1981 born in shiraz, iran
2000 lives and works in vienna
2007 university of applied arts vienna (christian ludwig attersee)
upcoming
erziehung / tarbiat, 22. jan. 2020, 5 pm, sotheby's artist quarterly, vienna *
current
schau.....6, kunsthaus kollitsch, klagenfurt
past (excerpt)
2019
mahroum/ausgeschlossen (excluded), strabag kunstforum, vienna *
a matter of form, langenzersdorf museum, langenzersdorf, curated by silvie aigner
vienna art week, artist talk with Lisa ortner-kreil
award exhibition, strabag kunstforum, vienna
a matter of form. kunsthaushorn. curated by silvie aigner
crease, galerie weihergut, salzburg *
2018
vienna art week, artist talk with angela stief
2=1, galerie Lisa kandlhofer/project room, vienna *
vienna contemporary
segregation/tabiies, lendhafen-klagenfurt, curated by Nora leitgeb *
galerie hinterland, structures/sakhtar, vienna *
2017
identity, parallelvienna *
2016
galerie ulrike hrobsky, vienna
2015
artmark gallery, vienna
querschnitt, galerie zimmermann kratochwill, graz
das vertraut entfremdete, aic gallery, vienna *
2012
project space/kunsthalle, vienna
wittgensteinhaus, vienna
2010
stuttgarter film winter, der gezeichnete nomade
2009
heiligenkreuzerhof, vienna
award
strabag international artaward 2019
award of recognition
in her work soli kiani refers to her teenage years in iran as a woman in an isolated, strictly religious and patriarchal country. after years in vienna, she became more and more aware of the circumstances under which she spent her childhood and youth where she was prescribed the ideology of family, society, school and moral police. clothing, fabrics and fashion have played a rather dominant role in her life. fabric was not only clothing, but also a protective cloak, as well as the prison of her identity.
her artistic exploration derives from the depiction of her own life as a woman in islamic iran and in democratic austria, hence the starting point is an autobiographical one. nevertheless, her goal is to bring social issues to the fore and not to force something on people what she has experienced.
“the viewer should be allowed to freely forge an opinion through my abstract forms. I do not teach anyone or impose an opinion on anyone. my goal as an artist is to allow debates on all sorts of topics, with which the recipients are confronted through my works, emerging in a broader social and political context,” says kiani.
(text: liesa takagi)
(* solo exhibition)
