Elham Shafaei is an Iranian Artist based on United Arab Emirates
EDUCATION
- 2014-2017 PhD (Fine Arts), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
- 2010-2013 M.A (Fine Arts), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
- 2003-2007 Bachelor of Painting (Arts), Elm o Farhang University (SCU), Tehran, Iran
Elham Shafaei was born in 1983, Rasht – Iran. She received her B.A Bachelor of Painting (Arts) in Elm o Farhang (Science and Culture) University, Tehran, Iran. In 2010 she moved to Malaysia where she obtained M.A (Fine Arts) in Papermaking and PhD (Fine Arts) in Painting that examined the role of melancholia in creative life. In 2017 she relocated to United Arab Emirates, where she currently resides and pursues her studio practice. She is an international exhibiting artists, curator and art management. Through her curatorial projects she tries to connect artists’ internationally. Elham is the Co- Founder and Co-Editor at Contemporary Identities International Online Art Magazine-Gallery. Lately, she Founded i.e. Art Projects which is an Online Art Foundation to combines the tools of management, marketing and planning with the tools of audience- and community to build bridges between art, artists and audiences. Recently, she has been appointed as Industrial Fellow for the School of Arts,Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Selected Events
SOLO SHOWS
- 2019 Solo Painting Exhibition, “We are Lost”, Saye Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- 2016 Solo Painting Exhibition, “The Tears of Painting”, Museum dan Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Penang, Malaysia
- 2016 Solo Painting Exhibition, “The Mass Sepulchre”, Galeri Seni Mutiara, Penang, Malaysia
- 2015 Solo Art Exhibition, “I’m Still Crying”, Run Amok Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
- 2012 Solo Handmade-Art Paper Exhibition, “Surface Enchantment” Adiwarna Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
- 2008 Solo Painting Exhibition, “Gray”, Parvin Gallery, Rasht, Iran
SELCTED GROUP EXHIBITION
- 2021 Group Art Exhibition, Works from the Studio, Anniversary Exhibition of the CI Team, Virtual Exhibition at Contemporary Identities Online Art Gallery
- 2020-2021 Group Art Exhibition, Covid Conversation, Tashkeel Studio, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
- 2020 Group Art Exhibition, Made in Tashkeel, Tashkeel Studio, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
- 2020 Online art Exhibition, Shelter Domestics, Gallery Lane Cove & Creative Studios, New South Wales, Australia
- 2020 Art Fair, Plastic, 40th SIKKA Art Fair, Represented by Tashkeel Studio, Tashkeel Al Fahidi, Dubai, UAE
- 2019 Group Art Exhibition, “Made in Tashkeel”, Tashkeel Studio, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
- 2019 Group Art Exhibition, “Self-Sufficient”, Haft Samar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- 2019 Art Fair, “The House of Failure”, 39th SIKKA Art Fair, Represented by Tashkeel Studio, Tashkeel Al Fahidi, Dubai, UAE
- 2018 International Nature Image Festival (FIIN), “Nature and Science Drawing Exhibition”, Theatre of Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
- 2018 Cow Illustration Biennale, Dnipro City Central Library, Dnipro, Ukraine
- 2018 Group Art Exhibition, “Satu: Creative Collective Art Foundation”, May Bank Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 2017 Group Art Exhibition, Department of Culture and Heritage, Menarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE Sharjah Vantage Point. 5, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
- 2016 3rd Research Expo, Members of Association of Iranian Artist Under 40, Khane Honarmandan Iran (Iranian Artist Hub), Tehran, Iran
- 2016 Group Art Exhibition, Hin Bus Depot Art Centre, Penang, Malaysia
- 2015 Duet Art Exhibition with Farhad Fakhrian, Museum dan Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Penang, Malaysia
- 2015 International Arts Exhibition, To Glorify the 5th Cycle Birthday Anniversary of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, PSU Art Gallery (Arts and Cultural Centre), Songkla, Thailand
- International Print Ex-Change, Shang Kun Luo Qi Museum of International Modern Art, Hangzhou, China
- 2010 Group Exhibition of Painters Association, Khane Honarmandan Iran (Iranian Artist Hub), Tehran, Iran
- 2008 Group Exhibition of Painters Association, Niyavaran Culture House, Tehran, Iran
- 2008 2nd Exhibition of National Painting Institutes, Niyavaran Culture House, Tehran, Iran
- 2005 4th Islam World Painting Exhibition, Saba Art Academy, Tehran, Iran
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
- 2020 International Virtual Artist Residency, Art Colony Cered, Hungary
- 2019 Aria Residency, Tehran, Iran
- 2018 The Pickers ́ Hut @ Glaziers Bay, Tasmania, Australia
- 2016 International Contemporary Art Colony Cered, Hungary
AWARDS
- 2020 Received Art Jameel’s Research and Practice Programme, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 2016 Selected as International Alumni for the “Success Story Book”, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
- 2014 2nd Place Winner Award (Painting), an international juried competition, ASEAN and National Thai Artists’ Art Creation Journey “Artist Heritage of Southern Thailand”, University of Taksin, Thailand
- MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- 2018-Present Member at Tashkeel Studio, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 2010-Present Member of Institute for promotion of contemporary Visual Art, Tehran, Iran
- 2007-Present Member of Iranian painters’ association, Tehran, Iran