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Kambiz Sabri

1967

Kashan, Iran

Kambiz Sabri was born in 1967 in Kashan and was raised in Shahroud. His early exposure to art began at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he learned painting. However, his youth coincided with a challenging period for the arts in his country.

Despite this, the rich and diverse landscapes of Shahroud deeply inspired him, and his sports instructor, Mr. Hossein Karimi, played a significant role in shaping his artistic sensibilities.

He has a BA in sculpture, industrial Design and an MA in graphic design. He also has worked in Architecture media for several years. He is teaching at a number of art faculties in Tehran, namely in the faculty of fine arts, Tehran University. Kambiz has held various solo exhibitions and participated in more than 150 group exhibitions in contemporary art museums and galleries around the world.

He has won prizes from the 3rd Sculpture Biennial and the 2nd Sculpture Symposium of Iran. He is also a winner of the Emirates Airlines Skywards Future Artists competition 2011. His international activities include being the coordinator for the Iran pavilion in the 51st Venice Biennial and participation in Toyomora Sculpture biennial 2007 in Japan, Art Dubai 2011 – 2018, Art Paris 2011 and 2012, Bangladesh biennial 2012, Art 13 London, Florence biennial 2013, Venice Architecture Biennial 2016 and Sharjeh Art Festival 2018.

He has also been a judge and member of committees of several Biennials and art competitions among Tehran’s sculpture symposium 2016 and the 7th Tehran Sculpture Biennial. In December 2015, one of his sculptures was selected and installed in the garden of “Asian art and culture museum” Chiayi – Taiwan alongside Yayoi Kusuama and Hiroshi Senju’s artworks.

Baghe Melli - To the Best of My Mind Series

Fiberglass, plexiglass, mirror and wire - 53 x 53 x 185 cm - 2024

Record of a Birth

Galvanized fences and stainless-steel balls - 80 x 80 x 92 cm - 2023

Untitled - A Place to Stand Series

Fiberglass, Galvanized Fences and Stainless-steel Balls - 62 x 62 x 150 cm - 2022

Untitled - To the Best of My Mind Series

Polycarbonate, plexiglass and mirror - 115 x 90 x 165 cm - 2021

Highlights

Award

2015 Selected Outdoor Sculpture – Installed in the Garden of Asian Arts and Culture Museum, Chiayi, Taiwan

2011 Selected Artist and Honor Diploma – 6th Sculpture Biennial of Iran 2011, Tehran, Iran

2011 Winner of the Emirates Skywards Competition – Dubai, UAE

2009 Winner of the Tehran’s Sculpture Symposium – Barg Gallery, Tehran

2007 Selected Artwork – Sculpture Biennial 2007, Toyamura, Japan

2006 Selected Artwork and Honor Diploma – First Visual Arts Festival, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2006 First Prize – Khoramshahr Competition (Sculpture Designing), Tehran

2002 Jury’s Special Prize – 3rd Iran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Tehran (Juries: Arnoldo Pomodoro, David Galloway, Marco Meneguzzo)

2002 Selected Prize – Abbasabad Renovation Project, Tehran

2002 Winner of the “Arm Designing” Competition – Iranian Sculptors Association, Tehran

2001 Selected Artwork – Conceptual Art Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions

2018 Sculpture Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2015 Video Art Exhibition – AUVERS-SUR-OISE Gallery, Paris, France

2013 Video Sculpture Exhibition – Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013 Sculpture Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2012 Sculpture Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2011 Sculpture Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2011 Sculpture Exhibition – Taiss Gallery, Paris, France

2010 Sculpture Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2009 Sculpture Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Group Exhibitions

2019      Group Art Exhibition – SALES Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2019      Group Art Exhibition – JALEH Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2019      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2018      Iranian Gardens, Group Art Exhibition – Nicolas Felamel Gallery, Paris, France

2018      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2018      Group Art Exhibition – Ariana Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2017      Group Art Exhibition – Salsali Private Museum (SPM), Dubai, UAE

2017      Iranian Gardens, Group Art Exhibition – Nicolas Felamel Gallery, Paris, France

2017      Group Art Exhibition – SALES Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2017      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2016      Iranian Gardens, Group Art Exhibition – Nicolas Felamel Gallery, Paris, France2016      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2016      Group Art Exhibition – Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2016      Persbook Iranian Art Exhibition – Niavaran Artistic Creations Foundation, Tehran, Iran

2015      Painting Exhibition – AUVERS-SUR-OISE Gallery, Paris, France

2015      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2015      Iranian Gardens, Group Art Exhibition – Nicolas Felamel Gallery, Paris, France

2015      Iranian Group Art Exhibition, Shahre Gheseh 2 – Nicolas Felamel Gallery, Paris, France

2014      TAKHTI, Group Exhibition – Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2014      Iranian Postmodernism – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2014      Group Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2014      Iranian Group Art Exhibition, Shahre Gheseh 1 – Nicolas Felamel Gallery, Paris, France

2013      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013      Group Art Exhibition – Paradis – Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013      Sculpture Exhibition – ARTSPACE Gallery, London, UK

2012      Persbook Iranian Art Exhibition – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2012      Group Art Exhibition – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2012      Group Art Exhibition – Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2012      Group Art Exhibition – Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2012      Group Art Exhibition – Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2012      Group Art Exhibition – Farvahar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2012      The Thirty-Sixth Environmental Art Festival – Hormoz Island, Iran

2012      No Subject, A Group Show of Young Iranian Artists – 1×1 Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2011      Persbook Iranian Art Exhibition – Isfahan Contemporary Museum of Art, Isfahan, Iran

2011      Sculpture Exhibition, Selected Artworks – The 3rd Sculpture Symposium of Iran, Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran

2011      Sculpture Exhibition – Farvahar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2011      Sculpture Exhibition (Expo) – Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2010      Sculpture Exhibition – Farvahar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2010      Sculpture Exhibition, Small Sculpture – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2009      Sculpture Exhibition – Cite des Arts, Paris, France

2009      Sculpture Exhibition (Expo) – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2009      Sculpture Exhibition, Small Sculpture – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2009      The Visual Arts Festival – Saba Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran

2009      Sculpture Exhibition, “Five Artists X 3 Dimensions” – XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2008      Sculpture Exhibition (Expo) – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2008      Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Garden Museum, Tehran, Iran

2007      Manifestations of Contemporary Art in Iran – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2007      Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2007      Sculpture Exhibition, Winners in the Sculpture Biennials of Iran – Tehran Gallery, Iran

2006      The 1st Visual Arts Festival – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2006      Sculpture Exhibition “Mayoralty” – Niavaran Complex, Tehran, Iran

2006      Installation Exhibition – Tehran Gallery, Iran

2006      Sculpture Exhibition – Consult INBA Center, Mexico, Mexico

2006      Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2005      Iranian Modern Artists – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2005      Iranian Gardens – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2004      Sculpture Exhibition – Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran

2004      Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran University Sculpture Graduates – Tehran Gallery, Iran

2001      Conceptual Art Exhibition – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2000      Conceptual Art Exhibition – Faculty of Fine Art, Tehran University, Iran

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