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:

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

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