Mohammad Salemy

• Name — Mohammad Salemy • Other Names — Mo Salemy • Born — 1967 • Birthplace — Kermanshah, Pahlavi Iran • Occupation — Artist, art critic, curator • Organization — The New Centre for Research & Practice • Education — Emily Carr University of Art and Design, University of British Columbia Mohammad Salemy (born 1967 in Iran, Kermanshah) is a Canadian artist, art critic, curator, writer. curator, writer He is sometimes referred to as "Mo Salemy".

Salemy holds a master's degree in Critical Curatorial Studies from the University of British Columbia. His work is situated in the space between curatorial and artistic practice.

As an artist he has shown his work internationally and nationally, specially in Ashkal Alwan in Beirut and Witte de With in Rotterdam. In 2016 he participated in the Gwangju Biennale with his project "For Machine Use Only".

Salemy has curated shows at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Koerner Gallery, AMS Gallery at the University of British Columbia, Access Gallery, as well as the Satellite Gallery and he was the curator of Dadabase. Lastly his curatorial project "For Machine Use Only" was included in the 11th edition of the Gwangju Biennale. His curatorial project "This is the Sea" was included in the 2017 edition of the artmonte-carlo Together with Patrick Schabus he curated the 2018 edition of the Sofia Queer Forum, that featured Barbara Hammer and Bruce laBruce.

ART AFTER THE MACHINES, 2015 The Artist Is Hyperpresent, Installation 2015 What were you doing on 9/11?, 2010-2015 Stairwell, 2015 Preliminary materials for any theory, 2014 THIS IS NEW YORK GARBAGE, Color prints, 2009 In between the empty frames, Color prints, 2008 How to Assemble an Atomic Bomb, DVD and tin can, 2006. Exhumed: Deliberating R.M. Khomeini, Photographs, 2002

He was the co-founder of the successful fashion label "Government Clothing", and is known for his activism He also worked as a designer, specially for The Organ (band)'s album Grab that gun