Kamrooz Aram

Biography

Kamrooz Aram is a contemporary artist whose paintings and drawings bring together traditional and contemporary cultural references to create scenes reflecting “the carnivalesque, absurd, magical and scary present day.” [Firstenberg, Lauri, editor. “Excess of Subjectivity: A Conversation with Kamrooz Aram and Lauri Firstenberg.” "Realms and Reveries" catalogue, MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA, 2006.] Aram was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1978 and received his MFA from Columbia University in 2003. He has had solo exhibitions at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASSMoCA), North Adams, MA; Wilkinson Gallery, London; and Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York. His work has been included in various group exhibitions internationally including the Busan Biennale (2006), P.S.1/MoMA’s Greater New York 2005, and the Prague Biennale I (2003). He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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[http://www.kamroozaram.com/ Kamrooz Aram]
[http://www.perryrubenstein.com/artists/kamrooz-aram/bio/ Biography]
Representing Galleries:
[http://www.perryrubenstein.com/ Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York]
[http://www.wilkinsongallery.com Wilkinson Gallery, London]
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
[http://www.5begallery.com/exhibition/view/823 "Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams", Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, 2007]
[http://www.wilkinsongallery.com/pastexhibitions/06_aram/info.html "Lightning, Thunder, Brimstone and Fire", Wilkinson Gallery, London, 2006]
[http://massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=220 "Realms and Reveries", MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA, 2006]
Selected Group Exhibitions:
[http://www.transmissiongallery.org/exhibitions/2/ "Kamrooz Aram / Takahiko IImura", Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, 2007]
[http://www.steveturnercontemporary.com/ "Dream of Today", curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2007]
[http://www.countryclubgallery.com/ "I will be alright", Country Club Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2007]
[http://www.jamescohan.com/exhibitions/2007_1_cosmologies/ "Cosmologies", James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2007]
[http://www.sulki-min.com/busanCAFE/# "Busan Biennale" 2006, Busan, South Korea] ::: [http://busanbiennale.org/2006_new/contempart/vr/cafe02_01/2001/namuzaengee.htm 360-degree view of "Busan Biennale Meditation Station", 2006]
[http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/67/70/ "Greater New York 2005", P.S.1/MoMA, New York]
[http://www.artistsspace.org/exhibitions/2003/multitude/multitude.html "Multitude", Artists Space, 2002]
Selected Press:
[http://aapmag.com/54pim.html "Projects in the Making: Kamrooz Aram: Trial by Fire" by Christopher Y. Lew, "Art Asia Pacific", Issue #54, July/August 2007]
[http://www.villagevoice.com/art/0709,baker,75882,13.html "Best in Show" by R.C. Baker, "The Village Voice", February 23, 2007]
[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1D71331F93AA25750C0A9629C8B63 "Art in Review" by Holland Cotter, "The New York Times", March 19, 2004]

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