Samira Hodaei is a visual artist born in Tehran, Iran.
Her paintings and installations analyze the aesthetics of globalization and communication technology while interacting with Iranian culture and identity, which are deeply intertwined with poetry, religion, and petroleum. She is based in Tehran and Berlin.
RESIDENCIES
2010 Oryx Foundation, Lucerne, Switzerland
2018 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Under Your Spine (…) You’ll Have My Back”, Grüner Salon, Volksbühne Berlin, Gemrmany (online programs)
2020 Let them eat oil! Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2020 Funded Art Projects From Home, Framed Berlin, Germany
2019 Public Installation, Darvazeh Dowlat Petroleum Museum, Tehran, Iran
2019 Cinema Europe Installation, Framed Berlin, Germany
2019 Public Installation, Petroleum museum and documents, Abadan, Iran
2018 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2017 Signal is Weak!, AB Gallery, Thalwil/Zurich, Switzerland
2015 Philosophy of the Bedroom, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
2014 And the dance goes on, Cube Arts Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2013 Harem of the Heart, Gallery Aquabit Art, Berlin, Germany
2012 Dancing the sharp edge, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
2011 Endless, Video Project, AB Projects, Zurich, Switzerland
2010 Stones and Mute Birds, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Tropez, Berlin, Germnay
2021 “Von offenen Narben + verhüllten Geweben”, Galerie Im Saalbau, Berlin, Germany
2021 Framed Process- Framed Berlin, Germany
2020 But They Were Still Hungry, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2019 Public Installation, Yarat Contemporary, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016 Allusive Moment, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Made in Iran, Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
2015 There Are Too Many Walls But Not Enough Bridges – Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, Switzerland
2014 And the dance goes on, Cube Arts Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2013 Heavenly Paradise, Schloss Stetteldorf/Vienna, Austria
Endless & Eternity and a Day. roses, Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Still Summer II, Makii Masaru Fine Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Born in Iran, AquabitArt, Berlin, Germany
2012 Nishinomiya Funasaka Biennale, Japan
Contemporary Iranian Art, New Albion Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Arimas, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
Group exhibition, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan, Italy
Between two cultures, Katara Art Center, Doha, Qatar
2010 Across Borders – Iran meets Wiesbaden, NERO Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007 Group exhibition, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2006 Group exhibition, Nicole Gallery, Tehran, Iran
BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION)
2016 Made in Iran, exh.cat., Konstanz, Kunstverein Konstanz
2015 There Are Too Many Walls But Not Enough Bridges, exh.cat., Rapperswil, Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil
Philosophy of the Bedroom, exh.cat., Lucerne, AB Gallery
2014 And the Dance goes on, exh. cat., Cube Arts Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2013 Heavenly Paradise, exh.cat., Stetteldorf/Vienna
2012 Dancing the sharp edge, exh.cat., Lucerne, AB Gallery
PRESS RELEASES (SELECTION)
“Der Iran ist Teil meiner Identität”
15.04.2015 – ART Magazin Germany
“Auf Messers Schneide”
01.11.2014 – HARPERS BAZZAR ART
“Snakes and Islimi ladders”
11.03.2014 – Contemporary-Practices
“Persianesque Art that empowers women and questions reality”
“Zwischen Gesellschaftsnormen und eigener Identität”
01.03.2013 – ARTE AL LIMITE
“Samira Hodaei – Dancing The Sharp Edge”