REZA ARAMESH Artist Talk

Reza Aramesh was born in Iran and is based in London and New York. He holds a Masters degree in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University, London. His work has been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions at or presented in tandem with the 56th and 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; the 14th and 15th Bienal de La Habana,  Havana, Cuba; Asia Society Museum, New York, NY; The Metropolitan Museum of Art Breuer, New York, NY; Bowdoin College Museum of Art,  Brunswick, ME; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany; Art Basel Parcours,  Basel, Switzerland; Frieze Sculpture Park, London, United Kingdom; Sculpture in the City, London, United Kingdom; Armory Show Off-Site at Collect Pond Park, New York, NY; and MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy, among others. Aramesh has orchestrated a number of performances in spaces such as The Barbican Centre, Tate Britain, and ICA (all London, United Kingdom). His works have entered public and private collections worldwide including in Argentina, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, USA, Belgium, Israel, France, Iran, Lebanon, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Dr. Grant Klarich Johnson is a writer, curator, and educator based in Los Angeles. His research focuses on intersections of art, craft, textiles, and fashion; art’s value as truth and fiction; and histories of global contemporary art. Curatorial projects include By the Sea (2024), Moving Images (2023), Senga Nengudi: Improvisational Gestures (2018), and Lita Albuquerque 20/20: Accelerando (2016). His writing—on artists such as Catherine Opie, Dayanita Singh, and Laura Owens—has appeared in Artforum, Frieze, The Brooklyn Rail, and publications produced by the Hammer Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, and Regen Projects, among others. He has led courses at the University of California Los Angeles, ArtCenter College of Design, and Elon University in Los Angeles.