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Statement
I am an Iranian interdisciplinary artist living and working in the Netherlands since 2020. I work with experimental videos and objects, and I present them in the form of video installations.
I started my artistic career with a dedication to drawing. Later on, I found drawing restrictive, and I started making installations. Shortly after, with the help of my experience in drawing and object making, I entered the realm of motion pictures and used various techniques to create them. Molding with plaster bandage and casting with plaster has been an inseparable part of my process to make pieces, often using the human body as the source of inspiration.
Everything around me, including collective items and artworks, is in a loop, and they are constantly backing the making process and turning to new artwork. This is a significant part of my method to keep everything I make –and/or– collect in a loop, reusing them in new ideas and giving them a second life, as opposed to a one-time product.
I focus on memories, remembering, and the thin line between dreams and memories. It reflects on my life as an immigrant and the necessity of remembering the past to avoid being disconnected from my origins. Hence, I use my personal archive, including photos, notes, old artworks, etc.
Katayoon Valamanesh
Born: July 1990 Rasht, Iran
Education
Bachelor of Biomedical engineering in Science and Research University, 2008-2012
Bachelor of painting in science and Culture University, 2013-2018
Master of painting in Frank Mohr Institute, 2020-2022
Experience
Theater Photographyin "live in theatre" theatre, 2014
Text advice theatre in "dizziness" theatre, 2015
Ilustration for Shahid sales institute, 2017
Volunteer art-teacher in Humanitas Institution for refugees
Group Exhibition
Winter 96, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Iran, 2018
Third Exhibition of versus visual arts , Iranian Artist Forum, Iran, 2018
Drawing and gavel, Drawing Museum, Iran, 2018
P:S1.K-V.14, Drawing Museum, Iran, 2018
Endorse, Azad Art Gallery, Iran, 2018
Flower/the purse paradox, Inja Art Gallery, Iran, 2019
Drawing event, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Iran, 2019
The 6th small sized art works exhibition, Aria Gallery, Iran, 2020
Art Away, The Netherlands, 2021
A house on water, Never at Home, Austria, 2022
RE:Present, Research Gallery, The Netherlands, 2022
Future, De Toekomst, Scheemda, The Netherlands, 2022
Self Portrait, Iranian Artist Forum, Iran, 2022
Het Bloemetjesgordijn, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 2023
Salon, WEP, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2023
Memory of remembering, Personeelskamer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2023
See Djerba, Tunisia, 2023
Kunst aan de Vaart, Assen, The Netherlands, 2023
Awards
Awards Winner of second prize at Jokal painting festival-pardis melat, Iran, 2018
Award Winner of Hendrik de Vries Stipendium Prize, Visual Art, The Netherlands, 2022
Nomination
Nominated for the Reisma van den Burg Stipendium, 2023
Nominated for the Best Short Film in the Student World Impact Film Festival, USA, 2023
Open Call
Federal Ministery For European and International Affairs (Bundesminesterium Europäische und Internationale Angelegenheiten), Austria, 2021
Botteghe Digital project/ summer school, Italy, 2022
Apprentice Master Program, The Netherlands, 2022-2023
Press