Andisheh Avini

Born 1974 in NYC. MA Hunter College. Lives and works in New York City

Solo exhibition

2009 Andisheh Avini, Aidan Gallery, Moscow (upcoming)

2009 Andisheh Avini Homesick, FEINKOST, Berlin 

2009 Andisheh Avini, I-20 Gallery, New York

2008 Andisheh Avini, Gavlak Projects, West Palm Beach, FL

2007 Andisheh Avini, I-20 Gallery, New York

2006 Andisheh Avini, Alberto Peola Fine Arts, Turin, Italy

2005 Andisheh Avini, I-20 Gallery, New York

2003 Andisheh Avini, Rome Arts, New York

2002 Andisheh Avini, I-20 Gallery, New York 

Group exhibition

2008 Deleted Scenes, FEINKOST, Berlin 

2008 VOLTA 04 Show, Basel, Switzerland (FEINKOST) 

2008Love, Love, Love, curated by Jose Martos and Chloe Labouerie, Martos Gallery, New York 

2008 Empire and Its Discontents, Tisch Gallery Tufts University, Medford, MA

2007 Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York 

2008 Theater of Cruelty, curated by Raul Zamudio, Whitebox, New York

2006 Mélange, Gavlak gallery, Miami 

2006 The Gold Standard. Curated by Walead Beshty and Bob Nickas. 

2006 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY = 

2006 Six Feet Under — Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten, 

2006 Kunstmuseum Bern, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Switzerland 

2006 VOLTA 02 Show, Basel, Switzerland (I-20) 

2006 The Contemporary Persian Scene, LTMH Gallery, New York 

2006 ARCO 2006, Madrid, Spain (I-20)

2005 Did you hear the one about the Irishman and the Swiss who opened 

an art gallery on a beach…?, Medium, St Barth’s, French West Indies 

2005 New Perspectives, FIAC 2005, Paris, France (I-20) 

2005 Art Forum Berlin (I-20)

2004 Rimbaud, curated by Max Henry, I-20 Gallery, New York 

2004 Synapses, Florence Lynch Gallery (FIT), New York 

2004 Arte East Silent Benefit Auction, New York

2003 Art Basel Miami Beach 2003, Miami, FL (I-20) 

2003 The Garden of Eden, The Factory, New York 

2003 Up in Arms, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn 

2003 The Armory Show, New York (I-20)

2002 Friends and Family, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York 

2002 Artissima, Turin, Italy (I-20) 

2002 Art Forum Berlin, Germany (I-20)

Projects 

Work commissioned for Bidoun Magazine, Winter 2005

Articles and reviews 

- McQuaid, Cate. “Empire Strikes Back”. The Boston Globe, October 26th, 2008 

- Smith, Roberta. “Menace, Glitter and Rock in Visions of Dystopia”, The New York Times, December 29, 2006 

- Mummolo, Jonathan. “A Museum Gold Rush” Newsweek, October 30th, 2006 

- Moulton, Aaron. “Medium — St. Barth, Frenchwest Indies” Flash Art, March/April, 2006 

- Finch, Charlie. “Signs of Life on West 23rd Street,” 

- http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/cfinch/finch6-17-05.asp (June 17, 2005) 

-“Andisheh Avini,” ART, flavorpill NYC (May 24 — 30, 2005) 

- Rosenberg, Karen. Art Listings New York (May 23, 2005) Page 97 

- Art Listings. Time Out New York (May 19-25) Issue 503 Page. 74 

- Smith, Roberta. “Review: Rimbaud at I-20 Gallery,” The New York Times, July 30, 2004, Section E, Page 35 

-Daigle, Claire. “Review: Rimbaud at I-20 Gallery,” Art Papers, 

November/December 2004, Page 49

Solo exhibition catalogue 

Andisheh Avini, with text by Natasha Roje, I-20 Gallery, New York (2005)

Group exhibition catalogue 

Empire and Its Discontents, with text by Rhonda Saad and Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Tufts University Art Gallery, 2008 

Six Feet Under - Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten, 

Kunstmuseum Bern, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Switzerland 

Synapses, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, 2004

Other Publications 

Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art, Black Dog Publishing, 2008