Nairy Baghramian

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Born

Isfahan, Iran, 1971

Resides

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Solo Exhibitions

2024

South London Gallery, 'Nairy Baghramian: Jumbled Alphabet', London, UK

Hauser & Wirth, 'Modèle vivant (Se ployant)', Zurich, Switzerland

2023

De 11 Lijnen, 'S’eloignant', Oudenburg, Belgium

kurimanzutto, 'Modèle vivant', Mexico City, Mexico

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘The Façade Commission: Scratching the Back’, New York NY

Aspen Art Museum, 'Jupon de corps', Aspen CO

Group Exhibitions

2024

Mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 'Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture', Vienna, Austria

Museo Nivola, 'Pratza ‘e domo. A Semiotic House That Was Never Built. Guests: Phyllida Barlow, Janette Laverrière, Julie Mehretu, Oscar Murillo, Paulina Olowska and others', Orani, Italy

Museum Haus Konstruktiv, 'Stories written: Zurich Art Prize Winners 2007 – 2023', Zurich, Switzerland

Palazzo Grassi, 'Julie Mehretu Ensemble', Venice, Italy

Galerie Capitain Petzel, 'Non-Specific Objects', Berlin, Germany

Hayward Gallery, 'When Forms Come Alive', London, UK

2023

MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'YOU ARE HERE* Contemporary Art in the Garden', New York NY

Awards, Grants & Residencies

2023

Nivola Award for Sculpture, Museo Nivola, Orani, Italy

Aspen Award for Art, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO

2021

Nasher Prize, Nasher Sulpture Center, Dallas TX

Bibliography

Monographs

2023

Craft, Catherine (ed.), 'Nairy Baghramian. Modèle Vivant', Dallas: Nasher Sculpture Center / DelMonico Books D.A.P., 2023, ill. (exh. cat.)

Al-Mahrouky, Malik, 'Nairy Baghramian. Modèle Vivant', Mexico City: kurimanzutto, 2023, ill. (exh. cat.)

Godfrey, Mark, Bottai, Stella, Lees, Nicola, Obrist, Hans, Ulrich, 'The Hiker’s Guide to Aspen. Nairy Baghramian. Jupon De Corps', Aspen: Aspen Art Museum, 2023, ill. (exh. cat.)

2022

Winsing Arts Foundation (ed.), 'Nairy Baghramian. Maintainers', Taipei: Winsing Arts Foundation, 2022, ill. (exh. cat.)

Arnold, Leigh (ed.), 'Nasher Prize: Graduate Symposium Compendium. Nairy Baghramian', Dallas: Blanks Printing & Imaging Inc., 2022, ill.

Roccasalva, Bruna (ed.), 'Nairy Baghramian: Misfits', Milan: Lenz / Fondazione Furla, 2022, ill. (exh. cat.)

Artist’s Writings

2018

Baghramian, Nairy, 'Nairy Baghramian on Michaela Eichwald's Difficult-to-Digest Paintings', on: frieze.com, 7 September 2018, ill.

2017

Baghramian, Nairy, 'Gedanken zur Ortsspezifik / Site Specifity', in: Mousse. Out of Place, Spring 2017

Publications

2024

Murphy, Maia, Clark, Olivia, Flint, Charlotte (eds.), 'Great Women Sculptors', London/UK: Phaidon, 2024, p. 31, ill. in colour 

2020

Bourgeois, Caroline, El Fituri, Muna, Houseago, Thomas, 'Untitled, 2020. Three Perspectives on the Art of the Present', Venice/IT: Punta della Dogana – Pinault Collection, 2020, ill. (exh. cat.)

Press

2024

Holman, Martin, 'Nairy Baghramian', on: sculpturemagazine.art, 4 September 2024, ill.

Rottmann, André, 'Nairy Baghramian “Modèle Vivant (Se ployant)” at Hauser & Wirth, Zurich', on: moussemagazine.it, 2 July 2024, ill.

Boyle, Meka, 'Nairy Baghramian is Slouching Towards Abstraction', on: elephant.art, 12 June 2024, ill. 

Begemann, Dieter, 'Schmelz und Schärfe. Galerie Hauser & Wirth zeigt Nairy Baghramian', in: kunst:art, Cologne, June 2024, p. 32, ill.

2023

Brown, Kate, 'Artists and Curators Remember the "Brave" Sculptor Phyllida Barlow, Whose Assemblages Challenged Space, Perspective, and Gravity', on: artnet.com, 14 March 2023, ill.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich, 'S’ ÉLOIGNANT- A Conversation with Nairy Baghramian' [interview], in: Glean Magazine, Brussels, 12 December 2023, ill.

Vistrup Madsen, Kristian, 'Nairy Baghramian. Useless Objects' [interview], in: Plus Magazine [Organic Forms], no. 06-2, August 2023, pp. 168-179

Obrist, Hans Ulrich, Lees, Nicola, 'Aspen Art Museum: Artist Honoree Talk: Nairy Baghramian in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Nicola Lees' [interview], on: aspenpublicradio.org, 4 August 2023, ill.

Farago, Jason, 'A.I. Can Make Art That Feels Human. Whose Fault Is That?', in: The New York Times, New York, 28 December 2023

Paul, Benjamin, 'Wie man einem Museum den Rücken kratzt', in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt, 21 October 2023

Katsikopoulou, Myrto, 'Julie Mehretu's exhibition at White Cube London paints the chaos of our modern world', in: Designboom, Milan/Beijing/New York, 7 October 2023

Yablonsky, Linda, 'Nairy Baghramian's playful forms grace the facade of New York's Metropolitan Museum', in: The Art Newspaper, London, 19 September 2023

Akers, Torey, 'Nairy Baghramian goes beyond language at the Aspen Art Museum', in: The Art Newspaper, London, 18 September 2023

Di Genova, Arianna, 'Nairy Baghramian: "La mia arte è un appello alla libertà di essere"', in: Il Manifesto, Rome, 17 September 2023

Smith, Roberta, 'Nairy Baghramian: Rubble Rouser Outside the Met', in: The New York Times, New York, 14 September 2023

Keenan, Annabel, 'Nairy Baghramian is Transforming The Met', in: Avenue Magazine, New York, 8 September 2023

Richter, Peter, 'Manhattan und Marzahn', in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, 8 September 2023

Mitter, Siddhartha, 'A Sculptor Breaks Through, Taking the Walls Down With Her', in: The New York Times, New York, 6 September 2023

Fontaine, Pearl, 'The 2023 ArtCrush Gala Honoring Nairy Baghramian Raises More than $3.8M', in: Whitewall, 11 August 2023

Moffitt, Evan, 'ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH', on: artforum.com, 9 August 2023, ill.

Reynolds, Jacqueline, 'ArtCrush gala reels in $3.8 million', on: aspendailynews.com, 8 August 2023, ill.

___, 'Aspen ArtCrush Brings Disco to the Rocky Mountains', on: culturedmag.com, 5 August 2023, ill.

Lutz, Gaia, 'How a sleepy Portuguese beach town became a summer art hub', on: artbasel.com/stories, 4 August 2023, ill.

Fontaine, Pearl, 'Top Exhibitions During Aspen Art Week: Nairy Baghramian and More', on: whitewall.art, 31 July 2023, ill.

Ramsay, Phillip, 'Celebrated sculptor to unveil new shows honor', on: aspentimes.com, 2 July 2023, ill.

___, 'Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite win prestigious met commissions', in: Artforum, New York, 11 April 2023

Sutton, Kate, 'Houses of the Holy. Kate Sutton on Jože Plečnik', on: artforum.com, 8 January 2023, ill.

Sutton, Benjamin, 'The Metropolitan Museum’s great hall to be transformed by kaleidoscopic Jacolby Satterwhite video installation', on: theartnewspaper.com, 11 April 2023, ill.

Loos, Ted, 'Met Museum Commissions to Bring Contemporary Art Front and Center', on: nytimes.com, 10 April 2023

Solomon, Tessa, 'The Met Awards Prestigious Commissions to Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite', on: artnews.com, 11 April 2023