Born in Shiraz, Iran in 1980, Mahsa Karimizadeh has been active as an artist since 2005. She gaduated with a BA sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran. Until now, she has been creating a wide body of works, ranging from sculpture to installations and paintings.
Before university, she focused on the production of expressive portraits, but soon after, she decided to turn her attention and sensibility to sculpture. Her work covers a wide variety but remain simplistic and focused primarily on visual elements such as lines and dots. There is a subtle sense of contrast in her work that seems both unfinished and tuned to perfection.
Karimizadeh won the second prize in the 5th Tehran Sculpture Biennial, for which she was awarded a two-month artist residency at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris. Karimizadeh also participated in a one-year residency in “Lepsien Art Foundation” in Dusseldorf, Germany, where Zero foundation invited her to participate in the “Socle Du Monde” biennale 2017 at the Heart Museum, Denmark.
Pencil on Fiberglass - 125 x 90 x 7 cm - 2018
Fiber glass - 40 x 40 x 50 cm - 2014
Foam & Wood - 200 x 150 x 80cm - 2016
Pencil on Fiber glass - 80 x 60 x 3 cm - 2018
Bronze - 45 x 45 x 40 cm - 2014
Foam - 150 x 150 x 150 cm - 2007
Pencil on Fiberglass - 2018
Highlights
Award
2012 Papillon Award for Best Artwork – Flying Colors, Visual Exhibition, Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 5th Iran Sculpture Biennial (Winner Second Prize) – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2007 Visual Arts Festival (Winner Third Prize) – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation – Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation – Khak Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2013 Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Exhibition of Sculpture – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 ‘Portraits’ – Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 ‘Portraits’ – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Exhibition of Sculpture and Painting – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Exhibition of Sculpture and Photo-Sculpture – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Exhibition of Painting – Zarif Gallery, Shiraz, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2017 Socle Du Monde Biennale – Zero Foundation, (Heart Museum, Denmark)
2017 Opening of the New Building for Zero Foundation in the Old Studios of Zero Group – Dusseldorf
2016 15/16 International Grant Program Emerging Artists – Dusseldorf, Germany
2015 13 Artists for a New Day by Freydoun Ave – Lajvardi Collection
2013 Extraterrestrial – Aun Gallery, Tehran
2012 Flying Colors, Visual Exhibition – Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 Sculpture and Painting – Aun Gallery, Tehran
2012 The Other Half of Iran – SEM_ART Gallery, Monaco
2012 Sculpture Exhibition – Belgium Embassy, Tehran
2011 Sculpture Exhibition “TILL” – Henna Gallery
2011 The Second Sculpture EXPO – Shirin Gallery
2010 Sculpture Exhibition and Workshop – Farvahar Gallery, Tehran
2010 Sculpture Exhibition – Farvahar Gallery, Tehran
2009 5 Artists X 3 Dimensions – XVA Gallery, Dubai
2008 The First Iranian Annual Sculpture EXPO – Iranian Artists’ Forum
2008 The First Urban Sculpture Biennial – Barg Gallery
2008 Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Artists’ Forum
2008 Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Garden Museum
2008 Creek Art Fair – Bastakiya, XVA Gallery, Dubai
2008 5th Iran Sculpture Biennial – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (Winner second prize)
2007 Sculpture Exhibition, Self Portrait – Imam Ali Museum
2007 Visual Arts Festival – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (Winner second prize)
2006 Selection of 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium – Imam Ali Museum
2006 Installation Exhibition – Tehran Gallery
2006 Sculpture Exhibition – Consult INBA Center, Mexico City
2006 Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Artists’ Forum
2006 Sculpture Exhibition (Selection of Under 35-Year-Old Sculptors) – Iranian Artists’ Forum
2005 4th Iran Sculpture Biennial
2005 Sculpture Exhibition of Graduated Students – Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts
Residencies
2015 1-Year Artist Residency – Lepsien Art Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008 2-Month Artist Residency – Cité des Arts, Paris (Prize for Winning Second Prize at the 5th Tehran Sculpture Biennale)