibitions and Readings
- ↑ "Shahla Aghapour". Universität der Künste. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Art & Poetry Gallery-Shahla Aghapour". Venue Depot. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Art projects: bejahende Körper, Geschichte der Sheherazadeh"
- ↑ "Workshops at the Pergamon Museum Berlin" (PDF). Pergamon Museum Berlin (in German). Pergamon Museum Berlin. 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Workshops for children at Moabiter Ratschlag"
- ↑ http://moabiter-ratschlag.de/schulgarten/unser-team/mitarbeiter-innen/
- ↑ "Memberlist of Exile P.E.N."
- ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/die-kulturhaus-galerie-stellt-werke-einer-iranischen-kuenstlerin-aus-angst-und-trauer-in-gesichtern-16909936 | |title = Berliner Zeitung (newspaper)
- ↑ Vertraute Fremde: 18 Künstler aus 16 Ländern in einer Stadt ; [Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell ...] (in German). Galerie im Parlament. 1997-01-01.
- ↑ "Akram Abooee u.a.: Die Sieben (Malerei, Videokunst, F...". www.kulturpur.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ Kisiel, Danuta. "INSELGALERIE Berlin | DIE SIEBEN". www.inselgalerie-berlin.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "شب ایرانی با حضور همسران رئيسجمهور فعلی و پیشین آلمان". Deutsche Welle (Persian). Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Events". Texaspcc.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- 1 2 http://www.texaspcc.org/ShahlaA.pdf
- ↑ "IRANISCHE NACHT im SALON EXIL". PEN-Zentrum Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
- ↑ "Ausstellung: Shahla Aghapour". ART-Galerie-Benakohell. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Shahla Aghapour and Arash Riahi in Iranischer Kulturabend in Zurich". Kodoom.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Interpretazioni". ASSI. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Book Offer".
- ↑ "POP Publishing"
- ↑ "Kulturtipps von Uli Rothfuss_Buchtipp 287". www.kunstportal-bw.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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