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BAHAR TAHERI

Education

• 2018 MFA in Painting, Comparative evaluation for studies done outside of Quebec
• 2009 MFA in Painting, Soore University, Tehran, Iran
• 2006 BFA in Painting, Soore University, Tehran, Iran
• 2000 Associate degree in Graphic Design, Shariaty Technical College, Tehran, Iran

Solo / Duo Exhibitions

Group Exhibition (selection)

• 2022 Biennial 15, Dawson College, Warren G.Flowers Art Gallery, Montreal
• 2021 L’art dans la rue/Mémoire de l’avenir, Montréal, Canada
• 2021 Créer des ponts, ART SOUTERRAIN, Montréal, Canada
• 2021 I am from here, Rad Hourani Foundation, Montreal, Canada
• 2020 From There to Here II, La Shed, Gabarus, Cape Breton, Canada
• 2020 Drawing Group Exhibition, On paper, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2019 Galerie Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Canada
• 2018 Participation in exhibition/workshop Traits d’union, mémoire du corps de François Morelli, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal, Canada               
• 2018 Duo with Marie-Douce St-Jacques, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montreal, Canada
• 2018 Erotic Art Fair, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada
• 2017 « Un million d’horizons», Mtl 375th anniversary, duo with Makhfi, Galerie Port-Maurice, Montreal, Canada
• 2017 Expo 67/17, Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI), Montreal, Canada
• 2016 MEKIC, Montreal, Canada
• 2016 Nulle p’ART Ailleurs, DAM 10th anniversary, TOHU, Montreal, Canada
• 2015 Tehran Virtual or Real, Aaran Project, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2015 Etemad Gallery , Tehran, Iran
• 2015 Selfie, MEKIC, Montreal, Canada
• 2015 Salon Esque, Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI), Montreal, Canada
• 2015 Open house Atelierhaus Speicher II, Münster, Germany
• 2015 Tehran Mon Amour, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany
• 2015 La Nuit Blanche, Café Aunja, Montreal, Canada
• 2014 Salvation,Gaza, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
• 2013 Tehran Art, Lajevardi Fondation, Tehran, Iran
• 2013 Austrian cultural forum (OKAF), Tehran, Iran
• 2012 Artist talk and presentation of artworks, IM Traklhase Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
• 2012 Still Life, Installation – Performance, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2012 Portrait, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2012 Portrait (The Last Time I Saw You), Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2011 Border : mixed-media exhibition, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2011 Portrait 13.18, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2010 Sketching Through the Walls, ICC ATHENS, Athens, Greece
• 2010 Auto-portraits (exposition de peinture), Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2010 Inverted Heaven (exposition de peinture), Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2009 Exposition de peinture, Art Center, Tehran, Iran
• 2008 Community of Iranian Painters, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
• 2008 Installation & Sound effect, Mane-Honar-No Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2008 Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
• 2007 Painting Workshop and Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA), Tehran, Iran
• 2007 Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
• 2007 Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Art Fairs

• 2020  Art Toronto, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, Canada
• 2020 Papier / Contemporary Art Fair,Montreal, Canada
• 2019  Art Toronto, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, Canada

Grants

• 2022 Art Abroad, Canada Council for Arts (CCA), Montreal, Canada
• 2020 Vivacité Research- Creation, Conseil des arts des lettres du Québec (CALQ), Montreal
• 2018 Alliance- artiste en arts visuels, Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI), Montreal, Canada
• 2018 DémART-MTL, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Artist Residencies

• 2023 Château d ’Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• 2013 Münster FAK project, Münster, Germany
• 2012 Salzburg Art Residency, Salzburg, Austria

Collection

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
• Lajevardi Foundation
• Omid Tehrani, Assar Art Gallery
• Amir Etemad, Etemad Gallery
• Ehsan Rasoulof, Mohsen Gallery
• Farah Diba
• Saeed Kourous
• Nader Mobargha

Publications | Articles/Books

• 2020 Contemporary Identities International Art Magazine issue 8, By Emelia Ong
• 2019 MMFA Press release, Sharing the Museum 20^th anniversary, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• 2019 “Bahar Taheri: De Téhéran à Montréal”, Montréal arts interculturels à Journal Métro
• 2017 “Un million d’horizons catalogue”, le réseau Accès culture de la ville de Montréal
• 2014 “Memory,History,oblivion” by Farid Aminoleslam, Tandis Visual Arts, Iran
• 2013 “Fahnen auf der Flucht” by Sabine Mulle, Zeitung Für Münster, Germany
• 2013      “Gestohlene Fahnen ou Teheran” by Von Gerhald H.Kock, Münsters che Zeitung, Germany
• 2013 “Austausch und Dialog” by Junge Kuratoren, Kontur Journal, Germany
• 2012 “Tehran Art-A Popular Revolution”, Contemporary Art Publication, Tehran, Iran