Babak Golkar, Assisted Reconstruction, 2014, Paper cut-out from the original framed print (Fair Trade), straw, plastic bottle, water and watercolor, 31 x 25 x 8 cm |
About Babak Golkar
Babak Golkar was born in Berkeley in 1977. He spent most of his formative years in Tehran until 1996 when he migrated to Vancouver, where he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from Emily Carr Institute in 2003 and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia in 2006. Since then, Babak has been researching diverse subjects and cultivating a conceptual vocabulary. His subjects of research have especially emerged from an interest in spatial analysis in relation to our contemporary systemic conditions that are overpowering human conditions.
Babak has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in North America, Europe and Middle East. His most recent solo shows include those held at West Vancouver Museum, Canada; Victoria & Albert Museum, U.K; Hilger Modern Contemporary, Austria; Sanatorium, Turkey; he has also been featured in group exhibitions at Edge of Arabia, UK; Brot Kunsthalle, Austria; L’institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; National Museum Adrien Dubouche, France. Babak has been nominated and been the recipient of several awards, including being shortlisted as a finalist for the 2011 Jameel Art Prize. His work will also be featured in the upcoming 2014 Montreal Biennale and a group exhibition at Villa Empain,Brussels, as well as at the Museum Villa Stuck, Germany in 2015. The first ever presentation of Babak’s work in Iran will take place in a solo exhibition at Sazman Ab gallery in Tehran.
Babak currently lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.
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