Shaya Safaisini

I was born on 3.7.1984 in Bandar Abbas – South of Iran and have finished an academic education in Handcraft at the university of Shahr-e-Kord in Iran. After graduation, I started to teach art to children, which resulted in seeing the world with eyes of children. Their fantasies inspired me by my first artistic works. Besides, I founded my own educational institute to teach ceramics and provide the chance for other young artists to introduce their works and teach in their own artistic fields. At the same time, my bachelor’s thesis with the title of Traditional Dress of omen in Hormozgan was published in Iran. Inmy second phase of tistic activities, I got interested in the problems of women and began to observe the daily life of traditional women of Iran and produce artistic works with this theme. After a while, social and philosophical aspects of life of Iranian women became my focal point. I have started to study Object Sculpture at the University of fine arts in Vienna under supervision of Julian Göthe, in order to expand my horizons and get some experiences working with modern art.

Selected Exhibition

• 2021 Metamorphosis, Aquarium, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2021 I Never Promised you a Fig Garden, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2021 Tschau, baba, Engerthst.119, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2021 Parallel Editions, Vienna, Austria
• 2020 Work selected in The National Ceramic Biennial of Iran, Tehran, Iran
• 2020 Poster Presentation – Migration and European Politics, Weltmuseum, Vienna, Austria
• 2020 Rundgang 2020, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2019 Rundgang 2019, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2019 Group Exhibition Ceramic studio, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2018 Rundgang 2018, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, Austria
• 2014 Galery Zarna, Tehran – Iran (solo)
• 2013 Group Exhibition, Abgine Museum, Tehran – Iran
• 2012 Galery Zarna, Tehran – Iran
• 2007 Museum of Anthropology, Bandar Abbas – Iran (solo)

Awards

• 2020 Third place award for the competition of “Design of Art Objects for Diversities”, Vienna – Austria
• 2012 Best prize on the 4th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts, Tehran – Iran
• 2011 The best researcher of the year, Bandar Abbas – Iran
• 2010 Honor Guest and lecturer in the „Kulturförenigen Honar“ conference in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden