Shahla Aghapour

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.[3]

Shahla Aghapour
Born
Tehran, Iran
EducationBerlin University of the Arts
Known forArt, Writing, Gallery Owner
Websitehttp://www.aghapour.de

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][4][5] and other countries.[6] She completed a Master of Art at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003[7][8] and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.[9][10][11][12]

Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries[13] and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.[14] Aghapour is also a member of the “Group Seven” collective: a group of five Iranian women artists living and working in Germany, with a focus on women and social, cultural, and political issues around the world, especially relating to Iran.[15]

Work

Exhibitions

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

  • 1996 – Cultural Center Spandau, Berlin, Germany[16]
  • 1997 – Landtag of Prussian, gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives, Germany[17]
  • 2008 – Island Gallery, Berlin, Germany[18][19]
  • 2009 - "Iranian night" (in book week of Germany), exhibition of painting about woman face and body, wives of current and former presidents of Germany had joined to the meeting[20]
  • 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
  • 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States[21][22]
  • 2012 – Salon Exil, Berlin, Germany[23][24]
  • 2015 – Galerie-Benakohell, Berlin, Germany [25]

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[26]
  • Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland[27]
  • Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
  • 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
  • 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States[21][22]

Publications
  • Aghapour, Shahla (2005). Andishaje hessi [Soulful Thoughts, Poems for Life and Love] (in Persian). Tehran, Iran: Gheze Publisher. ISBN 9645776562.
  • 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[28][29]
  • Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany

References
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  10. "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.
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  14. "Lajvar (boltane irani)". www.lajvar.se. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  15. لندن, کیهان (2019-02-17). "Iranian Women Artists In Germany Form 'Group Seven'". KAYHAN LIFE. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  16. Paul, Lennart (1996-04-03). "Die Kulturhaus-Galerie stellt Werke einer iranischen Künstlerin aus: Angst und Trauer in Gesichtern". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  17. Vertraute Fremde: 18 Künstler aus 16 Ländern in einer Stadt ; [Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell ...] (in German). Galerie im Parlament. 1997-01-01.
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  23. "IRANISCHE NACHT im SALON EXIL". PEN-Zentrum Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  24. "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
  25. "Ausstellung: Shahla Aghapour". ART-Galerie-Benakohell. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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