Biography
Nikzad Arabshahi was born in Tehran-Iran, educated and experienced in architecture. Nikzad started his professional career in 2000 with painting, drawing, and photography and so far he has had several exhibitions of his works, including:
2014, "Roots" Elahe Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014, "Order & Disorder",Cultureinside Gallery, Luxembourg
2014, "Abstraction & Expression', Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012, Performance “Neurosis”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012, “Chlordiazepoxide”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012, “Without Border 3” Iranian Artists Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012, “CROSSING BORDERS - FROM VIRTUAL TO REAL”, Cultureinside Gallery, Luxembourg
2012, “2nd Persbook Winners, Beyond Borders”, Esfehan Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
2011, “Changes”, Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxemburg
2011,” Spaceless, 1st Persbook Winners”, Siin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011, winner of CULTUREINSIDE International Art Competition “Changes”, Luxemburg
2010, winner in Painting Category of Iranian Contemporary Art contest “Persbook”
2010, “Neodrawing”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010, winner of Iranian Contemporary Art contest “Persbook”
2009, “Psychological Analyses of Iran’s Drawing”, shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2008, “Tamasha” Imama Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran
2008, “Synchronicity” Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007, “Drawing” Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005,”Drawing”, House of Drawing, Tehran, Iran
Nikzad started his professional career with authoring a collection called “Corpses” which was a visual translation of the effects of organic shapes on his imagination. In this collection of paintings his focus has been on motivating the inner feelings of the audience and to reach this end he has made good use of his pencil-on-paper technique and visual language. On his path, Nikzad was attracted to the limitless world of mind and imagination and its use in creating images. He realised that the closest subjects to his mind are psychoanalytic and philosophy. He attempted to have a deeper understanding of fluidity of human mind through study of theories of psychoanalytic.
