saman kalantari - kulturelemente · 2014. 4. 23. · saman kalantari was born in shiraz in iran in...
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Saman Kalantari
An Authorized Theft (2013, performance for art-exchange)Foto: Hannes Egger
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Skin of the city-You are Safe-You are Safe II-Untitled 2013 for Inside-Out Project Lana Werk BankFoto: Damian Pertoll
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Saman Kalantari was born in Shiraz in Iran in 21st of September 1972. He got his B.A. in foreign language from Azad university in 1994. Saman started working as a ceramic artist since 1992 and has participated in several exhibitions both sin-gle and group shows.He left his country in 2004 and since then has been living in Italy.In 2005 he began a two-year course at Vetroricerca Glas & Modern in Bolzano and discovered a new me-dium : “Glass” which was the right material to describe his social experiences of life both in Iran and in Europe . In 2007 he got his diploma.He won the Bullseye "new comer award from E -merge 2008 in the United States.his works are publis-hed in Glasshouse, an international magazine for studioglass(glashaus 3/2009) and Neues Glas / New Glass , international journal focusing on studio glass No. 3/2011.
Selected Exhibitions:Group exhibition, Vesal Art gallery, Shiraz-Iran Iranian youth art festival 1995, Kerman-IranThe second biennial of Iranian contemporary sculptures, 2000, Tehran-Iran, Museum of contemporary artsSolo exhibition, 2000, Tarh art gallery, Shiraz-Iransolo exhibition, 2003, Tandis art gallery, Shiraz-IranGroup exhibition, 2004, Khaneye Honarmandan art gallery, Shiraz-Iran( installation, mixed media)Group exhibition, 2004, Baran art gallery, Shiraz, IranGroup exhibition(Glass), 2007, Piccola galleria, Bolzano-ItalyGroup Exhibition(Glass), 2007, Galleria Lungomare, Bolzano- ItalyGroup Exhibition(Glass), 2007, Valgardena-Ortisei, ItalySolo exhibition, (Glass), 2008, Teatro cristallo, Bolzano, ItalyOnce upon a time contemporary art (single installation, mixed media not glass), 2009, Museion (museum of contemporary arts of Bolzano, Bolzano, ItalyGlasHart, 2009, Fortvuren, NetherlandsGlass and mixed media 2009, Galleria Civica, Bolzano-ItalyBullseye gallery, Prtland, Oregan 2010Ntoijama glass Museum, Japan 2010Red Hot show 2010, Museum of glass, TACOMA, U.S.ACreative glass center Alumni Biennial 2011, The gallery of fine arts, Millville, NJ, USAKunstart 2012, Bolzano-ItalyThe art of fellowship, 2013-2014, museum of american glass, Millville, NJ, USAInside-out, 2013, Werkbank, Lana, BZ-Italy Awards: 2008 newcomer award, e-merge, Bullseye Resource Center, Portland, Oregon, USA; 2010 Warm Glass Prize, Warm Glass UK, Wrington, England; 2010 Finalist, Glass Kanazawa, Japan. Finalist 2010 e-merge, Bullseye Resource Center, Portland, Oregon. 2010, Craetive Glass Center of America fellowship, WheatonArts, Millville, NJ, USA. 2011, selected entry, Jutta Cunty-Franz memorial award. Semi-Finalist 2012 e-merge, Bullseye Resource Center, Portland, Oregon.
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Once upon time contemporary Art 2009 Atelier House MuseionFoto: Saman Kalantari
Inside Out (2013)Foto: Saman Kalantari