Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh (Persian: آناهیتا قباییان (اتحادیه); born 1962)[1] is an Iranian gallery owner and curator.

Life and work

Etehadieh was born in Tehran.[1] She earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a PhD in History from Paris Diderot University.

In 2001, Etehadieh founded the Silk Road Gallery, dedicated to promoting contemporary Iranian photography and art.[2] In 2009, she was appointed as the artistic director of the 2nd Photoquai Biennial at Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.[3] In 2015 to 2016 she was co-curator of Shadi Ghadirian's retrospective at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (with Sylvie Aznavourian).[4] She curated Newsha Tavakolian's exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac (Carmignac Photojournalism Award) in 2015.[1][5]

Publications

  • Ghabaian, Anahita; Saberi, Minou; 12 photographic journeys: Iran in the 21st century. London: I.B. Tauris (2005). ISBN 978-1-85043-719-2.
  • Persian translation of Conversations With Fellini (by Costanzo Costantini); Farzan-rouz publications (2007-2008). ISBN 964-321-014-6.
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); La Photographie iranienne: Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran (2012). ISBN 978-2919507061.
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Shadi Ghadirian: Rétrospective, Somogy Editions d'Art (2015). ISBN 978-2757210000.
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Iran, année 38: La photographie contemporaine iranienne depuis la révolution de 1979 (2017). ISBN 978-2845975811.
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Espace vital, femmes photographes iraniennes (2023). ISBN 978-2845979512.

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh". Rencontres d'Arles. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ زندگینامه آناهیتا قباییان آرته باکس. artebox.ir
  3. ^ "Photoquai 2009". www.quaibranly.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  4. ^ "Shadi Ghadirian". bm-lyon.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  5. ^ "Contemporary Iranian Photography : Newsha Tavakolian, winner of the Carmignac Prize". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  6. ^ "Iranian woman to receive French Order of Arts and Letters". The Iran Project. 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  7. ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - été 2019". www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2024-04-03.


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