FARSHIDO LARIMIAN

Born 1983, Babol, Iran
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

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Education

• 2016 Master’s Degree in Fine Arts (with distinction), Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria

• 2007 Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (Process Design), Tehran Azad University, Iran

 

Exhibitions (Selected)

2024

• En Passant, Bildraum 01, Vienna, Austria (S)

• Garden - The Gate to Paradise, Carpet Museum, Tehran, Iran (G)

• Ö1 Talent Scholarship for Fine Arts, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria (G)

• Howl & Hiss, Vienna Art Week Open Studios, Soho Studios, Austria (G)

• Red Carpet Art Award – HPV Awareness Art Project, Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, Vienna State Opera, Austria (G)

2023

• Eine Möglichkeit, Curator & Artist, Kunst.wirt.schaft, Graz, Austria (G)

2022

• Le Garde-Meuble, Safavi Museum, Isfahan, Iran (S)

• Crossing, V.O Curations Angel, London, UK (G)

• Flora Iranica, Curator & Artist, ACF Tehran in collaboration with NHM Vienna, Yassi Foundation Tehran & Safavi Museum, Isfahan, Iran (G)

2021

• Ithyphallic and the Masculine Triangle, The Others Art Fair, Turin, Italy (S)

• My Very Favourite Things, The Lodge Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (G)

• Invictus, with Behnoode Foundation at Jossa by Alserkal, Dubai, UAE (G)

• Alles hängt in der Luft, Theater am Spittelberg, Austria (S)

2018

• The List, O Gallery, Tehran, Iran (G)

• Director’s Cut, Parallel Vienna, represented by Art Tomorrow Gallery, Austria (S)

2017

• Solidarity Matters, Charity Auction, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria (G)

• Charity Auction Caritas, Dorotheum Palace, Vienna, Austria (G)

• Zivilcourage, Museum Fronfeste Neumarkt, Salzburg, Austria (G)

2016

• All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran (S)

Numerous solo (S) and group exhibitions (G) since 2009

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Art Fairs (Selected)

• 2025 MIA PHOTO FAIR, curated by Domenico de Chirico, Milan, Italy

• 2024 SWAB Barcelona Art Fair, represented by Yafteh Gallery, Spain

• 2021 ASIA NOW Art Fair, represented by Behnoode Foundation, Paris, France

• 2021 WOP Art Fair, represented by Behnoode Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland

• 2021 THE OTHERS Art Fair, represented by Behnoode Foundation, Turin, Italy

• 2018 PARALLEL VIENNA, represented by Art Tomorrow Gallery, Austria

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Awards & Recognition

• 2025 Winner, Red Carpet Art Award – HPV Awareness Art Project, Austria

• 2024 Winner, VivivaColors Prize, Italy

• 2024 Runner-Up (2nd Prize), PRISMA International Art Prize, 16th Edition

• 2024 Winner, Ö1 Special Prize Talent Scholarship (Solidarity) for RingelReih Collective (Artistic Director), Austria

• 2023 Shortlisted for STRABAG Art Award International

• 2020 City of Vienna Work Grant, Austria

• 2016 Winner of the Recognition Award, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria

• 2016 Nominee for the Kunsthalle Prize, Austria

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Collections (Selected)

• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland

• Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE

• Fronfeste Museum, Austria

• Liesenfeld/Jordan (Kunstalm) Collection, Austria

• Kupferstichkabinett (Graphic Collection, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), Austria

• Offner Gebäude Technik Collection, Austria

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Media & Bibliography (Selected)

• 2025 OTS Press Release – Red Carpet Art Award – HPV Awareness Art Project, Austria

• 2021 Die Presse – "Freudensprünge der Kultur," Austria

• 2021 Kurier – "Luftsprünge für baldige Theateröffnung," Austria

• 2018 Persbook, Eco-Art – 7th Annual of Contemporary Arts, Pigeon Breath

• 2017 DiePresse Wien – "Kunstwerke für das Leben," Caritas der Erzdiözese Wien

• 2017 Kurier – "Zeichnen als Verständigung," Austria

• 2016 Harper’s Bazaar Arabia – "Pocket Memories"

• 2016 Iran Newspaper – "Artworks Inspired by the Elements of Tradition and Modernity"

• 2016 Der Standard – "Das Sticken der Uhr," Austria

• 2015 Kurier-Extra – "Pishin - Wind from the East," Austria

• 2015 Herfeh Honarmand Art Magazine – "Stay, or Leave," Issue No. 50, Iran

• 2013 ORF2 TV (Austrian National Broadcaster)* – "Portrait Farshido," Wien Heute program

• 2013 Herfeh Honarmand Art Magazine – "A History Narrated by Mickey Mouse," Issue No. 49

• 2012 Diletto – "Every Run There Is No Way Back," Austria

• 2012 Cultural TV Russia – Interview on 3rd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

• 2011 Time Out Dubai – "A Lesson in Art," Art Features / Division by Zero

 

Publications (Selected)

• 2024 PRISMA Art Prize Book

• 2024 Talent Stipendium Catalogue, Künstlerhaus, Vienna

• 2021 Freudensprünge der Kultur, Die Presse, Austria

• 2021 Luftsprünge für baldige Theateröffnung, Kurier, Austria

• 2018 Persbook, Eco-Art, 7th Annual of Contemporary Arts, Pigeon Breath

• 2016 Pocket Memories, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia

• 2016 Das Sticken der Uhr, Der Standard, Austria

• 2012 Every Run There Is No Way Back, Diletto, Austria