Samin Ahmadzadeh
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Samin Ahmadzadeh, Ahvaz Garden III, 20211,200.00 -
Samin Ahmadzadeh, Ahvaz Garden IV, 20211,200.00
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Samin Ahmadzadeh, G3, 20201,250.00
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Samin Ahmadzadeh, H4, 20201,200.00
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Samin Ahmadzadeh, Last Summer, 20191,000.00
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Samin Ahmadzadeh, Cold and Ice, 20181,000.00
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Samin Ahmadzadeh, Fields of Pink and Green, 2018800.00
My work is mainly based on weaving archival photographs together with a focus on the wider concepts of memory and cultural identity. I explore how memory of our experiences can contribute to our perceived identities. I apply the interwoven images to birch plywood surfaces that are then sanded and varnished, resulting in a three-dimensional object. Weaving has become synonymous with my practice, becoming a motif within my work. The process of physically manipulating images allows me to explore the relationship between form, colour and surface to illustrate my ideas on memory. I attempt to describe the memories of people and the weavings are a pictorial description of the memory process. Photography for me is the documentation of who we are, what we do; a record of a moment in time. While the photographic medium is the starting point of my practice, I experiment with image manipulation to better illustrate my ideas concerning cross-cultural perspectives on identity.
Born in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
2013 MA Photography, Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London, UK
2011 BA Photography, Azad University of Art and Architecture, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Transverse, The Eye Sees, Argentea Gallery, Arles, France
2017 W:E, Argentea Gallery, Birmingham Gallery, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Global Conversations, CRASHH 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Built by Pictures, Online Exhibition, Stay Home Gallery
20'Four Degrees: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change, Online Exhibition, Humble Arts Foundation and Strange Fire Collective
The 2021 Vernacular Photography Exhibition, LENSCRATCH
Summer Splash, Virtual Exhibition by Photo Trouvée Magazine
Photos, Interrupted Klompching Gallery, New York
All We Carry, Study Hall Gallery, Utica, New York
2019 Gather, Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, UK
FFound Exhibition, Woolff Gallery, London, UK
Artsdepot Open 2019, Apthorp Gallery, London, UK
2018 A New Beginning, Protein Studios, London, UK
Over Hills and Seas, Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK
Unseen Amsterdam, Represented by Argentea Gallery, Netherlands
Classic Photographs Los Angeles, the Klompching Gallery, USA
2017 Reportrait, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottinghamn, UK
2016 2nd Ica Biennale, Isfahan Contemporary Art Museum, Isfahan, Iran
2nd Ica Biennale, Abadan Contemporary Art Museum, Abadan, Iran
2nd Ica Biennale, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
Art Attack Launch Exhibition, The Dot Project Gallery, London, UK
Forgetting, By Other means, London, UK
Perceptions of the Figurative, 5th Base Gallery, London, UK
Raad Charity's Third Visual Arts Auction, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED PRESS
2021 The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Vol.2, Issue 2
Third Iris, Issue 2
2020 Q&A with Argentea Gallery
2019 The Hand Magazine, Issue 24
Murze Magazine, Issue Five
A5 Magazine, Issue 24, March
2018 Unseen Magazine 2018, Issue 5, ISBN 9789082264234
The Art Newspaper, Unseen Amsterdam
Artist Interview, Strange Fire Collective
2017 Recollection, Short documentary by Victoria Vrublevska
SALADE Publication, Issue 1
2016 On Art and Aesthetics, All Woven Up
One to Watch Artist on Saatchi Art
"Watching Daily Life From A Street Corner In Tehran, Iran", Edge of Humanity Magazine, May 15
