TTL BIO_Abbas Akhavan_ 2012

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The Third LineAl Quoz 3, Dubai, UAET+9714 3411 367 F+9714 3411 369www.thethirdline.com

ABBAS AKHAVAN

BORN

1977 Tehran, Iran

Lives and works in Toronto, Canada

EDUCATION

2006 Master of Fine Art s University of Bri t ish Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

2004 Bachelor of Fine Art s Concordia Universit y (Art History / Visual Art s), Montreal, Canada

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Upcoming, Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada

2013 Upcoming, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Canada

Upcoming, Peel Art Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada

Upcoming, Western Front , Vancouver, Canada

2012 From My Window to your backyard, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art , Doha, Qater

Fir e/ Fir e (coll aborat ion wit h Marina Roy), Center A & Malaspina Studios, Vancouver, Canada

Upcoming, The Delfina Foundation, London, England

Beacon, The Darl ing Foundry, Montreal PQ, Canada

Berli n Art Prize, Jubilee Foundation

2011 Phantom Head, Performa 11 Biennial, New York, USA

Correspondences, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Canada

2ndmay day, Convenience Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Hawkers, Trinit y Square Video/ Images fest ival , Toronto, Canada

For now: For t he birds, Art Dubai (not-for-prof it projects), Dubai, UAE

2010 Neighbours (col laborat ion wi t h Marina Roy),AMS Gallery:University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada

Islands, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE

2009 Neighbours (col laborat ion wi t h Marina Roy), Daimon Gallery, Gatineau, Canada

Sit ings, Axe Neo 7, Gat ineau, Canada

2008 Neighbours (coll aborat ion wi t h Marina Roy) Video Out , Vancouver, Canada

2007 Correspondences, Strat agem Pacif ic, Vancouver, Canada

Vacat e, Storage Gall ery, Vancouver, Canada

2002 Greener Past ures (coll aborat ion wi t h Marina Roy), Open Space, Victoria , Canada


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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Gold, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Aust ria

GPS, Contemporary Art Gall ery (special projects), Vancouver, Canada

So Far, So Good, Ext ra Ext ra, Philadelphia, USA

Never-Dying Worm, AHVA Library Gall ery: University of Bri t ish Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Videoformes 12, Clermond-Ferrand, France

Burcharest Biennale 5 2012, Burcharest, Romania

2011 Ot herIS, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA

Door t o Door, Blackwood Gallery (Universit y of Toronto), Toronto, Canada

Seeing is Believing, KW institute for contemporary art, Berlin, GermanyThe St ate: Social / Ant i-Social?, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE

About paint ing, abc Art Berli n Contemporary Art, Berli n, Germany

Jour de Fete, International festival of Video Art Loop: The Private Space Gallery, The Private

Space Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

Dubai Project , Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada

Snail Fever, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE

Uppers & Downers, Traff ic Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2010 The St ate, Traffic, Dubai UAE

On n enchaine pas les volcans, Pavilion Proj ects & Point De fruit e, Toulouse, France

The Travel ing Show, Botkryka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

Ent husiasm, Red Bull 381, Project , Toront o, Canada

Summert ime i n Paris, Parisian Laundry, Mont real, Canada

A to B, MKG127, Toronto ON, Canada

2009 Occasional Napping(wit h Ryan David Peter), Alma Mat ter UBC, Vancouver B.C., Canada

Speaking Trut h t o Reconcil iat ion, Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada

Summer 7, The Third Line, Doha, Qatar

How Soon is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2008 Shrink Wrapped, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Local, Fil lip Offi ce, Vancouver, Canada

Orient ali sm & Ephemera, Universit y of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan, Canada

As t he Mood St rikes Us, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, CanadaUrban Landscapes, Gallery Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Canada

Everyt hing Shoul d Be, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Orient ali sm & Ephemera, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada

2007 Long Dist ance: Between Locat ion & Emot ion, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE

Off Whit e Colourschool(Dinner Performance), UBC, Vancouver, Canada


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The Lotus Eaters, Western Front : New Media Film Screening, Vancouver, Canada

About Time II, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art , Aalborg, Denmark

Correspondences, Comox Valley Art Gallery Comox, Canada

2006 St range Bedfellows, Morri s & Helen Belki n Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Canadian Paint ing, RBC Contemporary Art Gall ery, Vancouver, Canada

Canadian Paint ing, Musee DArt Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Canadian Paint ing, RBC Kit chener-Waterloo Art Gall ery, Kit chener Ontario, Canada

Canadian Paint ing, RBC Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art , Toronto Ontario, Canada

The Packet Agency, TCB Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Common Room, Belkin Satell it e, Vancouver BC, Canada

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012 Henderson, Natasha, Breathing at Darl ing Foundry, Fleurbain, 18 March 2012

Unit ed Arab Emir ates, art asiapacif ic, ALAMANC 2012, Vol. VII2011 Tehran Times, Dubai gal leri es organizing Iranian art show in Berl in, September 21, 2011

Monopol, Magazin Fur Kunst Und Leben, ABC Contemporary, Sept ember 21, 2011, Online

http:/ / www.monopol-magazin.de

Zietz, Liza, What Youve Always Wanted to Know About Paint ing, Frankfurter Allgemeine,

September 21, 2011

Berli n Art Journal, The Post -market Mindset , Sept ember 7, 2011,Online

htt p:/ / www.berlinartj ournal.com

Ibrahim, Dina, Abbas Akhavan Web Review, Art Asia Pacif ic Magazine,

http:/ / artasiapacif ic.com/

Labossiere, Robert , An Int erview wi t h Abbas Akhavan, reading Art , Ret rieved June 15, 2011

http:/ / www.readingart.ca/ blog/ ?p=1245

Schmidt , Liana, Abbas Akhavan St udio Visit, Mercer Union Center for contemporary art ,

Retrieved June 15, 2011

akhavan-studio-visit

http:/ / mercerunion.org/ blog/ index.php/ 2010/ 11/ 24/ abbas

hosted-by-micah-lexier-20101125/

Brown, Nicholas, Out there: Abbas Akhavan visit ed by Nicholas Brown, Art Gallery of York

Universit y, Retrieved June 15, 2011 htt p:/ / theagyuisoutt here.org/ everywhere/ ?p=594

2010 Cutler, Randy Lee, Trut h & consequences: A Commit ment t o Generosit y, Truthfulness, and

Reconcil iat ion, fuse Magazine, Winter 2010, pg. 8 13

Roy, Marina, Holy Shit , Cmagazine108, Wint er 2010, pg. 29 - 32

Mameni, Sara, Foiled Islands: Abbas Akhavans Islands, fuse Magazine, Fall 2010, pg. 44 - 45

Sainz, Irene, Vil la Iris, Sut ileza(z), pg 16, July 2010 [Spanish]

Cerro, Mario, Los elegidos de Mona Hat oum, pg. 50, June 2010 [Spanish]
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Bartlett, Inga-Marie, Adding and Subt ract ing, Inside Out, July 2010, pg 70 73

Gravois, John, The National - Review, In Reduced Circumst ances, May 12, 2010, pg 9

Kalsi, Jyot i, Gulf News Weekend Review, Entwined Worlds, May 21, 2010

Barber, May, Panoptikon Exhibi t ion Review, Islands, May 2010, Online

Barret , Nyree, Time Out Dubai, Dubai s Gil ded Cart ographer, May 2010, pg 24

Neyra, Charlie, The Great Wall of Dubai, Khaleej Times, Diversions, May 7, 2010, pg. 16

Nosari, Kelly, Abbas Akhavan: Islands, May 5, 2010, Dailyserving.com

Al-Sabi, Alia, Abbas Akhavan: MAPPING, Preview, Bidoun, Spring 2010, pg. 31

Cut ler, Randy Lee, Trut h and Consequences, Fuse Magazine, Vol. 33 No.1 Winter 2010 pg 8-13

N.Y. Art s Magazine, Art ist Profil e, January 2010

2009 Immigrat ion & Dominat ion, For the Bir ds, Intermedias Review: Media/ Medias, Art s & Cult ure

Rit ter, Kathleen, Marina Roy/ Abbas Akhavan, ESSE Magazine, Iss. 65. pg. 70

Laurence, Robin, How Soon Is Now...A Thrilling Mix.. ., Georgia St raight, Feb. 12, 09

Chuang, Caroline, Vancouver Explores New Media, Ubyssey.ca2008 Laurence, Robin, Six Art ist Respond to Iraq War, Georgia St raight, Dec. 16, 08

Dahle, Sigri d, When t he Mood St rikes Us, Borders Crossings Magazine, Iss. No. 108, pg. 121-2

Jordan, Miriam and Haladyn, Julian Jason, Orient ali sm & Ephemera, C Magazine, Autumn 2008

pg. 41

2007 Podesva, Krist ina, Bidoun Magazine Issue 14

Carte Blanche, Vol. 2, Canadian Paint ing, Published by t he Magenta Foundati on

Roy, Marina. Eds. Helens Cookbook Vancouver: Helen Pit t Gallery, Artist-run Centre, 2007

2006 Burnham, Cli nt, Everyt hing Should Be Made As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler, Artforum

Peck, Aaron, Everyt hing Should Be Made As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler, Canadian Art ,

Fall 2008, Vol. 25, 3, pg.151-2

Cut ler, Randy Lee, Orient ali sm - Just Another Day in Paradise, FuseMagazine, Sept . 08 Vol 31,

N.4.pg 35-40

Rajah, Alison, Thwart ing t he Royal Road, Fillip, Fall 2008, Vol. 3, No. 2. pg. 18-19

Johnson, Helen, Pushing t he Envelope, art inc. , Melbourne, Aust ralia, May 2006

Jagger, David, Bank on This, Now Magazine, Sept 2006

Selk, Jen, Dueling Brushes, Ion, Vol, 4, Number 7, Issue 32, 2006, 18

2005 Zankowicz, Kate , The Space That is Lef t : Explor ing t he Monument & It s Ruin, Concordia

University, 2005 pp. 125, 127, 129

2002 Chamberlain, Adrian, Art ists t ickle our Brit ish fancy, Greener Past ures, Times Colonist ,

(Victoria, BC.), B1, July 13, 2002

Walker, Meg, Come Together, Monday Magazine, (Vict oria, BC.), 2002 Vol.28, July

RESIDENCIES


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2013 Fogo Island Residency Fogo Island, Canada

2012 Delf ina Foundat ion London, England

2011 Watermi ll Center New York, USA

2011 Delf ina Foundat ion Dubai, UAE

2011 Trinity Square Video Toront o, Canada

2010 Fundacin Marcelino Bot in (with Mona Hatoum) - Santander, Spain

2010 Point De Fuit e, Le Printemps de septembre - Toulouse, France

2009 The Apartment Gallery Vancouver, Canada

2009 Axe Neo 7 / Daimon Gallery Gat ineau, Canada

2008 Video In New Media Cent re Vancouver, Canada

2007 St rat agem Pacif ic Consult ing Cent re Vancouver, Canada

ACQUISITIONS

Vancouver Art GalleryUBS Investment Bank

Samuel Lall ouz Gall ery

Parisian Laundry Gallery

Alma Mater Societ y: Universit y of Bri t ish Columbia

Traff ic Gallery

AWARDS

2012 Berl in Art Prize (Fine Art s) Jubilee Foundation 1848/ 1948

2011 Canada Council for t he Art s

Toronto Arts Council

Art Part ners in Creat ive Development

2010 Canada Council Travel Grant

2006 RBC Canadian Paint ing Award Semi Finalist

2005-6 University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship

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