Charlene Rodrigues – Middle East Eye
FarmanFarmaian’s multimedia works revolve around the ideas of movement and memory as they apply to the life and consciousness of a self-identified nomad. “
Huffington Post
History, memory and the post-tribal inform the work of Persian-born artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian, whose lifetime of living in exile in Paris, in Andalusia and in North Africa profoundly influenced both his creative practice and individual character. “It is circumstance that ultimately shapes lives,” says the artist, whose work seeks to actively engage in bridging dialogues between past. and future, east and west, archaic craft and innovative technology. As such, his compositions possess a vivacious and spontaneous energy, as well as a deeply symbolic quality, which speaks to a multiplicity of currents in ecology, politics, art and philosophy.
Originally rooted in Persian lore and focused on themes of nature, architectonics and interplay between realism and abstraction, Farman Farmaian’s ever evolving body of work presents deep underlying explorative segments united by common motifs of movement and texture. The raw and visceral emotion of his pieces is tempered by material properties often produced and sourced within the framework of tribal collaborative craftsmanship. Each work is the result of careful contemplation of the techniques and tools that will achieve a singular aesthetic and emotional intention. These in turn are deftly combined to create a unique visual rhythm across a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, film, music and AR.
Firouz FarmanFarmaian lives and works in between Andalusia and Athens.
FIROUZ FARMANFARMAIAN NFTS
The-Takeover-Collection
STRAY BEYOND BORDERS, FORMAT, MEDIUM
NAVIGATING A MULTIPLICITY OF CURRENTS IN ART
PLANET PRESERVATION & PHILOSOPHY
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN BRIDGING DIALOGUES BTW
PAST / FUTURE
EAST / WEST
THE ARCHAIC / THE INNOVATIVE
FIROUZ FARMANFARMAIAN NFTS
STRAY BEYOND BORDERS, FORMAT, MEDIUM
NAVIGATING A MULTIPLICITY OF CURRENTS IN ART
PLANET PRESERVATION & PHILOSOPHY
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN BRIDGING DIALOGUES BTW
PAST / FUTURE
EAST / WEST
THE ARCHAIC / THE INNOVATIVE
Firouz FarmanFarmaian
Born 1973, Tehran, Iran
Lives and works @ We R the Nomads – Sotogrande, Spain / Marrakech, Morocco.
Studied at ESA Ecole Spéciale D’Architecture, Paris, France.
ESAG Penninghen, Paris, France.
Selected Solo Exhibits
2018-2021 ORGANIC ABSTRACTION I The Chapel by Fabien Fryns Fine Arts I La Zagaleta Benahavis, Spain.
2021 STRANGE DEATH OF THE FUTURE VR Oculus Exhibit – Patioo Monoroom Nouvelle Vague Artspaces VR
2020 TRACES VR & Augmented I Palais Aziza Marrakech, Janet Rady Fine Art, Kebira Foundation &
Nouvelle Vague Artspaces VR
2020 Let’s Get Lost ( Let Them Send out Alarms ) 2.0 VR Exhibit I Nouvelle Vague Artspaces VR & Janet
Rady Fine Art ( London ), Nava Contemporary ( San Francisco – NYC ) .
2020 MEMORANDUM OF THE UNKNOWN PATH I Exhibition-Installation I Théâtre Royal de Marrakech I
1-54 ArtFair Public Program – Jameel Prize Nominee.
2019 PERMANENCE OF TRACE I We R the Nomads Agency, Space @50 I London.
2018 POETRY OF THE TRIBE I Leonard Tourné Gallery & Salomon Arts Gallery I NYC.
2018 NATURESCAPES I Syra Arts Gallery I Washington DC.
2017 NOMADIC DISPLACEMENT I Exhibition- Installation I Marrakech Museum I Marrakech.
2017 STRATA I Golan Rouzkhosh Gallery Hamburg I Hamburg.
2016 Momentary Meditations I Galeria Maior I Pollença, Mallorca.
2016 Dark Side of The Masses Installation I Edificio El Posito, Los Barrios – La Lonja Vieja I Barbate, Spain.
2016 RETROPROJECTION I Marrakech Museum – Fondation Benjelloun I Marrakech, Morocco.
2015 RetroProjection I Galerie Golan Rouzkhosh I Fiac 2015 I Paris, France.
2015 Blue Taxi To Paradise I Installation I Nando Argüelles Art Project I Sotogrande, Spain.
2014 WAVES I Barclays Bank Foundation & Galerie Golan Rouzkhosh I Paris.
2013 JUNKSPACE I Mews 42 Gallery I London.
2013 Cadmium Black I Galerie Golan Rouzkhosh I Paris.
Selected Group Exhibits, Joint Exhibits & Auctions
2021 RE-EMERGE Kathryn Markle Gallery I Curator Heidi Komarami – Bridgehampton – NY.
2019/ 2020 MANA Decentralised I Mana Contemporary – Jersey City – NJ.
2019 EXT-INT / INT-EXT I Nouvelle Vague Artspaces – ArtMarbella Group Exhibit.
2019 Iran Heritage Foundation Nowrouz 2019 Gala & Sotheby’s auction I London.
2018 Tale of Two Cites I Magic of Persia Foundation Exhibit & Bonham’s Auction – Monaco & LA.
2018 If So, What – Sillicon Valley Art Fair I Roya Khadjavi Projects I San Francisco.
2017 Iran Heritage Foundation Nowrouz 2017 Gala & Sotheby’s auction I London.
2017 The (Un)Draped Woman I Advocartsy I Curated by Sandra Williams ( LACMA ) I Los Angeles.
2016 Memory & Future / Future & Memory Joint Exhibit I Curated by Janet Rady – Shirin Gallery NY I NYC.
2016 Remembering Tomorrow MOP Foundation I Niavaran Center , Tehran I Jamm Art Gallery, Dubaï.
2016 Persian Colors Exhibit I Shirin Gallery New York I NYC.
2015 Magic of Persia Foundation 2015 Nowrouz Gala-Exhibition-Christie’s Auction I Dubaï UAE.
2015 ICAM Foundation Gala & Fundraiser I Monaco.
2014 Scope-Art Basel 2014 I Janet Rady Fine Arts I Basel.
2014 Black Gold Group Exhibit I Shirin Gallery Tehran I Tehran.
2013 Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi Fund Gala & Fundraiser – Christie’s Auction I Monaco.
Private Collections
HIH Farah Diba Private Collection.
Miss Beth Rudin DeWoody Private Collection.
Mr Kamran Diba Private Collection.
Miss Christiane Amanpour Private Collection.
Mr Mohammad Afkhami Private Collection.
Count, Countess Gerasimus Claudio Marianti Camerata di Pergola Private Collection
Countess Gunilla Von Bismarck Private Collection.
Prince Chahram Pahlavi Private Collection.
Fondation Behnam Bakhtiar Collection
Fondation Benjelloun – Marrakech Museum Collection.
Magic of Persia Foundation Collection.
Ali-Reza Pahlavi Foundation Collection.
Antonio Banderas Foundation Collection.