ASHKAN HONARVAR 709 & 711 Mateo St. | Los Angeles, CA 90021 | USA +1 949 547 1716 | [email protected] | www.cescontemporary.com ASHKAN HONARVAR Biography b. 1980, Shiraz, Iran Lives and works in Trondheim, Norway "The saying goes that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. It occurs in places you least expect. Revealing its art in the human body, but also cruelly absent in the presence of deformations and scars. Ashkan Honarvar depicts an undeniable, unavoidable beauty by accepting the darker sides of human nature. “The body, torn by acts of war, exploited by the sex industry or used as a tool for seeking identity, is the focal point of his work. This constitutes a search for a universal representation of the evil latent in every human, providing an opportunity for reflection. His aesthetic dissection has an intriguing macabre nature, which opens the images to interpretation. Honarvarʼs almost empiric exploration of the human condition knows no bounds." -Titus Verheijen Accolades Ashkan has exhibited his work in numerous exhibitions internationally. In addition to CES Contemporary, he is represented by Michael Hoppen Contemporary in London and by Steven Kasher Gallery in New York City. He is the past recipient of two grants from Amsterdam’s Visual Arts Fund. Press 2013 Unseen Photo Fair | The Netherlands L’Officiel # 45 | The Netherlands Collage Illustrations Cut & Paste | MONSA Publishers | Spain Secret Behavior #1 | USA The Age of Collage: Contemporary Collage in Modern Art | Gestalten Publishers | Germany Mékanik Copulaire #5 | France Doze magazine: Sleepers issue | Spain Doze magazine: Creep issue | Spain Nasty magazine: The lovers issue | Italy Ozon # 4: The shelter issue | Greece 709 & 711 Mateo St. | Los Angeles, CA 90021 | USA +1 949 547 1716 | [email protected] | www.cescontemporary.com 2012 Twill Magazine #15 | UK DMAG #26 | Argentina AXN: Cult magazine #1 | Australia Nido #9 | Germany L’Officiel #36 | The Netherlands Viewpoint #30 | The Netherlands Ad Utrechtse Nieuwsblad 20/6 | The Netherlands Vdoh #3 | Ukraine Mékanik Copulaire #4 | France Please! B-Day Issue | France Idn #19/2 | China Diorama magazine #2 | Italy Talk Magazine #22 | Iran Public Art #67 | Republic of Korea Vision Magazine Jan-Feb issue | China Le Fourquet #19 | Mexico De Helling #4 | The Netherlands AT Magazine | Israel Mékanik Copulaire #3 | France Cut & Paste | UK Talk Magazine #12 | Iran Remora v.s. Louma-Aho | Finland 2011 Doppelganger | Images of the Human Being | Germany Cutting Edges | Contemporary Collage | Germany Subbacultcha! February | The Netherlands 2010 Met Stip 2010 | The Netherlands Species Mag #4 | Spain O.K. Periodicals #4 | The Netherlands D-Palma #54 | Berlin & Mallorca 709 & 711 Mateo St. | Los Angeles, CA 90021 | USA +1 949 547 1716 | [email protected] | www.cescontemporary.com Selected Shows SOLO 2013 The Crust | CES Contemporary | Laguna Beach, CA 2012 Ashkan Honarvar Collages | La Petite Mort Gallery | Ottawa, Canada 2011 Ex Vivo | Subbacultcha! | Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2010 Reconstruct | Roodkapje | Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2008 Soda | Utrecht, The Netherlands GROUP 2014 Burst | CES Contemporary | Los Angeles, CA 2013 The Age Of Collage | Gestalten Space | Berlin, Germany International Weird Collage Show | Galeria Mad Is Mad | Madrid, Spain Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center | Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture | Knoxville, TN, USA Post Mortem | YESSR6 | Santiago, Chile Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam | Amsterdam | The Netherlands Post Mortem | La Petite Mort Gallery | Ottawa, Canada Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center | Katonah Museum of Art | Katonah, NY, USA Future Tense | CES Contemporary | Laguna Beach, USA ArtPadSF | San Francisco, CA PULSE NYC 2013 | New York City, NY SCOPE NYC 2013 | New York City, NY Medley | Chicago Urban Art Society | Chicago, IL 709 & 711 Mateo St. | Los Angeles, CA 90021 | USA +1 949 547 1716 | [email protected] | www.cescontemporary.com International Weird Collage Show | The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design | San José, Costa Rica / Centro De Arte Contemporáneo de Quito | Quito, Ecuador The Vital Illusion | Vertigo Gallery | Denver, CO 2012 Clique | CES Contemporary | Laguna Beach, CA International Weird Collage Show | Ma+Go | Lima, Peru Paris Photo 2012 | Steven Kasher Gallery | Paris, France Art Basel | Miami Beach | Miami, USA (Upcoming) Continue To Continue | CES Contemporary | Laguna Beach, USA YESSR4 Flesh Garden | La Petite Mort Gallery | Ottawa, Canada Bleeding | Diorama Magazine, Otolab | Milan, Italy YESSR4 Flesh Garden | Sala +18 | Santiago, Chile / Casa Brandon | Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 All that remains | Ugly Art Room | New York City, USA Remix: Selections From The International Collage Center | Samek Art Gallery | Pennsylvania, USA Paris Photo 2011 | Steven Kasher Gallery | Paris, France International Weird Collage Show | Opperclaes | Rotterdam, The Netherlands This Is Not An Office Party | Subbacultcha! | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cutters Edges | Gestalten Space | Berlin, Germany Kutters | Gallery La Petite Mort , Ottawa, Canada Cutters | West Cork Art Centre, Cork, Ireland Plaats Delict: Geweld | Paraplufabriek | Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2010 The Infidels | Gallery La Petite Mort | Ottawa, Canada mEATing | Perron 58 | Tilburg, The Netherlands Water Sinking Cities | Noass | Riga, Latvia Vanitas | Bright Young Things | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Weekend Winkel-2 | Utrecht, The Netherlands Eat This! | Bright Young Things | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Generatie Y-2 ‘Doorstart’ | Retort | Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 Weekend Winkel | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Generatie Y-2 | Haarlem, The Netherlands Young Masters @ Auction | Ongekend! | Amsterdam, The Netherlands 709 & 711 Mateo St. | Los Angeles, CA 90021 | USA +1 949 547 1716 | [email protected] | www.cescontemporary.com Gallery Besselaar | Gallery Besselaar | Utrecht, The Netherlands Act Nice And Gentle | Gallery Laboratorio | Utrecht, The Netherlands 2008 Overwerk | Gallery Kunstliefe | Utrecht, The Netherlands Gallerie + Minus | Trondheim, Norway Holy Apples | Utrecht, The Netherlands Art Sale | Tac | Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2007 Gogbot | Enschede, The Netherlands 709 & 711 Mateo St. | Los Angeles, CA 90021 | USA +1 949 547 1716 | [email protected] | www.cescontemporary.com
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