Reza Aramesh

Reza Aramesh was born in Iran. From the age of sixteen he moved to London, England where he studied Sciences and later Art. He studied MA Fine Art at Goldsmith University, London. He currently lives and works in London.
Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2007	You were the dead, their’s was the future Specially commissioned performance for Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now at the Barbican Art Gallery, London November 2007 www.barbican.org.uk Who is the third that walks beside you? Matthew Bown Gallery, London. Press release Reza Aramesh I am a Believer at Watermans Centre, London. Press release We’ve lost the hearts and minds…, E:vent Gallery, London.
2006	I am a Believer, Trafalgar Square, ICA, London. Press release
2005	The Key of Dreams, performance and billboard project, Gasworks Gallery, London. Of This Men Shall Know Nothing, Performance, Thomas Goode Shop, London.
2003	The Eternal Spring, Laurence O’Hana Gallery, London.
2002	Picture This, Platform Gallery, London.
Group Exhibitions
2007	Into Position Curated by Anthony Gross, Bauernmarkt 1 and 9, 1010 Vienna. www.intopos.com The Lucifer Effect, Curated by Gordon Cheung, Gallery Primo Alonso, London. www.primoalonso.com Space Invasion, An international Offspace Project, Reimergasse 4, 1010 Vienna. The politics of fear, Albion gallery, London. Temporary Measures, Associate, London. Curated by Hut Projects.
2006	Art Car Boot Fair, Brick Lane, London. Curated by Karen Ashton and Helen Hayward. Making a Scene, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel. Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, CQL Design Centre, Shanghai and Dashanzi 798 Art District, Beijing. Culture Bound, East Wing Collection VII, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London.
2005	Zoo Art Fair 2005, London Pencil (a drawing show), Carter presents, London. Defense, University of California Riverside, Sweeney Art Gallery, USA. Curated by Lauren Hartman. Contemporary Drawings, Parnassos Literary Society, Athens, Greece. Curated by Synthesis. We Have Met The Enemy and He is Us, Redux Project Space, London. Curated by Shezad Dawood.
2004	So You’re Afraid of What? Redux Project Space, London Curated by Centrefold.. Zoo Art Fair, London Zoo, London. Pilot1, Lime House Town hall, Lime House, London. Copy-art.net, launched at ICA, London. Curated by Irinie Papadimitrio. Art Car Boot Fair, Truman Brewery, London. Curated by Karen and Helen Asthon. Flea market, TemporaryContemporary, London. Gewalt, at Laushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curated by Suhall Malik. Sir ® Eel: The Suit since ’68: The Politics of Revulsion. Curated by Peter Lewis.
2003	Flaca, Flaca Gallery, London, Book Launch.
2001	What if I told the Truth? Cell Projects, London, curated by Reza Aramesh. Trick Peaser, Mandarin Duck, London, curated by Luke Oxley. Teeth and Trousers, Cell Projects, London, curated by Richard Priestly. Forever Yours, Victoria House, London, curated by Reza Aramesh. Including Henry Coleman, Howard Dyke, Paul Flannery, Ed Harper, Jo Mitchell, Monika Oechsler, Luke Oxley, Goshka Macuga, Rupert Norfolk. Desert Rose, Victoria House, London, curated by Reza Aramesh. Including Abi Stockbridge, Ben Judd, Dawn Mellor, Fiona Drummond, Jeremy Deadman, Jo Mitchell, Neil Zakiewicz, Nooshin Farhid, Paul Flannery, Ulli Knall. Heart of Glass, London College of Printing, curated by Esther Windsor.
2000	Include Me Out, London. Curated by John Chilver. Wooden Heart, Avco, London. Curated by Reza Aramesh and Tina Spear.
Projects & Publications
2006	Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue V, We’ve lost he heart and minds….
2005	Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue IV, I think I'll Speak Today.
2004	Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue III, So You're Afraid of What? Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue II, You're Not Safe here!
2003	Audio Scrapbook, Resonance FM, 2 Hour Transmission. Collaboration with Ben Wright Dance Company, Jerwood Award. Centrefold Scrapbook, Issue I.
2000	Wooden Heart: Diverse curatorial projects comprising 4 shows.
Selected Reviews & Articles
2007	Aesthetica, Issue 17, p.26 – 27, Niamh Coghlam. Time Out London January 10-17, Martin Coomer.
2006	Seconds, online magazine by Peter Lewis & Makiko Nagaya. DIF Magazine, No 38, Francesco Vaz-Frenandes, p.46-50 Art AsiaPacific, Issue 49, Sara Raza, p.28 Generator 1& 2, Peter Lewis, p.106-107 The Independent on Sunday, 12 March ABC, Rebecca Pearson, p.17 pluk, Issue 29, Maxa Zoller, p.21 Esquire (Japane) March, p.61
2005	Art Monthly No 284, Richard Hylton, p.36-37
2004	Art Asia Pacific No 41, cover page, Sara Raza p.54-57 Daily Telegraph, 05/07/2004 , p.8 Tavoos Issue 56 Contemporary No 63, Kathy Battista, p.54-55
2003	Vogue Hommes International, Fall/Winter, p.170 Frieze, Issue 73, Holly Welsh, p.100 - 101 Falca Book, volume 1
2002	Resonance Fm, Interview. City Racing, The life and times of an artist-run gallery, Book.
2001	What’s On, Dec 5-12, Gemma De Cruz, p.25 Art Review, Vol LII, Nov, p.45 Impression, Aug/Sept, p.30-34
2000	Independent on Sunday.
Awards & scholarships
2006	Artsadmin Bursary.
2005	Art Council of England sponsored ‘I am a Believer’ in collaboration with the ICA.
2004	London Arts Research and Development grant, Arts Council, GB.