Mahsa Aleph is a berlin based installation artist who studied fine art at the Tehran University of Art. Aleph’s projects deal with classical Persian literature. She “reinterprets” the content of this discourse in physical forms – as if she’s reifying the abstract essence of words into something concrete and tangible. Her work’s central theme is concerned with existential questions regarding human identity and its essence – the relationship between a being and its environment. The “historical memory” of materials and objects is a central motif in her installations.

Solo Exhibitions

 

  • 2023-“The Container Made of the Contained,”künstlerhaus bethanien. Berlin, Germany  
  • 2019 – The Container Made of the Contained, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran-Iran
  • 2019 – The Aleph Archive, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran-Iran
  • 2018 – The Aleph’s Library, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran-Iran

Group Exhibitions

  • 2024- “be here now” Haus am kleistpart
  • 2024- The Breath of a House is the Sound of Voices Within, akademie der künste, Berlin, Germany
  • 2023- “jowhar”Ars Electorinca, linz, Austria
  • 2023- “to be or to be” ADK berlin, germany
  • 2021- What I Needed  Was Imagination , HBK, Braunschweig ,Germany
  • 2018– Madar Basteh, Mah-e Mehr Gallery, Tehran-Iran
  • 2017- The 7th Tehran National Sculpture Biennial, TMOCA (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art), Tehran-Iran
  • 2017- Vista Prize’17, Selected Group Exhibition, Vista Gallery, Tehran-Iran
  • 2015- The Line, Matn-e Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan-Iran
  • 2013– The 4th Annual Persbook Contemporary Art Festival, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran-Iran
  • 2013- The 7th Annual Montakhab-e Nasl-e No, Shirin Gallery, Tehran-Iran
  • 2013-The Small Paintings Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran-Iran
  • 2013-The Second Exhibition of Iranian Generations of Painters, Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran

Awards

 

  • 2023| Main prize, state of art (IST) Ars Electronica linz,
  • Austria
  • 2017 | The First Place Prize, The 7th Biennial of Sculpture, TMOCA (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art), Tehran-Iran
  • 2016 | Vista statuette, Vista Contemporary Art Prize, Museum of the Qasr Prison, Tehran-Iran

Research Opportunities and Artist Residencies

  • 2023 | Research stipend, Berliner Senat
  • 2022 | Berlin Fellowship, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
  • 2021 | Braunschweig scholarships , HBK Braunschweig, Germany