Siavash Naghshbandi
(b. 1987, Tehran Iran) graduated in Animation from IRIB Art University, Tehran in 2008 and has worked on a number of photography, film editing, and documentary projects. His films have been shown at different film festivals such as the SEH-TANK: Cinéma Subversif in Zurich; the Middle East Now Film Festival in Florence or the Göteborg Film Festival. His photographs and films have been exhibited in several groups and solo exhibitions including at Aaran Art Gallery; Azad Art Gallery; Mehrva Art Gallery; Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA, Hafriyat Karakoy Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey; Tomin Videothek, Frankfurt, Germany; and Hillyer Art Space, Washington D.C, USA. In 2008 he was awarded the Jury Prize of The Third Photo Festival of Art University in Tehran and in 2007 he won the 2nd prize at the First Documentary Photo Festival in Isfahan. Naghshbandi was also the photographer of the motion picture “About Elly…” (2008), a film by Academy-Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi.
s.naghshbandi[at]gmail.com
- Solo Exhibitions:
2017: "Inevitably Inescapable" | Interactive Installation | Dastan Gallery - Electric Room, Tehran, Iran
2009: "These Kiosks" | Photo Exhibition | Mehrva Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008: "Snow" | Ivan Sepid Art Gallery | Mehrshahr, Iran
2006: "Direction" | Photo Exhibition | Nikol Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
-Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018: " Wundern über tanawo " | Affenfaust Galerie, Humburg, Germany
2017: "Urban Spaces" Group Exhibition | Curated by Gohar Dashti | Hillyer Art Space, Washington D.C, USA
2017: "Limited Access 7 " Group Exhibition | Curated by Amirali Ghasemi | Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017: "MixedRealities" Group Exhibition | Tomin Videothek, Frankfurt, Germany
2015: "Flow" Interactive installation | "Tadaex 05" Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran - Video Documentation
2011: "Aksbazi" Photography Exhibition | Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: "Limited Access II" Group Exhibition | Curated by Amirali Ghasemi | Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: Group Photography Exhibition | The Sulaimaniya museum, Sulaimaniya, Iraq
2009: "Iran Inside Out" Group Exhibition | DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, USA
2009: "Re assemblage" Group Exhibition | AssarArt Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009: "Iran Inside Out" Group Exhibition | the Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
2009: "Fotoxl000" | Group Photography Exhibition, Rome, Italy
2009: "Urban Jealousy" | Traveling Mixed Media Exhibition, Newyorck Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008: "Dyptichs in memory of Mohsen Rasoulov" | Group Photography Exhibition, Mehrva Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008: "Urban Jealousy" Traveling Mixed Media Exhibition | Hafriyat Karakoy Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2008: "Inner Eye" Photography Exhibition | Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
2007: "The Mass" Group Photography Exhibition | Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2004: Group Exhibition of Iranian Photographic Society | Iranian Artists Forum
Festivals:
2013: Screening | Short Film Good Childhood Days, SEH-TANK - Cinema Subversif, Zurich
2013: Screening | Short Film Good Childhood Days | Middle East Now Film Festival, Florence
2013: Screening | Short Film Good Childhood Days | The Invisible Present | Goteborg International Film Festival
2013: Screening | Short Film Good Childhood Days, The Invisible Present | Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam
2010: 3th Shouka Photo Festival | Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2009: The 11th Iranian National Photo Biennial | Saba Cultural and Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran
2008: Persia Photo Expo, Photography Exhibition | Esteghlal Int. Hotel, Tehran, Iran
2007: "A closet with the depth of 30cm" | Photo Drama at the Visual Anthropology Festival, Tehran ,Iran
2006: 3rd Kaveh Golestan Photo Festival | Tehran, Iran
-Awards:
2018: Short list of MOP CAP (Magic Of Persia Contemporary Art Prize), London, UK
2008: Jury Prize, The Third Photo Festival of Art University, Tehran, Iran
2007: Winner of 2nd prize in the First Documentary Photo Festival, Isfahan, Iran
2005: Winner of 3rd place Child Photo Festival, Tehran, Iran
2004: Winner of 1st prize in the 3rd Child Photo Festival, Tehran, Iran
2003: Winner of 1st prize in the 2nd Child Photo Festival, Tehran, Iran
-Work Experiences
2016: Assistant Editor | "My Brother, Khosro" Feature Film
2015: Assistant Editor | "To Be Born" Feature Film
2015: Assistant Editor | "Born in 1986" Feature Film
2015: Assistant Editor | "Black Horse Memories" Feature Film
2015: Assistant Editor | "Con Free" Feature Film
2015: Assistant Editor | "For a Rainy Day" Feature Film
2014: Assistant Editor | "City of Mice 2" Feature Film
2014: Assistant Editor | "Tabagheye Hasas" Feature Film
2014: Assistant Editor | "Metropole" Feature Film
2012: Making Documentary Video of Art Scenes in Tehran, Iran
2011: Editor of the Full Length Documentary Film "Alborz" by ManouchehrTayyab
2009: Editor of the Full Length Documentary Film" Zagros" by ManouchehrTayyab
2008: Photographer in the motion picture "About Elly... " by Asghar Farhadi
2006: Photographer in the motion picture "We Only Live Twice" by Behnam Behzadi