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Shahla Aghapour
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Name
Shahla Aghapour
Role
Writer
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Shahla Aghapour also known as Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell (شهلا آقاپور) (born in Tehran) is an Iranian artist, author and gallery director living in Germany. She works both as a writer and poet, as well as a painter, sculptor, performance artist and director of Galerie-Benakohell.
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Biography
Shahla Aghapour grew up as the daughter of Iranian-Azerbaijanis and was early interested in arts and literature. In addition to studying art she also trained as a journalist and at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, she worked for the newspaper Ayandegan. She had, as a result of her dissident journalistic work, emigrate from Iran and went to Germany.
Shahla Aghapour worked as a freelance artist in Berlin and has exhibited her works and readings in Germany and other countries. She completed a Master of Art at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003 and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.
Shahla Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.
Exhibitions
This is a list of select exhibitions, in order by date.
National Gallery, Shemiran, Iran
Gallery Ay, Istanbul, Turkey
Free Berlin Art Exhibition, Germany
Traveling exhibition, Toy of the Winds, Berlin–Hamburg–Münster–Zagreb–Split–Vrgorac
Kulturministerium Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Cultural Center Spandau, Berlin, Germany
Ministry of Culture of Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
Gallery Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany
1997 – Landtag of Prussian, gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives, Germany
2008 – Island Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 - "Iranian night" (in book week of Germany), exhibition of painting about woman face and body, wives of current and former presidents of Germany had joined to the meeting
2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States
2012 – Salon Exil, Berlin, Germany
2015 – Galerie-Benakohell, Berlin, Germany
Readings
House of Literature, Berlin, Germany
Cultural Forum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany
Saviour Church, Berlin, Germany
Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
Literature Forum in Brecht-Haus, Berlin, Germany
Old Fire Station, Cologne, Germany
House of Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cultural Centre, Delft, Netherlands
Delftstede number Centrum, Delft, Netherlands
Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Kulturcentrum Europers, Brussels, Belgium
Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland
Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland
Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States
Publications
Andishaje hessi (Soulful Thoughts), (in Persian), Gheze Publisher, Tehran, Iran]
Sarate garme hes (Parts of Emotions), (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
Ashovtegieh Djahan (Chaos of the Cosmos), (in Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum, Germany
Parvaze sorkhe tan (Flying red bodies), (in Persian), Fourough Books Publishing, Cologne, Germany
Oliver Twist in Tehran, (in German), POP Publishing, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
