CV
(b. 1994, Bradford UK)
Lives and works in London
(b. 1994, Bradford UK)
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
Upcoming: SOAS Yoga Studies Summer School in partnership with The Hatha Yoga Project, SOAS, University College London
2019-2020: MFA Fine Art, The Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford
2017-2019: Somerset House Studio Residency
2013-2016: BA Honours in Fine Art & History of Art, Goldsmiths, The University of London
2012-2013: UAL Foundation Art & Design Diploma, The University of Creative Arts
RESIDENCIES
2021
Venice Biennale Fellowship 2021 in partnership with The British Council
2020
Krasis Scholar at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Hilary Term)
2018
August 2018: Dice Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
April 2018: Threads Salon Micro-Residency, Turner Contemporary
2017
November 2017-April 2019: Somerset House Studios
NODE Forum for the Digital Arts in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, Ars Electronica and VVVV, Frankfurt
2016
TADAEX (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition) in partnership with Kooshk, NODE and the Goethe-Institut, Tehran
AWARDS
2019
Graduate Studentship awarded by the Humanities Division and St Cross College, The University of Oxford 2019-2020
Erna Plachte Prize awarded for portfolio by The Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford
2016
Finalist for the Zealous Graduate Art Prize 2016
2013
Undergraduate National Scholarship awarded by Goldsmiths College, The University of London 2013-2016
PUBLICATIONS
2021
When You Blossom I Bloom – Forthcoming Publication with Baesianz, curated by Sarah Khan, Royal College of Art
Return – Forthcoming Publication with Paadman Projects, curated by Foad Alijan (Tehran)
2020
The Ruskin 2020 MFA Degree Show Publication (Online)
2019
Talking duality and open source-ery with Lilian Nejatpour by Helen Fortescue - Oxford Student Publications Ltd
Absinthe 2 Interview: Lilian Nejatpour by Hector Campbell - Elam x Kronos Publishing (Print and Online)
2018
Art Licks Magazine: Issue 22: GORSEDD, Tenderbooks, London
2016
Aesthetica Magazine: November 2016 Issue: Artist Directory: Lilian Nejatpour (Print and Online)
2015
Ephemeral Magazine: Visual Cultures 10, Goldsmiths, Visual Cultures (Print and Online)
PRESS
2020
Wanawal (The West Asian and North African Women’s Art Library)
Choreophobia Interview with Foad Alijani (Paadmaan Projects Tehran), Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
Bold Tendencies 2020: Sol Bailey-Barker, Jeremy Deller, Jack Evans, Nathaniel Faulkner, Lucy Gregory, Jenny Holzer, Rene Matić, Lilian Nejatpour, Davinia-Ann Robinson and Rafał Zajko
Collective Ending: Lilian Nejatpour
2019
Art Licks Radio Weekend 2019 in partnership with RTM.FM and TACO!
Kronos x Elam Publishing: Interview for Absinthe 2 by curator Hector Campbell
Coeval Magazine: Absinthe 2
Peckham 24: Lilian Nejatpour & Rebecca Salvadori
Photoworks in Peckham featuring Lilian Nejatpour Rebecca Salvadori
Art Dependence: Photoworks at Peckham 24
Mixmag: A new dance music-related photo exhibition, 'Dancing in Peckham'.
I.D Magazine: The best things to watch, see and do this week in the UK- Peckham 24
Photoworks London: Dance Photochat between Lilian Nejatpour and Rebecca Salvadori
The Evening Standard: Lucy Sanderson in collaboration with filmmaker Lilian Nejatpour and Grammy-award winning musician La Roux
2018
D&AD: Making a mark in an ever-shifting landscape; The Future of Creativity
Dazed: Art shows to leave the house for this month
Skin Deep Magazine: Skin Deep meets Lilian Nejatpour
HyperAllergic Magazine: Wrestling with Iran's Strict Gender Roles Through Dance
Resonance 104.4FM: Six Pillars 'Choreophobia': Interview with Fari Bradley
Art Licks Magazine: ‘Issue 22: GORSEDD’
2017
Another Mag: A Poignant Short Film About Race, Religion & the Avant-Garde
ID Magazine: Expressions of Feminism from The Arab & Muslim Diaspora
Dazed Digital: POCC
Gal-dem: POCC Interview
2016: NODE Forum: TADAEX 2016
Upcoming: SOAS Yoga Studies Summer School in partnership with The Hatha Yoga Project, SOAS, University College London
2019-2020: MFA Fine Art, The Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford
2017-2019: Somerset House Studio Residency
2013-2016: BA Honours in Fine Art & History of Art, Goldsmiths, The University of London
2012-2013: UAL Foundation Art & Design Diploma, The University of Creative Arts
RESIDENCIES
2021
Venice Biennale Fellowship 2021 in partnership with The British Council
2020
Krasis Scholar at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Hilary Term)
2018
August 2018: Dice Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
April 2018: Threads Salon Micro-Residency, Turner Contemporary
2017
November 2017-April 2019: Somerset House Studios
NODE Forum for the Digital Arts in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, Ars Electronica and VVVV, Frankfurt
2016
TADAEX (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition) in partnership with Kooshk, NODE and the Goethe-Institut, Tehran
AWARDS
2019
Graduate Studentship awarded by the Humanities Division and St Cross College, The University of Oxford 2019-2020
Erna Plachte Prize awarded for portfolio by The Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford
2016
Finalist for the Zealous Graduate Art Prize 2016
2013
Undergraduate National Scholarship awarded by Goldsmiths College, The University of London 2013-2016
PUBLICATIONS
2021
When You Blossom I Bloom – Forthcoming Publication with Baesianz, curated by Sarah Khan, Royal College of Art
Return – Forthcoming Publication with Paadman Projects, curated by Foad Alijan (Tehran)
2020
The Ruskin 2020 MFA Degree Show Publication (Online)
2019
Talking duality and open source-ery with Lilian Nejatpour by Helen Fortescue - Oxford Student Publications Ltd
Absinthe 2 Interview: Lilian Nejatpour by Hector Campbell - Elam x Kronos Publishing (Print and Online)
2018
Art Licks Magazine: Issue 22: GORSEDD, Tenderbooks, London
2016
Aesthetica Magazine: November 2016 Issue: Artist Directory: Lilian Nejatpour (Print and Online)
2015
Ephemeral Magazine: Visual Cultures 10, Goldsmiths, Visual Cultures (Print and Online)
PRESS
2020
Wanawal (The West Asian and North African Women’s Art Library)
Choreophobia Interview with Foad Alijani (Paadmaan Projects Tehran), Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
Bold Tendencies 2020: Sol Bailey-Barker, Jeremy Deller, Jack Evans, Nathaniel Faulkner, Lucy Gregory, Jenny Holzer, Rene Matić, Lilian Nejatpour, Davinia-Ann Robinson and Rafał Zajko
Collective Ending: Lilian Nejatpour
2019
Art Licks Radio Weekend 2019 in partnership with RTM.FM and TACO!
Kronos x Elam Publishing: Interview for Absinthe 2 by curator Hector Campbell
Coeval Magazine: Absinthe 2
Peckham 24: Lilian Nejatpour & Rebecca Salvadori
Photoworks in Peckham featuring Lilian Nejatpour Rebecca Salvadori
Art Dependence: Photoworks at Peckham 24
Mixmag: A new dance music-related photo exhibition, 'Dancing in Peckham'.
I.D Magazine: The best things to watch, see and do this week in the UK- Peckham 24
Photoworks London: Dance Photochat between Lilian Nejatpour and Rebecca Salvadori
The Evening Standard: Lucy Sanderson in collaboration with filmmaker Lilian Nejatpour and Grammy-award winning musician La Roux
2018
D&AD: Making a mark in an ever-shifting landscape; The Future of Creativity
Dazed: Art shows to leave the house for this month
Skin Deep Magazine: Skin Deep meets Lilian Nejatpour
HyperAllergic Magazine: Wrestling with Iran's Strict Gender Roles Through Dance
Resonance 104.4FM: Six Pillars 'Choreophobia': Interview with Fari Bradley
Art Licks Magazine: ‘Issue 22: GORSEDD’
2017
Another Mag: A Poignant Short Film About Race, Religion & the Avant-Garde
ID Magazine: Expressions of Feminism from The Arab & Muslim Diaspora
Dazed Digital: POCC
Gal-dem: POCC Interview
2016: NODE Forum: TADAEX 2016
SHOWS
2020
July 2020
'Hoist' at BOLD TENDENCIES (2020 Season), Group Show curated by Hannah Barry and Charlie Mills, Multi-Storey Car Park, Rye Lane Peckham.
June 2020
'New Indra' as part of No Show (The Ruskin School of Art MFA Degree Show), Online.
2019
October 2019
'The Sound of Engines when Birds take off', Composition and Broadcast for Art Licks Radio Weekend 2019 in partnership with RTM.FM and TACO!
August 2019
4:3 Boiler Room Launch for 'Lilian's Vow', Commission in partnership with Rebecca Salvadori, curated by Amar Ediriwira.
June 2019
Photoworks Instagram takeover with Rebecca Salvadori commissioned by Photoworks.
May 2019
'Hoist' as part of Group Show ABSINTHE §2 at the Spit and Sawdust Pub, curated by Charlie Mills and Billy Fraser (Collective Ending).
'Lilian's Vow' in partnership with Rebecca Salvadori at Peckham 24 & Photoworks London, curated by by Shoair Mavlian and Jamila Prowse.
March 2019
'Foreign Sleep' at Strange Love Festival 2019, curated by Phillippa Wall, The Brewery Tap, Folkestone.
'This is not a Funeral', Group Show with EAST (Eating At The Same Table Collective) at Regents Place, London.
February 2019:
‘One Night Only’, Sculpture Show at Lewisham Art House, London.
'Transition to Foreign Sleep', Performance and Q&A at Bath Spa University x Dance Spa Theatre Bristol, Bath.
2018
September 2018
'Choreophobia' (Final iteration), curated by Lorén Elhili and Nora Almes (To Whom This May Concern), Lancaster Rooms, Somerset House.
August 2018
'Choreophobia' at Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, curated by Colette Patterson, Dice Festival, Edinburgh.
'Choreophobia' (WIP), Performance featuring Eva Escrich Gonzalez & Lauren Stewart. Panel Discussion with Lorén Elhili and Nora Almes (To Whom This May Concern), Chisenhale Studios, London.
June 2018
'EAST: Eating At The Same Table', Group Show curated by Rochelle White, Willesden Gallery, London.
May 2018
'Cairotronica: Festival of Electronic and New Media Art', curated by Nada Bakr, funded by the Goethe-Institut, Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House Complex, Cairo, Egypt.
April 2018
'Threads Salon''- Turner Contemporary, curated by Phillippa Wall, Margate.
March 2018
'We Are Here, British BME Women'- LSE Library, London.
'GORSEDD'- Tenderbooks, London.
January 2018
'Feelings x CYAN'- CYAN Gallery, curated by Hilde Thon, Oslo, Norway.
2017
October 2017
‘Saint (The Empty Pose)’- Film Score in collaboration with Georgina Johnson, Studio 3, Photographer's Gallery, London.
September 2017
'Deptford X Festival', Deptford, London.
August 2017
'Feminism(s) x The Arab and Muslim Diaspora', curated by Lorén Elhili at Protein Studios, London.
June 2017
'BME Women', Alev Lenz Studio, London.
June 2017
'Designing Hope', NODE Festival, curated by Jeanne Vogt and Alex Waligorski, Naxoshalle, Frankfurt.
April 2017
'SLAB', APT Gallery, Deptford, London.
March 2017
'POCC', 47 Gallery, curated by Eldon Somers, London.
2015-2016
November 2016
'Has Moving Parts', Octavius Street, Deptford, London.
September 2016
'TADAEX 2016': Tehran Annual Digital Arts Festival, curated by Ali Phi, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
June 2016
'Goldsmith's Fine Art & History of Art Undergraduate Degree Show', New Cross, London.
November 2015
'Volume X', Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London.
March 2015
'Disorientation', Mile End Ecology Pavilion, Mile End, London.
2020
July 2020
'Hoist' at BOLD TENDENCIES (2020 Season), Group Show curated by Hannah Barry and Charlie Mills, Multi-Storey Car Park, Rye Lane Peckham.
June 2020
'New Indra' as part of No Show (The Ruskin School of Art MFA Degree Show), Online.
2019
October 2019
'The Sound of Engines when Birds take off', Composition and Broadcast for Art Licks Radio Weekend 2019 in partnership with RTM.FM and TACO!
August 2019
4:3 Boiler Room Launch for 'Lilian's Vow', Commission in partnership with Rebecca Salvadori, curated by Amar Ediriwira.
June 2019
Photoworks Instagram takeover with Rebecca Salvadori commissioned by Photoworks.
May 2019
'Hoist' as part of Group Show ABSINTHE §2 at the Spit and Sawdust Pub, curated by Charlie Mills and Billy Fraser (Collective Ending).
'Lilian's Vow' in partnership with Rebecca Salvadori at Peckham 24 & Photoworks London, curated by by Shoair Mavlian and Jamila Prowse.
March 2019
'Foreign Sleep' at Strange Love Festival 2019, curated by Phillippa Wall, The Brewery Tap, Folkestone.
'This is not a Funeral', Group Show with EAST (Eating At The Same Table Collective) at Regents Place, London.
February 2019:
‘One Night Only’, Sculpture Show at Lewisham Art House, London.
'Transition to Foreign Sleep', Performance and Q&A at Bath Spa University x Dance Spa Theatre Bristol, Bath.
2018
September 2018
'Choreophobia' (Final iteration), curated by Lorén Elhili and Nora Almes (To Whom This May Concern), Lancaster Rooms, Somerset House.
August 2018
'Choreophobia' at Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, curated by Colette Patterson, Dice Festival, Edinburgh.
'Choreophobia' (WIP), Performance featuring Eva Escrich Gonzalez & Lauren Stewart. Panel Discussion with Lorén Elhili and Nora Almes (To Whom This May Concern), Chisenhale Studios, London.
June 2018
'EAST: Eating At The Same Table', Group Show curated by Rochelle White, Willesden Gallery, London.
May 2018
'Cairotronica: Festival of Electronic and New Media Art', curated by Nada Bakr, funded by the Goethe-Institut, Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House Complex, Cairo, Egypt.
April 2018
'Threads Salon''- Turner Contemporary, curated by Phillippa Wall, Margate.
March 2018
'We Are Here, British BME Women'- LSE Library, London.
'GORSEDD'- Tenderbooks, London.
January 2018
'Feelings x CYAN'- CYAN Gallery, curated by Hilde Thon, Oslo, Norway.
2017
October 2017
‘Saint (The Empty Pose)’- Film Score in collaboration with Georgina Johnson, Studio 3, Photographer's Gallery, London.
September 2017
'Deptford X Festival', Deptford, London.
August 2017
'Feminism(s) x The Arab and Muslim Diaspora', curated by Lorén Elhili at Protein Studios, London.
June 2017
'BME Women', Alev Lenz Studio, London.
June 2017
'Designing Hope', NODE Festival, curated by Jeanne Vogt and Alex Waligorski, Naxoshalle, Frankfurt.
April 2017
'SLAB', APT Gallery, Deptford, London.
March 2017
'POCC', 47 Gallery, curated by Eldon Somers, London.
2015-2016
November 2016
'Has Moving Parts', Octavius Street, Deptford, London.
September 2016
'TADAEX 2016': Tehran Annual Digital Arts Festival, curated by Ali Phi, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
June 2016
'Goldsmith's Fine Art & History of Art Undergraduate Degree Show', New Cross, London.
November 2015
'Volume X', Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London.
March 2015
'Disorientation', Mile End Ecology Pavilion, Mile End, London.
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