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Dorsa Asadi is a ceramic artist Born in 1992 in Tehran, Iran. Her ceramic sculptures combine local references, such as the aesthetics of Iranian paintings and tiles, with contemporary subject matter such as gender, identity, environmental issues, and narratives that have shaped paradigms throughout history. She fabricates myths based on frequent motives in mythology across the world, for instance, the duality and superpowers of twins, fertility, sacrifice, and death, in order to make her narrative installations.

EDUCATION

2015 – 2018

Painting (MA) Faculty of Visual Arts, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran Dissertation Topic: “A study on Mother Archetype in Modernist Painter’s work Focusing on Latin American Painters.” Final project:” Elle and Bell a tale with no rise and fall.”

2011 – 2014

Handicrafts (BA) with a concentration on ceramics
Faculty of Applied Arts, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran

2009 – 2010

Pre-University degree in Art
Noor Art School, Tehran, Iran

2006 – 2009

Art school Diploma in Graphic design
Noor Art School, Tehran, Iran

AWARDS AND ART RESIDENCIES
June. 2022

Vayu residency, Kashan, Iran. Project Title: King’s Garden

Oct. 2020

One of the three winners of Mohsen Gallery annual prize for site-specific installations

June. 2019

Helicon Art Center, Bodrum, Turkey. Project Title: Inside the Belly of a Fish

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May. 2023
Strange Fruit, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
March. 2022
Balneum Mariae (Mary’s Bath), Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Sept. 2019
Elle and Belle a Tale with No Rise and Fall, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Jan. 2023
Azad group workshops open studio, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Aug. 2022
The Symposium of Tales, Maryam Art Gallery, Kashan, Iran
July. 2022

Small paintings, Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Jan. 2022

A room of one’s own, Soo Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Aug. 2021
Small paintings, Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Feb.2021
Shabtaab, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Jan. 2021
Contemporary ceramics group show, Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Sep. 2020
Mohsen Projects (my project: Temple/Garden), Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Nov. 2019

One of a thousand, Hakim Elahi Art Gallery, Rasht, Iran

June. 2019
Soratan, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Aug. 2018
Art for Peace Festival, Pardis Mellat Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Aug. 2017
At the Limen of a Forged world, Laleh Art gallery, Tehran, Iran
July. 2017
Jokal Painting Festival, Pardis mellat Art gallery, Tehran, Iran
March. 2017
Group sculpture show, Araan Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Feb. 2017
A few credible stories, Araan Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Jan. 2016
Vista Prize finalists, Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Aug. 2016

Nafas Art Festival, Iranian artists Forum, Tehran, Iran

Jan. 2015
Small Sculptures, Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Feb. 2015

Versus Art Sculpture Contest, Niavaran Cultural House, Tehran, Iran

ART FAIRS
Nov. 2023
Abu Dhabi Art Fair, presented by Green Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
March. 2023
Art Dubai, presented by Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
March. 2022
Art Dubai, presented by Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
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