Mahmoud Bakhshi

Mahmoud Bakhshi (born in 1977) is better known in Iran as a visual artist. His previous exhibitions include: The Great Game, National Pavilion of Iran at 56th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia; All the World’s Futures curated by Okwui Enwezor, Venice, 2015; Too early, too late. Middle East and Modernity, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna 2015; TalkCloud, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran and narrative projects, London 2014; Recalling the Future: post-revolutionary Iranian art, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, 2014 Love Me/ Love Me Not, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its Neighbors, The 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, 2013; DISASTER, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris-Pantin, 2013; Transformed Visions, Tate Modern, London, 2012; Hard Copy, Art Gwangju 2012; Bah Man, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, 2011; The Engaged Artist: Influences of Graphics on Sculpture in the Middle Ages, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2010; Winner of MOPCAP award and residency at the Delfina Foundation, London, alumni of Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam In 2004 Bakhshi established artist books publishing named BON-GAH. In 2012 BON-GAH moved to a new warehouse style space just outside of Tehran. The new building has allowed for the project to develop wider and it now incorporated artist studios and production facilities. Throughout his career Mahmoud Bakhshi has collaborated on a number of films as artistic director and also co-producer, among them BAG DAD BAR BER (2006) and A RESPECTABLE FAMILY (2012), both directed by Massoud Bakhshi.