Curriculum Vitae
ASTERA MORTEZAI
Artist, performer, translator. Born in Saqiz, Kurdistan in 1980. Lives and works in the Netherlands.
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Alzahra University, Tehran 2009.
Group exhibitions:
2023
Nieuwe beelden, Het Archief, Rotterdam/NL
Vrijheid, Kunstuitleenalkmaar, Alkmaar/NL
2022
Resume Tour, Het Archief, Rotterdam/NL
Ik zie je - Ik hoor je, Galerie de Ploegh,Amersfoort.
Tot Slot Vrijheid, Slot Zeist, NL
State of the art, Firma Van Drie, Gouda/NL
2021
Come Closer and Stop, Open Ateliers, Gouda/NL.
Modelburgers, Firma Van Drie, Gouda/NL
Ticker Tape, NICC, Brussels and Antwep/B.
2020
I am Standing On Top(...), Open Ateliers, Gouda/NL.
Innige Banden, Firma Van Drie, Gouda/NL
2018
Kaleidoscopic Journey (..), Harter Tobak, Berlin/D
Public Performances:
2023
BuddyBodies in A Tiger In The Room,#4, Utrecht /NL
Red (BuddyBody, Online), A Round Table, DansiT, Norway
The BuddyBodies (urban picknic), Het Archief, Rotterdam/NL
The Power of Braids, Museum Gouda/NL
2022
Stille Schreew, Galerie de Ploegh, Amersfoort/NL
BuddyBodies, Splendor, Amsterdam/NL
2020
My New Way is the Same, Schouwburg, Gouda/NL
That is not Enough, Garenspinnerij, Gouda/NL
2019
Papier Bos, N. Mendela Centrum, Gouda/NL
My New Way is the Same, E.Vreedehuis, Den Haag/NL
That is not Enough, Parkh. De Zwijger, Amsterdam/NL
2018
That is not Enough, Harter Tobak, Berlin/D
My new way is the Same, AZC Rijswijk, Den Haag/NL
Traces of my Mind, Commune Gallery, Den Bosch/NL
Solo exhibitions:
2024
Do You Feel At Home? (Introspection), Kuub Space, Utrecht/NL
2023
Only My Body Carries Me, Firma Van Drie, Gouda/NL
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Grants and Residencies:​
2022 Winner of the Galatea Art Prize
2020-2021 1-year Mondriaansfonds Project Grant
2020 Frans-Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
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Workshop, Installation, Performance:
2024
KAPR Project, Verwondering-gouda, Gouda/NL
KAPR Project, Pavillon aan het water, Rotterdam/NL
KAPR Project, Spinnerijpad, Gouda/NL
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