Reza Aramesh

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Solo Exhibitions
2008 A World without Borders... Event Horizon, GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of Arts. London Nov 15 2008.
Action 60. Commissioned by the Zoo Art Fair 2008 and CollectingLiveArt.
From October 16 till October 20. www.zooartfair.com, www.collectingliveart.com
Between the eye and the object falls the shadow, Shcontemporary 08
'Best of discovery', curated by Sara Raza, Shanghai, China www.shcontemporary.info

2007 You were the dead, their’s was the future Specially commissioned performance for Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now at the Barbican Art Gallery, London November 2007 www.barbican.org.uk
Who is the third that walks beside you? Matthew Bown Gallery, London. Press release
Reza Aramesh I am a Believer at Watermans Centre, London. Press release
We’ve lost the hearts and minds…, E:vent Gallery, London.

2006 I am a Believer, Trafalgar Square, ICA, London

2005 The Key of Dreams, performance and billboard project, Gasworks Gallery, London
Of This Men Shall Know Nothing, Performance, Thomas Goode Shop, London.

2003 The Eternal Spring, Laurence O’Hana Gallery, London

2002 Picture This, Platform Gallery, London


Group Exhibitions
2008 The Apartment curated by Brian Chalkley and Lewis Amar, Royal London House, London.

2007 Into Position Curated by Anthony Gross, Bauernmarkt 1 and 9, 1010 Vienna. www.intopos.com
The Lucifer Effect, Curated by Gordon Cheung, Gallery Primo Alonso, London. www.primoalonso.com
Space Invasion, An international Offspace Project, Reimergasse 4, 1010 Vienna.
The politics of fear, Albion gallery, London.
Temporary Measures, Associate, London. Curated by Hut Projects.

2006 Art Car Boot Fair, Brick Lane, London. Curated by Karen Ashton and Helen Hayward
Making a Scene, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel

Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, CQL Design Centre,
Shanghai and Dashanzi 798 Art District, Beijing

Culture Bound, East Wing Collection VII, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London

2005
Zoo Art Fair 2005, London
Pencil (a drawing show), Carter presents, London

Defense, University of California Riverside, Sweeney Art Gallery, USA
Curated by Lauren Hartman

Contemporary Drawings, Parnassos Literary Society, Athens, Greece.
Curated by Synthesis

We Have Met The Enemy and He is Us, Redux Project Space, London.
Curated by Shezad Dawood

2004 So You’re Afraid of What? Redux Project Space, London
Curated by Centrefold..
Zoo Art Fair, London Zoo, London.

Pilot1, Lime House Town hall, Lime House, London

Copy-art.net, launched at ICA, London.
Curated by Irinie Papadimitrio

Art Car Boot Fair, Truman Brewery, London.
Curated by Karen and Helen Asthon

Flea market, TemporaryContemporary, London.


Gewalt, at Laushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curated by Suhall Malik

Sir ® Eel: The Suit since ’68: The Politics of Revulsion.
Curated by Peter Lewis

2003 Flaca, Flaca Gallery, London, Book Launch.


2001 What if I told the Truth? Cell Projects, London, curated by Reza Aramesh.
Trick Peaser, Mandarin Duck, London, curated by Luke Oxley

Teeth and Trousers, Cell Projects, London, curated by Richard
Priestly

Forever Yours, Victoria House, London, curated by Reza Aramesh. Including Henry Coleman, Howard Dyke, Paul Flannery, Ed Harper, Jo Mitchell, Monika Oechsler, Luke Oxley, Goshka Macuga, Rupert Norfolk

Desert Rose, Victoria House, London, curated by Reza Aramesh. Including Abi Stockbridge, Ben Judd, Dawn Mellor, Fiona Drummond, Jeremy Deadman, Jo Mitchell, Neil Zakiewicz, Nooshin Farhid, Paul Flannery, Ulli Knall

Heart of Glass, London College of Printing, curated by Esther Windsor

2000 Include Me Out, London, curated by John Chilver
Wooden Heart, Avco, London, curated by Reza Aramesh and Tina Spear.



Bibliography
Selected Reviews & Articles


2006 Seconds, online magazine by Peter Lewis & Makiko Nagaya
DIF Magazine, No 38, Francesco Vaz-Frenandes, p.46-50

Art AsiaPacific, Issue 49, Sara Raza, p.28

Generator 1& 2, Peter Lewis, p.106-107

The Independent on Sunday, 12 March ABC, Rebecca Pearson, p.17

pluk, Issue 29, Maxa Zoller, p.21

Esquire (Japane) March, p.61

2005 Art Monthly No 284, Richard Hylton, p.36-37
2004 Art Asia Pacific No 41, cover page, Sara Raza p.54-57
Daily Telegraph, 05/07/2004 , p.8

Tavoos Issue 56

Contemporary No 63, Kathy Battista, p.54-55

2003 Vogue Hommes International, Fall/Winter, p.170
Frieze, Issue 73, Holly Welsh, p.100 - 101

Falca Book, volume 1

2002 Resonance Fm, Interview
City Racing, The life and times of an artist-run gallery, Book

2001 What’s On, Dec 5-12, Gemma De Cruz, p.25
Art Review, Vol LII, Nov, p.45

Impression, Aug/Sept, p.30-34

2000 Independent on Sunday





Grants/Awards
2006 Artsadmin Bursary
2005 Art Council of England sponsored ‘I am a Believer’ in collaboration with the ICA
2004 London Arts Research and Development grant, Arts Council, GB


Projects
Projects & Publications

2008 Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue VII, A world without borders ...
2007 Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue VI, It is is, And it is now only...
2006 Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue V, We’ve lost the heart and minds...
2005 Centrefold Magazine, issue4, I think I'll Speak Today
2004 Centrefold Magazine , Issue III, So You're Afraid of What?
Centrefold Magazine, Issue II, You're Not Safe here!

2003 Audio Scrapbook , Resonance FM, 2 Hour Transmission
Collaboration with Ben Wright Dance Company, Jerwood Award

Centrefold Magazine, Issue I

2000 Wooden Heart : Diverse curatorial projects comprising 4 shows