Biography
Newsha Tavakolian (b. 1981, Tehran, Iran)
The artist lives and works in Tehran, Iran.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | I Know Why The Rebel Sings, Prince Claus Fund Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2015 | Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album, Chapelle des Beaux-arts de Paris, France Blank Pages, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Blank Pages, East Wing Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
| 2013 | Look, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York Look, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
| 2012 | Listen, Otto Gallery, Florence, Italy Listen, Art Dubai, Aaran Gallery, Dubai, UAE Listen, The Empty Quarter Fine Art Gallery, Women on the Verge, Dubai, UAE |
| 2011 | Listen, La Caja Blanca Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Listen, Jakob Cultural Church, Oslo, Norway Listen, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran Listen, The Empty Quarter Fine Art Gallery in Menasart Fair, Beirut, Lebanon Listen, Biennial Poznan, Poland Listen, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
| 2010 | I can explain everything (with Ala Dehghan) Thomas Erben Gallery, New York |
| 2009 | Chador and Chanel, Side Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom Newsha Tavakolian, Centre Culturel Franco Allemand, Karlsruhe, Germany |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2016 | Islamic Art Now, Part 2: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2015 | 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy |
| 2014 | Burnt Generation, Somerset House, London |
| 2013 | She Who Tells a Story, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Listen & The Day I Became a Woman, LACMA, Los Angeles She Who Tells a Story, Bildmuseet Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, Umeå, Sweden Light from the Middle East, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Maria Series, Mark Hachem Gallery, Paris France |
| 2012 | Listen, Paris Photo, Paris, France The Other Resurrection, Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Maria Series, III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia Hajj, Journey of a Lifetime, British Museum, London, England May Your Wish Come True, Gonzalez Hulshof Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Somehow, Somewhat in the Middle of Things, LhGWR Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 2011 | My Super Hero, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Good City For Dreamers, Nicolas Silin Gallery, Paris, France Black or White, Gallery Verso, Turin, Italy The Day I Became A Woman, Nicolas Silin Gallery, Paris, France |
| 2010 | Jungle, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran Black or White, Verso Gallery, Turin, Italy No More Bad Girls? Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria |
| 2009 | Iran Inside Out, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE |
| 2008 | EVE Women Photographers Collective, Angkor Photographic Festival, Cambodia Made in Tehran: 6 Frauen-Blicke, Cicero Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | EVE Women Photographers Collective, Visa pour L’image Perpignan, France |
| 2006 | EVE Women Photographers Collective, Gijon International Festival of Photojournalism, Gijon, Spain |
| 2005 | Mothers of Martyrs, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
| 2002 | Woman of Iran, Asar Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
| 1999 | News, Khoneh Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
Publications
| 2015 | Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album, Kehrer Verlag |
| 2013 | She Who Tells A Story- Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, MFA Publications |
| 2012 | The Fifth Pillar, Hajj Pilgrimage, Newsha Tavakolian, Gilgamesh Publishing House |
| 2010 | A History of Women Photographers, Naomi Rosenblum, Abbeville Press |
| 2009 | Iranian Photography Now, Rose Issa, Hatje Cantz Verlag |
| 2008 | Transit Tehran: Young Iran and its Inspirations, Malu Halasa y Maziar Bahari, Garnet Publishing |
Awards
| 2016 | Pictures of the Year International Award – First Place Feature Story, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, USA |
| 2015 | Principal Prince Claus Award, Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2014 | Fifth Laureate of the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award |
| 2009 | Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize, (finalist) United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Inge Morath Award, (finalist) Magnum PhotoAgency, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo, Amsterdam, Netherlands Still Photography Award from the All Roads Film Project, National Geographic, Washington DC, USA |
| 2003 | Picture of the Year International Competition, Magazine Feature Category (finalist) National Press Photographers Association and Missouri School of Journalism. USA |
Collections
| Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, USA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
