Sara Rahbar

1976. Born in Tehran, Iran

1990
1996
The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
2000
2004
Group show, "See Williamsburg", Lunar Base Gallery, Brooklyn
2004
Studied at Central Saint Martins Collage of Art and Design, London
2005
Was an art director for the Persian Arts Festival, New York
2005
Photographer for the short film "Nobody Has a Name", Tehran
2006
Participated in the QMA Biennial, "Everything, All at Once", Queens Museum of Art, New York
2006
Group show, "Nobody's Enemy", Queens Museum of Art, New York
2006
Group show, Shelter Rock Art Gallery, New York
2006
Worked as a teacher for the course of "Professional Development Program for Correctional Educators", Queens Museum of Art, New York
2006
Flag
2007
Group show, "Continuity and Change", The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
2007
Group show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
2007
Group show, "Hyphenation", University of Maryland, Union Gallery, Maryland
2007
Group show, "Iranian Literary Arts Festival", Theater Artaud, San Francisco
2007
Group show, "Celluloid", Gallery One, San Francisco
2007
Group show, "Emergency Room", MoMA PS1, New York
2007
Group show, "Emergence", Current Gallery, Baltimore
2007
Group show, "Beyond Persia", Gallery One, San Francisco
2007
Group show, "Changing Climate, Changing Colors", Henry Street Settlement, New York
2007
Teaching artist, "Woman for Afghan Woman", New York
2007
Group show, "Inclusion / Exclusion", Bronco Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Group show, "What was the word I want", Galerie Éric Hussenot, Paris
2008
Group show, "In Transition Russia", National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2008
Group show, "In Transition Russia", Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg
2008
Group show, "Everywhere is War (and Rumors of War)", Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2008
Group show, "Emerging Discourse: Multiple and Overlapping Contemplations from the Diaspora", Bodhi Art, New York
2008
Group show, "Raid Projects", Los Angeles
2008
Group show, "This Case of Conscience: Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance", Queens Museum of Art, New York
2008
Group show, "Regional Delicacies", XVA Gallery, Bastakiya, Dubai
2008
Group traveling show, "Human Rights Awareness Tour"
2008
Group traveling show, "The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces"
2008
Group show, "Weaving the Common Thread", Persian Arts Festival, Queens Museum of Art, New York
2008
International artist residency, Moultrie
2008
Group show, "Look what Love did to us once again", Cramer Contemporary, Geneve
2008
Group show, "On a Clear Day You can See Forever", Hilger Contemporary, Vienna
2009
Group show, "The Edible Woman", Kravets / Wehby Gallery, New York
2009
Group show, "The Promise of Loss, A Contemporary Index of Iran", Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna
2009
Group show, "Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Diasporic Realities", DePaul University Museum, Chicago
2009
Group show, "The Seen and the Hidden: (Dis)covering the Veil", Austrian Cultural Forum , New York
2009
Group show, "Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Disaporic Realities", Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2009
Group show, "5 Iranian Artists", Galerie Hussenot, Paris
2009
Group show, "Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East", Saatchi Gallery, London
2009
Group show, "Artist in Exile", Arario Gallery, New York
2009
Group show, "Indian Popular Culture and Beyond: The Untold (rise of) Schisms", Sala Alcala 31, Madrid
2009
Solo show, "Contradicting Realities: Recent works by Sara Rahbar", Tyler Art Gallery, Suny Oswego, New York
2009
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2010
2010
Group show, "The Freedom to Create", Cairo Opera House, Egypt
2010
Group show, "The Silk Road", Lille3000/Tri Postal, Lille
2010
Group show, "The State", Traffic Gallery I, Dubai
2010
Group show, "Die Obscure Objects of my Desire", Hilger Contemporary, Vienna
2010
Group show, "Hope!", Palais des Arts et du Festival, Dinard
2010
Group show, "Iran Inside Out", Farjam Collection, Dubai
2010
Group show, "Never Run Away", R. Kallat and Sara Rahbar, Stux Gallery, New York
2010
Group show, "The Promise of Loss: A Contemporary Index of Iran", Arario Gallery, New York
2010
Group show, "Eye of the Beholder", Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, New York
2010
Solo show, "Whatever we had to lose we lost, and in a moonless sky we marched", Sara Rahbar, Carbon 12, Dubai
2010
Group show, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", Carbon 12، Dubai
2010
Group show, Center Pompidou, Paris
2011
Solo show, "I have no faith left for the devil to take", Sara Rahbar, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna
2011
Group show, SPM (Salsali Private Museum) Show Off, Dubai
2011
Group show, "It ain't Fair: Materialism", OHWOW, Miami
2011
Group show, "Activating Medi(t)ation: Examining Asian Cultural Perspectives in the M-shaped Age", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2011
Group show, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan
2011
Group show, "Freedom to Create", National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevina
2011
Group show, The Istanbul Summer Show, Sanat Limani-Antrepo 5, Istanbul
2011
Group show, "WestEnd", Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
2011
Group show, "Art As Witness", Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institute/ Max Muller, New Delhi
2011
Group show, "Freedom to Create", Ana Tzarev Gallery, New York
2011
Group show, "Freedom to Create", Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbia
2011
Restless Violence 2011
2012
Solo show, "Restless Violence", Carbon 12, Dubai
2012
Group show, The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art & Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland
2012
Group show, "Come Invest in us, You'll Strike Gold", Hilger BROT, Kunsthalle, Vienna
2012
Group Show, "Q Contemporary, Forward", Beirut
2012
Group show, "DUI's and VideoTape I", Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna
2012
Group show, "Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (English: The Hard Way to Enlightenment )", Gloria Berlin, Berlin
2012
Group show, "DUI's and VideoTape II", New York
2012
Group show, "The Elephant in the Dark", Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon
2012
Group show, "Life is Too Short", SPM (Salsali Private Museum), Dubai
2012
Group show, "Nose Bleed", Fuse Gallery, New York
2013
Participated in the Sharjah Biennial 11, "Re-emerge Towards a New Cultural Cartography", Sharjah
2013
Group show, A. Haidar, H. Lutfi & Sara Rahbar, Bischoff/Weiss, London
2013
Group show, "Cut Teeth", Great Jones Space, New York
2013
Group show, "Global Warming", Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
2013
Group show, "Tales of Another Identity", LARM Galleri, Copenhagen
2013
Art fair, Carbon 12 at Art Dubai 2013, Dubai
2014
Participated in the Changwon Sculpture Biennial, "The Shade of the Moon", Korea
2014
Solo show, "Swarming", Carbon 12, Dubai
2014
Group show, "A History of Art, Architecture and Design from the 80's to Now", Musee National D'Art Moderne, Paris
2014
Group show, Sharjah Art Foundation, SAF Art Spaces, Sharjah
2014
Speaking engagement at British Museum, London
2014
Group show, "I lost an arm on my last trip home", Ryan Lee Gallery, New York
2014
Art fair, Carbon 12 of Dubai at Art Brussels 2014
2014
Art fair, Carbon 12, Dubai at Art Dubai 2014, Dubai
2015
Group show, "A Brief History of the Future", The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Belgium
2015
Participated in the 51st Venice Biennale, Venice
2015
Art fair, Carbon 12, Dubai at NADA New York
2016
Art fair, Carbon 12 at NADA New York, 2016
2016
Art fair, Carbon 12 at Art Dubai
2017
Solo show, "Salvation", Carbon 12, Dubai
2017
Art fair, Carbon 12 at Dallas Art Fair 2017, Dallas
2018
Solo show, "Carry Me Home", Dallas Contemporary Art Museum
2018
Group show, "#WETOO", Salsali Private Museum, Dubai
2018
Art fair, New Art Dealers Alliance, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, New York
2018
Group show, "Motherland in Art", MOCAK, Krakow
2019
Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai
2019
Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, UAE
2019
Art fair, Dallas Art Fair, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, USA
2019
Art fair, Chicago Invitational by NADA, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, Chicago
2019
Solo sculpture show, Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai
2019
Solo sculpture show, NADA House, New York
2019
Group show, "Fragile Frontiers", YARAT, Baku
2019
Art fair, Dallas Art Fair, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, Dallas
2020
2020
Group show, "I Want to Feel Alive Again", Lyles and King Gallery, New York
2020
Group show, "Never Done", Tang Teaching Museum, New York
2020
Solo show, "The Space Between Us", Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai
2021
Art fair, Artsy, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, New York
2021
Group show, "Arrivals", Katonah Museum of Art, New York
2022
Group show, "Flags", Boghossian Foundation , Brussels

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1976. Born in Tehran, Iran

1990

1996

The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

2000

2004

Group show, "See Williamsburg", Lunar Base Gallery, Brooklyn

2004

Studied at Central Saint Martins Collage of Art and Design, London

2005

Was an art director for the Persian Arts Festival, New York

2005

Photographer for the short film "Nobody Has a Name", Tehran

2006

Participated in the QMA Biennial, "Everything, All at Once", Queens Museum of Art, New York

2006

Group show, "Nobody's Enemy", Queens Museum of Art, New York

2006

Group show, Shelter Rock Art Gallery, New York

2006

Worked as a teacher for the course of "Professional Development Program for Correctional Educators", Queens Museum of Art, New York

2006

Flag

2007

Group show, "Continuity and Change", The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

2007

Group show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

2007

Group show, "Hyphenation", University of Maryland, Union Gallery, Maryland

2007

Group show, "Iranian Literary Arts Festival", Theater Artaud, San Francisco

2007

Group show, "Celluloid", Gallery One, San Francisco

2007

Group show, "Emergency Room", MoMA PS1, New York

2007

Group show, "Emergence", Current Gallery, Baltimore

2007

Group show, "Beyond Persia", Gallery One, San Francisco

2007

Group show, "Changing Climate, Changing Colors", Henry Street Settlement, New York

2007

Teaching artist, "Woman for Afghan Woman", New York

2007

Group show, "Inclusion / Exclusion", Bronco Gallery, Los Angeles

2008

Group show, "What was the word I want", Galerie Éric Hussenot, Paris

2008

Group show, "In Transition Russia", National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow

2008

Group show, "In Transition Russia", Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg

2008

Group show, "Everywhere is War (and Rumors of War)", Bodhi Art, Mumbai

2008

Group show, "Emerging Discourse: Multiple and Overlapping Contemplations from the Diaspora", Bodhi Art, New York

2008

Group show, "Raid Projects", Los Angeles

2008

Group show, "This Case of Conscience: Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance", Queens Museum of Art, New York

2008

Group show, "Regional Delicacies", XVA Gallery, Bastakiya, Dubai

2008

Group traveling show, "Human Rights Awareness Tour"

2008

Group traveling show, "The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces"

2008

Group show, "Weaving the Common Thread", Persian Arts Festival, Queens Museum of Art, New York

2008

International artist residency, Moultrie

2008

Group show, "Look what Love did to us once again", Cramer Contemporary, Geneve

2008

Group show, "On a Clear Day You can See Forever", Hilger Contemporary, Vienna

2009

Group show, "The Edible Woman", Kravets / Wehby Gallery, New York

2009

Group show, "The Promise of Loss, A Contemporary Index of Iran", Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna

2009

Group show, "Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Diasporic Realities", DePaul University Museum, Chicago

2009

Group show, "The Seen and the Hidden: (Dis)covering the Veil", Austrian Cultural Forum , New York

2009

Group show, "Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Disaporic Realities", Chelsea Art Museum, New York

2009

Group show, "5 Iranian Artists", Galerie Hussenot, Paris

2009

Group show, "Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East", Saatchi Gallery, London

2009

Group show, "Artist in Exile", Arario Gallery, New York

2009

Group show, "Indian Popular Culture and Beyond: The Untold (rise of) Schisms", Sala Alcala 31, Madrid

2009

Solo show, "Contradicting Realities: Recent works by Sara Rahbar", Tyler Art Gallery, Suny Oswego, New York

2009

2010

Group show, "The Freedom to Create", Cairo Opera House, Egypt

2010

Group show, "The Silk Road", Lille3000/Tri Postal, Lille

2010

Group show, "The State", Traffic Gallery I, Dubai

2010

Group show, "Die Obscure Objects of my Desire", Hilger Contemporary, Vienna

2010

Group show, "Hope!", Palais des Arts et du Festival, Dinard

2010

Group show, "Iran Inside Out", Farjam Collection, Dubai

2010

Group show, "Never Run Away", R. Kallat and Sara Rahbar, Stux Gallery, New York

2010

Group show, "The Promise of Loss: A Contemporary Index of Iran", Arario Gallery, New York

2010

Group show, "Eye of the Beholder", Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, New York

2010

Solo show, "Whatever we had to lose we lost, and in a moonless sky we marched", Sara Rahbar, Carbon 12, Dubai

2010

Group show, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", Carbon 12، Dubai

2010

Group show, Center Pompidou, Paris

2011

Solo show, "I have no faith left for the devil to take", Sara Rahbar, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna

2011

Group show, SPM (Salsali Private Museum) Show Off, Dubai

2011

Group show, "It ain't Fair: Materialism", OHWOW, Miami

2011

Group show, "Activating Medi(t)ation: Examining Asian Cultural Perspectives in the M-shaped Age", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

2011

Group show, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan

2011

Group show, "Freedom to Create", National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevina

2011

Group show, The Istanbul Summer Show, Sanat Limani-Antrepo 5, Istanbul

2011

Group show, "WestEnd", Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem

2011

Group show, "Art As Witness", Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institute/ Max Muller, New Delhi

2011

Group show, "Freedom to Create", Ana Tzarev Gallery, New York

2011

Group show, "Freedom to Create", Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbia

2011

2012

Solo show, "Restless Violence", Carbon 12, Dubai

2012

Group show, The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art & Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland

2012

Group show, "Come Invest in us, You'll Strike Gold", Hilger BROT, Kunsthalle, Vienna

2012

Group Show, "Q Contemporary, Forward", Beirut

2012

Group show, "DUI's and VideoTape I", Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna

2012

Group show, "Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (English: The Hard Way to Enlightenment )", Gloria Berlin, Berlin

2012

Group show, "DUI's and VideoTape II", New York

2012

Group show, "The Elephant in the Dark", Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon

2012

Group show, "Life is Too Short", SPM (Salsali Private Museum), Dubai

2012

Group show, "Nose Bleed", Fuse Gallery, New York

2013

Participated in the Sharjah Biennial 11, "Re-emerge Towards a New Cultural Cartography", Sharjah

2013

Group show, A. Haidar, H. Lutfi & Sara Rahbar, Bischoff/Weiss, London

2013

Group show, "Cut Teeth", Great Jones Space, New York

2013

Group show, "Global Warming", Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany

2013

Group show, "Tales of Another Identity", LARM Galleri, Copenhagen

2013

Art fair, Carbon 12 at Art Dubai 2013, Dubai

2014

Participated in the Changwon Sculpture Biennial, "The Shade of the Moon", Korea

2014

Solo show, "Swarming", Carbon 12, Dubai

2014

Group show, "A History of Art, Architecture and Design from the 80's to Now", Musee National D'Art Moderne, Paris

2014

Group show, Sharjah Art Foundation, SAF Art Spaces, Sharjah

2014

Speaking engagement at British Museum, London

2014

Group show, "I lost an arm on my last trip home", Ryan Lee Gallery, New York

2014

Art fair, Carbon 12 of Dubai at Art Brussels 2014

2014

Art fair, Carbon 12, Dubai at Art Dubai 2014, Dubai

2015

Group show, "A Brief History of the Future", The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Belgium

2015

Participated in the 51st Venice Biennale, Venice

2015

Art fair, Carbon 12, Dubai at NADA New York

2016

Art fair, Carbon 12 at NADA New York, 2016

2016

Art fair, Carbon 12 at Art Dubai

2017

Solo show, "Salvation", Carbon 12, Dubai

2017

Art fair, Carbon 12 at Dallas Art Fair 2017, Dallas

2018

Solo show, "Carry Me Home", Dallas Contemporary Art Museum

2018

Group show, "#WETOO", Salsali Private Museum, Dubai

2018

Art fair, New Art Dealers Alliance, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, New York

2018

Group show, "Motherland in Art", MOCAK, Krakow

2019

Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai

2019

Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, UAE

2019

Art fair, Dallas Art Fair, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, USA

2019

Art fair, Chicago Invitational by NADA, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, Chicago

2019

Solo sculpture show, Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai

2019

Solo sculpture show, NADA House, New York

2019

Group show, "Fragile Frontiers", YARAT, Baku

2019

Art fair, Dallas Art Fair, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, Dallas

2020

Group show, "I Want to Feel Alive Again", Lyles and King Gallery, New York

2020

Group show, "Never Done", Tang Teaching Museum, New York

2020

Solo show, "The Space Between Us", Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai

2021

Art fair, Artsy, Represented by Carbon 12 Gallery, New York

2021

Group show, "Arrivals", Katonah Museum of Art, New York

2022

Group show, "Flags", Boghossian Foundation , Brussels