World of Ashkan Honarvar
Short bio
Currently living and working in Norway as a visual artist. I work with both personal and client-based projects worldwide.
I was born in Shiraz/Iran. My parents and I fled the country when I was seven years old. This was during the Iran-Iraq war. The Netherlands become my new home where I grew up and where I studied visual communication at the school of arts in Utrecht.
Below you can find a selection of solo and group shows I have participated in. You can also find a list of clients and publications.
Statement
For over a decade now, misuse of power has played a big role in my work.
I have focused on wars, genocides and politics. At the same time, I have also worked with more metaphysical subjects like life, death and reality.
Recently my focus has grown towards the relationship dynamics between the victim and the offender. These projects are mostly from the victims perspective. Sexuality, femininity and the human nature plays a big role here.
Most of my projects originate from a question. Why do we do the things we do? From there on I try to find answers through my work. These answers help me to understand the world better.
Exhibitions
USA
Pure not Proper, Coagula Curatorial, LA, 2018
Sometimes I forget myself*, CES Gallery, LA, 2016
Everything is all white, Kasher – Potemkin, NY, 2015
Invisible lines* CES Contemporary, LA, 2014
When it is dark enough, CES Gallery, LA, 2014
Gilded forest, Kasher – Potemkin , NY, 2014
Remix: Selections from the ICC, Bates College Museum of Art, 2014
IWCS, The Invisible Dog Art Centre, NY, 2014
Burst, CES Contemporary, LA, 2014
The Crust*, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, 2013
Remix: Selections from the ICC, Katonah Museum of Art, NY, 2013
Future Tense, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, 2013
ArtPad SF, CES Contemporary Gallery, SF, 2013
Pulse New York, Steven Kasher Gallery, NY, 2013
Medley, Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, 2013
Scope New York, CES Contemporary Gallery, NY, 2013
The Vital Illusion, Vertigo Gallery Denver, 2013
Clique, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, 2012
Continue To Continue, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, 2012
Remix: Selections ICC, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012
All that remains, Ugly art room, NY, 2011
Remix: Selections from the ICS, Samek Art Gallery, 2011
Canada
IWCS, Espace MASSIVart, Montreal, 2014
Post Mortem, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, 2013
Ashkan Honarvar Collages* La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, 2012
YESSR4 Flesh Garden, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, 2012
Kutters, Gallery La Petite Mort, Ottawa, 2011
The Infidels, Gallery La Petite Mort, Ottawa, 2010
Tunisia
Let me be your hero, Ghaya Gallery, Sidi Bou Said, 2016
Costa Rica
IWCS, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San José, 2013
Ecuador
IWCS, Centro De Arte Contemporáneo De Quito, Quito, 2013
Peru
IWCS, Ma+Go, Lima, 2012
Chile
Post Mortem | YESSR6, Santiago, 2013
YESSR4 Flesh Garden, Sala +18, Santiago, 2012
Argentina
YESSR4 Flesh Garden, Casa Brandon, Buenos Aires, 2012
Group show, Akron gallery, Trondheim, 2018
Kunst I Hagen*, Pstereo Festival, Trondheim, 2017
IWCS, Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim, 2016The Netherlands
The winter edition, Walls Gallery, Amsterdam, 2014
The summer edition, Walls Gallery, Amsterdam, 2014
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam, Michael Hoppen Gallery, 2013
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam, BYT gallery, 2012
Ex Vivo* Subbacultcha!, Amsterdam, 2011
IWCS, Opperclaes, Rotterdam, 2011
Plaats Delict: Geweld, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, 2011
Reconstruct* Roodkapje, Rotterdam, 2010
mEATing, Perron 58, Tilburg, 2010
Generatie Y-2 ‘Doorstart’, Retort, Amsterdam, 2010
Generatie Y-2, Haarlem, 2009
Overwerk, Gallery Kunstliefe, Utrecht, 2009
Gogbot, Enschede, 2007 France
Paris Photo, rep. by Steven Kasher Gallery, Paris, 2011
Germany
Cutters Edges, Gestalten Space, Berlin, 2011
UK
IWCS, Jealous gallery, London, 2018
Ireland
Cutters, West Cork Art Centre, Cork, 2011
Spain
IWCS, La Atomica, Valladolid, Spain, 2016
IWCS, Me & the Curiosity, Barcelona, 2016
IWCS, Galeria Mad is Mad, Madrid, 2013
Italy
On the dark side* NOPX Turin, 2015*
Bleeding, Diorama magazine, Otolab, Milano, 2012
Poland
Roots & Fruits, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 2015
Germany
The age of collage, Gallery Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, 2014
The age of collage, Gestalten Space , Berlin, 2013