`SIN SEENI /sīn-sīnī/

Iranian multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Berlin.

His work is often multilayered and incorporates various combinations of media. Language is inseparable in his art, as he aims to convey conceptual ideas through linguistic concepts. In other words, He strives to engage with the Language and Art movement, creating a bridge between this important theme and contemporary media and tools. He sometimes addresses political issues, adopting an ‘artivist’ approach. Some of his works’ language-oriented aspects impart a literary and linguistic quality that alters their function by distorting signs.

Sin Seeni
photo by Davood Dorra

Professional Experiences:

  • Multidisciplinary artist
  • Freelance Graphic Designer (2006-now, Horny Horse Studio)
  • Co-founder of Block Art Collective group, 2017
  • Art Director and curator, Takesh Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2011-2014.
  • Co-founder of Performance Art group “Cutartists” /a:t/BrE., Tehran, 2006-2010
  • Review Writer for Text & Image e-magazine (2011-2014) & Tandis Visual Art Magazine
  • Instructor:

– Isfahan City Center University (ICCU), 2022.

-Narbon Graphic Academy, 2019-2022.

-Kashane-e-Honar Institute, Isfahan, Iran, 2014-2016.

-Fine Art School, Isfahan, 2013-2014

 

Exhibitions:

  • Replacement of the Dividers Needle, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Apr-May. 2024
  • REM, Dastan Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 2022
  • Limited access, curated exhibition, Media Society, Tehran, Iran, 2019
  • Unbalancing, curated exhibition, Freiburg, Germany, 2019
  • Sliding on the Division Line, curated exhibition (Block blk.), Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2019
  • Synaptic space, curated exhibition (Block blk.), Electric room (Dastan Gallery), Tehran, Iran, 2018
  • First Row, Last Seat, curated exhibition (Block blk.), Bon-Gah Studio, Tehran, Iran, 2018
  • The Strange Worlds, curated exhibition, Potsdam, Germany, 2017
  • Structured Frustrations, curated exhibition, video art, CC Art Space, Isfahan, Iran, 2017
  • video performance art, curated exhibition, Matnemrooz Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2015
  • The Preface, video art, curated exhibition, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2015
  • The Line, Drawing curated exhibition at Matnemrooz, Isfahan, Iran, 2015
  • Without a face, sound art, a curated exhibition at Takesh Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2013
  • Cromatophonography, 44th International Poem Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2013
  • Musical box, with /a:t/BrE Group, Mashed, Iran, Mar.2012.
  • Entropy, Video Performance at Matn Gallery, Isfahan, Iran, 2012
  • Catharsis, with /a:t/BrE Group, Arte Gallery, Tehran, Iran, Mar.2012.
  • The List of the events, a curated exhibition at Takesh Gallery, Esfahan, Iran, 2011
  • Performance Box with /a:t/BrE Performance Art Group, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Art Residency:

  • Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, Jul. 2023-Jul. 2024
  • VAIO Art Residency, Kashan, Iran, Aug. 2022

 

Workshops Experimentes:

  • Anadolu Kültür, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 2013.
  • ‘Siting Performance, Citizenship, New Media’, workshop on performance art with Prof. Richard Schechner at Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 15-16 April 2011.
  • workshop on performance art with Waffa Bilal with The Back Room (video Link- The call), Araan gallery, Tehran, Iran, Sep.2011.

 

Workshop with:

  • As contemporary as the contemporaneity, Kashane-e-Honar Institute, Nov.2015
  • Artist as the rebel, for painting students, Takesh Gallery, 2013
  • Cardboard Catwalk, Installation with /a:t/BrE Group, Mashed, Iran, Sep.2011.
  • Interactive Art Workshop, performance/installation with /a:t/BrE group at Isfahan Society of Painters, Iran, 4 Nov. 2010.
  • ‘Marmeladov’s Mind’, performance/installation with /a:t/BrE group at Koroosh Garmsari, Tooba Cultural Centre, Bandar Abbas, Iran, 18-19 Sept. 2010.
  • Performance Art Workshop with /a:t/BrE group, Howzeh Honari, Shiraz, 5 Aug. 2010

 

Curatorship Experience:

Cut while shaving, an exhibition on the portrait at Takesh Gallery, Esfahan, Iran, May 2013.

Jury Experience:

Video art, Ghoss Event, Isfahan Contemporary Museum, Isfahan, 2021

 

Invited Discussions:

Semiology in Graphic Design, Narbon Academy, Isfahan, Iran, 2021

Plastic and Art, Green Lab, Isfahan, Iran, 2019

Today Poster, Narbon Academy, Isfahan, Iran, 2019

Sapient  Architect, Green Lab, Isfahan, Iran, 2019