Alireza SHOJAIAN is an Iranian artist, born in Tehran in 1988. He began his career in Tehran and Beirut and has been based in Paris since 2019. His work aims to challenge societal prejudices against non-heteronormative masculine identities.
EDUCATION
2016, Master of Fine Arts, IAU Art and Architecture Central Tehran Branch, Iran
2014, Bachelor of Fine Arts, IAU Art and Architecture Central Tehran Branch, Iran
ART RESIDENCIES
2023, Cité Interbationale Des Arts, Paris, France
2021, Château de Lourmarin, Académie Des Beaux-arts Paris, France
2019-2020, La Villa Les Pinsons, Académie Des Beaux-arts Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025, Le Démon Blanc et l’Arbre en feu, Bendana Pinel Gallery, Paris, France
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
2024 - 2025, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 - 2023, Institut du Monde Arabe, Habibi, Les révolutions de l’amour, Paris, France
PUBLIC COLLECTION
2023, Block Museum of Art, NorthWestern University, Chicago, United States
Prizes
2022, Václav Havel Prize, 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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery, Paris
2023, Résistance des fluides (Troisième chapitre), Gallery Sultana, Paris
2023, Résistance des fluides (deuxième chapitre), Gallery Marcelle Alix, Paris
2022-2023, Désirés ,110 Gallery, Paris
2022, Résistance des fluides I (premier chapitre), Air de Paris Gallery, Paris
2022, Prix Utopi.e, Magasins Généraux, Pantin
2022, Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery, Paris
2021, Lalalande Gallery, Paris
2019, Printmaking, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2019, Twelve Gate Arts, Philadelphia
2018, Red Action, Flux Factory, New York
2018, Catalogue, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2018, Three and a half, 392Rmeil393, Beirut, Lebanon
2018, Printmaking, Sim Art Gallery, Alesund, Norway
2017, Printmaking, Culture and stereotypes, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2017, Radical, French Institute, Beirut, Lebanon
2017, Annual printmaking exchange, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016, Private Collection of Fereydoun Ave, Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2016, Identity, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016, Printmaking, Hoormazd Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016, Annual printmaking exchange, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015, Printmaking, Characteristic, Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015, Three drops, Arte Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015, Narrator Painter, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015, Printmaking, Cultural Section of Embassy of Cote d’Ivoire, Tehran, Iran
2015, Printmaking, 26 Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015, Annual printmaking exchange, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran