Biography
Sahand Hesamiyan, born in 1977 in Tehran, holds a Bachelor of Sculpture from the Tehran University and currently lives and works in Tehran.
Sahand Hesamiyan’s practice explores contemporary sculptural directions, which take cue from Islamic and Iranian architecture. His works are primarily interactive. They link science and geometry to the abstract nature of spirituality, which are a reflective attempt to discover the esoteric nature of Iranian Culture through the dissection of its architectural form. In many occasions this intense relationship goes beyond the mere reflection and repetition of the forms and influences the titles of the pieces and the brief descriptions often accompanying them.
Sahand’s work is included in important private and public collections, including: the Delfina Entrecanales Collection, The Luciano Benetton Collection, The Samawi Collection and MAC.
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BORN
1977 Iran
Lives and works in Tehran.
EDUCATION
2001-2007 Bachelor of Arts with a specialization in Sculpture, Tehran University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Majaz, BLOK Art Space Cukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Majaz (a site specific project in collaboration with Busra Tunc), BLOK Art Space Buyuk Valide Han, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 Frame Reference, Sam Art, Dastan’s Outside the Basement, Tehran, Iran
2015 Tavizeh, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran, Iran
2014 Khalvat, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE
2013 Sulook, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE
2011 Memory Lives on, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 Do You See Me!, Ave Gallery, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Visual Dialogue – Selected by Fereydoun Ave, O Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019
Visual Dialogue, Emrooz Gallery, Esfahan, Iran
Patternitecture 2, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
Prospect, 22nd Sharjah Islamic Art Festival, Sharjah, UAE
Nine Iranian Artists in London: THE SPARK IS YOU, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK
THE SPARK IS YOU: Parasol Unit in Venice, Collateral Event of the 58th Venice Biennale, Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2018
The 8th Annual of Contemporary Art, Perspook 2018 “Retexture, Yazd, Iran
“International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Armenia 2018”, Yerevan, Armenia
”Modern-Contemporary” Bijan Saffari & Contemporary Artists, V Gallery, A Dastan Outside Project, Tehran, Iran
Black & White, E1 Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
“Art & Jewelry” Artists from the 20th and 21st Centuries, Custot Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2017
Jameel Prize 4 Exhibition Tour, Kasteyev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The 10th Annual Exhibition of “Small” Sculptures, Aaran Projects in Collaboration with Iranian Association of Sculptors, Tehran, Iran
Jameel Prize 4 Exhibition Tour, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, Korea
Update 5.0, V Gallery, A Dastan Outside Project, Tehran, Iran
The 2nd Ceramic-Based Exhibition “Frontier”, House of Artists, Tehran, Iran
Trans-Trans-Figuration: Sheikh Safi’s Anecdote & Any Expandable Thing, Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
Geometry, V Café, A Dastan Outside Project, Tehran, Iran
Beyond Boundaries: Art By Email, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, London, UK
RTL : LTR, A Joint Exhibition between Iran and Austria, Esfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Esfahan, Iran
2016
Bunyan, 19th Sharjah Islamic Art Festival, Sharjah, UAE
Visage/ Image of Self, Aaran Projects, Tehran, Iran
Update, Dastan+2, Tehran, Iran
Culture City of East Asia 2016, Nara: Art Celebration in Nara Beyond Time and Space, Nara, Japan
Time Machine, Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris, France
tehran, the capital with CAPITAL letters, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Jameel Prize 4 Exhibition, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
LTR : RTL, A Joint Exhibition between Iran and Austria, Galerie Forum, Wels, Austria
Remembering Tomorrow, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
Iran Art Now!, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2015
Suspended, Aaran Projects, Tehran, Iran
Firefly, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Made in Iran, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
Less is More, Aaran Projects, Tehran, Iran
Imago Mundi, Private collection of Luciano Benetton, Venice, Italy
Centerfold: Spring of Recession, Sazmanab Center, Tehran, Iran
Persian Garden Party, Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris, France
Iran Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Group Sculpture Exhibition, Aseman Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
13 Artists for a New Day, Lajevardi Collection, Tehran, Iran
Culture of Peace, Lajevardi Collection, Tehran, Iran
2014
Approaches to Tradition, Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
The Language of Human Consciousness, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The Blue Route, Musee National Adrien Dubouche Limoges, Limoges, France
Art for Peace, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013
Paykan Iranian Automobile, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
The Blue Route, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
Summer Exhibition, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
The Scope of Meaning, the Encounter of Calligraphy and Sculpture, Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Sculpture by the Sea, Tangkrogen, Aarhus, Denmark
2012
Summer Exhibition 2012, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Organized by Belgian Ambassador to Iran, Tehran, Iran
2011
Undone, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
My Super Hero, simultaneously in Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angels, and Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Selfdom, Haftsamer Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010
The Fourth Year, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Three Generations of Iranian Sculptors, Fravahr Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Iran diverso: Black or White?, VeRSO Gallery, Turin, Italy
2009
Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London, UK
The Seed of Baobab, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Manifest, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008
Five Artists X 3 Dimensions, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Group Exhibition, House of Artists, Tehran, Iran
2007
Meraaj & Molavi, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran
Small Sculptures, House of Artists, Tehran, Iran
Selected Models of the 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran
2006
Art of Resistance, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, House of Artists, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Sooreh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Installation Group Exhibition, Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Sculptures in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Group Exhibition, House of Artists, Tehran, Iran 2005 1st Exhibition of the Youth Handcrafts Arts, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
Fajre Noor Exhibition, Osveh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition for Granting the Handcrafts Week, Ghanbeigi Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004
Group Exhibition, Atashzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002
Group Exhibition of the Khavaran Cultural Center, Khavaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999
Group Exhibition of the Graduated Individuals of the Art Workshop Institute, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
BIENNIAL
2015 4th Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space, Tehran (Ghasr Museum)
2008 1st Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space, Tehran (Barg Gallery)
2007 3rd Art, Sport, Olympic Biennial, Tehran (Olympic Academy)
5th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Tehran (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art)
8th Contemporary Iranian Ceramic and Glass Biennial, Tehran (Saba Cultural Center)
2005 2nd Art, Sport, Olympic Biennial, Tehran (Olympic Academy)
4th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Tehran (Saba Cultural Center)
SYMPOSIUM
2014 International Symposium of Padideh Contemporary Sculpture, Mashhad (Padideh Dream City)
2009 1st Tehran Steel Sculpture Symposium, Tehran (Barg Gallery)
2007 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, Tehran
2003 Talesh Sand Symposium, Talesh
2002 Tochal Snow Symposium, Tehran (Tochal Mountains)
AWARDS
Shortlist for the Sovereign Middle East and North Africa Art Prize 2016
Shortlist for Jameel Prize 4
1st prize of the Padideh Contemporary Sculpture Symposium
Finalist for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
1st prize of the 1st Tehran Steel Sculpture Symposium
3rd prize of the 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium
1st prize of the Fajr e Noor Exhibition
Nominee for the Biennial Tem Prize of the 4th Contemporary Iranian Sculpture Biennial
Winner of the Municipality Prize of the 4th Contemporary Iranian Sculpture Biennial