Bijan Moosavi

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In The Studio

Biography

Bijan Moosavi (b.1983, Iran) is an Iranian multi-media artist based in London. He makes films, music, performances and installations which look at the implications of the expansion of neo-liberalism in the Middle East. His work draws upon the aesthetics of corporate advertising, sci-fi movies, popular culture and the Islamic kitsch in order to tell dystopian tales of a fully neo-liberal Middle Eastern future. These stories demystify the myth that the only way towards democracy and freedom in the Middle East is through the liberation of the market. Bijan lives and works in London, UK.

Education

MA, University of Leeds, 2011-2012

BA, Islamic Azad University, 2001-2007

Press

2022, ASSEMBLE, V.O Curations

2022, Disco Islam, Kuba Paris

2019, Clubkultur und Islam , Deutschlandfunk

2019, Interview, Iran International TV

2017, Migration: International Residency Exhibition @ The Art House, The State of the Arts

Exhibitions

2022, Disco Islam: Future Phantasmagoria, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK (Group)
2022, IMT Gallery, London Art Fair, London, UK (Group)
2022, ASSEMBLE, V.O Curations, London, UK (Group)
2021, Disco Islam, AD/AD Project Space, Hanover, Germany (Group)
2020, Haramacy Short Films, COMMUN, Online (Group)
2020, Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2020, Live In The Void, Pejman Foundation’s The Room, Online (Group)
2019, Residents’ Pop-Up Show, Delfina Foundation, London, UK (Group)
2019, Disco Islam (Lecture-Performance), Radialsystem, Berlin, Germany (Group)
2019, Mise-en-Scène, 4COSE, London, UK (Group)
2018, Gate of Tehran, The Silent Green (Berlin, Germany)
2018, The Future Islam Rock Band, Bonhams, London, UK (Group)
2018, Magic Of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, Bonhams, London, UK (Group)
2018, Between the Beach and the Lounge, Play_Station Space, Wellington, New Zealand (Group)
2018, Pejman Foundation, The Room, The Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran (Group)
2017, Migration, The Art House, Wakefield, UK (Group)
2016, Live In The Void, OTO Project Space, London, UK (Group)
2015, Arab* Underground, The Fusion Festival, Lärz, Germany (Group)
2015, Transmètic: Ordonnance, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK (Group)
2015, Point of Meeting: EAST, Latarka Galler, Budapest, Hungary (Group)
2014, DEL+REW, World Wide Web, Online (Group)
2013, Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, The Royal College of Art, London, UK (Group)
2013, VANGUARD, The Jewish Museum Of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (Group)
2013, Magic Of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Shortlists’ Exhibition, The Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai, UAE (Group)
2013, The Strange Impression Of Seeing Things For The First Time, The Mile End Art Pavilion, London, UK (Group)
2012, Echochroma IX, Leeds Beckett Universit, Leeds, UK (Group)
2012, Audio-Visual Performance, SOAS University of London, London, UK (Group)
2012, Iran Through Airwaves, Enjoy Space, Leeds, UK (Group)
2010, An Unforeseen Meeting in Tehran Performance, Sazmanab Project, Tehran, Iran (Group)
2010, Limited Access II, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (Group)
2010, Human Emotion Project, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran (Group)
2010, Tehran: 1mile², Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (Group)
2009, Human Emotion Project, Formverk Gallery, Eskilstuna, Sweden (Group)
2009, Audio-Visual Performance, Gusar Club, Belgrade, Serbia (Group)
2009, In My Headphones Performance, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (Group)
2008, Finglish Karaoke, NewYorck Im Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (Group)
2008, International Roaming Biennial Of Tehran, NewYorck Im Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (Group)
2008, International Roaming Biennial Of Tehran, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey (Group)