Shahla Aghapour

Shahla Aghapour
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. "Aghapour-Benakohell, Shahla". World Cat. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
2. "Iraner in Deutschland". deutschpersisch.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
3. http://www.kultur-steglitz-zehlendorf.de/veranstaltungsarchiv.html
4. "Pressespiegel - Shahla Aghapour". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
5. http://www.kodoom.com/en/search/?q=shahla+aghapour&qw=Berlin%2C+Germany | |title =Exhibitions and Readings
6. "Shahla Aghapour". Universität der Künste. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
7. "Art & Poetry Gallery-Shahla Aghapour". Venue Depot. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
8. "Art projects: bejahende Körper, Geschichte der Sheherazadeh"
9. "Workshops at the Pergamon Museum Berlin" (PDF). Pergamon Museum Berlin (in German). Pergamon Museum Berlin. 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
10. "Workshops for children at Moabiter Ratschlag"
11. http://moabiter-ratschlag.de/schulgarten/unser-team/mitarbeiter-innen/
12. "Memberlist of Exile P.E.N."
13. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/die-kulturhaus-galerie-stellt-werke-einer-iranischen-kuenstlerin-aus-angst-und-trauer-in-gesichtern-16909936 | |title = Berliner Zeitung (newspaper)
14. Vertraute Fremde: 18 Künstler aus 16 Ländern in einer Stadt ; [Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell ...] (in German). Galerie im Parlament. 1997-01-01.
15. "Akram Abooee u.a.: Die Sieben (Malerei, Videokunst, F...". www.kulturpur.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
16. Kisiel, Danuta. "INSELGALERIE Berlin | DIE SIEBEN". www.inselgalerie-berlin.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
17. "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.
18. "Events". Texaspcc.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
19. http://www.texaspcc.org/ShahlaA.pdf
20. "IRANISCHE NACHT im SALON EXIL". PEN-Zentrum Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-06.
21. "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
22. "Ausstellung: Shahla Aghapour". ART-Galerie-Benakohell. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
23. "Shahla Aghapour and Arash Riahi in Iranischer Kulturabend in Zurich". Kodoom.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
24. "Interpretazioni". ASSI. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
25. "Book Offer".
26. "POP Publishing"
27. "Kulturtipps von Uli Rothfuss_Buchtipp 287". www.kunstportal-bw.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.

External links

• Website of Shahla Aghapour
• About her lyrik work
• About her art and gallery work
• Press review
• Museum Colgne, Germany
• Iran Tribune
• Iranian Artist Site