\Farkhondeh Shahroudi
Farkhondeh Shahroudi, *1962 in Tehran, Iran
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Farkhondeh Shahroudi is an Iranian visual artist and poet who has lived in exile in Germany since 1990, primarily in Berlin. In her interdisciplinary artistic practice, she works with painting, drawing, installation, textiles, photography, video, and performance.
The central themes of her work include self-location, language, memory, migration, and cultural translation. She often combines poetic texts with material elements such as fabrics or carpets, creating expansive, multi-layered works. Shahroudi studied painting in Tehran and art and design in Dortmund and is now regarded as one of the most important voices in contemporary art addressing exile and diaspora.
Shahroudi is the first recipient of the Exile Visual Arts Award, presented by the Körber Foundation in cooperation with the Exile Museum Berlin Foundation. She has also received the Hannah Höch Prize.