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