Mitra Tabrizian
Mitra Tabrizian is a British-Iranian[1] photographer and film director. She is also a professor of photography at the University of Westminster, London.
Tabrizian published her first monograph, Correct Distance, in 1990. Her photo-book Beyond the Limits (2004), is a critique of corporate culture[1] and is inspired by the works of Jean Baudrillard and Jean-François Lyotard. Her films include Journey of No Return (1993), The Third Woman (1991), and The Predator (2004).
Tabrizian has exhibited her work at the Tate,[2] Modern Art Oxford, Gallery Lelong, New York, the Architectural Association, London, and numerous film festivals. In January 2018, she exhibited at London Art Fair with Arte Globale.[3]
Early life and education
Born in Tehran, Iran, Tabrizian studied at the Polytechnic of Central London in the 1980s.[1]
Publications
- Correct Distance. Manchester: Cornerhouse, 1990. With a text by Griselda Pollock.
- Beyond the limits. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2004. With texts by Stuart Hall, Christopher Williams, Francette Pacteau and a contribution from Homi K. Bhabha.
- This is That Place. London: Tate, 2008. Catalogue. With a text by T. J. Demos.
- Another Country. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2012. With texts by Bhabha, David Green, and Hamid Naficy.
Films
- The Third Woman (1991) – writer and director, 16 mm, 20 mins
- Journey of No Return (1993) – writer and director, 16 mm, 23 mins
- The Predator (2004) – writer and director, 35 mm, 28 mins
Exhibitions
- Veil, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom (touring in Europe)
- 2003 Solo show, Museum of Folkwang, Germany
- Far Near Distance –`New Positions of Contemporary Iranian Artists’, the House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
- Solo show, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
- 2004 Solo Show, BBK, Bilbao, Spain
- Voodoo Macbeth: a tribute to the work of Orson Welles, De la Warr Pavilion, United Kingdom
- FotoArtFestival, Poland
- Wall House project (on the work of an American architect John Hejduk), Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands, and Wall House Foundation, traveling to. New York (forthcoming)
- 2007 International Photo, Phillips de Pury, New York
Sources
- Brighton Photo Biennial 2006. Artists, Mitra Tabrizian. Accessed 18 December 2007.
- University of Westminster. Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media (CREAM), Research Staff, s.v. "Prof. Mitra Tabrizian". Accessed 18 December 2007.
- Steidl. Artists, "Mitra Tabrizian". Accessed 18 December 2007.
References
- 1 2 3 Cooke, Rachel (8 June 2008). "Here, there and nowhere". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ↑ "Modernity grapples with tradition in the work of Iranian photographers". Saudi Gazette. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ↑ Arte Globale. London Art Fair. Mitra Tabrizian
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