Elmira Abolhassani
Born 1989, Mashhad, Iran, Based Lisbon, Portugal
EDUCATION:
- Master of Glass art and science technology, 2016, universidade de nova Lisboa, Portugal
- B.A., Industrial Design, 2007-2011, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- Like every day exhibition, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, July 2018
- Reflection, Museu da Cidade de Almada,July 2016
- Identity, library of universidade de nova Lisboa, July 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- The wild card, Balcony gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2025
- With love to Palestine, Casa do Comum, Lisbon , Portugal, October 2024
- With love to Palestine, Frame collective, Lisbon , Portugal, May 2024
- Woven Stories from the wind, ShirinEhya art space, Milan, Italy, March 2024
- Usefriti-unit8, Didar gallery, Tehran; Iran, Jan 2024
- Let the BAD speak, Fondazione 107, Turin, Italy, October 2023
- The 2nd Annual Event of IROMEDIA, Tech-Fac Museum, Tehran,Iran, September 2023
- Kollon mena, Matrah market, Matrah, Oman, February 2023
- Glass Art week, Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice, Italy, September 2022
- Manipulierte portrate, Art Active gallery, Passaau and Pri-Pri, Munchen, Germany, September 2022
- Glass is beautiful, Biot international glass festival,Municipal hall, Biot village, France, Aug-Nov 2022
- A presistencia da materia, glass museum, Marinha Grande, Portugal, May- September 2022
- Emersion, Santa croce church,San Raffaele Alto, Italy, April 2022
- Manipulated Genes, Weber&Weber gallery, Turin, Italy, March 2022
- Collect, Somerest house , London, United kingdom, February 2022
- Prei-Phéro, Drim Gallery,Turin , Italy, October 2021
- Twenty-Twenty, Online exhibition, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, Iran and Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman, March 2021
- Place of identity and dilemmas of the present, Online Sumac platform, Italy, December 2020
- Young and loving, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway, October 2019
- Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China, April 2019
- Imargem Gallery, Almada, Portugal, May 2018
- Festa in Solar dos zagalos, Solar dos zagalos, Jun 2017
- Aura festival, Sintra, Portugal, August 2016
- Imargem Gallery, Almada, Portugal, Jun 2016
- Camões Library, Lisbon, Portugal, Jun 2015
- Imargem Gallery, Almada, Portugal, Jun 2015
- Library of universidade de nova Lisboa, February 2015
- Montemor o Novo, Portugal, May 2014
- Imargem Gallery, Almada, Portugal, Jun 2014
ART RESIDENCIES:
- Northland Creative, Lybster, Scotland, May 2023
- Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China, April 2019
- S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway, September 2019
Awards AND TALKS:
- Online talk, Sumac Space with the moderation of Basak Senova. February, 2021
- winner of a Honorary Diploma of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation 2021
- Panelist of GAS( glass art society), Diversity + Racial Equity in Glass, December, 2020
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- https://sol.sapo.pt/2025/06/18/are-the-jokers-wild-sara-andre-entre-o-ritual- e-a-rutura/
- BBC Persian, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iHOsXqn6qM,2023/12/10
- Tehran Times, https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488958/Local-Latin-American- artists-new-media-artwork-on-show-at-2nd, 2023/09/11/
- Muscat daily, https://www.muscatdaily.com/2023/02/15/art-in-the-mart-muttrah- fish-market-offers-space-for-kullon-mena/ 15th February,2023
- Omandaily,https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1132762/oman/environment/muttra h- fish-market-hosts-art-exhibition, 14th February,2023
- The Arabian stories, https://www.thearabianstories.com/2023/02/17/kullon- mena-art-exhibition-explores-scars-of-war-and-displacement/ February,2023
- E-Magazine by ArchiExpo, The Italian glass week:Artestic glass from Italy and abroad in Venice( https://emag.archiexpo.com/the-italian-glass-weeks-artistic-glass-from-italy-and-abroad-in-venice/),September, 2022
- Neues glass new glass art and architecture , No3, 2021
- Exibart, No114, Rome, November 2021
- Exit, Ludvig Rage, Berlin,2021
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- Workshop: Iranian tiles and mirror mosaics journey through the history
- FCT, University of Nova Lisboa, for master students of glass art and restoration and conservation 2019 and 2020
- Main Course Teacher: Basic design workshop, basic visual art, introduction to the art in history
- Seyrafi Art School, 2009-2011
ART FAIR:
Collect (The leading international fair for contemporary craft and design), Somerest house , London, United kingdom, February 2022