Parastou Forouhar; 1962 born in Teheran / Iran, sience 1991 based in Germany
1984-90 BA Art from University of Teheran
1992-94 MA College of Art Offenbach/Germany
1995-2000 Member of the art project Fahrradhale
2001 grant from Hessen Cultural Foundation
grant from Kunstfonds Foundation
2004 grant from Balmoral Kunstler Hause
2005 Kohj nternational Artistsworkshop, Bombey
2006 grant from the german academy in Rom-Villa Massimo
2007 residency of Berlin cultural Senat in Istanbul
Solo Exhibitions selection
2001 Blind Spot, Stavangar Cultural Centre, Stavangar - Norway
2002 Shoes Off!, de Ligt Gallery, Frankfurt
Blindspot, Golestan Art Gallery, Teheran ( Banned by Iranian authorities)
2003 Thousand and One day, National Gallery at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2004 Ornamentic, City Museum, Crailsheim
Signs, Einstein Forum, Potsdam
2005 Parastou Forouhar in the German Kathedral, Berlin
Spielmannszuege, Dominikanerkloster forum, Frankfurt
Spielmannszuege, Saarland artists space, Saarbruecken
2006 Blind Spot, Gallery Karin Sachs, Miunich
2007 Just a Minute, Fondazione Pasteficio Cerere, Rom
2008 Parade, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Lückenwalde
2009 Parastou Forouhar in Gallery Karin Sachs, Miunich
Links of Violnce, Orgel Fabrik, Karlsruhe
I Surrender, Azad Gallery, Teheran
2010 Parastou Forouhar at RH Gallery, NY
Parastou Forouhar at Leighton House Museum, London
He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not, Verso Artecontemporanea; Turin
2011 He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not, Karin Sachs Gallery, Miunich
Written room, Fondazione Merz, Turin
Group Exhibitions selection
2001 2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin
Frankfurter Kreuz, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Scene Change XIX, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt
Migration,Womens’ Museum, Bonn
2002 Source as Inspiration, Francke Foundation, Halle
Say Hello Wave Goodbye Hohenlohe & Kalb Gallery, Vienna
2003 M_ARS -Art and War, The New Gallery Land Museum Joanneum, Graz
Gaestebud-Feast/Hospitality, Arhus, Denmark
Bellisima, Gallery of the Art Academy of Leipzig
Zan-e-irani, Womens’ Museum, Bonn
2004 Far Near Distance, Centre of the World Cultures, Berlin
Gabriele Münter Price, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
The Ten Commandments, German Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
4. Busan Biennal, South Korea
2005 Intersections, jewish museum of Melbourne/ jewish museum of San Fransisco
2006 Eastern Exprssway, Evangelische Stadtakademie Frankfurt
The critical eye, Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
Hannah Ahrendt thinking space, Berlin
2007 Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, NY
Retracing Territories, Kunsthalle Fribourg
Gestalte – Design Medien Kunst, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Mahrem, Santral Istanbul, Istanbul
2008 Mahrem, Kunsthalle Wien / Tanas, Berlin
Re-Imagining Asia, Haus of the world cultures, Berlin
Vote for Women, Kunst Meran, Merano
Naqsh, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
2009 The Power Of Ornament, Belvedere, Vienna
Dream And Reality, Paul Klee Center, Bern
In Istanbul-From Arrivel To Departure, BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
Rebelle, Museum of Moderen Art, Arnehm
Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, South Korea
2010 Veiled Memoirs, XIV Biennale Donna, Ferrara
Nagsh and Raghsh, Muesum of Islamic Art, Sharja
21st Century, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane
War/Individium, AZKM, Muenster
2011 Political Patterns, IFA Gallery, Berlin / Stuttgart
Disturbing The Public Opinion, Roda Sten, Gothenburg
The Ornamental Gesture, Kuenstlerhaus, Dortmond
ZENDEGI, 12 contemporary Iranian Artists, Beirut Exhibition Center
Ornamental Structures, Stadtgalerie Saarbruecken
20 Years of Presence, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt
Medi(t)ation – 2011 Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts