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CONTACTInstagram: @shahrzad.malekian
Email: studio@shahrzadmalekian.com

EDUCATION 2017–2019

2007–2011

2001–2006MFA in Art and Public Space, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Master’s project: Bouncing Narratives, Installation / Performance
BFA in Sculpture, Faculty of Visual Arts, Art University of Tehran, Iran
Graduation project: Wearable Sculptures
BSc in Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES 2026
2023
2023
2023
2022
2021
2021
2020
2020
2018
2016
2015–2016Open Fist, Closed Fist – a Dash in Between, Telemark Kunstsenter, Skien, NO
Here for You, Performance, Stavanger, NO
Off-Site, Performance, Oslo Municipal Art Collection, Oslo, NO
Rebellious Forms, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, NO
In the Eyes of Others, Studio 17, Stavanger, NO
Participatory Playground, Tenthaus, Oslo, NO
Handle with Care, Participatory Performance, Oslo, NO
GAIA, Pop-up Sculpture in Public Space, Bjørvika, Ensjø, and Akerselva, NO
Extension–Tension, Performance, Cyber Bodies Festival, Copenhagen, DK
Wardrobe Memories, Performance, Sommerøya Festival, Oslo, NO
MOPE16, International Performance Festival, Platform, Vaasa, FI
Public Interventions, Performances in Public Space, Tehran, IR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2025
2025
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2023
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2022
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2019
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2012
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2012
2011KIZUNA, Performance with Ida Uvaas, Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, JP
Overburden, Performance, SACO Contemporary Art Biennial, Antofagasta, CL
FLUX, Performance with Ida Uvaas, Singapore Art Museum & Singapore Maritime Gallery, SG
Pole to Pole, with Bianca Hisse, Tenthaus Gallery, Oslo, NO
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, SE
Tegnetriennalen, Oslo, NO
Pole to Pole, with Bianca Hisse, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, DE
STIM, Performance with Ida Uvaas, Oslo, NO
I Call It Art, Tenthaus Art Collective, The National Museum of Norway, Oslo, NO
Oslo Negative, Oslo, NO
Moment of Trust, Tenthaus Art Collective, Sekolah Temujalar, documenta fifteen, DE
Soft Play, Vårscenefest, Performance with Bianca Hisse, Tromsø, NO
Soft Play, Performance with Bianca Hisse, SUMO festival, Prague, CZ
Arctic Action, Performance with Bianca Hisse, Longyearbyen, SJ
Death to the Curator, Tenthaus Art Collective, Kunsthall Oslo, NO
Wake-up Stories, Film Screening, Plus Plus, Blackbox Theatre, Oslo, NO
Boundless Game, Film Screening, Doclisboa International Film Festival, PT
Body Politics, Film Screening, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Bouncing Narratives, Installation / Performance with Roza Moshtaghi, SALT, Oslo, NO
Body Landscape, Performance Art Festival, Copenhagen, DK
The Grey Space Between, Performance, Oslo Teatersenter, Oslo, NO
Peace on Paper, Contemporary Art Museum, Isfahan, IR
MOP CAP 2015 Prize, Exhibition of Finalists, Edge of Arabia, London, UK
MOP CAP 2015 Prize, Exhibition of Shortlisted Artists, Mine Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Nietzsche was a man, Video Programme, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
The 4th Biennial of Urban Sculpture, Tehran Sculpture Activities Center, IR
Salvation Gaza, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, IR
Nietzsche was a man, Video Programme, Malmö Konsthall, SE
Invisible Present Tense, Video Programme, 10th Beijing Independent Film Festival, CN
Art University Sculpture Graduates Exhibition, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, IR
Nietzsche was a man, Video Programme, FONLAD, Digital Art Festival, Coimbra, PT
Nietzsche was a man, Video Programme, Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, MX
Invisible Present Tense, 36th Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, SE
Invisible Present Tense, 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
Limited Access IV, Araan Gallery, Tehran, IR
A Man, Aun Gallery, Tehran, IR
Video-therapy, Recovery, Stueben Gallery, Pratt Institute, US
Invisible Present Tense, Video Programme, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, US
Invisible Present Tense, Video Programme, São Paulo, BR
Human from the Contemporary Viewpoint, Fravahr Gallery, Tehran, IR
Unanimously Condemned, Video Programme, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE
Annual Exhibition of Iranian Sculpture Forum, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, IR
Exhibition of Three Generations of Iranian Sculpture No. 2, Fravahr Gallery, Tehran, IR
COMMISSIONS
2026–present
2023–present
2022–2023
2014The National Museum of Norway, Art-Based Mediation Commission for the Munch Room, Oslo, NO
Stedsveven, Public Art Commission, Grønland / Tøyen, Oslo, with Tenthaus Art Collective, NO
Off-Site, Public Art Commission (Installation / Performance), Oslo Municipal Art Collection, Oslo, NO
Reversed City, Urban Installation, commissioned by the Municipality of Tehran, IR
PUBLICATIONS
2024
2022
2021
2021
2021Breaking Ground with Play: Shahrzad Malekian’s Artistic Practice and Beyond, ed. Ida Højgaard Thjømøe, Torpedo Press, Oslo (monograph on my practice, with contributed text)
Landscape Forecasting {Jæren}, self-published (co-authored with Maïna Joner)
A Successful Case of Community Engagement in Oslo, Arts Management Quarterly, No. 136: Serving Communities, co-authored with Matilde Balatti, Ida Uvaas and Mechu Rapela (journal article)
Oslo Biennalen: Soft Play in Graziela Kunsch’s Public as Mutual (visual essay)
Visual Wanderings (contribution on GAIA), Objektiv Press, ed. Nina Strand (contribution)
SELECTED PRESS
2025
2025
2023
2023
2023Torstensen, Mette. “Leiremat og en hemmelig hage.” Periskop, 18.08.2025
“Sobrecarga: danza colectiva y memoria en SACO1.2.” Diario Regionalista Antofagasta, 22.07.2025
Jonvik, Merete. “Å leika seg gjennom livet.” Contemporary Art Stavanger, 20.03.2023
Mørk, Mona. “Lekenhet og maktstrukturer.” Periskop, 23.03.2023
Tveita, Anne Therese. “Slippe ungene løs i et kunstmuseum sa du?” Stavanger Aftenblad, 29.01.2023
TALKS & LECTURES
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2015The National Museum of Norway, Artist Presentation, Annual Conference, Oslo, NO
Telemark Kunstsenter, Artist Talk, Skien, NO
SACO Contemporary Art Biennial, Artist Talk, Antofagasta, CL
Tokyo Biennale 2025 Pre-Action International Symposium: Translocality and Autonomy, Tokyo, JP
Bidar School, Online Artist Talk, IR
Torpedo Press, Book Launch: Breaking Ground with Play, Oslo, NO
Singapore Art Museum, EX-SITU: Art Spaces Residency, Artist Talk, SG
Kunstnernes Hus, Agenda: Kunst og håndverk, Presentation with Tenthaus, Oslo, NO
Stavanger Art Museum, Artist Talk, NO
Kunstskolen i Stavanger, Artist Talk, NO
BEK, The Only Lasting Truth is Change symposium, Presentation with Tenthaus, NO
Kunstnernes Hus, Artist Talk (during residency at PRAKSIS), Oslo, NO
Ateljé Stundars and Malakta Art Center, Artist Talk, FI
Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Artist Talk, NO
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES 2026
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2023
2021
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2018
2018
2017
2016
2015
2015
2014Cité internationale des arts, Artist Residency and Stipend, Paris, FR
SACO Contemporary Art Biennial, Artist Residency, Antofagasta, CL
Singapore Art Museum, Artist Residency with Tenthaus Art Collective, SG
HAUT, Artist Residency, curated by Performance Køkkenet, Copenhagen, DK
Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Artist Residency, NO
ArtLab, RadArt, Artist Residency, Tromsø, NO
Atelier Austmarka, Artist Residency, NO
PRAKSIS Oslo, Artist Residency, NO
Delfina Foundation Residency, Shortlisted, UK
Follow Fluxus – After Fluxus, Residency and Grant, Shortlisted, DE
Ateljé Stundars, Artist Residency, FI
Finalist, MOP CAP Prize 2015
Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Artist Residency, NO
Excellence Award for Urban Art, Tehran Sculpture Activities Center, IR
MEMBERSHIPThe Norwegian Sculptors Association (NBF) 
The Norwegian Visual Artists Association (NBK) 
Tenthaus Art Collective