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Bita Fayyazi is a multimedia artist, born in 1962 in Tehran. She lived in the United Kingdom for seven years and returned to Iran in 1980. Fayyazi is regarded as one of the pioneers of installation art in the years following the Iranian Revolution. Between 1975 and 1982, she traveled to England for study and residence. After returning to Iran, she learned pottery and ceramic-making techniques at workshops of the Cultural Heritage Organization and at a porcelain factory. From 1990 to 1997, she focused on producing ceramic vessels and relief tiles. Works from this period were presented at the Ceramic Biennial, and in 1998 she was awarded the Special Prize at the Sixth Tehran Contemporary Ceramic Art Biennial. In 1993, Fayyazi held her first solo exhibition titled Paintings on the Wall and Abstract Forms at the Classic Gallery in Isfahan. Throughout her artistic career, she has collaborated with Seyhoun Gallery, Khak Gallery, and Dastan Gallery in Iran, as well as the Barbican Centre (London), XVA Gallery (Dubai), the Louis Vuitton Foundation (Paris), and Isabelle van den Eynde Gallery (Dubai). Her works have also been featured in major international art events, including the 51st Venice Biennale, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Art Dubai, FIAC, Art Fair Asia Today, and Artissima. Fayyazi has also served as a juror for the Eighth Biennial of Ceramics and Glass at the Saba Cultural and Artistic Center.
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1962 – Born in Tehran
1973 – Emigrated to England
1980 – Returned to Iran
1989 – Group exhibition, Pafa Gallery, Tehran
1993 – Solo exhibition, Paintings on the Wall and Abstract Forms, Classic Gallery, Isfahan
1994 – Participated in the Fifth Biennial of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1998 – One of three recipients of the Special Prize at the Sixth Biennial of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Tehran
2001 – Group exhibition, Iranian Contemporary Art, installation of 2,000 insects, Barbican Centre, London
2003 – Group exhibition, Contemporary Iranian Artists, Pietro della Valle, Italian School, Tehran
2011 – Solo exhibition, The Unspoken Flow of Life; Yet I Still Drink My Afternoon Tea, Isabelle van den Eynde Gallery, Dubai
2012 – Solo exhibition, Made, Unmade, Doable – Mounted, Fallen, On Foot, Khak Gallery, Tehran
2014 – Art project, Dream Catcher, funded by the Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2018 – Art fair, Tir Art, presented by Khak Gallery, Tehran
2020 – Art fair, FIAC, presented by Dastan’s Basement, Paris
2021 – Art fair, Asia Now, presented by Plus 2, Paris
2022 – Group exhibition, Contemporary Collectors, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2023 – Art fair, Frieze New York, presented by Dastan’s Basement, New York
2024 – Group exhibition, Khosrownameh, Azad Designers Gallery, Tehran
2025 – Group exhibition, Soft Edge of the Blade, Third Edition, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai
2025 – Art fair, Art Fair, presented by Madar-e Movazi (Parallel Circuit), Tehran
