HAMIDREZA YARAGHCHI
*1984 in Tehran, Iran
2020-2023
Master Study in fine Arts with Prof. Ralf Kerbach, Academy of fine Arts Dresden, DE
2014-2020
Study of visual Arts with Prof. Ralf Kerbach, Academy of fine Arts Dresden, DE
2007
Bachelor in Graphic-Design, university of science and culture, Tehran, IR
lives and works in Berlin, DE
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025
Prize-winner of „Wilhelm-Morgner“ Art award || Wilhelm-Morgner Museum | Soest, DE
2020
Saxon state scholarship for a period of 2,5 years || HfBK Dresden, DE
Prize-winner of „Natur-Mensch“ Art-Award || Sankt Andreasberg, DE
2017
DAAD-Award for excellent performance by foreign students || HfBK Dresden, DE
2011
Residency award, 2 months studio scholarship in Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2010
First Prize of the 7th Tehran international painting biennial, museum of contemporary art, Tehran, IR
Solo Exhibitions
2025
It was never meant to last || Peter Gaugy Gallery | Brussels, BEL
Eclipsed Echoes || Galerie Russi Klenner | Berlin, DE
2023
Depicting the undepictable || Residenz Palast Detmold | Detmold, DE
Fabricated Evils || Russi Klenner Gallery | Berlin, DE
Let the wound lie open || Beers Gallery | London, UK
2019
Suspicious Reality || Antonstadt Gallery | Dresden, DE
2016
Banal memories || Hübner & Hübner Gallery | Frankfurt am Main, DE
2013
Fear of firefly || Dastan basement Gallery | Tehran, IR
2011
Maryam Fasihi Harandi Gallery | Tehran, IR
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2026
Hollow || Peter Gaugy Gallery | Brussels, BEL
Realism Now || MEAM Musem | Barcelona, ESP
2025
Wilhelm-Morgner-Art award || Museum of Wilhelm Morgner | Soest, DE (catalogue)
In good Company || Galerie Russi Klenner | Berlin, DE
2024
Dark Botanicals || Peter Gaugy Gallery | Vienna, AT
2023
Family & Friend || Beers Gallery | London, UK
FAQ: 20 + 10 = 30? || Uferhallen | Berlin, DE
2022
The finishing || Döbele Gallery | Mannheim, DE (with Mona Pourebrahim)
2021
.UM || Städtische Galerie | Viersen, DE
Welche Stimmung fandest du dort vor? – curated by Larrisa Kikol || Russi Klenner gallery | Berlin, DE
2020
Existence, Chapter II || Oktogon of HfBK Dresden | Dresden, DE
Natur-Mensch Art Award || Sankt Andreasberg, DE
2019
Prospektive || Atelierhaus | Academy of fine Arts | Vienna, AT
The two-faced Janus (USSR/GDR) || Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts | St. Petersburg, RU
Mein Sehen bleibt physisch folgenlos || a&o Kunsthalle | Leipzig, DE
Übermalen (with Robert Czolkoß) || Goldene Pforte | Dresden, DE
BILDERBERG_89_BILDERFLUT || Städtische Galerie ada Meiningen | Meiningen, DE
2018
Existence || Oktogon of HfBK Dresden | Dresden, DE
453:32 visions || Maryam Fasihi Harandi Gallery | Tehran, IR
2017
Jean-Francois Kaiser Gallery || Strassburg, FR (with Mona Pourebrahim)
nicht weinen, alles wird gut || Brühlsche Galerie | HfBK Dresden, DE
Walter Koschatzky art award || Hofausstellung des MUMOK | Museumsquartier Vienna, AT
2016
Interventionen || Kunsthaus Dahlem | Berlin, DE
Frankfurt || Hübner & Hübner Gallery| Frankfurt am Main, DE
Orient-Okzident || Rathaus Dresden, DE
2013
History Game || Etemad Gallery | Tehran, IR
Corrosion || Shirin Art Gallery | Tehran, IR
2010
Landscape || Aaran Art Gallery | Tehran, IR