Alireza Shojaian
Alireza Shojaian is an Iranian artist, born in 1988 in Tehran. He started his career in Tehran and Beirut and since 2019 he is based in Paris. His work aims to fight societal prejudice against LGBTQIA+ people while making space for non-heteronormative masculine identities. His work reflects on the queer history of West Asia, the present context, and his own experiences. Shojaian’s queerness meant he could not continue his practice in Iran, where carnal depictions are censored and sexual identity is scrutinized and politicized. In 2016 he moved to Beirut where he held two solo exhibitions in 2017 and 2018. In 2019 Shojaian was offered by the French embassy in Lebanon an art residency with the Académie des beaux-arts. He now resides in Paris.
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https://www.alirezashojaian.com/
ART RESIDENCIES
2023, Cité Interbationale Des Arts,Lalehs
2021, Château de Lourmarin, Académie Des Beaux-arts Paris
2019-2020, La Villa Les Pinsons, Académie Des Beaux-arts Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022, Sous le ciel de Shiraz, La La Lande Gallery, Paris, France
2018, Sweet Blasphemy, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2017, Corps-à-corps, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
DUET EXHIBITION
2021, Ombres D’hommes , Depardieu Gallery, Nice, France
INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITION
2022 - 2023, Institut du monde arabe, Habibi, Les révolutions de l’amour, Paris
2024 - 2025 Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
PRIZES
2022, Vaclav Havel, PaykanArtCar
2022, Prix Utopi.e, Public Prize
PERFORMANCES
2022, Stitches on the body of freedom ( in collaboration with Niyaz Azadikhah), Centre Pompidou, Paris, france
2022, Stitches on the body of freedom ( in collaboration with Niyaz Azadikhah), Imago Mundi Foundation, Treviso, Italy
Art Fairs
2018, Beirut Art Fair, Lebanon
2017, Beirut Art Fair, Lebanon
