2022 |
Elusive Ornament, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
Kamrooz Aram: Privacy, An Exhibition, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2021 |
Un Objet, Un Geste, Galerie Mitterrand, Paris, FR
The New Arabesque, Nature Morte, New Delhi, IN |
2019 |
In Memory of the Arabesque, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
2018 |
Kamrooz Aram: An Object, A Gesture, A Décor, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
FOCUS: Kamrooz Aram, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Ancient Blue Ornament, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA |
2017 |
Ornament for Indifferent Architecture, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE |
2016 |
Recollections for a Room, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
2014 |
Palimpsest: Unstable Paintings for Anxious Interiors, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
2011 |
Negotiations, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY |
2010 |
Generation after Generation, Revolution after Revelation, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA |
2009 |
Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY |
2007 |
Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY |
2006 |
Lightning, Thunder, Brimstone and Fire, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Realms and Reveries, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA |
2004 |
Beyond the Borders, Between the Trees, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY |
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2022 |
The Grid and the Curve, JTT Gallery, New York, NY |
2021 |
Matisse Alive, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
Field of Vision, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY |
2020 |
Art on the Grid, Public Art Fund, New York, NY
RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting, PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, CA
Some Mysterious Process: 50 Years of Collecting International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
Desorientalismos, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, ES
Group Show, in collaboration with Jhaveri Contemporary, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
2019 |
Fragile Frontiers: Visions on Iran’s in/visible borders, YARAT Centre, Baku, AZ
Gateway: Fragments, Yesterday and Today, Gallery S, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Jameel Prize 5, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, UAE
The Crime of Adolf Loos, Axel Vervoodt, Antwerp, BE |
2018 |
Jameel Prize 5, The Porter Gallery, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Le Musée Imaginaire, Pavillion Trab, Jaou Tunis, TN |
2017 |
Other Hours, 601Artspace, New York, NY
Lack of Location is My Location, Koenig & Clinton, Brooklyn, NY
The Intimate Enemy, Pelagica, Milan, IT |
2016 |
The Arch of My Eyes Orbit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY |
2015 |
The Worlds Turned Upside Down, BPS22, Brussels, BE
Russian Doll, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
Geometries of Difference: New Approaches to Ornament and Abstraction, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH |
2014 |
The Botanica, Invisible Exports, New York, NY. Presented by AA Bronson and Michael Bühler-Rose
Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Fixed Unknowns, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
Past Tradition, Exhibit 320, New Delhi, IN
Garden and Spring, The Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014 exhibition, Dubai, UAE. Curated by Nada Raza |
2013 |
Wallspace Tenth Anniversary Show, Wallspace, New York, NY |
2012 |
Referencing History, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
The Elephant in The Dark, The Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, IN. Curated by Amirali Ghasemi
The End..., Vogt Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Michael Buhler-Rose and John Connelly |
2011 |
Emergent New York, The Granary, Sharon, CT
30; A Brooklyn Salon, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Painted Pictures, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Arthur Ou
The MENASA Studio Dispatches, The Island, United Kingdom and Art Dubai Projects, Dubai, UAE |
2010 |
Contemporary Notes, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, IR. Curated by Vahid Sharifian
Run and Tell That!, Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
Love in Vein: Editions Fawbush projects and artists 2005 – 2010, Gering and Lopez Gallery, New York, NY
roundabout, City Gallery of Wellington, Wellington, NZ (international tour)
Pictures & Statues, Country Club Projects, Cincinnati, OH
natural renditions, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Self-Consciousness, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin, DE. Curated by Peter Doig and Hilton Als
Accented, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
2009 |
New Prints 2009, selected by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center, New York, NY
NEWAGERIOT, Country Club Projects, Los Angeles, CA
State of Mind, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, IT. Curated by Paolo Colombo |
2008 |
Empire and its Discontents, Tufts University Art Gallery at the Aidekman Arts Center; Medford, MA
microwave, six, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
A Sorry Kind of Wisdom, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY. Curated by Lisa Dennison
Warlord, Smith-Stewart Gallery, New York, NY |
2007 |
Dream of Today, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
I will be alright, Country Club Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Merging Influence: Eastern Elements in New American Art, Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY |
2006 |
A Tale of Two Cities, Busan Biennale 2006, Busan, KR
Bricks in the Hood, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY |
2005 |
The Common Room, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Greater New York 2005, MoMA P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
KA/VH:RA/AG, Kamrooz Aram, Van Hanos, Richard Aldrich, Amy Granat, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
The Most Splendid Apocalypse, P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY
Time’s Arrow -> Twelve Random Thoughts on Beauty, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
2003 |
The Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennale I, Prague, CZ (catalogue)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Studebaker Building, Columbia University, New York, NY
The Broken Mirror: Midnight’s Children, Leroy Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY |
2002 |
Process/ion, Columbia University, New York, NY
Multitude, Artists Space, New York, NY |
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2023 |
Walton, Chris. The American Academy in Rome announces its 2023-24 prize winners and a new president, The Architect's Newspaper. April 27.
Durón, Maximilíano. Seven Artists Win Coveted Rome Prize, Including Dread Scott and Nao Bustamante, ARTnews. April 24. |
2022 |
Ramadan, Dina A. Kamrooz Aram: Elusive Ornament, The Brooklyn Rail. November 3.
Corwin, William. Kamrooz Aram with William Corwin, The Brooklyn Rail. November 1.
Storer, Abraham. A Public Exploration of Privacy, The Provincetown Independent. May 11. |
2021 |
Heinrich, Will. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now, The New York Times. June 30.
Rehberg, Vivian Sky. Kamrooz Aram and Iman Issa’s ‘Lives of Forms’, Art Agenda. May 18.
Nair, Uma. Nature Morte, Delhi: Iranian artist Kamrooz Aram’s first exhibition in India interrogates the overlapping trajectories of ornamental patterning, Architectural Digest. January. |
2019 |
Nadine Khalil. De-Construction: Create to Destroy, Canvas. May. |
2018 |
Blay, Christopher. Kamrooz Aram at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Glasstire. April 23.
Amirkhani, Jordan. Art Review: Kamrooz Aram Delivers Institutional Critique at Atlanta Contemporary, BURNAWAY. March 22.
Burleigh, Paula. Critics’ Picks: Kamrooz Aram, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Artforum. February. |
2017 |
Vali, Murtaza. Kamrooz Aram: Recollections for a Room, ArtReview Asia. Spring.
Martin, Corinne. Ornament and Pattern, SELECTIONS. February - April.
Aram, Kamrooz. The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look At Art. Phaidon, New York, NY. |
2015 |
Haider, Faheem. Politics Camouflaged as Ornamental Abstraction, Hyperallergic. April 9.
Philanthropist Peter Norton donates art to Rose Museum, The Boston Globe. March 2. |
2014 |
Vartanian, Hrag. Best of 2014: Our top 10 exhibitions around the world, Hyperallergic. December 29.
Voon, Claire. The Unstable Art of Pattern Recognition, Hyperallergic. July 21.
Lord, Christopher. Monoculture, Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia. May - June.
Akkermans, Ari. Mapping Unstable Objects, Mantle. May 13.
Seaman, Anna. Deconstructing Carpets and Culture, The National. April 8.
Jones, Kevin. Critics’ Picks: Kamrooz Aram, Artforum. April.
Vali, Murtaza. History Painting, Canvas. March - April.
Seaman, Anna. Inside the World of Kamrooz Aram, The National. March 15.
Palimpsest: Unstable Paintings for Anxious Interiors. Edited by Yasmin Atassi, with texts by Eva Díaz, Media Farzin, Murtaza Vali, Kamrooz Aram. Green Art Gallery, Dubai and Anomie Publishing, London, UK.
Hicks, Alistair. The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st Century Art. Thames & Hudson. |
2013 |
Tehini, Noor. Art & Soul: Interview with Kamrooz Aram, SavoirFlair.com. August 20.
Masters, HG. Abraaj Group Picks Five For Prize, ArtAsiaPacific blog. July 2.
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. The Abraaj Group Art Prize names five winners, The Daily Star. June 12.
Abraaj Group Art Prize winners announced, Artforum. June 11. |
2012 |
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty, Bidoun. Summer.
Lord, Chris. Exhibition in Dubai examines ornamental art, The National. May 2.
Ibrahim, Dina. Critics’ Picks, Artforum. April 16.
Kalsi, Jyoti. A break in the pattern, Gulfnews. March 30.
Vali, Murtaza. Brute Ornament, exhibition catalogue. Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE. |
2011 |
Paynter, November. Sharjah Biennial: 10 Plot for a Biennial (16 March-16 May, 2011) and Art Dubai (16-19 March, 2011), Art Agenda. March 24.
Mollett, J. AO on Site, Dubai – Art Dubai 2011 Summary, AO Art Observed. March 24.
Proctor, R.A. AO Onsite Fair Preview – Dubai: Art Dubai’s Fifth Edition Offers Strongest Program To Date, AO Art Observed. March 17.
Kamrooz Aram Explores Art History, Iranian Culture, The Huffington Post. March 4.
Holledge, Richard. Painting the Middle East With Too Broad a Brush?, The Wall Street Journal. March 2.
Sykes, Stephanie and Fekri, Reem. Interview with Kamrooz Aram, Art Dubai journal. March.
Erickson-Kerry, Ian. Kamrooz Aram exhibit: SoA alum waves a painted flag at Perry Rubenstein Gallery in Chelsea, Columbia Spectator. February 24.
Krause, Katherine. Negotiations, Dossier Journal. February 16.
Krause, Katherine. Look: Kamrooz Aram, Dossier Journal. February 1.
Negotiating History, Kamrooz Aram in conversation with Arthur Ou. Negotiations, catalogue. Perry Rubenstein Gallery. February. |
2010 |
Vaziri, Katayoun. Interview: Kamrooz Aram, Tamasha, BBC Persian TV. November 18: first broadcast
Sand, Olivia. Profile: Kamrooz Aram, Asian Art Newspaper. September.
Pollack, Barbara. Making an Impact, ARTnews. May.
Sharifian, Vahid. Interview with Kamrooz Aram, Tandis. April.
Gyorody, Andrea. Critic’s Picks: Kamrooz Aram, Artforum. March 3.
Thomas, Nicholas; Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard; Cohn, Don J.; Mazria-Katz, Marisa. roundabout, exhibition catalogue. ArtAsiaPacific, New York, NY. |
2009 |
Aram, Kamrooz. An artist sees signs of Neo-Orientalism in industry’s restless search for a new boom to promote, ArtReview. October 24.
Rosenberg, Karen. East in the Eye of This Beholder, The New York Times. March 22.
Goings on About Town: Kamrooz Aram, The New Yorker. March 16.
Indiana, Gary. Kamrooz Aram: Uneasy Delights, Art in America. March.
Vali, Murtaza. New York, Kamrooz Aram: Of Flame and Splendour, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Bidoun. Summer.
Wolin, Joseph R. Kamrooz Aram. Of Flame and Splendour, Time Out New York. April 2 - 8.
Amirsadeghi, Hossein. Different Sames: New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art. Thames & Hudson, London. |
2008 |
Dumett, Mari. Feature Anterior: an index to contemporary art’s imminent history, Art Papers. November - December.
McQuaid, Cate. Empire strikes back: Artists examine identity politics of East and West, Boston Globe. October 26.
Goings On About Town: Microwave, The New Yorker. September 15.
Tappis, Jordan. Art Basel, Malibu Magazine. February - March: 18, 42, 28.
Moshayedi, Aram. The Burdens of Imaging: Kamrooz Aram’s Painted Elsewhere, Reading Room: A Journal of Art and Culture: transcendental pop. Issue 02.08: 138-151
Bishop, Philip E. OMA’s ‘Abstracts in Art’ references the past, Orlando Sentinel. January 12.
Galleries, Art Asia Pacific Almanac. Volume 3: 119, 122
Empire and its Discontents, catalogue. Tufts University Art Gallery at the Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA.
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, catalogue. The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY. |
2007 |
Caviness, Todd. Daring displays, Orlando Sentinel. December 14.
Aram, Kamrooz. Kamrooz Aram, NY Arts Magazine. November - December.
Azimi, Negar. Preview: Kamrooz Aram, Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams, Bidoun. Winter: 16
Lew, Christopher. Projects in the Making... Kamrooz Aram: Trial By Fire, Art Asia Pacific. July - August: 127
Baker, R.C. Best in Show: Kamrooz Aram, Night Visions and Revolutionary Dreams, The Village Voice. February 28: 55
Saltz, Jerry. The Biggest Picture, The Village Voice. January 30.
Art Festivals and Museums: Art Institutions in the Americas, Art Asia Pacific Almanac, Volume 2.
Merging Influence: Eastern Elements in New American Art, catalogue. Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. |
2006 |
Price, Matt. Mixed Paint: A Survey of Contemporary Painters, Flash Art. #239. November - December.
Bayliss, Sarah H. East Meets West Meets East, ARTnews. November.
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. Frieze Art fair, The Times, London. October 12.
Weber, Rebecca L. Art With Meaning, Impressions Magazine. October.
Brown, Neal. Canvassing opinions, drawing ideals, The First Post. May 19.
Mitchell, John E. Kamrooz Aram, North Adams Transcript. January 12.
Firstenberg, Lauri. Excess of Subjectivity, catalog interview. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
Statton, Liza. Realms and Reveries, catalog essay. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
Busan Biennale 2006, catalogue. Busan, KR. |
2005 |
Daftari, Fereshteh. Kamrooz Aram, Greater New York, catalogue. MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY.
Smith, Roberta. Listings: KA/VH:RA/AG, The New York Times. March 18. |
2004 |
Bellini, Andrea and Sonia Campagnola. I Nuovissimi Di New York: Dizionaario In Diretta Con La Nuova Pittura, Flash Art. #246, June - July.
Cotter, Holland. Art in Review: Kamrooz Aram, The New York Times. March 19.
Gennochio, Benjamin. How the Art Scene Became a Youthscape, The New York Times. January 23. |
2002 |
Cotter, Holland. Art in Review: ‘Multitude,’ The New York Times. October 11.
Firstenberg, Lauri. Space and Subjectivity, essay. Multitude, exhibition catalogue.
Respini, Eva. Process/ion: An Exhibition in Three Locations, exhibition brochure.
Small, Irene. Memory of Form, essay. Multitude, exhibition catalogue. |
2000 |
Mirror of the Invisible, catalogue. Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernadino. |
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