Nader Ahriman Biography

Nader Ahriman

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born 1964 in Shiraz, Iran
lives and works in Berlin


Education

Fine Arts Academy, Stuttgart
P.S.1 residency, New York
2005-2006 Visiting Professorship, Akademie der Künste, Karlsruhe 


Selected solo exhibitions

2015
Stromboli, Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo

2014          
Meta-Kubismus/Die Hegelmaschine, Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin

2013
Nader Ahriman. Meta-Kubismus, Kunstverein Hamburg 

2011
Die Hegelmaschine trifft die Weltseele, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien

2010
Transzendentale Denkfiguren, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
MACO Sur, Mexico City (Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna) ), curated by Adriano Pedrosa

2008
Negation der Negation, Klosterfelde, Berlin 

2007
All of Wittgenstein’s Children, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Stromboli, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York 

2006
Nader Ahriman: Paintings and Works on Paper 1995-1999, Allsoppcontemporary, London

2004
Platon erklärt die siderische Eschatologie der Milchstraße, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin

2003
Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (cat.)
He Had Come into the World to Destroy Painting, The Project, Los Angeles

2002
The Void between Saturn and the Fixed Stars, Asprey Jacques, London
Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg

2001
E il naufragar m’e dolce in questo mare, The Project, New York
Unendliche Ruhe des seligen Nichts, Klosterfelde, Berlin

1999
equilibrium, intensity and mental geometry of the philosopher S., Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg

1998
The Quantitative Ontology of Reality, The Project, New York
Revolution der Viadukte, Klosterfelde, Berlin

1997
Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg
Ein moralisch-metaphysisches Moment”, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland (cat.)
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo

1996
Aristoteles auf dem Eismeer, Klosterfelde, Berlin
Lukas & Hoffmann, Cologne

1995
Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin

1993
Kunstitut, Stuttgart


Selected group exhibitions

2015
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna

2013
Die Blendung, Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, Kunst-Werke, Berlin

2011
Where Language Stops, Wilkinson Gallery, London
The Cannibal’s Muse II, curated by Max Henry, Autocenter on location/Based in Berlin, Berlin
X, Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan

2010
Comment l’esprit vient à la matière – métaphysique chimie, curated by Stéphane Corréard, Galerie Hervé Loevenbruck, Paris
Aktualität eines Mediums – Nader Ahriman bis Chen Zhen, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Shazam!, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
Cage and Cunningham, MMoCA – The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison
Open, Zoya Museum, Modra

2009
Zeigen. An Audio Tour through Berlin by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Review / Preview, Damian Grieder Contemporary, Zürich

2008
MANIFESTA 7 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Trento
Kettles’s Yard, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

2007
Curiosities Encountered, Grieder Contemporary Sils-Maria, Sils-Maria
REF. curated by Gigiotto Del Vecchio, 1/9 unosunove arte contemporanea, Rom
Artists’ Books: Transgression / Excess, Space Other Gallery, Boston

2006
Falansterio, Supportico Lopez 32, Neapel
Kaminzimmer, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht bei Zürich

2003
Barraque D`Dull Odde (-Romantic-), Gigiotto Del Vecchio, Galleria, Continua, San Gimignano

2002
Asprey Jacques, London
Pertaining to Painting, Perspectives series organized by Paola Morsiani, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Museum of Art, Huston (cat)

2001
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (cat.)
neue Modelle / új modellek, Trafo – Haus für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Galerie Trafo, Budapest

2000
I fiori del mio giardino, Lucca (cat.)
Games and fairy tales, Museo – Laboratorio d’Arte Contemporanea, Città Sant’Angelo
Die Intelligenz der Hand, Rupertinum, Salzburg
Berlin – Binnendifferenz. Phase 1, Wien / Bregenz / Innsbruck / Salzburg

1999
examining pictures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, GB; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (cat.) 
Spellbound, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Malerei, INIT Kunst-Halle Berlin
draw, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Lè Grând Præmière Opénïng Shöw, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

1998
warming, The Project, New York
Complexity beyond surface, KUNSTNETZWERK, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich

1998
Sehen sehen, loop, Berlin

1996
Something changed, Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg

1995
Griffelkunst, Hamburg
Film Cut, neugerriemschneider, Berlin

1994
Studio Artists, MoMA PS1, New York

1990
The New Age, London

1989
Kunstverein Stuttgart