Afarin Sajedi blev født i 1979 i Shiraz. Hun rejste til Teheran for at studere ved Teheran Azad University, hvor hun fik sin grad i grafisk design.
Afarins kreativitet, teknik og magtfulde præsentation kommer til udtryk, når hun maler sine teatralske karakterer. Det kan være farverige klovneansigter eller værker, inspireret af japansk teater samt symboler på vestlig religiøs kunst sat overfor den moderne verden. Hendes karakterer er nærmest kongelige, stolte og tavse med et dybe, intense blikke.
Fisken er et symbol i de fleste af hendes kunstværker og rykker værkerne tættere på de mere surrealistiske eller pop-surrealistiske stilarter.
SOLO SHOWS
2019
Ecce Mulier, Dorothy Circus Gallery, London, UK
2018
Stronger, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016
Illusion, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
2015
Printemps Parisien, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
2014
The Unseen, Etemed Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013
Chef Offer, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
2007
Mourn, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006
Kabuki Nightmare, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005
Bitter Laughter, Saales Gallery, Tehran, Iran
UDVALGTE GRUPPEUDSTILLINGER
2021
Dreambags and Jaguar Shoes, Kirk Gallery, Denmark
2020
On Paper, Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019
Neo Expressionism in Iranian Contemporary Art, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Teer Art Fair, Charsou Cineplex, Tehran, Iran
District 13 International Art Fair, DROUOT Action house, Paris
2018
Teer Art Fair, Ava Center, Tehran, Iran
Summer Exhibition Selection of Etemad Collection, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017
Group Exhibition, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Women and Pop Surrealism, Dorothy Circus Gallery, London, UK
2015
Scope Art Fair, SCOPE New York, New York, US
Art Fair Monaco ’15, Espace Fontvieille, Monaco, France
Summer Group Exhibition, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Golden Garden (5th Edition), Žitný Ostrov Múzeum, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia
2014
Orient, Palazzo Incontri, Rome, Italy
Group Painting Exhibition, Seyhoun Art Gallery 2, Tehran, Iran
2013
Painted Sound, Flower Pepper Gallery Pasadena, California, United States
Golden Garden (3rd Edition), Žitný Ostrov Múzeum, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia
God is Her Deejay, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
Peace from the Bottom of My Art, Opera Gallery, London, England
Lacrima Aquarium, Acquario Romano Museum, Rome, Italy
2012
Spring, Kabk Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Soulmate, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Inside Her Eyes, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
2010
Untitled, Mamak Nourbakhsh Private Gallery, Tehran, Iran
After Waves, Kabk Gallery, Tehran, Iran