- 1962Born in Tehran, Iran
- 1984Received her B.A. from University of Tehran
- 1991Moved to Germany
- 1992Received her M.A. from College of Art Offenbach, Hessen
- 1995Member of the art project Fahrradhalter
- 2001Obtained a grant from Hessen Cultural Foundation
- 2001Obtained a grant from Kunstfonds Foundation
- 2001Participated in the 2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin
- 2001Blind Spot
- 2001Solo show, "Blind Spot", Stavanger Cultural Centre, Stavanger
- 2001Group show, Frankfurter Kreuz, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
- 2001Group show, "Scene Change XIX", Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt
- 2001Group show, "Migration", Womens’ Museum, Bonn
- 2002Solo show, "Shoes Off!", De Ligt Gallery, Frankfurt
- 2002Solo show, Blindspot, Golestan Art Gallery, Tehran, Germany
- 2002Group show, "Source as Inspiration", Francke Foundation, Halle
- 2002Group show, "Say Hello Wave Goodbye", Hohenlohe & Kalb Gallery, Vienna
- 2003Solo show, "Thousand and One Day", National Gallery at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- 2003Group show, "MARS-Art and War", The New Gallery & Museum Joanneum, Graz
- 2003Group show, "ّFeast", Arhus
- 2003Group show, "Bellissima", Gallery of the Art Academy, Leipzig
- 2003Group show, "Zan-e-irani", Womens’ Museum, Bonn
- 2003Group show, "MARS-Art and War", The New Gallery, Graz
- 2004Grant from Balmoral Künstlerhaus
- 2004Solo show, "Ornamentic", City Museum, Crailsheim
- 2004Solo show, "Signs", Einstein Forum, Potsdam
- 2004Group show, "Far Near Distance", Centre of the World Cultures, Berlin
- 2004Group show, Gabriele Münter Prize, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
- 2004Group show, "The Ten Commandments", German Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
- 2004Participated in the 4th Busan Biennal, Busan
- 2005Group show, "Intersections", Jewish Museum of Melbourne / Jewish Museum of San Francisco
- 2005Khoj International Artists Workshop, Bombey
- 2005Solo Show, "Parastou Forouhar in the German Kathedral", Berlin
- 2005Solo show, "Spielmannszüge", Dominikanerkloster Forum, Frankfurt
- 2005Solo show, "Spielmannszuege", Saarland artists space, Saarbrücken
- 2006Grant from the German Academy in Rom-Villa Massimo
- 2006Co-curator, "Treibsand - Contemporary Art Space on DVD", Tehran issue
- 2006Solo show, "Blind Spot", Gallery Karin Sachs, Munich
- 2006Group show, "Eastern Exprssway", Evangelische Stadtakademie, Frankfurt
- 2006Group show, "The Critical Eye", Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
- 2006Group show, Hannah Arendt Thinking Space, Berlin
- 2007Residency of Berlin Cultural Senat, Istanbul
- 2007Solo show, "Just a Minute", Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome
- 2007Group show, "Global Feminism", Brooklyn Museum, NY
- 2007Group show, "Retracing Territories", Kunsthalle Fribourg
- 2007Group show, "Creation and Design of Media Arts", Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt
- 2007Group show, "Mahrem", Santral Istanbul, Istanbul
- 2008Red is My Name, Green is My Name
- 2008Solo show, "Parade", Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Lückenwalde
- 2008Group show, "Mahrem", Kunsthalle Wien/Tanas, Berlin
- 2008Group show, "Re-Imagining Asia", Haus of the World Cultures, Berlin
- 2008Group show, "Vote for Women", Kunst Meran, Merano
- 2008Group show, "Naqsh", Pergamon Museum, Berlin
- 2009Participated in the Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, South Korea
- 2009Solo show, "Parastou Forouhar", Gallery Karin Sachs, Munich
- 2009Solo show, "Links of Violence", Orgel Fabrik, Karlsruhe
- 2009Solo show, "I Surrender", Azad Gallery, Tehran
- 2009Group show, "The Power of Ornament", Belvedere, Vienna
- 2009Group show, "Dream and Reality", Paul Klee Center, Bern
- 2009Group show, "In Istanbul - From Arrivel To Departure", BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
- 2009Group show, "Rebelle", Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem
- 2010Bienniale, "Veiled Memoirs", XIV Biennale Donna, Ferrara
- 2010Ashoura Day
- 2010Solo show, "Parastou Forouhar", RH Gallery, NY
- 2010Solo show, "Parastou Forouhar", Leighton House Museum, London
- 2010Solo show, "He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not", Verso Arte Contemporanea, Turin
- 2010Group show, "Nagsh and Raghsh", Muesum of Islamic Art, Sharja
- 2010Group show, "21st Century", Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane
- 2010Group show, "War/Individium", AZKM, Muenster
- 2011Bienniale, "Medi(t)ation", Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
- 2011Solo show, "He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not", Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich
- 2011Solo show, "Written Room", Fondazione Merz, Turin
- 2011Group show, "Political Patterns", IFA Gallery, Berlin / Stuttgart
- 2011Group show, "Disturbing the Public Opinion", Roda Sten, Gothenburg
- 2011Group show, "The Ornamental Gesture", Künstlerhaus, Dortmond
- 2011Group show, "ZENDEGI", 12 contemporary Iranian artists, Beirut Show Center
- 2011Group show, "Ornamental Structures", Stadtgalerie, Saarbruecken
- 2011Group show, "20 Years of Presence", Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt
- 2012Winner of Sophie von La-Roche Prize of Offenbach city
- 2012Group show, "The Elephant in the Dark", Devi Foundation, Dehli
- 2012Group show, "Feminst and …", The Matrass Factory Museum, Pittsburgh
- 2012Group show, "Fertile Crescent", Princeton University Art Museum, NJ
- 2012Group show, 7th Asia Pasific Triennal of Contamporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery
- 2012Solo show, "No Home-game", Kunst-Raum-Akademie, Weingarten
- 2012Group show, "Killing", Kunstpalais, Erlangen
- 2012Co-curator, "Omid is my Name", JBS Anne Frank, Frankfurt
- 2013Participated in the 5th Moscow Biennale
- 20134th Biennial of Thessaloniki
- 2013Participated in Gothenburg Biennial
- 2013Group show, "The Fold", CAB Contemporary Art, Brussels
- 2013Group show, "Free View", Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
- 2013Group Show, "Conflicts", Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
- 2013Group show, "The Passion of Persia", Rietberg Museum, Zurich
- 2013Solo show, "The Time of The Butterflies", Hinterland Gallery, Vienna
- 2013Solo show, "The Poetry of Unloved Perception", Art Galerie of Fuerth
- 2013Solo show, "Ornament and Crime", Law Warshaw Gallery of Macalester College, St. Paul
- 2013Solo show, "The Subtle Tempo of Pain", Roemer 9, Frankfurt
- 2013Solo show, "He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not II", Stadtgalerie, Neunkirchen
- 2014Portraits II
- 2014Solo show, "Repeating Patterns of Mrs. P", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2014Solo show, "Kiss Me", Rose Issa Projects, London
- 2014Solo show, "Body Letter", El Greco Festival, Toledo
- 2014Group Show, "Recalling the Future", Brunei Gallery at SOAS, London
- 2014Group show, "The Art of Life", Uppsala Konstmuseum
- 2014Group show, "Ornamental Structures", Kunstverein Worms
- 2015Water Mark
- 2015Solo show, "New Works", Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich
- 2015Solo show, "Burnt Paper", Hinterland Gallery, Vienna
- 2015Solo show, "Re-imagining the Illusion", Pi Artworks, London
- 2015Group show, "The Common Grounds", Villa Stuck Museum, Munich
- 2015Group show, "Magic and Power", Marta Herford Museum, Herford
- 2015Group show, "Agoraphobia", Azad Gallery, Tehran
- 2015Artist residency of the Brodsky Center at Rutgers University, NJ
- 2015Group show, "Insomuch That It Slowly Goes Drown", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2016Solo show, "Written Room", Pi Artworks, London
- 2016Group show, "The Disturbing Green", Marta Herford Museum, Herford
- 2016Group show, "Sew+Zan", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2017Bienniale, "The Art of Joy", MANIF D’ART/8: The Quebec City Biennale
- 2017Solo show, "Written Room", Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
- 2017Solo show, "Written Room", Pi Artworks, Istanbul
- 2017Solo show, "Contested Memories", Anne Frank Center, Frankfurt
- 2017Artist residency, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland
- 2017Group show, "Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians", Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
- 2017Participated in the "11th Biennale for Contemporary Art", Dresden
- 2017Group show, "Disturbance", Kunsthalle Leipzig
- 2017Group show, "Waste Lands", San Telmo Museoa, San Sebastian
- 2018Art fair, Teer Art, Represented by Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2019Group show, "40 - 50 - 60", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2019Group show, "A Bridge Between You and Everything ", Haines Gallery, California
- 2019Solo show, "Deadlines", Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrucken
- 2019Group show, "A Bridge Between You and Everything", High Line Nine Gallery, New York
- 2019Group show, "Me", Kabood Atelier Art Gallery, Tabriz
- 2020Group show, "Me", Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan
- 2020Group show, "Shabtab (7)", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2020Group show, "Me", Haan Gallery, Shiraz
- 2020Group show, "One by One", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2021Solo show, "Augen und Hände", Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
- 2021Group show, "Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians", Asia Society Museum, New York
- 2022Group show, "The First Fertile Element", A Gallery, Tehran
- 2022Group show, "Decapitalize Humanity", Deutscher Kunstlerbund e V, Berlin
- 2022Group show, "Mohammad Siyah-Qalam Award - Featured Artists", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2022Group show, "The Other Kabul. Remains of The Garden", Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun
- 2024Solo show, "Papillon", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
- 2024Group show, "Vintage Modern", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
- 2025Art fair, 8Fair, Represented by Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2025Art fair, MENART Fair, Represented by Azad Art Gallery, Paris
- 2025Group show, "Portraiture Now: Iranian Contemporary", Advocartsy - West Hollywood, Los Angeles
- 2025Group show, "Remembrance", 009821 Projects, Tehran
