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On this page, information about some of the events in which I presented my point of view, events such as the opening of an exhibition or the unveiling of a music album.
Surviving Shadows
Afghan Art in the Face of Suppression
opening of the Group exhibition
New York, Apexart , Friday, Jan 16, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
with curator present
Farshad Akbari participated in the group exhibition Surviving Shadows – Afghan Art in the Face of Suppression, curated by Yama Rahimi, held at apexart, New York.
In this exhibition, he is present with four Piece from the "What Is Your Dream?" collection, created between 2022 – 2025.
The exhibition brings together works by Afghan artists living in exile as well as anonymous artists based in Afghanistan, addressing the suppression of artistic expression following the Taliban’s takeover. Through painting, photography, video, text, and personal testimonies, the exhibition reflects on survival, resistance, displacement, and the endurance of art under conditions of extreme censorship and danger.
January 16 – March 14, 2026
Apexart, New York
Curator: Yama Rahimi
Artists:
Fatimah Hossaini, Jeanno Ghausi, Maryam Gholam Ali, Jahan Ara Rafi,
Ayatollah Ahmadi, Angela Gulistani (Kimia), Farshad Akbari, Waisuddin Mohammadi, and 10 anonymous artists based in Afghanistan
Opening: Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
On view: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Online exhibition: from January 16, 2026
291 Church Street, New York, USA
Being in Another Place
opening of the Group exhibition
Tehran, Didar Art Gallery , Friday December 12 / 4-8 pm
Farshad Akbari participated in the group exhibition Being in Another
Place, curated by Akram Ahmadi Tavana, held at Didar Art Gallery, Tehran.
In this exhibition, he is present with a video art work from the What Is Your Dream? collection.
The exhibition brings together works by Farshad Akbari, Morsal Halimi, Ali Rahimi, Mahdi Rasouli, the Golshahr Photographers Group, and the Your Hands Project, exploring states of displacement, presence, and the experience of existing between locations—physical, psychological, and imagined.
December 12 – 26, 2025
Didar Art Gallery, Tehran
Curator: Akram Ahmadi Tavana
Artists: Farshad Akbari, Morsal Halimi, Ali Rahimi, Mahdi Rasouli, Golshahr Photographers Group, Your Hands Project
Poster Design: Siavash Tasaodian
Visiting Hours: Saturday–Wednesday & Fridays, 4–8 PM
Closed on Thursdays
Didar Art Gallery
No. 10, Mobini St., South Mofatteh St., Haft-e-Tir Square, Tehran, Iran
Exhibition Catalog
Didar Art Gallery
What Is Your Dream?
opening of the solo exhibition of paintings
Tehran, Vali Art Gallery, Friday july 25th / 4-8 pm
Artist Statement
In What Is Your Dream?, Farshad Akbari invites us to a revelatory feast on the invisible border between sleep and wakefulness—where white lines grow from the darkness like mycelial roots and become the unspoken language of dreams. By presenting natural elements such as skulls, antlers, wood, and stone, he conjures the spirit of nature within his work to reveal that every branch and every stone carries a hidden story, woven into the heart of darkness and silence.
Like an ancient shaman, Akbari lives within his dreams—bringing forth ambiguous, symbolic images from the world of sleep into wakefulness, inscribing them in white lines: lines that act as pathways of insight, and points that shine like stars in the darkness of night—guiding us toward self-discovery and the creation of a world where every silent element finds a voice and echoes in stillness.
What Is Your Dream? is an invitation to pause and look again at the darkness and light within us—and to touch the moment where dream, wakefulness, nature, and intuition dissolve into one another: a gentle journey into the deepest layers of the self.
— Giti Norouzian
Opening and visiting days through the lens of Hamidreza Rahmani
from July 25th to August 5th
Opening and visiting days through the lens of Mitra Hamzehlooea
from July 25th to August 5th
playing of the album Journey to Childhood on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition The Other Kabul. Remains of the Garden on September 2, 2022, at the Kunstmuseum Thun. Switzerland
Kabul, Institute Francais Afghanistan, The unveiling ceremony of the album Journey To Childhood
8 APR 2021
Kabul, Instuitute Francais Afghanistan, The opening of the solo exhibition of paintings Laka
8 APR 2021
*"Stain" was my first solo painting exhibition; I chose the works of this collection from among the works that I had drawn during the previous years; This collection has a statement and you can read it through the website.
This Video was made from the day of the unveiling of the Journey To Childhood music album and the opening of the Laka painting exhibition at the Institute of France/Kabul
8 APR 2021
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