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Tarlan Rafiee
Born1980
Tehran, Iran
🏳️ NationalityIranian
💼 Occupation
Known forCurating, Writing, Painting, Printmaking
👩 Spouse(s)Yashar Samimi Mofakham
🌐 Websitebandsprojects.com

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Tarlan Rafiee (Persian: طرلان رفیعی‎) is an Iranian artist, curator, and author[1] known for her contributions to Iranian modern and contemporary art.


Artistic Career[edit]

Rafiee embarked on her artistic career in 2001 [2] with her participation in a group exhibition in Tehran.

Since then, she has exhibited her work in several group exhibitions, as well as solo and duo exhibitions across Iran [3], Armenia[4], and Dubai[5].

Her notable participations include exhibitions such as "Cars: Accelerating the Modern World" at the Victoria & Albert Museum,[6] "Iranian Voices" curated by Venetia Porter at the British Museum[7], and "Solace of Lovers" at the Tyrolean State Museum.[8]

Rafiee's artworks are housed in international collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[9] in the USA, the British Museum,[10] the V&A Museum, the Ducal Palace, Mantua[11] and the Tiroler Landesmuseum[12]

Curatorial Work[edit]

Rafiee initiated her curatorial career with the Calling Project [13] in 2013, facilitating an exchange exhibition between British and Iranian artists. Since then, she has curated numerous exhibitions in Iran, Dubai[14], Austria[15] and Italy. Notable among her projects is "Good morning... good night. Cinque artiste e una curatrice dall'Iran" held at the Ducal Palace, Mantua,[16][17][18][19], where she served as both curator and author of the accompanying book and exhibited works from renowned Iranian female artists including Parvaneh Etemadi, Farah Ossouli, Nargess Hashemi, and Rozita Sharafjahan.

The same exhibition was invited to take place at the Castello del Monferrato in Casale Monferrato [20]

Another exhibition in her career is "SOLACE OF LOVERS: TROST DER LIEBENDEN"[21] [22] a collaborative effort with Yashar Samimi Mofakham curated for the Tiroler Landesmuseum.[23] In this exhibitions she presented the historical collection of Albert Joseph Gasteiger of Qajar art as well as Iranian masters including Parviz Tanavoli, Jazeh Tabatabai, Farah Ossouli and Khosrow Sinai. Rafiee co-curated the exhibition and co-authored a book under the same title.[24]

In 2008 she co-founded Bread & Salt Projects, a curatorial project as well as an extended archive and collection of Iranian Modern and Contemporary art.[25] [26]


Lectures and engagements[edit]

Rafiee has been invited to give lectures or participate in panel discussions about the Iranian modern and contemporary art by the British Museum, Iran Heritage Foundation,[27] and the Victoria & Albert Museum.[28]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Tarlan Rafiee". britishmuseum.org.
  2. Biglari, Tara (30 May 2018). "Palazzo in Italy Hosts Show of Art by Iranian Women". kayhanlife.com.
  3. Rafiee, Tarlan. "Tarlan Rafiee". golestangallery.com. Golestan Gallery.
  4. Rafiee, Tarlan. "Tarlan Rafiee". naregatsi.org. Naregatsi Art Institute.
  5. Rafiee, Tarlan. "30 years". jamm-art.com. Jamm Art Gallery.
  6. "Tarlan Rafiee's work at the V&A Museum". vam.ac.uk. 2013.
  7. "Iranian Voices at the British Museum". toosfoundation.com.
  8. "SOLACE OF LOVERS: TROST DER LIEBENDEN". tiroler-landesmuseen.at.
  9. "Tarlan Rafiee at LACMA Collection". lacma.org.
  10. "Tarlan Rafiee at British Museum Collection". britishmuseum.org.
  11. STEFANO L’OCCASO and MICHELA ZURLA (2022). Catalogo delle nuove acquisizioni 2012-2022, Editoriale Sometti, ISBN 978-88-7495-863-4
  12. Rafiee, Tarlan; Samimi Mofakham, Yashar; Assmann, Peter (2020). Solace of Lovers. Trost Der Liebenden. Innsbruck, Austria: Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. ISBN 978-3-7099-8119-1. Search this book on
  13. "Calling Project". bandsprojects.com.
  14. Rafiee, Tarlan. "IRAN PRINT, Curated by Tarlan Rafiee and Yashar Samimi Mofakham". Meem Gallery. Dubai.
  15. Rafiee, Tarlan. "RTL:LTR". Bread & Salt Projects.
  16. "CINQUE ARTISTE E UNA CURATRICE DALL'IRAN". mantovaducale.beniculturali.it.
  17. "CINQUE ARTISTE E UNA CURATRICE DALL'IRAN". arte.it.
  18. "Artiste iraniane in Monferrato... da Mantova". castelliaperti.it.
  19. "Interview with Tarlan Rafiee; Palazzo in Italy Hosts Show of Art by Iranian Women". kayhanlife.com. 30 May 2018.
  20. "Castello del Monferrato; CINQUE ARTISTE E UNA CURATRICE DALL'IRAN". comune.casale-monferrato.al.it.
  21. "SOLACE OF LOVERS; TROST DER LIEBENDEN". tiroler-landesmuseen.at.
  22. "Undurchschaubarer Iran: Solace of Lovers im Ferdinandeum". tt.com. 16 October 2020.
  23. "IRANISCHE KUNST IST IMMER POLITISCH"; Interview with the curators". tiroler-landesmuseen.at. 18 August 2020.
  24. Rafiee, Tarlan; Samimi Mofakham, Yashar, Assmann, Peter (2020). Solace of Lovers. Trost Der Liebenden. Innsbruck, Austria: Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. ISBN 978-3-7099-8119-1.
  25. "Bread & Salt Projects". bandsprojects.com.
  26. "KA:V EDITIONS, an interview with Tarlan Rafiee & Yashar Samimi Mofakham". art4d.com. 2 July 2017.
  27. "DISCUSSING CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART; Venetia Porter in conversation with Yashar Samimi Mofakham & Tarlan Rafiee". iranheritage.org.
  28. "V&A Academy; Contemporary Art From Iran" (PDF). vam.ac.uk/info/academy.

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