Azadeh E. Zaghi is a Gothenburg-based artist, curator, and educator. Born in Tehran, Iran in 1981, she has been active in the Gothenburg art scene since 2008. In her prolific career, she has participated in and organised a large variety of artistic and educational projects across Sweden, with a strong focus on issues of representation, democracy, accessibility, inclusion, social engagement, and pedagogy. She is currently a board member of KMK (Konstnärs Mammas Kollektiv) and has served as artistic director for Kulturstråket Bergsjön and board member of both Konstepidemin and the ICIA – Institute for Contemporary Ideas and Art. She is also a member of the project team for OPEN UP Gothenburg.
Notable exhibitions include: POM! POM!, Blåstället Konsthall , (2023) Living in World War III, Konstepidemin (2022) CrossWorlds, 3:e Våningen (2019), The Times it Takes, Skånes Konstförening (2019), Galleri Box (2019), Walls Re-Visited, Re-Edited, Gallery Konstepidemin (2018), Keys of Heaven, ICIA Konsthall (2016), Economy, Gallery 54 (2016), Shame: An Evening with Performance, KNIPSU (Bergen, 2014).
Drawing from her personal experiences, Zaghi traces a history of resistance and protest. From her birth (shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution) to today and the ongoing Zhina/Mahsa Amini protests, she looks at how the violence of state control is inscribed upon the bodies of women and protesters; and the marks that acts of defiance and resistance can leave upon these bodies.
works in the exhibition
“Your Body Is My Peace Flag” (2023)
- aluminum flagpole
- dimensions: (1,5 m)
- venue: Room 2012
See the accompanying booklet.
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