Anahita Razmi | |
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Born | 1981 (age 42–43) |
Education |
Bauhaus University, Weimar, Pratt Institute, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Known for | Installation art, performance art, video art, sculpture, photography |
Website |
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Anahita Razmi (born 1981) is a German-born contemporary artist, of Iranian and German descent. She works with installation, sculpture, video art, and performance. [1] Razmi’s work deploys an art processes of appropriation, in which the meaning(s) of existing images are altered by situating them in another temporal context. [2] Her work often deals with both political and social issues, ones in fact that are often related to Iran, the homeland of Razmi's father. [3] She lives in Berlin, and London.
Anahita Razmi was born in 1981 in Hamburg, Germany. [3] [4] [5] Her mother is German, and her father is Iranian. [3]
She studied media art at Bauhaus University, Weimar; followed by classes at Pratt Institute in New York City; and continued her studies in fine art and sculpture at State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. [3] [6] [5]
Razmi's works have been exhibited at international institutions, such as the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), Venice; [5] Halle 14 (2019), Leipzig; [7] Zachęta National Gallery of Art (2016–2017), Warsaw; [8] Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Kunstraum Innsbruck (2018), Innsbruck, Austria; [9] Sazmanab Center for Contemporary Art, Tehran; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (2013). [10] [11] During the Mahsa Amini protests, Razmi was one of a few artist to release protests posters. [12] [13]
Razmi received the Tarabya Cultural Academy fellowship, Istanbul (2020), [14] the Goethe residency at LUX, London (2018), [15] the Villa Kamogawa Residency, Kyoto (2015). [16] She was awarded the Erich Hauser Art Foundation award (2015), [17] [5] the MAK–Schindler scholarship, Los Angeles (2013), [1] and the Emdash award, Frieze Foundation, London (2011). [1] [18] [19] In 2022, Razmi rejected an artist grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, criticizing the foundation's structural setup and the lack of diversity within its jury. [20] [21]
Her work is included in several public art collections, like the Bundeskunstsammlung in Germany; the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; the Museo del Novecento, Florence; and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA. [22]
Anahita Razmi | |
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Born | 1981 (age 42–43) |
Education |
Bauhaus University, Weimar, Pratt Institute, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Known for | Installation art, performance art, video art, sculpture, photography |
Website |
www |
Anahita Razmi (born 1981) is a German-born contemporary artist, of Iranian and German descent. She works with installation, sculpture, video art, and performance. [1] Razmi’s work deploys an art processes of appropriation, in which the meaning(s) of existing images are altered by situating them in another temporal context. [2] Her work often deals with both political and social issues, ones in fact that are often related to Iran, the homeland of Razmi's father. [3] She lives in Berlin, and London.
Anahita Razmi was born in 1981 in Hamburg, Germany. [3] [4] [5] Her mother is German, and her father is Iranian. [3]
She studied media art at Bauhaus University, Weimar; followed by classes at Pratt Institute in New York City; and continued her studies in fine art and sculpture at State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. [3] [6] [5]
Razmi's works have been exhibited at international institutions, such as the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), Venice; [5] Halle 14 (2019), Leipzig; [7] Zachęta National Gallery of Art (2016–2017), Warsaw; [8] Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Kunstraum Innsbruck (2018), Innsbruck, Austria; [9] Sazmanab Center for Contemporary Art, Tehran; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (2013). [10] [11] During the Mahsa Amini protests, Razmi was one of a few artist to release protests posters. [12] [13]
Razmi received the Tarabya Cultural Academy fellowship, Istanbul (2020), [14] the Goethe residency at LUX, London (2018), [15] the Villa Kamogawa Residency, Kyoto (2015). [16] She was awarded the Erich Hauser Art Foundation award (2015), [17] [5] the MAK–Schindler scholarship, Los Angeles (2013), [1] and the Emdash award, Frieze Foundation, London (2011). [1] [18] [19] In 2022, Razmi rejected an artist grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, criticizing the foundation's structural setup and the lack of diversity within its jury. [20] [21]
Her work is included in several public art collections, like the Bundeskunstsammlung in Germany; the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; the Museo del Novecento, Florence; and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA. [22]