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^[3][1] and other countries. She completed a Master of Art at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003^[4][5] and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.^[6][7][8]

Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries^[9] and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.

Work

Exhibitions

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

• National Gallery, Shemiran, Iran
• Gallery Ay, Istanbul, Turkey
• Free Berlin Art Exhibition, Germany
• Traveling exhibition, Toy of the Winds, Berlin–Hamburg–Münster–Zagreb–Split–Vrgorac
• Kulturministerium Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
• Ministry of Culture of Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
• Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
• Gallery Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany
• Saviour church, Berlin, Germany
• Art Store, Friedersdorf, Germany
• Brecht-Haus, Berlin, Germany
• Rathaus Schöneberg (City Hall), Berlin, Germany
• Old Fire Station, Cologne, Germany
• Cultural Centre, Delft, Netherlands
• Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland
• Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland
• 1997 – Landtag of Prussian, gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives, Germany^[10]
• 2008 – Island Gallery, Berlin, Germany^[11][12]
• 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
• 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States^[13]
• 2012 – Salon Exil, Berlin, Germany^[14][15]
• 2015 – Galerie-Benakohell, Berlin, Germany ^[16]

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^[17]
• Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland^[18]
• Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
• 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
• 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States^[13]

Publications

• Andishaje hessi (Soulful Thoughts), (in Persian), Gheze Publisher, Tehran, Iran
• 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^[19][20]
• Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany

References

1. "Aghapour-Benakohell, Shahla". World Cat. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
2. "Iraner in Deutschland". deutschpersisch.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
3. "Pressespiegel - Shahla Aghapour". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
4. "Shahla Aghapour". Universität der Künste. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
5. "Art & Poetry Gallery-Shahla Aghapour". Venue Depot. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
6. "Art projects: bejahende Körper, Geschichte der Sheherazadeh"
7. "Workshops at the Pergamon Museum Berlin" (PDF). Pergamon Museum Berlin (in German). Pergamon Museum Berlin. 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
8. "Workshops for children at Moabiter Ratschlag"
9. "Memberlist of Exile P.E.N."
10. Vertraute Fremde: 18 Künstler aus 16 Ländern in einer Stadt ; [Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell ...] (in German). Galerie im Parlament. 1997-01-01.
11. "Akram Abooee u.a.: Die Sieben (Malerei, Videokunst, F...". www.kulturpur.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
12. Kisiel, Danuta. "INSELGALERIE Berlin | DIE SIEBEN". www.inselgalerie-berlin.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
13. "Events". Texaspcc.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
14. "IRANISCHE NACHT im SALON EXIL". PEN-Zentrum Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-06.
15. "Iranian Night at SALON EXIL"
16. "Ausstellung: Shahla Aghapour". ART-Galerie-Benakohell. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
17. "Shahla Aghapour and Arash Riahi in Iranischer Kulturabend in Zurich". Kodoom.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
18. "Interpretazioni". ASSI. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
19. "POP Publishing"
20. "Kulturtipps von Uli Rothfuss_Buchtipp 287". www.kunstportal-bw.de. Retrieved 2016-03-06.

External links

• Website of Shahla Aghapour