FARIDEH SAKHAEIFAR
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1985 in Tehran, Iran. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
2011 Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY MFA, Studio Art
2008 Azad Art and Architecture University, Tehran, Iran BFA, Photography
RESIDENCIES
2012-13 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Artist Residency Program
EXHIBITIONS
2015 The Master’s Voice, Pheed.eu, Centro Cultural Casa Elizalde (Solo)
Laugh track, Cathouse FUNeral. Brooklyn, NY (Solo)
2014 LMCC Autumn Art Auction 2014,William Holman Gallery, New York, NY
Alwan for the art auction, Shirin Gallery, New York, NY
Yo retra(c)to, Pheed.eu. Barcelona, Spain
War Stories, William Holman Gallery, New York, NY
Photography Now, 2014, The Center of Photography at
Woodstock, NY (Curated by Julie Grahame)
2013 Pheed.eu. Berliner-Liste, Berlin, Germany
Nazri, Factory Gallery, Hamedan, Iran
Selected artist to participate in LMCC’s Art in the Office Program
LMCC’s open studios, 1 Liberty Plaza, New York, NY
2012 Open studio, Crown heights, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Meditations in an Emergency, Dumbo Art Center, New York, NY
Tehran a Loud, 2011, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University (solo)
Nazri, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University (solo)
2010 Signs on the Road, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
Café Unmooring, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University
Is this make sense, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University
New Folder 1, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Cornell MFA, Flux Factory, New York, NY
MyArtSpace, AquaArt Miami Fair (work shown digitally)
MFA Group Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University
Appropriation allowed, Araan Gallery, Tehran,Iran
2008 Mahriz, Tarahan e Azad, Tehran, Iran (Juried)
11th Iranian National Photo Biennial, National Museum of Yazd and Tehran’s
Saba Art and Cultural Institute, Iran
BFA Exhibition, Azad Art and Architecture Universty, Tehran, Iran
2007 Negah, Niavaran Palace, Tehran, Iran (Juried)
Roshd, Saba Art and Cultural Institute, Tehran, Iran (Juried)
2006 Mashhad Photo, Mashhad, Iran (Juried)
2005 Café Aks, Tehran-Iran (solo)
AWARDS
2012 CP Infinite award nominee for young photographer
2011 Cornell Council for the Arts, Cafe Unmooring, Hartell Gallery
2009-11 Tuition Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2008 11th Iranian National Photo Biennial, Tehran and Yazd, Iran
PUBLICATIONS
Social and Political art in Barcelona, https://barcelonasartllibera.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/the-guardian-elogia-el- treball-de-la-fotograf-farideh-sakhaeifar/
The picture that comes, Tehran society and the new Spanish peasantry, two exhibitions to visit by Laura Calonge
https://neupic.com/articles/la-fotografia-que-viene
Men at Work, Iranian Workers taking photographs-exhibit by Houman Harouni, The Guardian, Januay 21,2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/jan/21/-sp-iran-workers-are- taking-photograhs-farideh-sakhaeifar
US army supplies are making their way into Iran, Huffpost Live, hosted by Alyona Minkovski, Aug 2014 http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/53ecf5c2fe3444b53200025b
Iran’s undergrand Trade of US army Gear by Cleo Abramian, World policy, Aug 13,2014
Interview by Setareh Shohadaei, PhD candidate in Political Studies at the New School. About “Workers are Taking Photographs.” Yo retra(c)to, Pheed.eu. Barcelona, Spain 2014
Interview by Sarah Wesseler, Satellite Magazine, http://www.satellitemagazine.ca/2012/09/farideh-sakhaeifar/
Talk Magazine, Iranian E-Magazine of Visual Arts, Issue 24, 31 May 2012 http://www.talkmagazine.net/issues/talk_issue_24/
Farakhan, Yasavoli Publication, Tehran, Iran Spring 2012
#0 Pirate Utopia, Pirate Press, March 2012, New York, NY
Mard (Man), Mahriz Publication, 2011
Talk Magazine, Iranian E-Magazine of Visual Arts, Issue 16, 10th August 2011 http://www.talkmagazine.net
STREET VIEW: Schematic thoughts on the recent work of Farideh Sakhaeifar by Anthony Graves, Part of Meditations in an Emergency (Catalogue), Dumbo Art Center, New York, NY, April 30- May 8, 2011
11th Iranian National Photo Biennial, Iran
New Folder 1 (Catalogue), Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
About the group exhibition ”Appropriation Allowed” In Aaran Gallery, “Practicing of being together” by Saleh Tasbihi, Etemad Newspaper, Tehran, Iran http://etemaad.ir/Released/88-06-10/189.htm
Appropriation Allowed, (Catalogue), Araan Gallery, Tehran,Iran
LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2013 NYU visiting Scholar
2012 Visiting Artist for Creative Cities: Economies, Culture, and (Re)education through the Arts
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
2011 Visiting Artist, International Center of Photography