Roshanak Amini
Born in 1991 in Tehran, Iran
Based in Berlin, Germany and Vancouver, Canada
Education
2016-2019 Masters in Arts-Raumstrategien, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin/Germany
2009-2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Professional Experience
2021 Artist assistant for Chiharu Shiota, Berlin/Germany
2020 Art teacher at Open doors Tuition, Berlin/Germany
2020 Ceramics teacher at Mandarie Kunstschule, Berlin/Germany
2018 - 2019 Tutor at Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin/Germany
2016 4Cats Studios, North Vancouver, BC/Canada
2012 Gallery Assistant, Supernal Arts, North Vancouver, Canada
2008-2015 Music and art teacher, Ava Music and Art Center Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada
Solo/collaborative exhibitions and workshops
2019 La Storia, APAB, Berlin, Germany
2016 All That Has Been Done Before Fifty Fifty Art Collective, Victoria, Canada
2015 Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery, D'Clinic Studios, Lendava, Slovenia
As part of the Center for Peripheries artist collective
2022-2023 ein bisschen Glück groß gewinnen, Saalbau, Berlin
2022 Des Nachbars Garten, Retramp, Berlin
2021 Alles muss raus, Open Tiny, Berlin
Selected group exhibitions/Projects
2022 The Other Side of Water (curator/artist), Belgrade Cultural Center, Serbia
2021 Slow Moves II, Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin
2020 Drifting bodies/ fluent spaces, Online
2019 Resistance–Widerständigkeit, Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
2019 DECOMMUNI_ATION, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
2018 School of Continual Education, Australische Botschaft, Berlin, Germany
2018 Unit of Measurement, St. Thomas-Kirchhof, Berlin, Germany
2017 Urban Machen, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin, Germany
2017 Rundgang, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Rundgang, Berlin, Germany
2017 Miss Read Artist Book Fair, Berlin, Germany
2017 Artburst Berlin, Kunstansage, Berlin, Germany
2017 Spiritual Pilgrimage, VABF studio space, Vancouver, Canada
2017 Leipziger Buchmesse, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Vancouver Art/Book Fair, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Print Ready Stockholm-Vancouver, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Minibar, Stockholm Sweden
2016 Print Ready 5, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Antics, James Black Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Print Ready 3, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, Canada
2014 The Show, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
2014 The Blue show, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2013 An Incongruent Landscape, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Drawing Quarters, ie Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Natural Capital, The Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Richmond, Canada
Residency/Lecture
2022 invited guest lecturer, CIEE, Berlin, Germany
2021 Invited guest lecturer, CIEE, Berlin, Germany
2019 Inside/Outside Residency, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018 DECOMMUNI_ATION Residency, Kiev, Ukraine
2018 Nonument Symposium, MOTA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 D'clinic Studios Residency, Lendava, Slovenia
Volunteer Experience
2012 Gallery Assistant, Supernal Arts, North Vancouver, Canada
2011 Activity Organizer, North Vancouver Community Art Council, North Vancouver, Canada
2010 Activity Organizer, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2010
2010 Assistant Curator, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver, Canada
Recent Scholarship/Grant:
2022 Neukölln Bezirk Kulturförderung, Center for Peripheries
2021 Mart Stam Gesellschaft Projektförderung, Center for Peripheries
2022 Neustart Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021 Senatverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
2019 Promos Scholarship – 6 weeks funding for research in Iran.
Press/Publication
Autogenesis Magazine, “My Eroding History: The destruction of Historical Monuments in Iran”, Berlin, Germany
Trialog magazine, “Mapping In and Out of the Indigenous Communities of Canada”, Berlin, Germany
Vestnik Newspaper; Slovenia
http://www.pomurje.si/aktualno/pomurje/roshank-amini-v-d-clinic-studios/
Exhibit-V,
http://exhibit-v.blogspot.ca/2016/05/roshanak-amini-at-fifty-fifty-arts.html
*Upcoming