Asieh Salimian is a curator and art critic, specializing in contemporary art. She holds a Master of arts in research and works as a freelance curator, living and working between Europe (Berlin) and Iran (Tehran). She was born in 1988 in Isfahan.
Salimian's curatorial interests revolve around feminism, transnational issues, and hegemony in the field of contemporary art. From 2016 to 2019, she curated several exhibitions in Europe and Iran, featuring international artists. In 2015, she initiated an interdisciplinary network of researchers and artists in collaboration with artist Shahram Entekhabi. Additionally, she had several research stays at the video forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) in Berlin from 2016 to 2020.

Selected Exhibitions

Breaking Boundaries

Breaking Boundaries

8th IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL
2023, Gasteig HP8, Munich, Germany

Sparks and crackles in my world A project by Shahram Entekhabi / Curated by Asieh Salimian

Sparks & Crackles in My World

Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
August 12 22, 2022

Every Cloud has a silver lining A project by Shahram Entekhabi / Curated by Asieh Salimian

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Online Screening
2nd - 7 March, 2022

Every Cloud has a silver lining A project by Shahram Entekhabi / Curated by Asieh Salimian

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Aria Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
February 18- 22, 2022

Pass, 2021
VIRTUAL Exhibition Opening + Performance
June 25th - August 27th 2021

Pass

Virtual Exhibition Opening + Performance
June 25th - August 27th 2021

My Very First Time Curated by: Asieh Salimian Artistic Director: Shahram Entekhabi

My Very First Time

ACE Gallery, Tehran, Iran
May 29th – Jul 17th, 2020

UPGRADE. Asieh Salimian

Upgrade

Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
13 - 16th September 2019

Probable Thruth  by Asieh Salimian

Probable Truth

Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
23August – 6 September 2019

New message to Europe  by Asieh Salimian

New message to Europe

Kunsthall 3.14, Bergen, Norway
26th April - June 6th 2019

SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES

Speaking for Themselves

Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Berlin
7 - 30 March 2019

Infertility

Speaking for Themselves

Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Berlin
7 - 30 March 2019

City_of_Tales

City of Tales

A site-specific exhibition
17th and 18th April 2018

Beyond the Exhibit

Beyond the Exhibit 3,14

Kunsthall 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2nd March to 15st April 2018

Power Struggle

Power Struggle

Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
11-28 January 2019

Beyond the Exhibit (Berlin)

Beyond the Exhibit (Berlin)

Katharina Maria Raab, Gallery
7 to 21  January 2018

Copy/Paste (Isfahan)

Copy/Paste (Isfahan, Iran)

CC Art Space, Isfahan
23h June – July 24th, 2017

Copy/Paste (Isfahan)

Copy/Paste (Isfahan, Iran)

Aknoon Gallery Isfahan
23h June – July 24th, 2017

Tabdil / Tolid (Ardabil, Iran)

Tabdil / Tolid (Ardabil, Iran)

Fadak Cultural Institute, Ardabil, Iran
June 6-7th, 2017

Copy_Paste_Tehran

Copy/Paste (Tehran, Iran)

Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
22nd April 2017 - 5th May 2017

Tabdil_Tolid_Isfahan

Tabdil / Tolid (Isfahan, Iran)

Safavi House, Isfahan, Iran
23 June 2017

Nature_of_Curating

Nature of Curating (ongoing)

Interview Series
since 2015