Shadi Ghadirian
Photographer
Iran

Born in 1974, Tehran, Iran.
BA degree in Photography, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Photographer, working for:
* Museum of Photography (Akskhaneh Shahr)
* Photographer of Advertising Company (Simia nama)
* Photographer of Mahtab Magazine (A magazine for teenager girls)
* Teaching Photography in several institutes (Young Cinematographer
Foundation - Rasame Honar Institute - Reyhaneh Photographic Institute) 
* Photo Editor of Women In Iran Site
* Manager of the first Iranian specialized photography site

Photographic Exhibitions:
* 1997 Participate in Tehran International Documentary Photo Exhibition
* 1997 Group Photo Exhibition (about children), Aria Gallery, Tehran 
* 1998 participate in Sooreh International Photo Exhibition, Tehran
* 1998 Group Photo Exhibition (about old people), Barg Gallery, Tehran
* May 1999 Golestan Gallery, Tehran
* February 2000 London Guildhall University, London
* March 2000 Group Photo Exhibition (young photographer in Paris & Iran), Barg Gallery, Tehran
* June 2000 IWSF 2000 (The Iranian Women's Studies Foundation) Worth Ryder Gallery at University of California, Berkeley 
* June 2000 Leighton House Museum, London
* August 2000 Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center Copenhagen, Denmark 
* October 2000 Ballymena Arts Festival, Northern Ireland
* October 2000 The House of World Cultures, Berlin
* January 2001 A Space Gallery, Toronto 
* April 2001 Barbican Art Center (Iranian Contemporary Art), London 
* June 2001 Space Electra, Paris
* February 2002 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
* April 2002 Villa Moda, Kuwait 
* June 2002 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
* October 2002 Group Photo Exhibition, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran 
* November 2002 Thssaloniki Museum of Photography (Glimpses Of Iran), Greece
* February 2003 Group Exhibition, Sorbonne University, Paris
* April 2003 Sharjah International Biennial 6, Sharjah
* September 2003 Konstmuseum Goteborg, Sweden 
* November 2003 Ville De Boulogne, France
* March 2004 San Jose Museum of Art, New York
* March 2004 The House of World Cultures (Far Near Distance Exhibition), Berlin
* April 2004 Hotel Fairmount, Dubai
* April 2004 Photo Biennale of Moscow, Russia

* Participating in the Tour Exhibition of Fnac:
- Fnac Forum Paris, France, January 2001
- Fnac Clermont Ferrand, France, May 2001
- Fnac Montpellier, France, September 2001
- Fnac Metz, France, January 2002
- Fnac Porto Santa Catarina, Portugal, July 2002
- Fnac Cergy, France, November 2002
- Fnac V?zy, France, March 2003
- Fnac Barcelona L'Illa, Spain, June 2003
- Fnac Alicante, Spain, September 2003

*Participating in the Tour Exhibition (Photospania Festival):
- Tenerife (Canarias), Foto Noviembre, Spain, November 2001 
- Valladolid, Espa Sala San Benito, Spain, April 2002
- Pamplona Espa Centro Cultural de Pamplona, Spain, September 2002
- Culture Center of Trevi, Bolzano, Italy, February 2004

* Participating in the Tour Exhibition by the name of Veil:
- The New Art Gallery Walsall, England, February and April ‏2003
- Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England, July and August 2003
- Modern Art Oxford, November and January 2004
- Culture House, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2004

* Participating in Tour Exhibition By the name of Harem Fantasies and the new Scheherzades:
- Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain, February until May 2003
- Museum d’histoire naturelle, Lyon, France, September until January 2004

* Participating in Tour Exhibition by the name of Women in Orient - Women in Occident:
- PrinzMaxPalais, Karlsruhe, Germany, March ‏2003
- Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany, May 2003
- Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany, August 2003
- Gaseig-Ausstellungs, Munchen, Germany, May 2004



Caroun Photo Club (CPC)