Mamali Shafahi, a multidisciplinary artist, was born in 1982 in Tehran, Iran. He began his studies in photography at the University of Art in Tehran and continued his education at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy in France in 2008. His artistic practice encompasses drawing, painting, photography, video, installation, and performance art, often developed through sustained, long-term projects. His first exhibition appearance was at the 9th Tehran Painting Biennial in 2004, followed by his first solo exhibition, My Magic Boxes, at Azad Art Gallery in Tehran in 2005. Shafahi has participated in international art fairs, including Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Paris, Art Dubai, and The Armory Show in New York. He has also received the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary for Artists twice. He lives and works in Tehran and Paris.
Born
1982, Tehran, Iran
Education
2002, Studied Photography, University of Arts, Tehran
2008, Studied at École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Paris-Cergy (ENSAPC), Cergy, Paris
Solo Exhibitions
2026, Birthday, Dastan Outside Projects, Tehran
2023, Phantasmagoria: Daddy Kills More People, The Breeder Gallery, Athens
2021, Judgment Night: Daddy Kills People, Parallel Circuit, Tehran
2021, Daddy Tissue, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp
2017, Fake News and Fake Science, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2016, The Underworld and Its Emergent Effects, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran
2014, Broken SD, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran
2013, Daddy Sperm, Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris
2012, Occidental Icons, Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris
2010, Wonderland (2,500 Years Celebration), Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris
2009, Mamali and His Doves in Art?!, Aaran Gallery, Tehran
2007, Everybody Needs a Show, ENSA Paris-Cergy Art School, Cergy, Paris
2007, Light Boxes, Wochdom Gallery, Paris
2006, In Search of Stolen Jesus, Limoges, France
2005, My Magic Box: Show of Light Boxes, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
Group Exhibitions
2026, Resonance, Dastan Outside Projects, Tehran
2026, Inventory of Belonging, Aabee Bleue Project, Los Angeles
2026, Parallel Circuit(s), Dastan Outside Projects, Tehran
2025, The Soft Edge of the Blade, Vol. 3, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai
2023, Realism, Dastan Outside Projects, London
2023, The Soft Edge of the Blade, Vol. 2, Zaal Art Gallery, Toronto
2023, Some Seasons: Fereydoun Ave and the Laal Collection, Art Jameel, Dubai
2023, Prospect 3, Parallel Circuit, Tehran
2023, Contemporary Exhibition, Hasht Cheshmeh Art Space, Kashan
2022, Screen, Screen on My Phone, Who’s the Fairest of Them All?, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2021, Soft Edge of the Blade, Dastan Outside Projects, London
2021, History of Fantasy, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp
2021, Artists’ Emergency Aid: Part 3, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2019, City Prince/sses: Dhaka, Lagos, Manila, Mexico City, and Tehran, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2016, Public Art, Public Spaces: Iran, Stanford University, California
2016, Skip or the National, London
2014, For Export Only, Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles
2013, Dixit, Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris
2012, Iranian Arts Now, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2011, Carte Blanche: With His Multiple Reflections, He Feels Secure, Art Video Film Festival, Cannes, France
2011, Good City for Dreamers, Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris
2010, I. U. (Heart), The Third Line, Dubai
2009, Collection Dubai: Showing 60 Collages from the Wonderland Series, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
2009, Ashura, Aaran Gallery, Tehran
2008, Lion Under the Rainbow, Athens
2007, Karaoke Poetry, performance with Alexandros Georgiou, parallel project to the Athens Biennale, Greece
2007, Radical Drawing II, Tehran Gallery, Tehran
2004, 9th Biennial of Tehran: Eraserhead, Tehran
Art Fairs
2025, 8Fair, represented by Parallel Circuit, Tehran
2025, Art Basel Miami Beach, represented by Zaal Art Gallery, Miami Beach
2023, Art Basel Hong Kong, represented by Galerie Mitterrand, Hong Kong
2023, Art Paris, represented by Galerie Mitterrand, Paris
2023, Art Brussels, represented by Everyday Gallery, Brussels
2023, The Armory Show, represented by Zaal Art Gallery, New York
2023, Art Dubai, represented by Dastan’s Basement, Dubai
2022, Art Dubai, represented by Dastan’s Basement, Dubai
2021, Art Dubai, represented by Parallel Circuit, Dubai
2021, Art Dubai, represented by Dastan’s Basement, Dubai
2021, Art Brussels, represented by Everyday Gallery, Brussels
2021, LISTE, represented by Dastan’s Basement, Basel
2021, LISTE Showtime, represented by Dastan’s Basement, Basel
2021, Asia Now, represented by Plus 2, Paris
2020, Art Paris, represented by Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris
2020, FIAC, represented by Dastan’s Basement, Paris
2008, Slick Art Fair, part of FIAC Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Focus Gallery, Paris
2008, Freedom, performance with Behrouz Rae, Art Athina Contemporary, Athens
Biennials
2004, 9th Biennial of Tehran, Eraserhead, Tehran
2007, Karaoke Poetry, performance in a parallel project to the Athens Biennale, Greece
Awards and Distinctions
2008, Recipient of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists
2009, Recipient of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists
2009, Nominated for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
2010, Nominated for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
2015, Finalist for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
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