Amirali Ghasemi was born in Tehran on 20th of August, 1980. In 1998, Ghasemi established Parkingallery; an independent arts space in Tehran, and in 2002, Parkingallery.com, a virtual gallery, which has become an online platform for many young Iranian artists. He has shown his videos/design works in Sweden, Netherlands, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Australia, Turkey, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. In addition, he has directed many audiovisual projects with Iranian rock bands, He graduated in 2004 with a BA in graphic design from Central Tehran Azad University., with research and emphasis on digital art history.
As a curator, he has directed many exhibition projects for Parkingallery.
Among them: Deep & Deeper Depression exhibition, Transition, Limited access and lost in no space. He is currently working as a Graphic designer for Parkingallery & as a freelance photographer for various artistic
and cultural magazines, and is busy with his video installations and
interactive projects like Tehran remixed, and writing about the Tehran arts scene and Iranian contemporary art in his web-log.

Email: amiralionly[at]gmail[dot]com

Websites: www.amiralionly.com

Click here to download Amirali Ghasemi's CV

 

Education:

B.A. in Graphic Design Azad University Tehran Dec 2004.

Official Member of IGDS( Iranian Graphic designers society ) since 2003.

Official Member of Public relation society of Iran, since 2006

Awards:

• Excellent award, 6th Seoul triennial of Asia graphic poster, South Korea, 2006
• Judges' Special Award, Taiwan Intl. Poster Design "Group Video Installation" 2005, Taiwan
• Top Ten Blog Canada "Live From the Iris" June 2002, Tehran, Iran
• 2nd Prize of Web & Multimedia @ 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers Artworks,  2002, Tehran, Iran.

Workshops/lectures/panels:

• Fart Forward Curatorial workshop on the occasion of the 4th Berlin biennial for contemporary art,March 2006 ( Participant )
• Lectures on "Tehran art scene" in Istanbul, Frankfurt & Malmo SEP-OCT 2006
• Panelist in Beyond Mediterranean ART FORUM BERLIN: ART TALKS, Oct 2006
• Visiting artist/curator Malmo academy of art Oct 2006, Mamlo.
• Guest curator of Conscious in Coma project, Istanbul Nov 2007-April 2007
• Ethnic Marketing, Tehran University, April 2006, Tehran.( Participant & advisor )

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