Navid Azimi Sajadi (b. 1982, Tehran, Iran) is a graduate of Painting from the Faculty of Art and Architecture (Azad University, Tehran) before moving to Rome, later graduating from Accademia di Belli Arti di Roma in 2009. He was awarded the Amedeo Modigliani Foundation Prize in 2009. He gained his Master of Fine Art in Multi Media Sculpture in 2013 from Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the same year was invited to the 9th Shanghai Biennale. In 2018, he was the winner of Premio Combat Museo G. Fattori 9th Edition in drawing and graphic field.
Art prizes:
2018- Premio Combat 9th edition, Museo G.Fattori, Livorno, Italy2009- Imprendi l arte: Amedeo Modigliani Foundation prize 1 edizione, Rome, Italy
2018- Risilienza, Officina Ars, Villa sistemi reggiana, Reggio Emilia
2019- Premio Viero per arte contemporanea, Lucca, Italy
Selected solo shows:
2020- Oriente e occidente, allegorie e simboli nella tradizione mediterranea, in collaboration of Mondo Mostre, curated by Lina Bellanca & Alessandro Carlino, Monreale monumental complex, Monreale Italy
2019- The Bridge, Deanesi Gallery, Trento, Italy
2019- Archway project, Kare Art allery (in collaboration with MACRO Museum Rome), Istanbul, Turkey
Archway project, Lucca artfair, letture critiche a cura di Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei, Lucca, Italy
2018- The Brige project, Abiente#1 & Atelier no#4 curated by Macroasilo, MACRO museum, Rome, Italy
2018- Eisegesis act II, Pejman Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2018- Eisegesis act I, Electric room Dastan gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017- Transmogrifies, A01 Fine art gallery, curated by Marina Guida, Napoli, Italy
2014- ODDO, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013- XXcrossing over, Palazzo Bevilacqua, curated by Olivia Spatola & Eli Sassoli De Bianchi, Bologna, Italy
2013- Serafini della tortura, Studio Eos, (in collaboration with Donatella Spaziani, Piero Varoni), Rome, Italy
2012- Camouflage, Contemporary Concept Galley, curated by Olivia Spatola Bologna, Italy
2012- OlcayArt Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 - M.U.S.P.A.C(Museo sperimentale arte contemporanea), curated by Martina Sconci, Aquila, Italy
2011- Ottagono, Xenia 2011 featured artist( Elena Petruzzi collection), Pescara, Italy
2009 - False Flags, Azad Art Gallery,Tehran, Iran
2008- Teleō, PH7 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
Selected group shows:
2019- Tomes, curated by Piero Varroni, Williamson Gallery- Art Center collage of Design, Los Angeles
2019- Risilienza art prize , museo Archelogico di Nola, Nola, Italy
2018- Risilienza art prize, OfficinaArs, Villa sistemi reggiana, Reggio Emilia
2018- Shortlist artists premio combat, Museo G Fattori, Livorno, Italy
2018- Viterbo Biennale, curated by P.Gagliardi, palazzo dei Papi, Viterbo
2018-Drawing Room, A01gallery, Madrid, Spain
2017- BoCs art museum, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Cosenza, Italy
2017- Patternitecture, curated by Ghazal Refalian, Niavaran cultural center, Tehran , Iran
2017- Corpŭs, curated by Marina Guida, Saccigallery, Saviano, Italy
2016- Cica Museum international art contest, Gimpo, south Korea
2016- ICA Biennale, Niavaran contemporary art enter, Tehran, Iran
2015- Hybridization, Madder Red &A. Mohtashemi Gallery, curated by Dalya Islam & Farah Hakemi, London, UK
2015- Wunderkammer, curated by G.Coveli, Roberto Bilotti Museo d`arte contemporanea , Rende (CS), Italy
2015- Prospettive dal Vicino Oriente, Curated by Aldo Iori, LEONESIA Fondazione Vittorio Leonesio, Puegnago del Garda, Italy
2015- Senza centro né periferia, La Nuova Pesa Contemporary art center, Rome, Italy
2015- Centrefold Project: Spring of recession, Sazmanab Contemporary Center, Curated by Reza Aramesh and Sohrab Kashani, Tehran, Iran
2015- Confusion, Temple University, curated by Helia Hamedani, Rome, Italy
2014- Recalling The Future( post revolutionary Iranian Art ), Brunei Gallery, curated by Aras Amiri, London, GB
2014- The Rose and Nightingale, curated by Maneli Keykawousi, Jamm Gallery, Dubai
2013- Speaking from the heart, curated by Shaheen Merali, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, NL
2013- Artisti Nomadi, curated by Helia Hamedani, MACRO Factory(ex mattatoio di Roma), Rome, Italy
2012 -The 9th Shanghai Biennale, Tehran pavilion, Shanghai, China
2012 -Special preview of emerging Iranian art, Buhl & Amin collection, New York, USA
2011 -The Iranian Weltanschauung, curated by Shahin Meralli, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011 -AL-GHAIB, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UE
2011 -MOP CAP 2011 Shortlist exhibition at Traffic gallery, Dubai
2010 - Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy
2010 - In & Out, Project B Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010 - Barakat, STUX Gallery, Curated by Gaia Serena Simionati, New York, USA
2009 - The International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Belgrade, Serbia
2009 - Far From Where We Came, Aran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 - Palazzo Taverna Modigliani Institut Archives Le`gales Paris, Rome, Imprendi l arte Art Prize , Rome, Italy
2009 - La Vie en Noir, Museum (of via ostiense) Porta San Paolo, Presented by Dario Evola and Ariel Dumont, Rome, Italy
2008 - The International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Urban Jealousy, Berlin, Germany
2008 - Palazzo Venezia (Sala del Mappamondo), L`arte di amare l`arte, curated by Fondazione Citta Italia, Rome, Italy
2009 - Tawassol, Galleria Artericambi, Curated by Gaia Serena Simionati, Verona, Italy
2009 - Palazzo Taverna Modigliani Institut Archives Le`gales Paris, Rome, Imprendi l arte Art Prize , Rome, Italy
2006 - The 4th International Biennial of the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran
2005 – Iranian artist’s Forum gallery, Tehran, Iran
Collections:
Bilotti Museum of Contemporary Art, Rende, Italy
Cosenza BoCs art museum, Cosenza, Italy
MUS.P.A.C (Museo Sperimentale D`arte Contemporanea), Aquila, Italy
Mario Diana Foundation, Caserta, Italy
BIC Lazio(Business innovation center) collection, Rome, Italy
Modigliani Foundation Paris-Rome, Rome, Italy
Petruzzi Family collection, Pescara, Italy
AGI Verona collection, Verona, Italy
Al Sabah colection, kwait
Publications:
2009-Navid Azimi Sajadi ( Catalogue of solo show), Publisher: Edizione Carte Segreta, Modigliani Foundation Paris-Rome, Rome, Italy
2011-Al Ghaib,aesthetics of the disappearance, Author: G.S.Simionati, Publisher: Silvana Editoriale
2013-Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives, Author: Hamid Keshmir Shekan, Publisher: Saqi Books, London, United Kingdom
2012-Camouflage( solo show catalogue), Author: Shaheen Merali, Publisher: Olcay editions
2012-Re activation, 9th Shanghai Biennale Catalogue, Publisher: The Power Station of Art | 上海當代藝術博物館 , Shanghai, China
2014-Recalling The Future( post revolutionary Iranian Art ), Author: Aras Amiri, Publisher: Nazar art publisher
2015-BoCs art for contemporary museum of Cosenza, Author: Albertro Dambroso, Publisher: Casa Editrice Manfredi
2015-Wunderkammer Museo Bilotti, Author: G.Covelli, Publisher: Vertigo Cosenza
2015-ICA Biennale peace on paper, Author: M.Farahani, Publisher: ICA Tehran
2016- Percorsi d'arte in Italia, Author: V.le Pera/G.di Genova, Publisher: Rubbettino Editore, Cosenza, Italy
2018- Macro Museum, the Bridge project, Rome, Italy