| 1962 born in Teheran Iran | |
| 1984-1990 | BA Art from University of Tehran
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| since 1991 | living and working in Germany
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| 1992-1994 | MA at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach/M. |
| 1995-2000 | Member of the art project Fahrradhalle
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| 2001 | Grant of the Hessische Kulturstiftung (Hessian cultural foundation) |
| Grant of the Kunstfonds-Stiftung (Kunstfond foundation) | |
| 2004 | Residency at Schloss Balmoral |
| 2005 | Residency at Gertrude center of contemporarye Art, Melbourne |
| Khoj international Artistsworkshop , Bombay | |
| 2006 | Residency at Villa Massimo, Rom |
| Co-curator, Treibsand, DVD Magazin on Contemporary Art, Teheran Issue
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| 2007 | Residency at BM center of contemporary Art; Istanbul |
| 2008 |
".docs // M." geopoliticaART magazin, THE IRANIAN FALL
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Selected solo shows |
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| 2001 | Blind Spot, Stavanger cultural center, Stavanger, Norway |
| 2002 | Schuhe ausziehen, Gallery de Ligt, Frankfurt/M |
| Blind Spot, Golestan Art Gallery, Teheran, Iran (banned) Blind Spot, exhibition hall Schulstrasse 1A, Frankfurt/M. |
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| 2003 | Tausendundein Tag, National Gallery Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin |
| 2004 | Schuhe ausziehen, Einstein Forum, Potsdam |
| Sprache des Ornaments, City tmuseum Spital, Crailsheim |
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| 2005 | Parastou Forouhar at Deutscher Dom, Berlin |
| Spielmannszüge, Forum of the Dominican monastery, Frankfurt |
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| 2007 | Just A Minute, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rom |
| 2008 Parade,
Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Lückenwalde
2009 Parastou Forouhar in Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich Links of Violence, Orgel Fabrik, Karlsruhe |
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Selected group shows |
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| 2001 | 2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin |
| Frankfurter Kreuz, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M. |
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| Wegziehen, Frauen Museum, Bonn |
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| 2002 | Die Quelle als Inspiration, Franckesche foundation, Halle |
| 2003 | M_ARS, New Gallery at Landesmuseum, Graz, Österreich |
| Gæstebud – Feast/Hospitality, Århus, Dänemark |
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| 2004 | Gabriele Münter Price, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin/ Frauen Museum, Bonn |
| entfernte Nähe, House of the Cultures of the Worldt, Berlin |
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| Die Zehn Gebote, Deutsche Hygiene Museum, Dresden |
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| Zeitzonen/3.Triennale of contemporary Art Oberschwaben, Weingarten |
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| 4. Busan Biennale, Busan, Süd Korea |
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| 2005 | Intersections, Jewish Museum of Melbourne/ Jewish Museum San Fransisco |
| 2006 | Eastern Expressway, Evangelische Stadtakademie Frankfurt |
| Das kritische Auge, New Kunstverein Aschaffenburg | |
| Hannah Ahrendt Denkraum, former jewish girls school, Berlin |
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| 2007 | Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, |
| Retreacing Territories, Kunsthalle Fribourg Unfinished, BM-Suma contamporary Art Center, Istanbul Multispeak I, Witte Zaal vzw, Gent 2008 Mahrem, Santralistanbul, Istanbu Mahrem, Kunsthalle Wien Re-Imagining Asia, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin / New Art Gallery Walsall
Vote for
Women, Kunst Meran, Merano Naqsh, Pergamon Museum, Berlin 2009 Die Macht Des Ornaments, Belvedere, Wien Traum
und Wirklichkeit, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern In Istanbul-zwischen Ankunft und Abfahrt, BM Contemporary
Art Center, Istanbul Rebelle, Museum für Moderene Kunst,
Arnehm TASWIR, Martin Gropius Bau; Berlin Incheon Women Artists'
Biennale, Süd Korea |
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