Dariush Nehdaran

Dariush Nehdaran born in Isfahan/Iran in 1984 is a contemporary visual artist who fearlessly defies the rules in order to bring multiple and complex meanings to his work. Through rhythmic juxtaposed images containing a variety of perspectives, he constructs a world between dream and reality and plays with clarity and depth to suggest an alternative way of seeing things. Throughout his childhood, Dariush suffered from poor eyesight, but chose not to wear glasses to avoid the stigma of getting bullied. During that time, he experienced and viewed the world in a blurry and ambiguous way. When he became a teenager, the use of his grandfather's camera enabled him to see the world clearly for the first time in his life. The fact that he saw the world blurry though his own eyes and clear through the lens of the camera and the printed images has driven him to explore the subject of amphibology as the main topic in his work. By doing so, he has created a unique style that demands his viewers’ attention and focus as part of the resolution in his work. Nehdaran currently lives in San Francisco but has expanded his art internationally. His photographs and video works are available both in public and private collections worldwide including t...

2007 – BA Painting, Elm & Farhang University (Science & Culture), Tehran, Iran

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Since 2010 National Iranian Photographers Society

AWARDS

2015 International Nikon Photo Contest, Category D Open theme, photo story: 3rd place, Japan
2010 Hamghadam Photo Festival, Environment Category: 1st place, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
2010 7th Image of the Year Festival, Video Category: 1st place, Iran Art Organization, Tehran, Iran

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2018 Armando Reverón Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
2016 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, USA
2015 Didi Museum, Mazandaran, Iran
2012 Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE

RECOGNITION

2020 Photo London Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
2020 View from the Window, Poznań Art Week, Wolnica, Poland
2020 Photo LA Art Fair, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, USA
2020 17th Image of the Year Festival, Innovation Division, Iran Art Organization, Tehran, Iran
2019 Photo London Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
2018 II Bienal del Sur, Pueblos en Resistencia, Caracas, Venezuela
2018 15th Image of the Year Festival, Innovation Division, Iran Art Organization, Tehran, Iran
2017 14th Image of the Year Festival, Innovation Division/Social documentary, Iran Art Organization, Tehran, Ira...