Shahla Aghapour

Shahla Aghapour
Born Tehran, Iran
Education Berlin University of the Arts
Website http://www.aghapour.de

Shahla Aghapour also known as Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell[1] (شهلا آقاپور) (born in Tehran) is an Iranian artist, author and gallery director living in Germany.[2] She works both as a writer and poet, as well as a painter, sculptor, performance artist and director of Galerie-Benakohell.

Biography

Shahla Aghapour grew up as the daughter of Iranian-Azerbaijanis and was early interested in arts and literature. In addition to studying art she also trained as a journalist and at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, she worked for the newspaper Ayandegan. She had, as a result of her dissident journalistic work, emigrate from Iran and went to Germany.

Shahla Aghapour worked as a freelance artist in Berlin and has exhibited her works and readings in Germany[1][3][4] and other countries.[5] She completed a Master of Art at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003[6][7] and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.[8][9][10][11]

Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries[12] and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.[13]

Work

Exhibitions

This is a list of select exhibitions, in order by date.

Readings

  • House of Literature, Berlin, Germany
  • Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany
  • Saviour Church, Berlin, Germany
  • Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
  • Literature Forum in Brecht-Haus, Berlin, Germany
  • Old Fire Station, Cologne, Germany
  • House of Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Cultural Centre, Delft, Netherlands
  • Delftstede number Centrum, Delft, Netherlands
  • Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Kulturcentrum Europers, Brussels, Belgium
  • Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland[24]
  • Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland[25]
  • Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
  • 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
  • 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States[19][20]

Publications

  • Andishaje hessi (Soulful Thoughts), (in Persian), Gheze Publisher, Tehran, Iran][26]
  • Sarate garme hes (Parts of Emotions), (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
  • Ashovtegieh Djahan (Chaos of the Cosmos), (in Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum, Germany
  • Parvaze sorkhe tan (Flying red bodies), (in Persian), Fourough Books Publishing, Cologne, Germany
  • Oliver Twist in Tehran, (in German), POP Publishing, Ludwigsburg, Germany[27][28]
  • Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany

References

  1. 1 2 "Aghapour-Benakohell, Shahla". World Cat. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Iraner in Deutschland". deutschpersisch.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  4. ↑ "Pressespiegel - Shahla Aghapour". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  5. ↑ http://www.kodoom.com/en/search/?q=shahla+aghapour&qw=Berlin%2C+Germany | |title =Exhibitions and Readings
  6. ↑ "Shahla Aghapour". Universität der Künste. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Art & Poetry Gallery-Shahla Aghapour". Venue Depot. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Art projects: bejahende Körper, Geschichte der Sheherazadeh"
  9. ↑ "Workshops at the Pergamon Museum Berlin" (PDF). Pergamon Museum Berlin (in German). Pergamon Museum Berlin. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  10. ↑ "Workshops for children at Moabiter Ratschlag"
  11. ↑ http://moabiter-ratschlag.de/schulgarten/unser-team/mitarbeiter-innen/
  12. ↑ "Memberlist of Exile P.E.N."
  13. ↑ http://www.lajvar.se/nameh/name-kanoon-tabid-anjomane-ghalam.htm
  14. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/die-kulturhaus-galerie-stellt-werke-einer-iranischen-kuenstlerin-aus-angst-und-trauer-in-gesichtern-16909936 | |title = Berliner Zeitung (newspaper)
  15. ↑ Vertraute Fremde: 18 Künstler aus 16 Ländern in einer Stadt ; [Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell ...] (in German). Galerie im Parlament. 1997-01-01.
  16. ↑ "Akram Abooee u.a.: Die Sieben (Malerei, Videokunst, F..." www.kulturpur.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  17. ↑ Kisiel, Danuta. "INSELGALERIE Berlin | DIE SIEBEN". www.inselgalerie-berlin.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  18. ↑ "شب ایرانی با حضور همسران رئيس‌جمهور فعلی و پیشین آلمان". Deutsche Welle (Persian). Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  19. 1 2 "Events". Texaspcc.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  20. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  21. ↑ "IRANISCHE NACHT im SALON EXIL". PEN-Zentrum Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  22. ↑ "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
  23. ↑ "Ausstellung: Shahla Aghapour". ART-Galerie-Benakohell. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  24. ↑ "Shahla Aghapour and Arash Riahi in Iranischer Kulturabend in Zurich". Kodoom.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  25. ↑ "Interpretazioni". ASSI. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  26. ↑ "Book Offer".
  27. ↑ "POP Publishing"
  28. ↑ "Kulturtipps von Uli Rothfuss_Buchtipp 287". www.kunstportal-bw.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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