About - Solmaz Farhang
Solmaz Farhang, born in November 1982, currently lives and works in Vienna, studying Art&Science at University of Applied
Arts, Vienna. She is interested and focused on different aspects of visual communication.
NEWS 2024: Solmaz has been announced as the winning artist in the climate Public Response 2024/25 open call from the Energy
and Environment Institute at the University of Hull and Humber Street Gallery. The exhibition at Humber Street Gallery will be on from 14 February to 18 May 2025, marking her first solo show in the UK. Please find the full news in the links bellow and feel free to share.
https://www.ukcoastalresilience.org/artist-solmaz-farhang-chosen-for-climate-public-response-project
https://www.absolutelycultured.co.uk/artist-solmaz-farhang-chosen-for-humber-street-gallery-and-university-of-hulls-climate-public-response-project/
In July 2018, Somalz was nominated for the Joseph Binder Award 2018 – for her work »Herr Pomeranze lernt lachen«
Shortlist of all nominees:
Desicion has been reached
More info
Award ceremony was held on 8 November 2018 @ designforum Wien MuseumsQuartier
Works
- The Mirrored Universe (June 19, 2018)Exhibited
- A LONG GOODBYE: Facts and Fictions About Emotions, Memory and All (June 17, 2015)Diploma Project Presentation
- ARBITRARY HYPOTHESES (November 18, 2013)Exhibited
- Self-portrait in the Lab (January 24, 2013)Exhibited
- Phoenix (November 19, 2012)Author
- Here and There (July 27, 2012)
- Above 0.74 µm (January 24, 2012)
Activities
- Liquid tools for River Fiction (April 06, 2022)A workshop led by The Danube Transformation Agency for AgencyOrganizer
- 2,850 km transformative swimming session with the Danube Transformation Agency for Agency (March 24, 2022)Lecture by Solmaz Farhang, Alexandra Fruhstorfer, Ege Kökel, Lena Violetta Leitner and Andrea PalaštiOrganizer
- Between the media (November 21, 2018)Two of the works initially presented in Vienna at NHM-OPIS will travel to KrakowExhibited
- Our Place in Space. Astronomie und Kunst im Dialog (June 20, 2018)Exhibited
- The Essence 15 (June 25, 2015)University of Applied Arts annual exhibitionExhibited
- ROUNDTABLE (May 19, 2015)Atlas MakingPresentation
- OPEN HOUSE 2014 (October 23, 2014)
- CRUCIAL EXPERIMENTS (November 18, 2013)Vienna Art Week 2013Exhibited
- ROUNDTABLE (May 16, 2013)Field ResearchProtocol
- ROUNDTABLE (April 25, 2013)Field ResearchPresentation
- 14/16,On-Site Research (January 24, 2013)Micro-exhibits in six placesExhibited
- Retackling Contraction and Expansion (October 08, 2012)Workshop
- EURATOM (July 22, 2012)micro-exhibition and presentations of Euratom ProjectsWorks
- ROUNDTABLE (June 28, 2012)Field Research
- The Essence 12 (June 27, 2012)University of Applied Arts annual exhibitionExhibited
- ROUNDTABLE (June 04, 2012)Field Research
- ROUNDTABLE (May 31, 2012)Field Research
- ROUNDTABLE (May 03, 2012)Field ResearchField Research Presentation
- Presentations 24.01.2012 (January 24, 2012)A machine that creates believesWorks
- Presentations 24.01.2012 (January 24, 2012)A machine that creates believes
- XMAS MARKET (December 16, 2011)In context of HUFAK OffspaceRealization
