Shahin Afrassiabi
Shahin Afrassiabi produces works that are rooted in conceptual exploration. Within his practice, he bridges various mediums that intersect in dynamic ways. Utilizing materials such as plaster, paper, oil paint, and photography, Afrassiabi crafts sculptures, paintings, and installations influenced by architectural and geometric elements. His creations defy categorization, embracing a fluidity that fosters organic discovery within his body of work.
As he writes, “I have always tried to remain sensitive and responsive to my environment. Both as a matter of survival, and because I couldn’t see any other way to make art. Each exhibition I have done stands on its own, separate from the next or the one before it, and they have all had a direct relationship with what interested me at the time, be it in my immediate environment, in art, in literature or history. I am the thread that runs through it all.”
Afrassiabi holds an MFA from Goldsmiths College.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Spirit Level, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2022); JAM BLOCK STUCK, with Carrick Bell, curated by Hannes Ribartis; Continental Baths, Berlin, DE (2020); Paintings 2016 – 2018, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2018); Radical Substance, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2015); Theory of Life, MOT International, London, UK (2012); Subject to Form, Limoncello Gallery, London, UK (2010).
Afrassiabi’s work was part of several group shows, such as Passage of time, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2023); Part 1: Survival of the Fittest: the big toe of little big man, Rib Rotterdam, NL (2021); Hymne an die Jungen – Hymn to the Young, curated by Cora Waschke, Märkisches Museum Witten, DE (2019); Been Caught Stealing, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AT (2014); Showcase Preview, Southlondon Gallery, London, UK (2004); Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK (2002); Early One Morning, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2002) and ICA, London, UK (2000).
Shahin Afrassiabi, born 1963 in Tehran, IR, lives and works in Spain and London, UK.
Exhibitions
Press
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The Last Terminal: Reflections on the Coming Apocalypse (Part 5— Vibrato) at Rib by Maziar Afrassiabi
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More Than One Death In You by Jan Verwoert
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The body, the plane, the camera by Marianna Maruyama
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Shahin Afrassiabi – Paintings 2016–2018 / Soy Capitán, Berlin
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Shahin Afrassiabi at Soy Capitán
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A conversation between Shahin Afrassiabi and Melissa Canbaz
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Shahin Afrassiabi MOT International / London by Alex Ross
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Shahin Afrassiabi & Miroslav Tichý by Kito Nedo
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Voyeure auf Distanz by Beate Scheder
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Review by Sarah Browne
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Review by Morgan Falconer
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Essay by Simon Miller and Frances Gertler