Navid Nuur
b. 1976, Teheran
works and lives in The Hague, The Netherlands
Education
1999-2001 HKU, Utrecht
2002-2003 Pietzwart Institute, Rotterdam
2002-2004 MA Plymouth University England
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2014-2013 (upcoming) Lube Love, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
2013 TA-DA !, Galerie des Enfants, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2013 Phantom Fuel, Parasol Unit, London
2013 'Track&Trace’, Watersnoodmuseum, Ouwerkerk
2013 SMOKEBOMBSMOKE, OUI Center of Contemporary Art, Grenoble
2012 GAMeC, Bergamo
2012 Hocus Focus, Matadero, Madrid
2011 CONDUCTORCONDUCTOR, Plan-B, Berlin
2011 'IT'S NO CRIME TO TICKLE TIME' Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2011 'POST PARALLELISM', Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, st. Gallen
2010 Glow (Re-)discovering Eindhoven, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2010 The Other Another, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
2010 'PHANTOM FUEL', Plan B, Cluj
2010 'THE VALUE OF VOID', De Hallen Museum, Haarlem
2009 'THE VALUE OF VOID', Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
2009 'THE VALUE OF VOID', S.M.A.K (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Gent
2009 (No) Norms Forgotten, 10m2 project space, Sarajevo
2009 Aass Wwee bbccoommee Oonnee, Klerkx, Milan
2009 Within Your Worlds, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2009 In Your World, Plan B, Berlin
2008 Where It's At, Fries Museum/ Bureau Leeuwarden
2008 Lost Licks, 1646, The Hague
2008 Solo booth, Art Amsterdam, Stroom, The Hague
2008 Solo booth, Art Amsterdam, Martin van Zomeren
2007 THE RISE OF RE, solo, project space Stroom, The Hague
2004 Galerie De5er, Rotterdam
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2013 (upcoming) (T)HERE, Bonnefanten Hedge House, Wijlre
2013 (upcoming) Flex-Sil Reloaded, Kunst Halle, St. Gallen
2013 (upcoming) Casey Kaplan, New York
2013 The image in the sculpture, Centre Pompidou, Paris (curated by Christine Macel and Navid Nuur)
2013 Mesures et disparition / Over maat en verdwijning, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
2013 It wasn't there yesterday, Raster Gallery, Warsaw
2012 This Title is an Artwork of Mine, Motto Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (curated by Mikkel Carl)
2012 The Castle in the Air. Séance of Imagination, Centre of Culture ZAMEK, Poznan (curated by Adam Budak)
2012 Through an open window, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
2012 A Battle for Narrative, Bonnefanten Hedge House, Wijlre
2012 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemerie Schwarzwälder, Wien
2012 TAF / the Art Foundation, Athens
2012 Sint-Jan, Sint-Baafskathedraal, Gent (curated by Jan Hoet and Hans Marten)
2012 SummerNest, Nest, Den Haag
2012 On Geometry and Speculation, official parallel project Marrakech Biennale, ESAV, Marrakech (curated by Hicham Khalidi)
2012 Un paisaje holandés / A Dutch Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2012 Ashes and gold. A World’s Journey, Marta Herford Museum, Herford
2012 People have the power, Zero, Milano
2011 Villa Tokyo, Tokyo
2011 SLAA, curated by Bianca Stiger, Performance, De Balie, Amsterdam
2011 De Nederlandse identiteit? De Kracht van Heden, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere
2011-2012 Recently unpacked. How art ages, MARTa Herford Museum, Herford
2011 Royal Awards for Painting 2011, Royal Palace, Amsterdam
2011 ILLUMInations, the 54th Venice Biennale, (directed by Bice Curiger)
2011 Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully, Kunstfort Asperen, Langedijk
2011 IMAGE TO BE PROJECTED UNTIL IT VANISHES Museion - Museum of modern and contemporary art, Bolzano (curated by Mihnea Mircan)
2011 Radical Autonomy, Netwerk / centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Aalst, België (Curated by Arno van Roosmalen)
2011 Inside Installations | Collectietentoonstelling, S.M.A.K (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Gent
2011 Falten, Searching for White, Rise above Reason, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2010 Taking Place, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (curated by Ann Goldstein)
2010 Invisible Shadows � Images of Uncertainty, MARTa Herford Museum, Herford
2010 Benefit Exhibition, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, st. Gallen
2010 'Starter', Arter, istanbul (curated by Rene Block)
2010 History of Art, David Roberts Art Foundation
2010 Performative Attitudes, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
2010 Up to You, Stroom, The Hague
2009 The Knight's Tour, De Hallen Museum, Haarlem
2009 Sculptural - Collection, S.M.A.K (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Gent
2009 Broken English, Selier + Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich
2008 Modern Museum of Arnhem
2008 Portfolio 1, Plan B, Berlin
2008 Group show, schil/ders, DCR, The Hague
2008 Geoair, residency in Georgia, Tbilisi
2008 Groupshow, Mariakapel, Hoorn
2007 Billy town, group show, Rijswijk
2007 INSIDEOUT�, solo, Moira Gallery, Utrecht
2007 Voorstel voor, group show, DCR Project Space, The Hague
2007 Drawing the line somewhere, duo, Ned. Cacaofabriek, Helmond
2007 Lumiere, group show, Galerie Blaak 10, Rotterdam
2006 Villa Nuts, group show, The Hague
2006 For a(n) relation(s), group show, ADA Gallery, Virginia, USA
2006 Countersale, group show, Utrecht
2005 Rebound, group show , HKU gallery Utrecht
2005 Jack of Hearts, group show, project space Stroom, The Hague
2004 The Art of Management, group, Ecole Superieure de Commerce, Paris
2004 Billboart European Billboard exposition, Bratislava, Warsaw
Publications
2013 SMACKED & SMOKED, publisher UOI projectspace, Grenoble (upcoming)
2013 NN, publisher Parasol Unit, London (upcoming)
2012 ‘The Afterglow / El rastro de la luz’, publisher Matadero, Madrid
2011 ‘The Afterglow’, publisher Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2011 'Bored at the museum / Bored at the studio', publisher Mousse, Italy
2010 'THE VALUE OF VOIDï', publisher Onomatopee
2009 Younger than Jesus/ Artist Directory, pg. 367
2009 'EXTEXTS', VOL. 1
2007 'Where I end and you begin' ISBN: 978-90-78454-12-0, Publisher Onomatopee
'ETIOLATION' ISBN.978-90-8690-119-7, Veennman Publishers
'liding The Slow Split' ISBN 978-90-78454-06-9, publisher Onomatopee
2006 'Afterouge', Initiator & Editor ,, Publisher Revolver archiv fur aktuelle Kunst, Berlin
Selected Reviews
2011 Macel, Christine, Best of 2011, ARTFORUM, December, pg. 198
2011 Vrancken, Judith, Navid Nuur, frieze, Winter, pg. 128
2011 Khazam, Rahma, 500 WORDS - Art Forum, 16.02.
2010 van Saaze, Vivian, 'Een nieuw onderzoeksterrien', Origine04, pg. 28
2010 de Coninck, Frits, 'Ontroerende alledaagsheid', financial dagblad, 1 may, pg. 28
2010 Smolik, Naomi, ARTFORUM, April, pg. 210
2010 de Vries, Marina, �Bergkristal van piepschuim�, Volkskrant, 31.03.10
2010 Bem, Merel, �Hij geeft je zin om mee te doen�, Volkskrant, 26.03.10
2010 Braat, Manon, �Het juiste werk, de juiste tijd, de juiste plaats�, Kunsbeeld nr. 2-2010, pg. 22
2010 Westcott, James, Flink of an Eye, Modern Painters, winter edition, pg.30
2009 den Hartog Jager, Hans, Krachtige beelden gunnen publiek geen rust, NRC, 1 october, pg. 11
2009 Braat, Manon, Flash Art March April 2009, pg.89
2008 Leij, Machteld, BIJ NACHT EN ONTIJ NAAST JE BED, Kunstbeeld nr. 11, pg. 22 (cover story plus cover image)
2008 Zonnenberg, Nathalie, Metropolis M, nr. 1, pg.38
2008 Neal, Jane, OUVO magazine, interview, September Issue
Subsidies/grants
2007 Startstipendium fonds BKVB
2006 Starstipendium fonds BKVB
2005 Presentation Grant, Stroom
2005 Individual Grant, Stroom
2004 Travel Grant from Prince Bernhard Culture Fund
2004 Grant from MA Plymouth University
Collections
De Hallen Museum, Haarlem
S.M.A.K (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Gent