Abbas Akhavan

1977. Born in Tehran, Iran

  • 1990

  • 1997

    Art Diploma H. B. Beal Art Annex, Canada

  • 2000

  • 2003

    Golden Key International Honour Society

  • 2004

    Bachelor of Fine Arts Concordia University, Montreal

  • 2005

    University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship

  • 2006

    RBC Canadian Painting Award Semi Finalist

  • 2006

    Master of Fine Arts University of British Columbia

  • 2010

  • 2018

    Solo show, "Variations on a Landscape", The Power Plant Gallery, Toronto

  • 2018

    Group show, "A Kiss under the Tail", Arsenal, New York

  • 2018

    Group show, "Enchanted Bodies / Fetish for Freedom", Gamec, Bergamo, Italy

  • 2018

    Solo show, "Recently", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai

  • 2019

    Art fair, Art Basel, Represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Basel

  • 2019

    Art fair, Art Basel, Represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Basel

  • 2019

    Group show, "I Will See It, When I Believe It", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai

  • 2020

  • 2020

    Group show, "There Is Fiction In The Space Between - Online Viewing", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai

  • 2020

    Art fair, Art Basel, Represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Basel

  • 2021

    Solo show, "Curtain Call, Variations on a Folly", Chisenhale Gallery, London

  • 2021

    Group show, "Unseeable", Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver

  • 2021

    Group show, "A Pop-up Group Exhibition", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai

  • 2021

    Group show, "Notes on How to Care for Your Plants - Online Viewing", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai

  • 2022

    Solo show, "Study for A Garden", Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute

  • 2022

    Group show, "Scents of Movement, Scents of Place", Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton

  • 2024

    Group show, "Eco(ed) Visions", The Mine, Tehran

  • 2025

    Group show, "Gathering Ground", Tate Modern, London

  • 2025

    Group show, "The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai

  • 2025

    Solo show, "One Hundred Years", Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver

  • 2026

    Group show, "Les Fleurs du Mal", Oakville Galleries, Ontario

  • 2026

    Group show, " Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change", Vancouer Art Gallery, Vancouver