Shahla Aghapour
Shahla Aghapour (شهلا آقاپور) (* in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian artist living in Germany.[1] She works both as a writer and poet, on the other hand, as a painter, sculptor and performance artist.
Biography
Shahla Aghapour grew up as the daughter of Iranian Azerbaijanis in Teheran and was early interested in arts and literature. In addition to studying art she also trained as a journalist and at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, she worked for the newspaper Ayandegan (future). She had - as a result of her dissident journalistic work - emigrate from Iran and went to Germany.
Shahla Aghapour works as a freelance artist in Berlin and has exhibited her works and readings in Germany[2][3] and other countries. She completed a socio-pedagogical education and a postgraduate Master of Art at the University of the Arts Berlin[4] and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.[5][6][7]
Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries[8] and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.
Exhibitions (selection)
- National Gallery (Shemiran) / Iran
- Gallery Ay (Istanbul) / Turkey
- Free Berlin Art Exhibition / Germany
- Traveling exhibition toy of the winds (Berlin–Hamburg–Münster–Zagreb–Split–Vrgorac)
- Kulturministerium Brandenburg (Potsdam) / Germany
- Ministry of Culture of Brandenburg (Potsdam) / Germany
- Werkstatt der Kulturen (Berlin) / Germany
- Prussian Landtag - gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives / Germany[9]
- Gallery Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim (Berlin) / Germany
- Saviour church Berlin / Germany
- Art Store (Friedersdorf) / Germany
- Brecht-Haus (Berlin) / Germany
- Salon Exil (Berlin) / Germany [10][11]
- Island Gallery (Berlin) / Germany[12][13]
- Rathaus Schöneberg (Berlin) / Germany
- Old Fire Station (Cologne) / Germany
- Cultural Centre (Delft) / Netherlands
- Culture Club (Zurich) / Switzerland
- Cultural Association (Lugano) / Switzerland
- Hilton Hotel (Houston) / Texas USA
- Persian Culture Center(Dallas)/Richardson / Texas USA[14]
Readings (selection)
- House of Literature Berlin / Germany[15]
- Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim (Berlin) / Germany
- Saviour church Berlin / Germany
- Werkstatt der Kulturen (Berlin) / Germany
- Literature Forum in Brecht-Haus (Berlin) / Germany
- Old Fire Station (Cologne) / Germany
- House of Culture (Gothenburg) / Sweden
- Cultural Centre (Delft) / Netherlands
- Delftstede number Centrum (Delft) / Netherlands
- Cultural Centre (Stockholm) / Sweden
- Kulturcentrum Europers (Brussels) / Belgium
- Culture Club (Zurich) / Switzerland[16]
- Cultural Association (Lugano) / Switzerland [17]
- Leipzig Book Fair / Germany
- Hilton Hotel (Houston) / Texas USA
- Persian Culture Center(Dallas)/Richardson / Texas USA[18]
Publications (selection)
- Andishaje hessi – Soulful Thoughts - (Persian), Gheze Publisher, Tehran / Iran
- Sarate garme hes – parts of Emotions – (Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum / Germany
- Ashovtegieh Djahan – Chaos of the Cosmos – (Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum / Germany
- Parvaze sorkhe tan – Flying red bodies – (Persian), Fourough Books Publishing, Cologne / Germany
- Oliver Twist in Tehran – (German), POP Publishing, Ludwigsburg / Germany [19][20]
- Morvarid-e Siah – The Black Pearl – (Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum / Germany
External links
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References
- ↑ "list of famous iranians in germany"
- ↑ "newspapers about exhibitions in germany"
- ↑ "WorldCat"
- ↑ "Studied at University of Arts Berlin"
- ↑ "Art projects: bejahende Körper, Geschichte der Sheherazadeh"
- ↑ "Workshops at Pergamon Museum Berlin ("
- ↑ "Workshops for children at Moabiter Ratschlag"
- ↑ "Memberlist of Exile P.E.N."
- ↑ "catalogue of exhibion in gallery in parliament"
- ↑ "Iranian Night organized by PEN"
- ↑ "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
- ↑ "Exhibition at Insel Galerie (island gallery)"
- ↑ "Exhibition at Insel Galerie - Website of Insel-Galerie)"
- ↑ "Website of Texas Persian Cultural Center"
- ↑ "Reading at Literaturhaus Berlin"
- ↑ "Reading in Zurich"
- ↑ "Reading in Lugano"
- ↑ "Website of Texas Persian Cultural Center"
- ↑ "POP Publishing"
- ↑ "reading suggestion"
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