BIO Slavs and Tatars is a faction of polemics and intimacies devoted to an area east of the former Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China known as Eurasia. The collective’s work spans several media, disciplines, and a broad spectrum of cultural registers (high and low) focusing on an oft-forgotten sphere of influence between Slavs, Caucasians and Central Asians. Their work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2011 2009 Shifting Identities, Kunsthall Zürich Pro eto, NCCA, Moscow Biennale of Young Artists Ostersund, Färgfabriken, Stockholm 2007 New Multiples, Art Metropole, Toronto Books by Artists, E:vent Gallery, London 2006 Publish and Be Damned, Casco Projects, Utrecht 30ANSCHLAEGE, Public Exhibition in Heidelberg 2005 Festival International de la Mode et de Photographie, Hyéres Proud and Sad/ Wrong and Strong, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Barbican, London Somewhere Totally Else, Design Museum, London
TALKS 2010 Le prix Fernand Baudin 2009, Brussels Le prix Fernand Baudin 2008, Brussels 2008 Grand Prix of the Brno Biennial 2008, The Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic Award Selection Officielle, Festival International de la Mode et de Photographie, Hyéres Bloomberg New Contemporaries COLLECTIONS Print Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY/ PRESS 2010 Slavs and Tatars, ’Go East, Young Man!’ 032c, issue 19. Slavs and Tatars, ‘Who is the enemy?’ Kaleidoscope, issue 5 Slavs and Tatars, ‘Польские Татары (Polskie Tatari),’ Black Square, issue 9 ‘Short takes: Kidnapping Mountains’ Bidoun, issue 20 Visionaire No. 57: 2010 Payam Sharifi, ‘Flattened History’, Metropolis M, No. 5 Alison Cool, ‘Wall to Wall’, Style.com, April 8 2007 Slavs and Tatars, ‘Drafting Defeat’, Cities from Zero, Ed. Shumon Basar, AA Publications Holland Cotter, ‘Art between Covers’, New York Times, September 29 Suzy Menkes, ‘Paris’ Colette’, International Herald Tribune, March 26 2006 Featured in ‘The Conditions of Graphic Design’, IDEA No. 316 Featured in ‘The Creators Network’, +81, vol. 33 Slavs and Tatars, ‘Slavs’, 032c, issue 11 Payam Sharifi, ‘Veiled Beauty’, Another Magazine, issue 10 2005 Brigitte Ollier, ‘L’oeil Hyéres’, Libération, May 5 Gert Jonkers, ‘Modewereld is op zoek naar foto’s met inhoud’, De Volkskrant, May 2 Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, ‘Iran – her motherland, his first trip’, Austin American-Statesman, April 21 Heather Mathews, ‘Soody Sharifi with Payam Sharifi’, Glasstire.com, April 21 Payam Sharifi, ‘Past – The Undecideds’, Another Magazine, issue 9 Payam Sharifi, ‘Discretion’, A Magazine curated by Haider Ackermann, vol 3 Payam Sharifi, ‘Révolutions de Façade’, Libération, August 11
ENGAGEMENTS Visiting Lecturer, The Royal College of Art, London Judge, HfG Ulm School of Design Visiting Lecturer, The Architecture Association, London Moderator, Independent Publishing, ICA, London Pecha Kucha, Sadwell’s Theatre, London Lectures and Workshops in various European institutions and festivals |
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