Behnam Zakeri born in 1991 is a photographer and visual artist. Since the individual world and the social world are, in his view, two inseparable categories, his works also focus on personal experiences and social issues reflection. He finds himself in a place between individuality and contemporary society, and his art represents the humanistic conceptions of this space, and it can be clearly seen that humans walk on the boundary between art and society in his works. The surroundings and the living experience are the most important elements of his art . Zakeri’s projects are displayed in the form of photos, videos and installations.

www.behnamzakeri.com
behnamzakeri@hotmail.com

Solo Exhibitions:

– Public Place, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, July 2016 (IR)

– Its Incipience; Garmsary Gallery, Bandar Abbas, October 2013 (IR)

Selected Group Exhibitions:  

– “December Presentations”, F6 Gallery Schöppingen, Münster, December 2018 (DE)

– “Movement”, Photo Installation, Mordad Gallery, Bandar Abbas, September 2018 (IR)

– Jimei and Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China, 25 November – 3 January 2018 (CN)

– “Iran: Year 38”, Les Rencontres d’Arles Festival, Église Sainte-Anne, Arles (FR) / 3 July – 24 Sep 2017 (FR)

– Merci Poesi is the Gothenburg International Poetry Festival – World Culture Museum, Gothenburg, April 2017 (SE)

– Mordad Gallery Opening; Mordad Gallery, Bandar Abbas, January 2017 (IR)

– Before the After; Garmsary Gallery, Bandar Abbas, February 2015 (IR)

– The 9th Ordibehesht of Hormozgan festival, Garmsary Gallery, Bandar Abbas, 2014 (IR)

– The 11th Image of the Year, Iran Artists’ House, Tehran, March 2014 (IR)

– The 2nd Tehran Expo Iran Artists’ House, Tehran, November 2013 (IR)

– The 8th Ordibehesht of Hormozgan festival, Bandar Abbas, August 2013 (IR)

Fellowships:

– Artist in Residency, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 2018 (DE)

Artist Talks:

 – About Photography of Hormozgan , Mordad Gallery, Bandar Abbas 2018 (IR)

– A personal view, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, 2017 (IR)

– Arles 2017, Components, Approaches, Events, Mordad Gallery, Bandar Abbas 2017 (IR)

– Experiences, Farhang Hall, Bandar Jask, 2017 (IR)

Publications:

 – The Journal of Public Space, 2(4), 2018 , ISSN 2206-9658 (AUS)

– Iran, année 38, First Edition 2017, TEXTUEL Publishing, ISBN 9782845975811 (FR)

 – The Journal of Ciel variable, ISSN 1711-7682 (CA)

 – HarpersBazaarArabia.com/art, Autumn 2017 , (UAE)