Tirdad Zolghadr

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Tirdad Zolghadr
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Occupation	Curator, Art Critic, Writer

Tirdad Zolghadr works as a freelance curator, writes for Frieze Magazine and has also contributed to Parkett, Bidoun, Cabinet, Afterall, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Straits Times Singapore and other publications. He is co-founder of the Tehran-based feminist online magazine^[1] (1999) and co-director of Tehran 1380^[2] (with Solmaz Shahbazi), a documentary on mass housing estates in Tehran (2001).^[3] Since 2004, Zolghadr has curated events at Cubitt London, IASPIS Stockholm, Kunsthalle Geneva, various Tehran artspaces and other venues. He was co-curator of the International Sharjah Biennial 2005. ^[4] Zolghadr is a founding member of the SHAHRZAD design collective.^[5]

Contents 1 Background 2 Curator 3 Writer 4 Filmmaker 5 References

[edit] Background

Zolghadr grew up in Tehran, Zurich, North- and West Africa. He studied Comperative Literature ^[6] in Geneva, then worked as a cultural journalist and translator before starting to work as a freelance art critic and curator. ^[7]

[edit] Curator

examples of curated exhibitions:

• ‘Ethnic Marketing’ at the Kunsthalle Geneva with M. Anderfuhren, 2004
• Various venues in Tehran in April 2006
• 7th International Sharjah Biennial
• Contributions to Manifesta 6
• Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie: 2006-2009 Gasworks ^[8], London, Platform Istanbul, Tensta Konsthall ^[9], Townhouse Cairo (2008) ^[10], Arnolfini Bristol (2009)

[edit] Writer

Tirdad Zolghadr has also published a novel "Softcore", published by Telegram Books in the UK (2007) and Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Germany (2008)

“..Tirdad Zolghadr’s debut novel tells the story of the Promessa nightclub in Tehran, once a glamorous cocktail bar of the 70s and soon to be reopened as a heady mix of art, fashion and culture. Narrated by an art-enthusiast who soon finds himself locked into a complex political detective story, Softcore traces the story of modern-day Iran with wit and panache..”^[11]

[edit] Filmmaker

Tropical Modernism (Iran/Switzerland, 2005, 23 min) by Tirdad Zolghadr is a short film about the Iranian Left. ^[12]

[edit] References