Shahla Aghapour, also known as Shahla Aghapour–Benakohell () is an Iranian visual artist, author and gallery director living in Germany. She works both as a writer and poet, as well as a painter, sculptor, performance artist and director of Galerie-Benakohell.
Biography Shahla Aghapour worked as a freelance artist in Berlin and has exhibited her works and readings in Germany and other countries.http://www.kodoom.com/en/search/?q=shahla+aghapour&qw=Berlin%2C+Germany | |title =Exhibitions and Readings She completed a Master of Art degree at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003 and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects."Workshops for children at Moabiter Ratschlag"
Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile. Aghapour is also a member of the “Group Seven” collective: a group of five Iranian women artists living and working in Germany, with a focus on women and social, cultural, and political issues around the world, especially relating to Iran.
Work
Exhibitions This is a list of select exhibitions, in order by date.
1996 – Cultural Center Spandau, Berlin, Germany 1997 – Landtag of Prussian, gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives, Germany 2008 – Island Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2009 - "Iranian night" (in book week of Germany), exhibition of painting about woman face and body, wives of current and former presidents of Germany had joined to the meeting 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States 2012 – Salon Exil, Berlin, Germany 2015 – Galerie-Benakohell, Berlin, Germany
Readings
Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States
Publications
Sarate garme hes (Parts of Emotions), (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany Ashovtegieh Djahan (Chaos of the Cosmos), (in Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum, Germany Parvaze sorkhe tan (Flying red bodies), (in Persian), Fourough Books Publishing, Cologne, Germany Oliver Twist in Tehran, (in German), POP Publishing, Ludwigsburg, Germany"POP Publishing" Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
References
External links
Website of Shahla Aghapour About her lyrik work About her art and gallery work Press review Museum Colgne, Germany Iran Tribune Iranian Artist Site