Born in 1957 in Shiraz, Iran
Lives and has worked since 1988 in Iran, Germany and USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Galerie Brigitte Schenk. Cologne, Germany
2021 Auction House Tehran, Iran
2020 Phillip auction London UK
2020 Auction House Dorotheum, Austria
2020 Self- reflection.New York, USA
2020 Auction House Tehran, Iran
2019 I lost Myself Somewhere, Gallery Etemad Tehran, Iran
2019 PINK Dreams in a Land with no Name, Gallery Elga Wimmer New York, USA
2019 Auction House Tehran, Iran
2017 The Garden is My Skin, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Germany
2016 The Cold Earth Sleeps Below (in Collaboration with Shoja Azari), Leila Heller Gallery,
New York, USA
2015 Remembrance, Gallery Syra, Washington D.C., USA
2015 Longing for Myself, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Germany
2015 Open the Door, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Germany
2014 The Rose Garden of Remembrance, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Magic of Light, Mana Contemporary, Jersey city, NJ USA
2011 The Rose Garden of Remembrance, Leila Hella Gallery, New York, USA
2010 Museum Siegburg, Germany
2008 Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2008 Gallery Leo Castelli, New York, USA
2006 Gallery II Gabbiano, Rome, Italy
2006 Art Basel Galerie Marco Noire, San Sebastiano / Turin, Italy
2005 Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, Cologne, Germany
2004 Studio Shirin Neshat in New York, USA
2001 Pumpwerk, Siegburg, Germany
1998 Museum Siegburg, Germany
1987 Gallery Taehr, Shiraz, Iran
1981/86 Gallery Wesal, Shiraz, Iran
Group Exhibitions:
2023 We Hope, Ballhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
2022 Kunsthause, Troisdorf, Germany
2020 On Paper, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 The World is My Home, ADVOCARTSY, LA. USA
2018 Art Cologne, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2016 Art Cologne, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2015 Abu Dhabi Art, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2014 Look at Me, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, USA
2014 Art Fair Dubai, UAE
2012 The Elephant in the Dark, Devi Art Foundation, India
2012 Magic of Persia, Dubai, UAE
2011 The Mask & The Mirror, curated by Shirin Neshat, Leila Heller Gallery Art Dubai,
2011 Brigitte Schenk Gallery
2011 Art Cologne, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Germany
2010 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2010 Art Cologne, Germany
2009 Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
2009 Art Cologne, Germany
2009 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2008 Art Paris, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2009 Gallery Taginia, New York, USA
2009 Art Fair Miami, USA
2009 Art Fair Bologna, Italy
2007 Art Fair Bologna, Italy
2006 Museum Las Palma (CAAM), Spain
2006 ART20 The International Art Fair New York, USA
2003 “Poetic Justice”, the 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 Gallery of Contemporary Arts in Pancevo, Yugoslavia
2001 Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001 Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany
2000 “25 Years of Separation”, Iranian Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA
2000 Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany
1997 Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany
1994 Kunstforum Bonn, Germany
1979 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1976 Gallery Takhte Jamshid, Tehran, Iran
Film Productions:
Shahram Karimi has collaborated with the visual artist/filmmaker, Shirin Neshat as the key production designer for the following films:
2023 “Empty Nets”, Behrooz Karamizadeh
2012 “Desert Dancer” Richard Raymond
2010 “To Be and Not To Be” Filmmaker Nederland/Frank Schaffer
2008 “The White Meadow” Iran/Mohammad Rasoulof
2007 “Women Without Men”
2003 05 Feature length film “Women Without Men”, shot in Morocco
2003 “The Last Word”, Shot in New York
2002 04 “Logic of the Birds”, a multi-‐media performance, USA and European tour
2002 “Tooba”, Shot in Mexico
2001 “Passage”, “Possessed”, “Pulse”, Shot in Morocco, Film “K” in the US
2000 “Fervor”, shot in Morocco
1999 “Soliloquy”, shot in Turkey
1999 “Under the Sun” Pasolini film production, shot in Egypt
Shahram Karimi has also been the production designer for American filmmaker Shoja Azari in several of his productions, including his feature-length film “K” (2002) and “Windows” (2006)
Awards:
2023 “Empty Nets”, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Film
2023 “Empty Nets”, Munich Film Festival, Best Production
2009 Golden Lion for Women without Men
2009 Special Jury Prize Award Dubai Film Festival
2009 The White Meadows, Mohammad Rasoulof
1997 First Prize “Art Price” Rhein-‐Siege V, Germany
