Asieh Salimian was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1988. There she also finished her primary and secondary education followed by a master's degree in Communication design. From 2016 to 2019, Salimian had several research stays at Salimian'the Video-Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) Berlin, a collection of international video art from the 1960s to the present. Her curatorial interest is focusing on transnational issues and question of hegemony in the art field.
Salimian initiated the Factory TT as an Interdisciplinary Researchers and Artists Network with Shahram Entekhabi in 2015.
Exhibitions and Projects:
The Probable Truth (about Power and Social Identity) , curated by Asieh Salimian, Vista art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2019
New message to Europe, curated by Asieh Salimian, kunsthal 314, Bergen, Norway ,2019
Speaking for themselves (contemporary art from Iran) ,curated by Shahram Entekhabi & Asieh Salimian, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2019
Power Struggle, curated by Asieh Salimian in collaboration with and Katharina Maria Raab, Mahe-Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2019
Infertility, Curators: Shahram Entekhabi and Asieh Salimian, A Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2018
City of Tales, Site-specific exhibition of contemporary art, Curated by Asieh Salimian, Tehran, Iran, 2018
Beyond the Exhibition (3,14), curated by Asieh Salimian and Shahram Entekhabi, Kunsthall 3,14, Bergen, Norway, 2018
Beyond the Exhibit (Berlin), Contextualising Emerging Iranian Artists, curated by Shahram Entekhabi and Asieh Salimian, Gallery Katharina Maria Raab, Berlin, January 6th, 2018
Copy / Paste II, curator Shahram Entekhabi, co-cutaror Asieh Salimian, CC. Art Space and Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2017
Tabdil Tolid, site specific performances, curaing by Asieh Salimian, Safavi House, Isfahan, Iran 2017
Tabdil Tolid (Ardebil), The First Performance and Environmental Art Festival, cutarting by Shahram Salimian and Asieh Salimian, Ardebil, Iran, 2017
Copy / Paste (Tehran), curator Shahram Entekhabi, co-curating Asieh Salimian, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran 2016
Selected Talk, Panel Discussion and Presentation:
Probable Truth (About Power and Social Identity), Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, 30th Agust 2019
Self, Power and Politic, Discussion Panel on the topic of the "Power Struggle" exhibition, Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, 25th January 2019
Tehran Contemporary, 2nd International Conference of the Central and West Asia and Diasporas Research Network, BIM Berliner Institut für empirische Integration- und Migrationsforschung, 25th July 2018
In the chains of time, panel discussion on exploring Iran's artistic scene, Tehran, Tuesday 3 July 2018
Impacts on the Iran art scene today, KUNST HALL 3,14, Bergen, Norway, 2nd March 2018
Contemporary Art Production in Iran and Beyond, Gallery Katharina Maria Raab, Berlin, Germany, 11th January 2018
Tabdil / Tolid (Conversion / Production), Fadak Art and Culture Complex, Ardabil, Iran, 20th - 25th April 2017
Residency:
n.b.k (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) berlin, Germani, 2019
n.b.k (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) berlin, Germani, 2018
n.b.k (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) berlin, Germani, 2017-2018
n.b.k (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) berlin, Germani, 2017
n.b.k (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) berlin, Germani, 2016