Amir Khojasteh
°1988, Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium
Amir Khojasteh is an Iranian-born visual artist based in Ghent, Belgium. Working across painting, sculpture, and drawing, he explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of fear, memory, displacement, and identity. His work is inspired by the political and social conditions of the Middle East—particularly Iran—as well as global events that shape people’s lives. Through a combination of fantasy, dark humor, and expressive visual language, Khojasteh constructs surreal and emotionally charged worlds. He often incorporates references from art history, popular culture, and personal experience to create layered narratives that feel both intimate and universally resonant
Selected exhibitions:
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2024, Living in a burning house, Carbon 12, Dubai (UAE)
2023, A room without the door, duo with Sabrina Mendoza Malave, Diana Gallery, New York (US)
2021, Try to Catch The Moon, Carbon 12, Dubai (UAE)
2020, Not Cancelled: Dubai galleries, Online Exhibition
2019, The Gloomiest Sunset in The World, Carbon 12, Dubai (UAE)
2017, Good Face and Incurable Flaws, duo with Philip Mueller, Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai (UAE)
2016, When Stung by a Bee Lie Down and Scream, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
Group Exhibitions
2024, New Lands, curated by Dr. Necmi Sönmez, Arkas Sanat Alaçatı, Izmir (TR)
2022, Fourteen Artists from the Fourteenth Century, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2020, Summer Group Show, Gazelli Art House, London (UK)
2020, Out of The Woods, Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai (UAE)
2019, Bahith (Seeker), Gazelli Art House, London (UK)
2019, Collectors’ Items - The Iranian Connection, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen (DK)
2019, Soratan Contemporary Portrait, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2018, I Can Bite the Hand that Feeds Me and Gently Caress it too, Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai (UAE)
2018, Each Day an Artist, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai (UAE)
2016, Visages, Fereydon Ave’s Private Collection Show, Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran (IR)
2016, Running Towards Dreams, Sugar Gallery, Arkansas (US)
2016, Running Toward Dreams, Negar Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2015, Don’t Look Directly, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2014, The Rabbit Hole Project, Mehrva Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2014, The 8th Annual Montakhab-E-Nasl-E-Now, Shirin Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2013, Drawing Week, Homa Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2013, Revolver, Raff Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2013, The 7th Annual Montakhab-E-Nasl-E-Now, Shirin Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2013, The 7th Annual Montakhab-E-Nasl-E-Now, Ahwaz Museum of Contemporary Art, Ahwaz (IR)
2012, ON (PHOTO) PAPER without Name, Parkingallery Projects, Laleh Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2011, Spaceless: 7th Image of The Year, Siin Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010, Tokyo Designer’s Week Exhibition (TDW 2010), Tokyo (JP)
2010, The 4th World Biennial of Student Poster, Novi Sad (RS)
2009, The Pen is Mightier than the Sword, Poster4tomorrow, Paris (FR)
Awards
2010, Winner of 1st Iranian Contemporary Art Contest (Persbook), Iran
2010, 2nd Prize, Tasvir Estandard competition, Tehran (IR)
Collections
The Davis Museum Collection, Wellesley College (US)