Samin Ahmadzadeh

I am an Iran born artist based in London.
My work is mainly based on weaving archival photographs together with a focus on the wider
concepts of memory and cultural identity. I explore how memory of our experiences can contribute
to our perceived identities.
I apply the interwoven images to birch plywood surfaces that are then sanded and varnished, resulting
in a three-dimensional object. Weaving has become synonymous with my practice, becoming a
motif within my work. The process of physically manipulating portraits allows me to explore the
relationship between form, colour and surface to illustrate my ideas on memory.
I attempt to describe the memories of people and the weavings are a pictorial description of the
memory process. Photography for me is the documentation of who we are, what we do; a record of
a moment in time.
While the photographic medium is the starting point of my practice, I experiment with image
manipulation to better illustrate my ideas concerning cross-cultural perspectives on identity.

MA Photography; Central saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London, UK, 2011-2013
BA Photography; Art and Architecture College, Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 2007-2011

- 2025
'Recollection' - Klompching Gallery, New York, USA
- 2024
'Broken Forms' curated by LoosenArt - Millepiani Space, Rome, Italy 
'How Do We Reconcile' - Copeland Gallery, London, UK 
'Manifesto of Memory' - 3rd Paxos Biennale 2024, Paxos, Greece
'Sideshow' - Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
- 2023
'Vivid' - Klompching Gallery, New York, USA
- 2022
'RECONFIGURATIONS' - Klompching Gallery, New York, USA
'Land Revisited' - Klompching Gallery, New York, USA
'Improbable Encounters' Online Exhibition - Daa Art
- 2021
'A Generous Space' - Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, UK
'Reach The World' - CIAM, Toulouse, France
'Global Conversations' - CRASHH 20th Anniversary Exhibition
'Built by Pictures' Online Exhibition - Stay Home Gallery
'Four Degrees: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change' Online Exhibition - Humble Arts Foundation and Strange Fire Collective
The 2021 Vernacular Photography Exhibition - LENSCRATCH
'Summer Splash' - Virtual Exhibition by Photo Trouvée Magazine
'Photos, Interrupted' - Klompching Gallery, New York, USA
'All We Carry' - Study Hall Gallery, Utica, New York, USA
- 2019
'Gather' - Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, UK
'FFound Exhibition' - Woolff Gallery, London, UK
'Artsdepot Open 2019' - Apthorp Gallery, London, UK
- 2018
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