Damavand series 140 works 2020
Folding series 2018
Infinite Truths 2017
Patterns and weaves 2008-2013
BIOGRAPHY
Artist Statement
Abstraction has a sensuality of letting us lose ourselves in it; a meditation. The intention is art of pure affect. The practice is concerned with repetition, difference and disruption.
In every act of repeating there is a birth, a becoming, and differences occur - when substantial they give rise to identifiable disruptions.
Engaged in drawing, painting, videos, and performance. Rules and limitations are adopted at first; they help the works to commence, they are not rigid, and often are let go. There are various methods; these are useful for the making.
Currently working on geometric, abstract, non periodic patterns. Some of these designs originate and are appropriations of contemporary abstract tilings and thirteenth/ fourteenth century Persian architecture.
Education
MA Fine Art Chelsea College of Art, London
BSc Eng Kings College, London
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Ke Chi, Finch Projects, London Fields
2021 Green & Stone Summer Exhibition 2021, London
2020 Magic of Persia, From Tehran with Love, Los Angeles
2020 Banana Jam, Beijing design week group show, Beijing
2019 Patternitcture, Farhangsaraye Niavaran, Tehran
2019 Banana Jam Shenzen Art Fair, Shenzen
2017 Infinite Truths- Bijan Daneshmand, Janet Rady, London
2017 Seasons, Maxilla Space, London
2016 Paper Tiger Wooden Horse, Shenzen
2016 Savoir Faire, Different Gallery, London
2016 Fast Forward/ Rewind, Punctum Space, London
2016 Blue Gold, Gallery Etemad, Tehran
2015 Geometry Zen, Fetch Art, Taipei
2015 Chelsea Summer Show, London
2015 Unreadable, Pangaea Sculptors' Centre, London
2014 Exploration, La Galleria, London
2014 Kids of Dada, London
2014 Middle East Contemporary Art Auction, London
Video, Film, Radio
Acted and produced 20 Fingers, winner Best Digital Film at Venice Film Festival 2004
Produced, directed, acted in A Snake's Tail, winner Best International Feature Bare Bones Film Festival USA 2006
Acting credits include:
The Persian Version by Maryam Keshavarz
The Diplomat by Simon Cellan Jones
House of the Dragon by Miguel Sapochnik
The Infidel by Cyrus Nowrasteh
The Night Manager by Susanne Bier
Pari by Siamak Etemadi
Nowhere to Run by Luke Scott
Women Without Men by Shirin Neshat
Under The Shadow by Babak Anvari
Body of Lies by Ridley Scott
Munich by Steven Spielberg
20 Fingers by Mania Akbari
Page Eight by David Hare
Various Radio plays for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service
EXHIBITIONS
INFINITE TRUTHS
December 2017, Janet Rady, London
SELECTED PRESS
Bijan Daneshmand Joins the Cast of Netflix's 'The Diplomat'
The Authentic Talent of Actor and Filmmaker Bijan Daneshmand
The Persian Observer 2023 Interview with Prolific TV + Film Actor Bijan Daneshmand
INFINITE TRUTHS, by Elizabeth Manchester, London 2017
Wall Street International Infinite Truths
BIJAN DANESHMAND, Selected works: 2008–2013, text by Helen Sumpter
Review: "'Unreadable', a triumph of a show that connects ten artists and a space " by Sean Worrell for ORGAN THING online arts magazine
Le muqarnas di Bijan Daneshmand by Sergio Spadaro Le muqarnas di Bijan
Film review: " Rumi, opium, and the beauty of genuine forgiveness: a review of Bijan Daneshmand's 'A Snake's Tail'
Film & TV Bijan Daneshmand on IMDB
Bijan Daneshmand's biography on Wikipedia
Kayhan Life, English version, September 15, 2020
Kayhan Life, Persian version, September 15, 2020
CONTACT
Direct email: bijanok@yahoo.com
Instagram: @bijanartist
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7830 9327 / + 44 (0)7957 284 370