In the summer of 1998, Amirali Ghasemi established Parkingallery; an independent project space in Tehran, and in 2002, Parkingallery.com, a virtual gallery, which has become an online platform for many young Iranian artists. He has shown his photography/videos/design works in Sweden, Netherlands, France, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. In addition, he has directed many audio-visual projects with Iranian rock bands. As a curator, he has directed many exhibition projects for Parkingallery project space and few exhibitions as guest curator. Among them: Deep Depression, Transition, Deeper Depression, Lost in No Space, and Limited Access. In addition to his photographic work, he is currently the art director of Parkingallery, a freelance photographer for various magazines, busy with his video installations and interactive projects like Tehran Remixed, and writing about the Tehran arts scene and Iranian contemporary art in his web-log.

Amirali Ghasemi
Born in 1980, Tehran (IR)
Works and lives in Tehran (IR)

Education
2004 B.A., Graphic Design, Azad University, Tehran (IR)

Lectures and Talks
2011 Breathing in the Morning - On Public Art Practices in Iran, Chargah Meetings - Ferdowsi Hall, Mashhad (IR)
2011 Breathing in the Morning - On Public Art Practices in Iran, Patil Art Festival, Kashan (IR)
2011 Moving Around, The Parking, ICI - Independent Curators International, New York City (NY-USA)
2010 Iran Vs., PIST///, Istanbul (TR)
2010 Iran & Co., Delfina Foundation, London (UK)
2009 Tehran Art, Global Art Forum, Dubai (UAE)
2009 True Story, Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt (DE)
2009 No Nails, No Pedestals, SCCA – Center for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana (SI)
2009 Institute Art in Context / Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin (DE)
2009 Art and Culture in Post Conflict Zones, Suleymaniyeh (IQ)
2008 Tehran, Art Athina – International Contemporary Art Fair in Athens, Athens (GR)
2006 Beyond Mediterranean, Art Forum Berlin: Art Talks, Berlin (DE)

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Amirali's Medical Profile, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2008 Amirali's Hard Disk Re-visited, Parkingallery, Tehran (IR)
2007 Amirali's Hard Disk, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2007 Day Dream Sleeper, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2006 Choose Your Background, Mehrva Art Gallery,Tehran (IR)
2005 Concealed & Exposed (Coffee Shop Ladies), Cafe Aks, Tehran (IR)
2003 Photos Under the Light, Salis Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2002 Ring the Bell, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art & Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2001 Amirali Ghasemi's Cloth Hangers, Haft Samar Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
1998 Amirali Ghasemi, Parkingallery, Tehran (IR)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Iranian Perspectives, Richard Young Gallery, London (UK)
2012 The Elephant in the Dark, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi (IN)
2011 On Paper Without Name, Parkingallery Projects, Tehran (IR)
2011 The Iranian Pulse, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
2011 2nd Sanandaj Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sanandaj (IR)
2011 The MENASA Studio Dispatches, Dubai (UAE)
2011 Factory Garden Project, Yazd (IR)
2011 13x18, Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2011 Selfdom, Haftsamar Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2011 Television, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 Kitchen, Moshen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 Golanmausi - Analogismus, ArtSpace Berber 1, Berlin (DE)
2010 12 Cubed, Aun Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 A Coulorful Day, Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran (IR)
2009 The Other, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehrna (IR)
2009 Khatkeshi, TYPO Berlin SPACE at the House of World Cultures, Berlin (DE)
2009 Looped and Layered, Thomas Erban Gallery, New York City (NY-USA)
2009 50 Theater Posters from 10 Designers, Moulavi Hall, Tehran (IR)
2009 Autoportraits, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2009 Urban Jealousy in Belgrade - The 1st Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Belgrade (RS)
2009 Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt (DE)
2009 Instant Melancholia, Raum 121, Frankfurt (DE)
2009 20th International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont, Chaumont (FR)
2008 Urban Jealousy In Berlin - The 1st Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Berlin (DE)
2008 Diptychs, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2008 Khatkeshi, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2008 Out of Place? Galleri Box, Goteborg (SE)
2008 Paradigmes & Absence Entre Totalité, La Galerie AL/MA, Montpellier (FR)
2008 Ey! Iran - Contemporary Iranian Photography, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
2008 Personal Maps - Interactions with urban spaces, Winterthur (CH)
2008 Lion Under the Rainbow - Contemporary Art from Tehran, Art Athina – International Contemporary Art Fair in Athens, Athens (GR)
2008 Gen X - Posters by Young Iranian Graphic Designers, York University, York (ON-CA)
2008 The MASS, Iranian Artist House, Tehran (IR)
2007 Choose Your Background 2, 1st Symposium of Visual Anthropology, Tehran University, Tehram (IR)
2007 The MASS, Gorgan (IR)
2007 Wandering Masters 2, Sudbury (ON-CA)
2007 Radical Drawing 2, Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2007 Rokhsat, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2007 Caravan - Pittori Iraniani, Shiraz Art Gallery, Venice (IT)
2007 Iran Gente Strade Paesaggi, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre (IT)
2007 Retracing Territories, FRI-ART Festival, Fribourg (CH)
2007 Wishes and Dreams, Meridian International Center, Washington (DC-USA)
2007 Never Been to Houston, Lawndale Art Center, Houston (TX-USA)
2007 Limited Access, Azad Art Gallery,Tehran (IR)
2007 Imaginary Enemy 02, Recyclart, Brussels (BE)
2007 Image of the year - Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran (IR)
2007 The 3rd China International Poster Biennial, Hangzhou (CN)
2007 FairPlay, Play Gallerie, Berlin (DE)
2007 Ulis Foto Fest '07, Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center, Istanbul (TR)
2006 I Don't Know What Else To Do With Myself!*, AK28, Stockholm (SE)
2006 Exociti III, Baodo im Nil, Graz (AT)
2006 Exociti, Istanbul (TR)
2006 Ey! Iran - Contemporary Iranian Photography, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland (AU)
2006 Eastern Expressway, Evangelische Stadtakademie Frankfurt, Frankfurt (DE)
2006 Das Kritische Auge (The Critical Eye), Neue Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg (DE)
2006 Deeper Depression, Azad Art Gallery & Tehran University Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2006 Wandering Masters, White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake (ON-CA)
2006 6th Seoul Triennial Exhibition of Asia Graphic Poster, Seoul (KT)
2006 20th Warsaw International Poster Biennial, Warsaw (PL)
2006 22nd International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno (CZ)
2006 Fast Forward, 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin (DE)
2005 Taiwan International Poster Design Award, Taiwan (TW)
2005 2nd China International Poster Biennial, Hangzhou (CN)
2005 Poster for Poster, Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2005 Imagine Art, Guardian Online, London (UK)
2005 A Human Being: Many Ways of Looking, Baran Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2005 Iranian Poster Exhibition, Ogaki Poster Museum, Ogaki (JP)
2005 Bloen Van Den Oosten, Affiche Museum (Dutch Poster Museum), Hoorn (NL)
2005 Transition, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2004 Deep Depression, Atbin & Azad Art Galleries, Tehran (IR)
2004 Self-portrait, Baran Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2004 8th Tehran International Poster Biennial, Khial Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2004 9th Tehran International Photography Biennial, Khial Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2003 Un Cri Persan (Graphistes d' Iran): A Persian Shout (Graphic Designers of Iran), 10th International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont, Chaumont (FR)
2003 Bouf-e-Kour, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2003 Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2003 Image of the Year - Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran (IR)
2002 Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2002 Image+Type Graphic Design Exhibition, Tarahan Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2002 Mono Print Exhibition, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2002 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers Artworks, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran (IR)
2002 Children Are the Rhythm of the World Exhibition, German Poster Museum, Essen (DE)
2002 1st Korea International Poster Biennial, Seoul (KT)
2001 1st Self-Promotional Posters Exhibition by Iranian Graphic Designers, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran (IR)
2001 Tokoha Computer Graphics Art Exhibition, Tokoha Art Museum, Tokoha (JP)
2001 Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2000 Amirali Ghasemi's Cups & Nazli Ataei's Sinks, Afrand Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2000 1st Tehran International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran (IR)
1998 Parking Gallery, Tehran
1998 Painting Exhibition, Tarahan Azad Art Gallery, Tehran (also Curator)
1998 8th International Iranian Photo Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran (IR)

Awards
2007 Icograda Excellence award, 9th Tehran International Poster Biennial - Group Video Installation, Tehran (IR)
2006 Excellent award, 6th Seoul Triennial Exhibition of Asia Graphic Poster, Seoul (KR)
2005 Judges Special Award, Taiwan International Poster Design - Group Video Installation, Taiwan (TW)
2002 Live From the Iris, Top Ten Blog, Tehran (IR)
2002 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers Artworks – Web & Multimedia, Second prize, Tehran (IR)
2002 Tokoha Computer Generated Art Exhibition, Fifth prize, Tokoha Museum of Art, Tokoha (JP)

Published in
2008 Iranian Photography Now, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern (DE)
2008 Young Asian Graphic Designers, DAAB, Cologne (DE)
2008 Lion Under the Rainbow - Contemporary Art from Tehran, D.ART, Athens (GR)
2007 One Hundred at 360 Degrees: Graphic Design's New Global Generation, Laurence King, London (UK)
2007 Das Kritische Auge (The Critical Eye), Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Neustadt a. d. Aisch (DE)
2005 New Visual Culture of Modern Iran: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, Mark Batty, Brooklyn (NY-USA)
2005 We are Iran: The Iranian Weblogs, Portobello Books, London (UK)
2004 Off Screen: Four Young Artists in the Middle East, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London (UK)
2002 Amirali Ghasemi – Chesm (Eye) Series, Mahriz Publication, Tehran (IR)
Amirali's work has also been published by international magazines and newspapers such as in The Viewer (Online magazine), Foam Report, Liberation, Radikal, Vision, Aperture, Canvas, Next Level, Highlights, IntoThePill.net (online), Zoom in Zoom Out, Gallerie, Varoom, New Graphic, Tandis, Typo, Pause, Bidoun, Frieze, (2 + 3) D, Etapes, and the Guardian Newspaper (online)

Membership
Since 2003 Iranian Graphic Designers Society, Tehran (IR)
Since 2006 Public Relations Society of Iran, Tehran (IR)

Collections
V&A Museum, London (UK)
Devi Art Foundation, Delhi (IN)
Dragonas Collection, Athens (GR)