Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh
Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh (Persian: آناهیتا قباییان (اتحادیه); born 1962) is an Iranian gallery owner and curator.
Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh
- Name
- Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Tehran, Iran
- Education
- PhD in History
- Occupation
- Gallerist, Curator, and Author
- Fields
- photography
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Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh (Persian: آناهیتا قباییان (اتحادیه); born 1962) is an Iranian gallery owner and curator.
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Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh (born 1962) is an exhibition curator, gallerist and photographer, among other activities. The exhibition curator was born in Tehran.
Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh held the position of museum director. Activity centred on photography.
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• Name — Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh • Native Name — آناهیتا قباییان (اتحادیه) • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Tehran, Iran • Education — PhD in History • Alma Mater — Paris Diderot University • Occupation — Gallerist, Curator, and Author • Title — Chevalière of the ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Life and work
Life and work
Etehadieh was born in Tehran. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a PhD in History from Paris Diderot University. In 2001, Etehadieh founded the Silk Road Gallery, dedicated to promoting contemporary Iranian photography and art. In 2009, she was appointed as the artistic director of the 2nd Photoquai Biennial at Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. In 2015 to 2016 she was co-curator of Shadi Ghadirian's retrospective at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (with Sylvie Aznavourian). She curated Newsha Tavakolian's exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac (Carmignac Photojournalism Award) in 2015.
Publications
• Ghabaian, Anahita; Saberi, Minou; 12 photographic journeys: Iran in the 21st century. London: I.B. Tauris (2005).. • Persian translation of Conversations With Fellini (by Costanzo Costantini); Farzan-rouz publications (2007-2008).. • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); La Photographie iranienne: Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran (2012).. • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Shadi Ghadirian: Rétrospective, Somogy Editions d'Art (2015).. • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Iran, année 38: La photographie contemporaine iranienne depuis la révolution de 1979 (2017).. • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Espace vital, femmes photographes iraniennes (2023)..
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• Chevalière of the ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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- 1.Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh. Rencontres d'Arles.
- 2.زندگینامه آناهیتا قباییان آرته باکس. artebox.ir
- 3.Photoquai 2009. www.quaibranly.fr.
- 4.Shadi Ghadirian. bm-lyon.fr.
- 5.Contemporary Iranian Photography : Newsha Tavakolian, winner of the Carmignac Prize. The Eye of Photography Magazine. 2015-05-12.
- 6.Iranian woman to receive French Order of Arts and Letters. The Iran Project. 2019-12-29.
- 7.Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - été 2019. www.culture.gouv.fr. 31 October 2019.
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