BIO & RESUME

Parham Taghioff |1978 born in Tehran| Iran.

Education:
  • Graduated from New York Institute of Photography , 2009.
Solo Exhibitions:
  • Photo & Video Exhibition “Asymmetrical Authority” & “Historical Kaleidoscope”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2019.
  • Photo Exhibition “Asymmetrical Authority”.Aban Art Gallery, Shiraz, Iran, 2018.
  • Photo Exhibition “Hands on/Hands off”, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
  • Photo and Video Art Exhibition “Bookmark” (Chough Alef) & “Domestic Bodies”, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2012.
  • Conceptual Art Exhibition “Thing In Itself”, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2010.
  • Performance & Video Art Exhibition ”Tomorrow may not ever be”, Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2005.
  • Performance & Video Art Exhibition ”…Tomorrow may not ever be.”, Arte’ Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2003.
Group Exhibitions:
  • Open Space, representing exclusively contemporary art with focus on the video art, photography, performance and installation.Armenian Art Fair, Armenia ,2020.
  • Architectural Photography Award Exhibition. Jroslav Fragner Gallery, Prague, Czeck Republic, 2018.
  • Architectural Photography Award Exhibition. Architektury SARP Gallery, Cracow, Poland, 2018.
  • Architectural Photography Award Exhibition. Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary, 2017.
  • “Art for peace” Exhibition , Iranian Artist Forum,Tehran, Iran, 2017.
  • Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Iranian Art Exhibition ,Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art ,Tehran ,Iran, 2014.
  • Contemporary Iranian Photography Exhibition ,the Fine Arts Gallery of California State University, Los Angeles, USA, 2014.
  • Photo exhibition “Present Perfect”, Format Festival, Derby, UK , 2014.
  • MOP CAP (Magic Of Persia Contemporary Art Prize) shortlisted exhibition, the Emirates Financial Towers, Emirates, Dubai, 2013.
  • “Deja Vu”, Video installation art exhibition, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
  • Photo exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
  • “PAYKAN, The Iranian Automobile” exhibition , Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
  • “A review of a decade of video art in Iran” exhibition , Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
  • “Art for peace” exhibition , Tehran, Iran, 2013.
  • Jamm Art auction and exhibition,Kuwait ,2011.
  • “Alive, The beat of young Iranian artists”, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK, 2010.
  • Photo Exhibition of Iranian Contemporary Artists, Italian school of Tehran, Iran, 2009.
  • Photo exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A, 2008.
  • Photo exhibition, Silk Road gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2008.
  • Photo exhibition, Maan e Honar e No, Tehran, Iran, 2008.
  • Photo exhibition, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (The Center for Fine Art Photography), U.S.A, 2008.
  • Photo exhibition, Khak Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2005.
  • Regard de traverse, (Video installation art), Strasbourg, France, 2004.
  • Photo exhibition, Niavaran Artistic Creations, Tehran, Iran, 2004.
  • Photo exhibition, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2003.
  • Photography Exhibition of 40 Photographers, Iranian House Of Cinema, Tehran, 1999.
Awards & Honors:
  • Architecture Photography Awarded in Three Categories: Commercial Exterior, Residential Interior & Retail Interior, Architecture Master Prize, 2024.
  • Architecture Photography Awarded in Three Categories: Commercial Exterior, Residential Exterior & Commercial Interior, Architecture Master Prize, 2023.
  • Architecture Photography Awarded in Three Categories: Residential Exterior, Residential Interior & Commercial Interior, Architecture Master Prize, 2022.
  • Architecture Photography Honorable Mentioned, Interior Details Category, Architecture Master Prize, 2022.
  • Architecture Photography Awarded, Exterior Industrial Category, Architecture Master Prize, 2021.
  • International Architectural Photography Awards (APA) shortlisted, 2021.
  • Format21 shortlisted, Derby, UK, 2020.
  • International Architectural Photography Award shortlisted, Budapest, Hungary, 2017.
  • Magic Of Persia Contemporary Art Prize shortlisted, London, UK, 2013
  • NYIP and New York State Educational Department award of merit for outstanding photo projects, 2007.
  • Awarded master photographer regnant diploma with an honorary degree of excellence by the Institute of American Image press and the IFPO, 2005.
  • Lifetime distinction of honor for photographic achievement from The Institute of American Image Press and the IFPO, 2004.
  • NYIP and New York State Educational Department award of merit for outstanding photo projects, 2004.
  • First prize winner, International photo contest, New York Institute of Photography, 2003.
  • Second prize winner, “Enduring Peace” photo contest (Red Crescent Society photo contest and exhibition), 2002.
Published Photographs,Conversations and Articles:
  • “Rewriting history: a conversation between Parham Taghioff and Hamidreza Karami”, Iranian “Contemporary Art: Re-Positioning History and Cultural Memory, Journal of Visual Art Practice” (2024), VOL. 23, NO. 1, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Editor: Hamid Keshmirshekan.
  • “Architectural Photography: Tools and Approaches”, Specialized Journal of the Iranian Association of Industrial, Advertising, and Architectural Photographers, Nâvodân, Issue No. 2, 2024.
  • “Custom Components in Architecture: Strategies for Customizing Repetitive Manufacturing” by Dana K. Gulling, Book, Routledge, 2024.
  • “The Art of Iran in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries” Tracing the Modern and the Contemporary, Book, Hamid Keshmirshekan, Edinburgh Historical Studies of Iran and the Persian World, Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
  • “History Haunting the Present: Re-Interpreting the Truth in Contemporary Art of Iran” by Hamid Keshmirshekan, Article, Department of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London WC1E 6BT, UK, MDPI, 2023.
  • “History/Image: National Memory Beyond Nationalism” A Conversation with Photographer Parham Taghioff by Milad Odabaei, Somac Space; Art Practices of Middle East, 2021.
  • “White Houses” by Philip Jodidio, Book, Thames & Hudson, 2019.
  • “100 Contemporary Brick Buildings” by Philip Jodidio, Book, Taschen, 2017.
  • “The Revolution Was a Wave that Overtook Me”A Conversation with Photographer Parham Taghioff by Milad Odabaei, published on the Gingko Library, 2015.
  • Parham Taghioff ‘s Arch Daily Official Profile, Since 2009.
  • Repeated and consistent publication of architectural photographs in reputable local and international architectural magazines, Since 2003.
Lectures & Panel Discussions:
  • Artist Talk & Conversation, University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts, 2022.
  • Panel Discussion:Iranian Contemporary Photography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2019.
  • Photography, Architecture & Urban Spaces, Aban Gallery, Tehran ,Iran, 2018.
  • Photography & Architecture, National Library & Archives of Iran, Shiraz, Iran, 2016.
  • Photography & Architecture, Contemporary Architects Association, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
Workshops:
  • Idea & Creativity in Fine Art Photography, Institute of Professional Photography, Tehran, Iran.
  • Architectural Photography, Institute of Professional Photography & Contemporary Architects Association, Tehran, Iran.
  • Professional Lighting, Institute of Professional Photography, Tehran, Iran.
  • Advertising Photography, Institute of Professional Photography, Tehran, Iran.
Affiliations & Memberships:
  • Part Time lecturer & Instructor, University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts, 2022.
  • Member of The Association of Independent Architectural Photographers, Since 2022.
  • Member of the Iranian Photojournalist Association, 2001-2002.
  • Member of the International Freelance Photographers Organization (IFPO), since 2001.
  • Member of Institute of American Image Press (AIP), Since 2001.