Born 1977, Tehran
Lives and works in London
2009 Postgraduate M.A, “Art in Context”, UDK, Universitat der Kunste , Berlin, Germany
2007 M.A. in Sculpture, KHB, Weissensee Kunst Hochschoule, Berlin, Germany
2002 M.A in New Media, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich, Germany
2000 Bachelor of Arts in Painting, State University of Arts, Tehran, Iran
2016 Jelly State of Matter, Gallery Ernst Hilger Next, Vienna , Austria
2012 Magical Thoughts, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011 Untitled, Gallery Ernst Hilger, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2011 Fair Trade, Gallery Christian Hosp, Berlin, Germany
2009 Two Minute Photo, B21 Gallery, Dubai, UAE Pixel Diary, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 2004 Photocollage, Silkroad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 Hydromania, photography/video Installation, Silkroad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1998 Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran 1996 Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 Object Permanence, A Exhibition in colaboration with Milia Maurun in Context of Beitrut Designe Week, Beirut, Lebanon
Cranach Meister Werke Moderne, Museum Kunst Palast, Duesseldorf, Germany
2016 Lucas Cranach the Elder: 500 Years of Power of Temtetion, National Meuseum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
A Second Exhibition by other Masters around the same Subject, Curated by Marie Martraire, Hotel Marie Kapel, Hoorn, Netherland
2014 4thMediations Biennale Poznan, Pozana, Poland
2013 A bomb with a ribbon around it: Queens Museum, New York, USA
Calligraffity 1984-2013 Leila Heller Gallery , New York
Summer selects, Leila Heller Gallery , New York
The Space Between: Contemporary perspectives on tradition and society, Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA), Jersey City, NJ
2012 Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Roaming Images, Thessaloniki, Greece
The Global Contemporary Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM Museum, Berlin, Germany
Westend, Museum of the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Elephant in the Dark, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India
New Positions, Participant Finalist, Art Cologne
2011 See the Light, Louis Vitton Boutique, Hong Kong, China
2010 Illumination, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Bild texte - text Bilder, Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
One Year, Gallery Christian Hosp, Berlin, Germany
Photo Album, ‘The Archivist’s Impatience’, The LOFT, curated by Shaheen Merali, Mumbai, India
2009 The Augmented Flaws, Kunstagenten Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Promise of Loss, Ernst Hillger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Iran Inside Out, the Chelsea Art Museum in collaboration with Leila Heller, New York, NY
2008 Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Centre for Art, San Francisco,
CA Conportamientos, Muestra Internacional de Video-Arte, Cali Contemporaneo, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cali, Colombia
Ey! Iran, Contemporary Iranian Photography and Video, Touring exhibition, New Zealand and Australia
2007 I’m Longing and I don’t Know for What, “Parallel Moments,” interdisciplinary Project in House of Iranian Artists, Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Persian Vision, touring exhibition in the USA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, NY / Art Gallery of the University of Maryland / University of Michigan Museum of Art / Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson / Honolulu Academy of Art / Chicago Cultural Centre / Nicolaysen Art Museum, WY
2006 Close Up II, video projection in the streets of the centre of Mexico City, Casa Vecina, Mexico
2004 IRÁN BAJO LA PIEL, Casa Asia, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
Second Iranian Photography Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
“Art Basel Miami 2012 Highlights:12/8: Moment f Glory by Leila Pazooki, 2010,” Complex Art + Design Online, December 2012
“A Middleman’s Philosophy: The Nadour Collection,” Canvas Magazine, September/October 2012
Etegar, Raphie, “Westend,” Westend Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of the Steam, September 2012
“Kunstwelten nacht 1989,” Kunst Magazine, April 2012
Fischer, Amanda, “Leila Pazooki Discusses Her New Berlin Show,” Saatchi Online Magazine, 2011
“See the Light Exhibition at Espace Louis Vitton Hong Kong,” bkrw.com, 26 May, 2011
Reddy, Sameer, “Tour d’Art: Berlin Gallery Week,” NYTimes Magazine, 3 May, 2011
Politi, Gea, “Art Dubai 2011: The Fair of Hopes,” Flashartonline.com, May 2011
Rawlings, Ashley, “The Neon Glow of Cliches,” Art Asia Pacific, 29 March 2011
Adiceam, Ashok, “Illuminations,” Illuminations Exhibition Catalogue, Leila Heller Gallery, 2010
Hager, Martin, “The Aesthetics of Censorship,” Take on Art Magazine, Vol I, Issue 01, New Delhi, January-March 2010
Kianoosh Vahabi, “Leila Pazooki,” Iran Inside Out Catalogue, Chelsea Art Museum, 2009
