SAYEH SARFARAZ
 
 
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Born in Shiraz, Iran
Lives and Works in Montreal, Canada
       
       
    EDUCATION  
       
  2008

DNSEP (MA Fine Arts) Strasbourg.

 
       
  2007-2008 Erasmus year at UQAM university in Visual Art, Montrea.  
       
2006-2007  

DNAP (BA Fine Arts) Strasbourg.

       
  2004-2006   École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg.  
     
  2002-2004    Preparatory Art school, Académie Charpentier, Paris.  
       
  1999-2001   University 2 years Diploma / DEUG Graphic, Shiraz, Iran.  
     
  1999 Vat of Graphics, Shiraz, Iran.  
   
       
EXHIBITIONS
        
April-Jun 2012 L’IRAN D'AUJOURD'HUI, Centre d’art AdMare, Îles de la Madeleine. (Solo show).
   
November 2011 MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, Palais des congrès, Montreal (During 2e Sommet Génération d’idées).
(Group Show)
   
September-October 2011 DICTATOR IS IN TOWN, During CAFK+A, Cambridge galleries of art, ON, Currated by Iga Janik. (Solo show).
   
April-May 2011 THE TYPHOON CONTINUES AND SO DO YOU, MAPPING THE WORLD, USA, Flux Factory, NYC.
(Group show), currated by Christina Vassallo.
   
March-April 2011 MAPPING THE WORLD 1, installation at Darling Foundry lobby, Montreal.
   
February 2011 RESIST, presentation at Cultural Corridor, Nuit Blanche, Montreal.
   
 

March-April 2010 

MAGIC NEVER ENDS "IRAN OF MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD”
ARTSPACE Gallery, Peterborough, ON.
(Solo Show). Currated by Iga Janik .

 
   

 

 
   
May 2009

NOUVEAU HÉROS DE LA CLASSE OUVRIÈRE ET LA NOUVELLE  CUISINE SOCIALE
Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal,QC.
(Group Show).

       
February 2009 MAGIC NEVER ENDS, La Centrale Galerie Powehouse, Montreal, QC.
(Solo Show). 
   
December 2008

ANONYMOUS DRAWING N9, Berlin, Allemagne.
(Group Show).

       
August 2008

GEDONKEN ZUR REVOLUTION, Leipzig, Allemagne.
(Group Show).

       
  June 2008

LES STRATEGIES DE L’OUBLIE, (UQAM) Montreal, Qc.
(Group Show).

 
       
  November 2007 LIVRAISON (Revue d’art contemporain Traduire – Translating
Montrael by : Skol, Rhinoceros , Séverine Hubard
(Group Show).
 
       
  December 2006

BILAN SILENCE, syndicat potentiel , Strasbourg, France.
(Group Show).

 
       
  January 2006

OBJET EXTRA ORDINAIRE, passage du Grand Cerf ,Paris.
(Dans le cadre du festival des « Puces du Design »), France.
(Group Show).

 
       
  March 2006

SHOW FREE LAND, Chaufferie  Gallery, Strasbourg, France.
(Group Show).

 
       
   
  RESIDENCY
   
2010-2011 Creation studio, Fonderie Darling, Montreal.
       
   
    PUBLISHED BIOGRAPHIES AND CRITIQUES  
       
29 April 2012 Babylone café Radio Canada, "Sayeh Sarfaraz, une artiste engagée"
By Catherine Pépin
   
26 April 2012 LE RADAR, "Dans le tranchées de l'Iran, de Sayeh Sarfaraz"
By Adèle Arseneau
   
17 October 2011 artsmontreal.org
By: Marie-Ève Labranche.
   
17 October 2011 Radio Canada " Des stages pour des artistes immigrants".
By: Tanya Lapointe.
   
14 Septembre 2011 Cambridge Times « Dictator is in town ».
   
  13 October 2010   

Cyberpresse « Automne animé à la Fonderie Darling »
By Éric Clément.

 
       
  5 October 2010     

Le Délit « La Fonderie Darling »
By Véronique Martel.

 
       
  15 March 2010        

Arthur press « The Secret of the Midnight Shadow opens at Artspace »
By Jes Sachse.

 
       
  4 February 2010       

Mirror Montreal « Making sense of conflict »
By Stacey Dewolfe.

 
       
       
    OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
       
February 2012 Member of jury for Photoforum at the gallery Les Territoires, Montreal.
   
November 2011-April 2012 Co-ordination assistant and event organizer for les Territoires galery Portfolio Review 2012.
   
October 2011 Member of jury for MAPPE program and creation studio at the gallery Les Territoires, Montreal.
   
2011-2012 Project manager for Creation studio program ( Ville Imaginaire), Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal.
   
  2008-2009 Research Assistant ( S.O.R ) of artist Stephen Schofield, Montreal.  
       
       
    GRANTS AND PRIZES  
       
2012 Travel grant, Quebec Council for the Arts for L'iran d'aujourd'hui.
   
2011 Travel grant, Quebec Council for the Arts for Dictator is in town.
   
2011-2012 Montreal Council for the Arts, démART-mtl grant to visual artist.
   
  2011

Quebec Council for the Arts, research and creation grant to visual artist
(type B).

 
       
  2011 Travel grant, Quebec Council for the Arts for Mapping the world U.S.A.