Sadegh Tirafkan (; July 3, 1965 in Karbala, Iraq to Iranian parents – May 9, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an Iranian contemporary artist who lived mainly in Tehran, Iran.

Career

Tirafkan employed different media in his work: photography, video installation, and collage. He graduated from Tehran University with a degree in Photography in 1989 and participated in solo and group exhibitions worldwide.

Sadegh Tirafkan

Tirafkan's work included "Manhood", which dealt with the perception of masculinity in Persian culture. Other projects such as "Persepolis", "Ashoura", "Secret of Words", "Iranian Man", "Whispers of the East", "The Loss of Our Identity", "Multitude" and "Devotion" dealt with Iranian history, identity, sociopolitical, religious and gender issues.

Sadegh Tirafkan

His works are in the collections of several museums including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, British Museum, Brooklyn Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Sadegh Tirafkan

Group Exhibition

1986 Ketabe Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.

Personal Exhibitions

1989 Mansoureh Hossini Gallery, Tehran Iran

1991 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1995 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1997 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2000 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2001 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2002 Massoud Nader Gallery, New York City, United States

2002 Parkerson Gallery, Houston, United States

2003 VU Gallery, Paris, France

2004 Lehmann maupin Gallery, New York City, United States

2005 Assar Art gallery, Tehran, Iran

2005 Espace photography Contreype, Brussels, Belgium

2005 VU Photography Centre, Quebec City, Canada

2006 Aspace Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2006 Lee Ka-Sing gallery, Toronto, Canada

2006 Massoud Nader Gallery, New York City, United States

2007 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2008 Assar Art gallery, Tehran, Iran

2010 Selma Feriani + Louise Alexander Gallery, London, UK

Works

1997 Persopolis, Video installation

2000 The Children of Dark city, Installation & video, Painting, Sculpture

2000 Iranian Man, Photographic series

2001 Ashura, Installation pictures, video & painting

2002 Secret of Words, Photographic series

2002 Stages, Photo, Video installation

2003 Sacrifice, Photographic series

2005 Lighting The Nation Gate, Photo, Video installation

2006-7 Whispers of the East, Photographic series

2009-2010 Human Tapestry, Photographic series

Public collection

2001, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2003, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, France

2007, British Museum, London, UK

2008, Brooklyn Museum, New York City, United States

2008, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States

See also

Culture of Iran

Islamic art

Iranian art

Iranian art and architecture

List of Iranian artists

References

External links

CV/Images

Official website

France 24 TV Interview

NY Times Article "Habitats - Home and Album", 03/04/2010

NY Times Article "Iran Inside Out", Chelsea Art Museum, 24/07/2009

NY Times Article "Art in Review - Loop and layered", 03/07/2009

NY Times Article "What Would Sappho Say?", 20/01/2004

See also

Iranian cinema

Iranian modern and contemporary art

Iranian film directors

Iranian contemporary artists

Iranian photographers

People from Karbala

1965 births

2013 deaths