Mehrdad Naraghi: CV

Bio

1978        Born in Tehran, Iran
2000        Started VARA Group (Visual Arts) with
              Kourosh Adim, Saleh Tasbihi, Sadra vejdani, Amirhosein Ebnodin
2004        Work as a solo artist

Group Exhibitions

2002    Group Photography Exhibition | Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004    Group Photography Exhibition | Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005    Group Photography Exhibition | Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006    Photo/Video Art Group Exhibition | Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010    Group Photography Exhibition | The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Art events

2004    Participated in Majdanek 2004, VII International Art Triennal | Lublin, Poland
2004    Participated in The 9th Tehran Photo Biennial | Khiyal Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007    Participated in Photo Quai The Biennial of the images of the world
           Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France
2008    Participated in The 11th Iran Photo Biennial | Khiyal Art Gallery, Tehran , Iran
2009    Participated in 165 Years of Iranian Photography | Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France
2010    The House: Outdoor projection | Renegade Group, Art in open spaces
           (www.renegade-vision.org) May 2010, Gorizia & Trieste, Italy

Solo Exhibition

2007   Cars: Photography Exhibition | Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009   The House: Photography Exhibition | Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Award

2009    3rd winner in Human Habitation, Young Artists Competition on the occasion of the World Habitat Day, London, England

Publications

2007    Interview with Fabiano Busdraghi on Camera Obscura website.
cameraobscura.busdraghi.net/2008/interviste/dark-city-mehrdad-naraghi/langswitch_lang/en/

2009    Different Sames: New perspectives in Iranian Contemporary Art
           by Hossein Amirsadeghi

2009    Connaissance des Arts Photo No 21 September-October