Marjan Zahed-Kindersley | UK

London, United Kingdom

“There isn’t a big mystery
about my work: it’s a question
of pleasure. As simple and as
complicated as that.”

“Da gibt es kein tieferes Geheimnis meiner Arbeit: Es ist ein Frage der Freude. So einfach, so kompliziert ist das.”

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Alle B/W Fotos von Hand entwickelt. Signiert und limitiert als 15er-Auflage.
Unterschiedliche Abmessungen.
(M3 Leica (50mm and 90mm lenses), Ilford film und Doubleweight Baryta paper (30*40cm), entwickelt mit Leitz Focomat V35)

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Marjan Zahed-Kindersley

Studied Combined Philosophy and German (link paper: Aesthetics), King’s College, London. With stints at acting (independent film), privately studying Piano Teaching (Royal College of Music, London), English Literature (Birkbeck College, London University) and film-script-writing in Prague (FAMU, studied privately under Mandic), Photography in Paris at L.E.F.E.T (Ecole privee de communication visuelle), S.P.E.O.S (under Anna Strickland) privately under Philippe Bachelier and Sozial/Portraitfotografie at Medienkulturzentrum, Dresden under Christine Starke.

Certificate of Excellence and Originality, Palm d’Or Award

Associate Member of ACAVA

Member of New Work Network

Member of We Are All Artists

Member of OpenFluxus

Shortlisted for Vorres Museum, Greece “HermAphroditism Olympic Con~Fusion” 2004

Member of The Leica Society

Beneficiary of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Artist Professional Development Grant September 2008

Won entry for Top 100 show at Jealous Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

“Giggle and Thought” (solo exhibition), The Coffee Plant, 180 Portobello Road, London, 7th June till Saturday 4th July

“On the Coatrack” at Inn on the Green, 2006 -2007

“Bra-vo” for Children in need at Inn on the Green, 17th November 2006

“Tief oberflaechlich” (“Deeply superficial”), Capa Galerie, Dresden 2006

“Ein BH auf Reisen” (“A bra on its travels”), Leselust Foto, Dresden, 2005

“Mein BH” (‘My Bra’) Bad Sachsa Kulturzentrum, 2003/4

“Il etait une fois”, portrait hanging at Maison du Leica, Paris since 2002

Group Exhibitions

Top 100, Jealous Gallery, London, June2009

Brick Lane Festival at VOILA Gallery, London, 2008

i-2-u, London 2007

MHM, 8th-20th January 2007 at Chelsea Library, London

Art Domain, Palm Art Award Exhibition 2006Leipzig

Marziart, Hamburg, 2004

“Erotikon” 2004, Bad Sachsa Kulturzentrum

Presentations, Reviews and Press Publications

“L’Humeur Indocile” bookcover http://www.lesbelleslettres.com

“Poesie des Unbrauchbaren” photos presented in a lecture by Professor Peter Zajac, Humboldt University, Berlin. To be published 2009.

http://www.slawistik.hu-berlin.de/forschung/veranstaltungsreihen/wissenschaftliteratur

http://www.iranian.com/main/member/marjan-zahed-kindersley

http://www.theartistsvenue.com

http://www.hercircleezine.com/archives/spring06/MarjanKindersley.html

http://www.art-domain.com/whoiswho.html

http://www.fhm.com/tw December 2007 issue in Taiwan

Marjan Zahed-Kindersley im Netz