Sadegh Tirafkan

1965. Born in Iraq to Iranian Parents

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• Shows (86)
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• Education (1)
• Art Fairs (3)

• 1970

• 1971

  Migrated to Iran with his parents

• 1980

• 1986

  Group show, Ketab Azad Gallery, Tehran

• 1988

  Group show, First Annual Iranian Photography Festival, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

• 1989

  Graduated from Tehran University with a degree in photography

• 1989

  Solo show, Mansoureh Hossini Gallery, Tehran

• 1989

  

• 1990

• 1991

  Solo show, Mansoureh Hosseini Gallery, Tehran

• 1991

  Group show, 4th Annual Iranian Photography Festival, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

• 1992

  Solo show, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran

• 1994

  Photo projects, Empty Walls in Tehran

• 1995

  Solo show, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran

• 1995

  Photo projects, "Persepolis"

• 1996

  Group show, "Five Iranian Photographers", Paris

• 1997

  Photo projects, "Ashoura"

• 1997

  Film & video, "Persopolis" video installation, Tehran

• 1998

  Solo show, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran

• 1999

  Film & video, Untitled short video about Tehran’s air pollution, Tehran

• 2000

• 2000

  Created "Iranian Man" photography series

• 2000

  Produced "The Children of Dark City", Installation of video, painting, sculpture

• 2000

  Solo show, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2000

  Photo projects, "Portraits on Script"

• 2000

  Film & Video, Ashura art video, Tehran

• 2001

  Produced "Ashura", consisting of installed pictures, video & painting

• 2001

  Solo Show, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2001

  Group Show, 5th Aleppo Photo Festival, Syria

• 2001

  Group show, "20 Years of Photography in Iran, 40 Iranian Photographers", Espace Electra, Paris

• 2001

  Photo projects, "Body Curves"

• 2001

  Photo projects, "Hammurabi: The Law Codes"

• 2001

  

• 2002

  Art fair, Paris Photo, Represented by VU Gallery, France

• 2002

  Produced "Secret of Words" photographic series

• 2002

  Produced "Stages", consisting of installed pictures & video

• 2002

  Solo show, Nader Gallery, New York

• 2002

  Solo show, Parkerson Gallery, Houston, USA

• 2002

  Group show, "Mémoires de Pierres", Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Fréjus, France

• 2002

  Show, "Secret of Words", Second show of conceptual art, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

• 2002

  Photo projects, "Secret of Words"

• 2002

  Group photography show, "Memoires de Pierres", Agency For Ancient Heritage, France

• 2002

  Group show, The 2nd show of conceptual art, Tehran Contemporary Art Museum

• 2002

  Group show, "20 Years of Photography in Iran, 40 Iranian photographers", Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

• 2003

  Art fair, Paris Photo Art Fair, VU Gallery, Paris

• 2003

  Produced "Sacrifice" photography series

• 2003

  Public collection, European House of Photography, Paris

• 2003

  Solo show, VU Gallery, Paris

• 2003

  Group show, "Unique(s)", VU Gallery, Paris

• 2003

  Group show, "The Distillery", Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada

• 2003

  Group show, Art Brussels 21st Contemporary Art, VU Gallery, Brussels

• 2003

  Photo projects, "Zoorkhaneh"

• 2004

  Solo show, Lehmann Museum Gallery, New York

• 2004

  Group show, Lee Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto

• 2004

  Group show, "The Muslims: Muslims in Cairo, Tehran, Istanbul, Paris and Dakar", The Villette Museum, Paris

• 2004

  Group show, The Fifth International Month of Photography in Moscow, Russia

• 2004

  Photo projects, "Temptation"

• 2004

  Film & Video, "Sacrifice" Art Video, Tehran

• 2004

  Film & Video, "Stages" Art Video, Tehran

• 2005

  Art fair, Arco Art Fair, Madrid

• 2005

  Solo show, VU Photography Centre, Quebec City, Canada

• 2005

  Produced "Lighting the Nation Gate", consisting of photo and video installation

• 2005

  Solo show, Espace Photography Contretype, Brussels

• 2005

  Solo show, "Lighting The Nation Gate", Photo and video installation, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2005

  Group show, "Art after the Revolution", Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Spain

• 2006

  Solo show, Lee Ka-Sing Gallery, Toronto

• 2006

  Solo show, A Space Gallery, Toronto

• 2006

  Solo show, Nader Gallery, New York

• 2006

  Group show, Total Arts Gallery, Dubai

• 2006

  Group show, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia

• 2006

  Group show, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii

• 2006

  Photo projects, "Whispers of the East"

• 2006

  Article, Contemporary Artistic creations in Islamic countries: Arts in Tension, Published by Kime Paris, France

• 2007

  Solo show, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran

• 2007

  Group show, "In Focus", Contemporary Art Platform, London

• 2007

  Group show, European House of Photography, Paris

• 2007

  Photo projects, "The Loss of Our Identity"

• 2007

  Group show, British Museum, London

• 2007

  British Museum acquired his artworks, London

• 2008

  Brooklyn Museum acquired his artworks, New York

• 2008

  Solo show, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2008

  Group show, "Whispered Secrets, Murmuring Dreams", Mall Galleries, London

• 2008

  Group show, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles

• 2008

  Show, "Iranian Photography Now", By Rose Issa, Hatje Cantz Verlag

• 2008

  LACMA acquired his artworks, Los Angeles

• 2008

  

• 2009

  Produced "Human Tapestry" photography series

• 2009

  Group show, British Museum, London

• 2009

  Group show, "Iran Inside Out", Chelsea Art Museum, New York

• 2009

  Solo show, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2009

  Group show, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait

• 2009

  Group show, Osborne Samuel Gallery, London

• 2009

  Group show, "Routes II", Waterhouse & DODD, London

• 2009

  Group show, "Looped and Layered", Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

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• 2010

• 2010

  Solo show, Louise Alexander Gallery, London

• 2010

  Group show, "Taswir", Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

• 2010

  Solo show, Selma Feriani Gallery, London

• 2010

  Solo show, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2011

  Solo show, AB Gallery, Luzern

• 2011

  Group show, "Gifts of the Sultan", LACMA Museum, Los Angeles, USA

• 2011

  Solo show, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan

• 2011

  Solo show, Etemad Gallery, Dubai

• 2011

  Group show, Gifts of the Sultan, The museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

• 2012

  Group show, "Gender and Exposure", Gallery 44, Toronto

• 2012

  Group show, "Ciphers", SAW Gallery, Ottawa

• 2013

  Solo show, "Initial Steps", Homa Gallery, Tehran

• 2013

  Passed away in Toronto

• 2015

  Group show, "Insomuch That It Slowly Goes Drown", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2019

  Group show, "40 - 50 - 60", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2019

  Group show, "Dance Dance Dance", Bermondsey Project Space, London

• 2019

  Group show, "Me", Kabood Atelier Art Gallery, Tabriz

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• 2020

• 2020

  Group show, "Me", Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan

• 2020

  Group show, "Me", Haan Gallery, Shiraz

• 2020

  Solo show, "Celebrating Sadegh Tirafkan’s birth anniversary", Tirafkan Foundation, Tehran

• 2020

  Group show, "One by One", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2023

  Group show, "In Commemoration of L'imaginaire", Yafteh Gallery, Tehran

• 2024

  Group show, "Collector", Artibition Gallery, Tehran

• 2024

  Group show, "40\ 30", Artibition Gallery, Tehran

• 2024

  Solo show, "Glimpse at Sadegh Tirafkan", Homa Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2025

  Group show, "Recovery \ Seventh Series", Nian Gallery, Tehran

• 2025

  Solo show, Tirafkan Foundation, Tehran

• 2026

  Group show, "Your Iran", Nian Gallery, Tehran

• 2026

  Group show, "Rooms of Light", O Gallery, Tehran

• 2026

  Solo show, "Ashura", Tirafkan Foundation, Tehran

• 2026

  Group show, "No Saqqakhaneh, Realization of a Dream", Javid Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2026

  Group show, "A Collection Part 2: b. 1957-1977", Plus 2, Tehran

• 2026

  Group show, "Names", E1 Gallery, Tehran