“Poushosh” Collages are totally and fundamentally conceptual. For their creation is based on mere idea and concept. And technique and material are the secondary elements in them not the main. Some of the chosen material such as extracts from fashion journals would be ruined or forgotten if they weren’t used in these collections. But this collage revived them, reanimated them with a new life and function. Above all they have helped the artist and the artist has helped them.
“Poushosh” Collages are totally and fundamentally conceptual. For their creation is based on mere idea and concept. And technique and material are the secondary elements in them not the main. Some of the chosen material such as extracts from fashion journals would be ruined or forgotten if they weren’t used in these collections. But this collage revived them, reanimated them with a new life and function. Above all they have helped the artist and the artist has helped them.
bio.
Farshido Larimian (Babol, Iran, 1983) is an artist based in Vienna with a background in chemical and petroleum engineering. He holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts with Distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where his thesis earned the Appreciation Prize. His work is deeply influenced by his engineering background, resulting in intricate and thought-provoking artistic practices.
In 2022, he curated Flora Iranica, a large-scale project for the Austrian Cultural Forum Tehran in collaboration with the Museum of Natural History Vienna, exhibited at the Yassi Foundation (Tehran), Aknoon Gallery, and Safavi Museum (Isfahan).
His art has been exhibited at prestigious institutions worldwide, including:
• Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan
• Carpet Museum, Tehran
• Safavi Museum, Isfahan
His work has been showcased in major cities such as Rome, London, Paris, Miami, Lugano, Munich, Los Angeles, Dubai, and Turin and is included in esteemed collections, including:
• MOCAK (Museum of Contemporary Art), Krakow
• Salsali Private Museum, Dubai
• Fronfeste Museum, Austria
• Kupferstichkabinett (The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)
• Offner Gebäude Technik Collection
Awards & Recognition (Selected)
Farshido Larimian has received numerous accolades, including:
• Runner-Up Prize – PRISMA International Art Prize (2024)
• Shortlist – STRABAG Art Award International (2023)
• Stadt Wien Working Stipend (2020)
• Kunsthalle Prize, AT, Selected (2016)
In 2025 and 2024, he was awarded the Red Carpet Art Award and also OE1 Talent Stipend Special Prize for Solidarity, acknowledging his role as the Artistic Director of the RingelReih Collective, a platform he founded in 2022 to promote interdisciplinary collaboration within the arts and archive. As the founder and artistic director, Farshido Larimian combines technical precision with conceptual depth, seamlessly merging archival research and visual storytelling.
A part of Master Thesis presentation & defence: