Iman Tajik

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Iman Tajik is an Iranian artist and award-winning photographer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Tajik’s work is anchored in a strong social interest and demonstrates an effort to make work that is a critical tool connected to international movements for social change. Tajik’s work addresses issues of contemporary conditions of life with particular focus on migration and globalization as a result of the diaspora nation of the planet. Tajik makes installations incorporating video, photography and performance. Through these mediums, Tajik ’performs the border’. This speaks to personal experiences of crossing geographical borders and socio-political barriers to insists on the right to freedom of movement. Through this, Tajik spotlights and stresses the need for resistance towards barriers and boundaries that are implemented socially and politically in favour of some but not all. A contribution towards bridging the divide between self and other is paramount to Tajik’s practice.

Iman Tajik founded Who is? Project by collaboration with Jonas Jessen Hansen in 2017. Who Is?Project has been created as a space for open conversation surrounding the current migrant crisis and the rise of nationalism.

CV is available as request.

Collections:

2018- Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh, UK

2018- Fleming Collection ( Fleming Wyfold Art Foundation), London, UK

2017- Migration Collection, Glasgow, UK

Exhibitions:

2019 - “Freedom Of Movement”, Commissioned by SRC for Refugee Festival Scotland 2019
2019 - “The personal alongside a world of personals", Art Collection University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
2018 - "Fleming50, Radicals, Pioneers and Rebels: Artists from the Fleming Collection” Fine Art Society Gallery, part of Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 - "Crossroads", Who is? Project, posters campaign in Glasgow, Scotland
2018 - "Who Are They? Who Are We?", Who is? Project, The Hidden Gardens, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
2018 - "Glasgow School of Art, Degree show", Tonti Building, Glasgow, Scotland
2017 - "US+Them", Who is? Project, Isle of Bute, Scotland
2017 - "Who is" Exhibition, 'Who is? Project', at Civic Room, Glasgow, Scotland
2017 - "GSA 3Y FAP" group show, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland
2016 - “25% Extra”, Laurieston Arches, Glasgow
2016 - "SYZYGY", GSA Group Show, Glasgow, Scotland
2015 - "Wet Denim Trackie", group show, SWG3, Glasgow
2014 - "Transit Zone" exhibition, Gallery of modern art, Glasgow, Scotland
2013 - "End of year show", group show, Glasgow City of College
2013 - "RFS week", The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
2013 - "Lost life", Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley, Scotland
2012 - "End of year show", Clynd Bank College, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 - "Lost life", Black History Festival, Union, Stayldclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland

Contact:

Imantajik82@gmail.com

News:

Twitter@ImanTajik

Instagram @iman_tajik

Awards:

2019 - Hope Scott Trust, Visial art fund Award
2018 - Shortlist for Glasgow school of art sustainability prize
2017 - Baillie Gifford Scholarship
2016 - Refugee Festival Scotland Media Awards 2016- Photography
2014 - Refugee Week Scotland Media Awards 2014- Photography
2014 - Embracing Diversity Competition 2014, City of Glasgow College
2014 - The title of ILFORD PHOTO Student Photographer of the Year 2013 – DARKROOM, UK
2013 - UK Student Competition 2013 entitled “Pride & Prejudice”, by HARMAN technology Ltd
2013 - West College Scotland photography Prize 2013 (The best photographer of year) by Calumet
2013 - Scottish Parliament Photography Competition 2013, Scotland
2013 - CBS OUTDOOR photography competition 2013, London.UK

Talk/Workshop

26 August 2019 - Stirling, UK.

Artist in conversation and run a flag making workshop,. Artreach Summer Campus | artlink Central | University of Stirling, 10am to 3:30pm

28 June 2019 - Dundee, UK.

Artist Talk and Workshop,Artist in conversation and run a flag making workshop at V&A Dundee. 10am to 5:00pm

27 June 2019 - Glasghow, UK

Artists Symposium, Artsists in Converstion at CCA.https://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/scottish-refugee-council-artists-symposium

24 Aug 2018, Edinburgh, UK.

Migration + Borders , Group Artist in converstion Rising nationalism and the role of art, 11am, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2018.https://www.deveron-projects.com/events/migration-borders/

29 Sep 2017, Glasgow, UK

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PRESS/PUBLICATIONS

• 2019 - North East of North. June https://northeastofnorth.com/freedom-of-movement/
• 2019 - ART Scottish,Art News Magazine, Issue 30 Autumn 2019 – Paper Magazine- page 24 and 25.
• 2017-It’sNiceThat,JuneIssue https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/iman-tajik-jonas-jessen-hansen-who-is-
art-270617
• 2017 - Glasgow Live, June https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-lives-iman-34-
partick-13125898.
• 2017 - Plat forma, May http://www.platforma.org.uk/who-is-project/