Ghada AMER and Reza FARKONDEH
Ghada Amer grew up in Cairo-Egypt and Reza Farkhondeh in Iran. They both studied at the Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques in Paris, at different times and met at the Villa Arson EPIAR art school in Nice in 1988 - where they both earned their MFA degrees.
Ghada Amer has had solo exhibitions with: Annina Nosei Gallery, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo – Seville, Spain, Deitch Projects, DE Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Gagosian Gallery - London, NYC, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, MACRO - Rome, Elisabeth A. Sackler Center - Brooklyn Museum (with Reza) and Singapore Tyler Print Institute (with Reza). Her work is in the collections of: Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Centre Georges Pomidou - Paris, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC), Paris, Auvergne, Cote d'Azur, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Neuberger Berman Art Collection, Samsung Museum - Seoul among others. Ghada Amer is currently represented by Cheim Read in NYC.
Reza Farkohdeh has had solo exhibitions at Galerie Philippe Rizzo - Paris, La Chapelle Sainte Elizabeth - Villafranche sur Mer, Seoul Korea, Singapore Tyler Institute (with Ghada) and Tina Kim Fine Arts (with Ghada). Group exhibitions at the Stedlijk Museum, Grolier Club - NYC, Rizzo Gallery - Paris, Kansas City Art Institute among others. Reza's work is in the collections of Musee departemental de la Tapisserie, Aubusson-Felletin and residencies at Tyler Print Institute, Pace print workshop and Pole d'Art Graphique Etendu, Villa Arson - Nice.