Amak Mahmoodian's Outputs (6)

Zanjir (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

Following the tremendous success of the relaunch of major exhibitions in September with Still I Rise, Arnolfini are delighted to present Angelica Mesiti’s ASSEMBLY and Bristol-based artist Amak Mahmoodian’s Zanjir, as part of the Winter/Spring 2020 p... Read More about Zanjir.

A questionnaire on the photobook (2022)
Journal Article

Zanjir (2020)
Exhibition / Performance

Amak Mahmoodian’s Zanjir (Translation: “chain”) explores complex ideas about identity, home, exile and family. Building on a photobook of the same name, the exhibition will be the first complete gallery presentation of the project, bringing it into a... Read More about Zanjir.

Zanjir (2019)
Book

Zanjir is a conversation imagined between the artist Amak Mahmoodian (1980-present) and the Persian princess and memoirist Taj Saltaneh (1883 - 1936). In Zanjir, Amak Mahmoodian draws on imagery from King name's collection from the 19th Century held... Read More about Zanjir.

Shenasnameh (2017)
Exhibition / Performance

Shenasnameh was presented as a solo exhibition at the RPS Gallery, Tokyo.

Shenasnemeh (2016)
Book

Six years ago, I was waiting in a reception room, holding the birth certificates of my mother and me. We looked similar in our ID photographs. That same day my fingerprint was fixed next to my image, and my mother’s fingerprint next to her image. Des... Read More about Shenasnemeh.