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Shirin Sahba
b. 1982, Iran

Shirin Sahba is an Iranian-Canadian artist who resides in Barcelona and centers her paintings around the themes of life in the Mediterranean, motherhood, nostalgia, the "Woman Life Freedom" movement, peace advocacy, and environmental activism. Her sensorial hypersensitivity to color informs her vivid palette combinations that she intuitively combines with no premeditation, and is continuously fueled by a life of memories lived around the world amongst numerous diverse cultures.

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Education

2001-2005 Ontario College of Art & Design
Graduate with Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.
Toronto, Canada


Art Fairs

2020 Art Busan Korea International Art Fair
2013 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing, China


Solo Exhibitions

2018 Galeria Cromo, New Horizons – Barcelona, Spain
2014 Sidewalk Gallery, An Indian Summer – Hong Kong, China
2008 Galerie Sorance, Shirin Sahba, Victoria, B.C
2007 Lipman Contemporary Art, Shirin Sahba: New Paintings, Toronto, Ontario
2007 La Galerie Espace, Mer De Citron, Bateau De Merveilles, Montreal, Ontario
2005 Lipman Contemporary Art, Day Dreams, Toronto, Ontario


Group Exhibitions

2024 'Boundless, Binding', Subliminal Projects x Emergeast, Los Angeles, USA
2021 Galeria Cromo Group Show with Shirin Sahba, Gina Thostensen & Cobra
2008 Galerie Sorance, Shirin Sahba and Sherry Mitchell New Works. Curator: Soraya Centeno-Curtis, Victoria, B.C
2005 401 Richmond- Salon 401, Thesis Exhibition. Curator: Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Le Gallery, Christmas Sale. Curator: Will Kucey, Toronto, Ontario
2002 OCAD Gallery- Roots Show. Curator: Christine Swiderski. Toronto, Ontario


Publications & Interviews

2022 Interview in Architectural Digest España - Sep/16/2022
2018 New Horizons: The Art of Wandering. Publisher: Chronicle Books, California
2018 Interview with BBC Persian's Najieh Gholami translated title "Shirin Sahba: World Citizen"
2012 Painting for Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film poster for "The Gardener"