1961 born in Teheran / Iran, lives and works in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Awards
1996 Promotion Award for Contemporary Art, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
2013 Nomination for the St. Leopold Peace Prize, Austria
2020 Working scholarship of the Hessian Cultural Foundation
2020 Project scholarship of the Hessian Cultural Foundation
2021 Project scholarship of the BBK Federal Association
2021 Bridge scholarship of the Hessian Cultural Foundation
2022 Scholarship Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden
2024 Project grant from the Frankfurt Cultural Office
2024 Audience Award, “Check your Dogma!”, DA! Art-Award, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf
Exhibitions
2002 Taste of Place, Open air action with invited international artists, Frankfurt am Main
2003 Flüchtige Verfestigung, Exhibition at Hessischer Rundfunk
2003 HautNahOst, Open air action with invited international artists, Frankfurt am Main
2005 Non-location, Open air action with invited international artists, Frankfurt am Main
2007 Project Space, Schuster Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
2008 1442666 Steps between Dartington and Frankfurt, Dartington College of Arts / Great Britain
2009 Borderland, Evangelical City Academy, Frankfurt / Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg
2010 Of War And Idyll, Bellevue Saal, Wiesbaden
2010 Erhard Witzel Gallery, Wiesbaden
2011 Justice creates peace, Klosterneuburg / Austria (Nominated for the St. Leopold Peace Prize)
2012 Menschenwürde contra Zynismus, Klosterneuburg / Austria
2015 Die Große, Kunstpalast Museum, Düsseldorf
2016 Die Große, Düsseldorf
2018 aab ~ wasser, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
2019 Artist / Don Quixote, a curatorial interdisciplinary exhibition series involving 22 international artists in Frankfurt am Main, Aschaffenburg and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
2021 Mirage 2021, Remisengalerie, Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
2021 De-Composition No. 26, Alte Dorfkirche, Atelier Konrad Franz, Hausen
2022 A Lost Vision, Painting and Video Installation, Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden
2022 Of War And Idyll, Azad Art Gallery, Teheran / Iran and Gallery Aknoon, Isfahan / Iran
2022 In the flow of things, Installation in public space, Historical Museum, Frankfurt am Main
2023 The Memory Of Water, 009821-Projekt, Gallery, Teheran, Iran
2024 HautNahOst, Video-Installation, Kornhäuschen Aschaffenburg
2024 Solo-Exhibition, Gallery Simine, Paris
2024 „Check your Dogma!“, DA! Art-Award, City Museum Düsseldorf
2024 Artfestival „TimesUpSet“, curated exhibition with 12 artists, Frankfurt / Main
2025 A Lost Vision / Painting and Video Installation, 009821-Project, Gallery, Teheran, Iran
2025 Arcadia Festival #4, „War“, Kunstverein Ebersberg
Trade Fair Participation
2007 Scope / New York, Scope / Basel, Scope / Köln
Catalogues (Selection)
1992 Boundless, Stiftung Kunst und Kultur e.V., Bonn
2003 Flüchtige Verfestigung, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt am Main
2010 Of War And Idyll, Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden
2016 Die Große, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
2018 aab ~ wasser, Painting, light and video installation, Michael Imhof Verlag
In addition to painting and film, Ahmad Rafi’s artistic work also includes curatorial activities that offer national and international artists a platform for socially relevant topics.