About
Alireza Shojaian is a French artist from Iranian origin who lives and works in Paris.
Alireza Shojaian draws to defend his own vision of masculinity and combat all forms of oppression. The pencil is a powerful weapon. His recent works seem « less political » than those produced in Tehran or Beirut, but only in appearance. These are portraits of real people to whom he gives visibility. Positions are more vulnerable, compositions more intimate, gestures more sensual. These portraits are not academic or traditional, as some might think. They are simply not European. They are an Eastern interpretation of Western realism, and a beginning of an answer to the vacuum left by revolution and war in his country, in terms of human rights. Alireza Shojaian is an accomplished artist with a series of exhibitions, residences, prices. He took part in the excellent exhibition Habibi : The Revolutions of Love at the Institut Du Monde Arabe in 2022, and his work was featured on the cover of the exhibition catalog.
Artworks
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS :
BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS :
FEREYDOUN AVE, TEHRAN
ART AWARDS :
2023 RESIDENT, CITE INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS, PARIS
2022 WINNER, VACLAV HAVEL PRIZE, NEW YORK
2022 JURY PRIZE, PRIX UTOPIE, PARIS
2021 RESIDENT, CHATEAU DE LOURMARIN, ACADEMIE DES BEAUX ARTS, LOURMARIN
2019 RESIDENT, VILLA LES PINSONS, ACADEMIE DES BEAUX ARTS, CHARS
SOLO SHOWS :
2022 SOUS LE CIEL DE SHIRAZ, LA LA LANDE GALLERY, PARIS
2018 SWEET BLASPHEMY, ARTLAB GALLERY, BEIRUT
2017 CORPS A CORPS, ARTLAB GALLERY, BEIRUT
GROUP SHOWS :
2024 HABIBI : LES REVOLUTIONS DE L' AMOUR, MEDELHAVSMUSEET, STOCKHOLM
2023 LE CORPS CE POEME, NOUCHINE PAHLEVAN GALLERY, PARIS
2023 RESISTANCE DES FLUIDES, CHAPTER 3, SULTANA GALLERY, PARIS
2023 RESISTANCE DES FLUIDES, CHAPTER 2, GALERIE MARCELLE ALIX, PARIS
2022 DESIRES, 110 GALLERY, PARIS
2022 RESISTANCE DES FLUIDES, CHAPTER 1, AIR DE PARIS, PARIS
2022 PRIX UTOPIE, MAGASINS GENERAUX, PANTIN
2022 HABIBI : LES REVOLUTIONS DE L' AMOUR, INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, PARIS
2022 LA POESIE DU CORPS, NOUCHINE PAHLEVAN GALLERY, PARIS
2022 OMBRES D'HOMMES, DEPARDIEU GALLERY, NICE
2021 ETATS DES LIEUX, LA LA LANDE GALLERY, PARIS
2019 PRINTMAKING, KENNEDY HEIGHTS ARTS CENTER, CINCINNATI
2019 GROUP SHOW, TWELVE GATE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA
2018 RED ACTION, FLUX FACTORY, NEW YORK
2018 CATALOGUE, ARTLAB GALLERY, BEIRUT
2018 THREEE AND A HALF, 392 RMEIL 393, BEIRUT
2018 PRINTMAKING, SIM ART GALLERY, ALESUND
2017 PRINTMAKING, ARTLAB GALLERY, BEIRUT
2017 ANNUAL PRINTMAKING EXCHANGE, LALEH ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2016 PRIVATE COLLECTION OF FEREYDOUN AVE, LAJEVARDI FOUNDATION, TEHRAN
2016 IDENTITY, SHIRIN ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2016 PRINTMAKING, HOORMAZD ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2016 ANNUAL PRINTMAKING EXCHANGE, LALEH ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2015 PRINTMAKING, VISTA ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2015 THREE DROPS, ARTE ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2015 PRINTMAKING, CULTURAL SECTION OF EMBASSY OF COTE D'IVOIRE, TEHRAN
2015 PRINTMAKING, 26 ART GALLERY, TEHRAN
2015 ANNUAL PRINTMAKING EXCHANGE, LALEH ART GALLERY, TEHRAN