Ali Zanjani

Artista, MIA Fair 2023 @ Ag

Ali Zanjani, Military Makeup, 2019

Courtesy: Artist and Ag Galerie

Digital photography, Inkjet print
Digital photography, Inkjet print
Dimensioni / Size: 172.5x110 cm
Edizione / Edition: 2/2 +2AP
Prezzo / Price: 4500 euro

This series of photographs comes from an archive of ID photos taken in Kia Studio on Bahar Street in Tehran, Iran. Owned and operated by Mr Arbab from 1974 until his death in 2005, the archive was sold off by his family and acquired by Zanjani from a resale shop. After scanning and archiving the images, Zanjani discovered that through the characteristics of the subjects' appearances, the photos revealed the historic events of Iran during their thirty-year span.
This series of nine photographs, reveals the reluctance of these soldiers to cut their hair and the photographer's technique to help them by concealing and editing the images using a red marker directly over the negatives. The results were id photographs with acceptable haircuts.

Ali Zanjani

Iran @ Iran

ALI ZANJANI (Esfahan, 1986)
2008 Rug Design, University of Art, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Military Make-up, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2018 Ali Zanjani: Without Prostration, Curated by François Cheval, Lianzhou Photo Museum, China
2016 “Static” Pregnancy, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2013 Just Between Us, Dastan’s Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Counting the Days, Silk Road Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Coral Singing, Day Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 University of Art, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Entered Into Between curated by Francois Cheval, Mucem Museum, Marseille, France
2019 Small Image, Large Reflection IV, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2019 Entered Into Between curated by Francois Cheval, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
2018 Small Image, Large Reflection III, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2017 ++PHOTO++, Salslai Private Museum, Dubai, UAE
2017 Small Image, Large Reflection II, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2016 Small Image, Large Reflection I, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2016 Mardaa-Mard, Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2014 Iran & Rio, Largo Das Artes, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2013 Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Jungle, Dastan’s Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Life is Too Short, Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE
2010 13×18 Portraits, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Obligatory Military Service, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

ART FAIRS/BIENNALES/FESTIVALS
2022 UNSEEN Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ag Galerie
2022 Les Rencontres de la jeune photographie internationale, La Villa Pérochon 2019 Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
2018 Teer Art Fair, Tehran, Iran
2017 UNSEEN Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ag Galerie
2017 Photofairs Shanghai, Ag Galerie
2017 Art Rotterdam, Ag Galerie
2016 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, Ag Galerie
2016 UNSEEN Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ag Galerie
2016 Art Dubai, UAE, Ag Galerie
2012 Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
2008 The 11th Biennial of Photography, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2007 Cafe Shooka Photo Festival, Tehran, Iran

AWARDS/HONORS/RESIDENCIES
2022 Rencontres de la June photographie Internationale, Villa Perochon, Niort, France
2017 La Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2014 Iran & Rio Residency Award, Largo Das Artes, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2012 Life is Too Short, Salsali Private Museum Collection, UAE, Dubai

COLLECTIONS
2012 Life is Too Short, Salsali Private Museum Collection, UAE, Dubai
2017 Just Between Us, Albert Groot Collection, The Netherlands

PRESS
2019 Tique Art, Six Questions
2019 Foam Talent Magazine, Runner Up
2016 Honarmand Newspaper, Issue No. 412, Iran
2016 Shargh Daily, Issue No. 2496, Iran
2016 Honaragah Monthly Magazine, Issue No. 4, Iran
2012-2013 Harpers Bazar Art, UAE
2011 La photographie iranienne )Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran(,
LOCO/Silk Road Gallery, France