Dalia Nosratabadi
Biography:
Dalia Nosratabadi, born in Teheran, has chosen a very changing and indiscernible subject: water. Not the sea or canals and rivers which are much loved in photography, but its most unpredictable, fleeting and insignificant – even impure – form: puddles of rainwater, neglected and avoided by the rush of passers-by. Emotions are of prime importance and, apart from certain well-known urban symbols, it is often difficult to identify what is being presented. Although New York, Paris, Brussels and Tokyo are easily recognized, there are many indications which upset our certitudes, forcing us to accept the unexpected. After all, snow may transform itself into clouds and mud may reinvent the Eiffel Tower.
Exhibitions & Art Fairs:
2025
Galerie Seed Factory, Brussels – Belgium
Red Dot Art fair, Miami USA
Caroussel du Louvre, Paris – France
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium
2024
Galerie Seed Factory, Brussels – Belgium
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium
2023
Galerie Seed Factory, Brussels – Belgium
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium
2022
Galerie Johanne Riss collaboration with Alice on the Roof, Brussels – Belgium
Renting Art, Paris – France
Uccle Centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium
2021
Galerie du Bihotza, Saint -Jean De Luz – France
Renting Art, Paris – France
What Galerie, Waterloo – Belgium
Balthasar, Brussels Belgium
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium
2020
Gallery Bihotza, Saint -Jean De Luz – France
Partnership with Pulmann hotel Roissy – France
2019
Gallery Arnaud Roger, Brussels – Belgium
Gallery Bihotza, Saint – Jean De Luz – France
2018
Degroof Petercam Bank, Gosselies – Belgium
Gaudi Art gallery, Madrid – Spain
Art 3f Paris, Contemporary Art Fair with Gaudi Art Gallery, Paris – France
2017
Degroof Petercam Bank Namur – Belgium
Ten Gallery, Knokke – Belgium
2016
AAF at Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels – Belgium
Gallery Rivoli, Brussels – Belgium
Jeux d’hiver, Brussels – Belgium
Bart Brussels, Brussels – Belgium
Emile Dujard Gallery, Brussels – Belgium
Art Under Construction, Brugge – Belgium
2015
Gallery Rivoli Brussels
Quai 26, Lille – France
Galerie Büchi Bjornsen, Monaco
L’Art pour l’Accueil, Brussels – Belgium
2014
Gallery Bortone, Paris – France
Off Art Fair / Brussels – Belgium
Galerie Borato Bortonne / Paris – France
2013
Financière de Courcelles / Paris – France
Winston & Strawn / Paris – France
2012
Jewish Museum of Belgium, Selected by Bozar in the bienal “Summer of
photography” / Brussels – Belgium
OFF Art Fair / Brussels – Belgium
AAF NY / New York – USA
2011
Gallery Lierhmann / Liège – Belgium
SF Fine Art Fair / San Fransisco – USA
Gallery Collection Privé / Cannes – France
BACC Bangkok Art Cultural Center / Bangkok – Thailand
Truc Troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
2010
Gallery Antonio Nardonne / Brussels – Belgium
The Joan McLoughlin Gallery / San Fransisco – USA
Selected for the national art show « Canvas collectie / La Collection RTBF »
Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Truc Troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Lineart, Flanders / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)
2009
Gallery Antonio Nardonne / Brussels – Belgium
Gallery Pierre Mahaux / Megève – France
Absolute Art Gallery / Knokke – Belgium
Women art show / Brussels – Belgium
Truc troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Fthegallery / Amsterdam – Hollande
Galerie Berkowitsch / Sain Paul de Vence – France
Lineart, Flanders / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)
2008
Sibony Art Gallery / Paris – France
Absolute Art Gallery / Knokke & Bruges – Belgium
Art London Fair / London – United Kingdom
Leonhard’s Gallery / Antwerp – Belgium
Truc troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Lineart, Flanders Expo / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)
Lille Art Fair / Lille – France (with Absolute Art Gallery)
2007
Toast Gallery / Paris – France
Truc troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Boycott Art Gallery / Brussels – Belgium
Lineart, Flanders Expo / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)
2006
Public auction – Embassy of Luxembourg / Brussels – Belgium
ARTEspace – Brussels / Bruxelles
MUBI Museum / Sao Paulo – Brasil
Toast Gallery / Paris – France
Boycott Art Gallery / Brussels – Belgium
2005
Contemporary Art Fair Tour&Taxi / Brussels – Belgium
Appartement Gallery / New York – USA
Boycott Art Gallery / Brussels – Belgium
Subway Rogier & Schuman / Brussels – Belgium
Statement:
“After my studies on painting I’ve traveled, and I’ve started taking pictures first in NY. The camera became a tool like the pencil on a canvas. I focus on the colors, the textures and the graphics without thinking about representation. I’ve wanted to find a new way of showing a city. With a big place of hazard (weather, wind, scene of life…) I’ve started playing with.
In contrast to photography which immortalizes a second of life, I want to give the feeling of movement and sort of timelessness.
My subject is water vibration. The cities’ s reflections under the rain. I like the idea of fugitive, evasive and uncontrollable. I have a very short moment to take the picture, after the rain, before the water goes out. When the picture is done I frame it upside down (that’s why the title of my
book, Tectum edition) to question my interlocutor.
I think as much as the picture is large, as much is interesting because we can see all details of texture and graphical better: A piece of snow become a cloud, a walker take place and a leave become monumental!
I enjoy to arrive in a city and to get lost, I want to give a new vision of the places as it’s new for me. My inspiration come from the discovery of culture
and urban scene”.
