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Babak Ghazi
Cubitt
8 Angel Mews
London
N1 9HH

babakghazi@hotmail.com



f o r t h c o m i n g ->

10.2008: Sur Le Dandysme Aujourd'hui, Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Pamplona, Spain

06.2008: Ready-Made, Yvon Lambert, Paris

06.2008: Babak Ghazi & Donele Woolford, Liste 08, Basel

05.2008: Solo Presentation, as part of Nought To Sixty, ICA, London

04.2008: Karen Cunningham, Luca Frei & Babak Ghazi, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow International



s o l o e x h i b i t i o n s->

11.2006 : BABAK GHAZI, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

05.2006 : S.STRANGE, Observatoire maison Grégoire, Brussels

03.2006 : WORK IN PROGRESS, Whitechapel Project Space, London

12.2004 : EYE WON'T LET U DOWN, Counter gallery, London

09.2003 : WE MAKE OUR OWN, Tablet Gallery, London

06.2002 : COLLECTIVE STUDIO PROJECT, Collective Gallery (project room), Edinburgh



t w o p e r s o n e x h i b i t i o n->

03.2005 : KARLA BLACK & BABAK GHAZI, curated by Michelle Cotton, S1, Sheffield



g r o u p e x h i b i t i o n s->

11.2007: THE AFFIRMATION, curated by Andy Hunt, Chelsea Space, Millbank, London

09.2007: NEW LEXICON, The Apartment, Athens

09.2007: FROZEN WAVES, curated by Michelle Cotton, YAMA, Istanbul

05.2007 : BECAUSE THE NIGHT, curated by Darren Leak, Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, Brazil

03.2007 : ANACHRONISM, curated by Elena Filipovic, ARGOS, Brussels

08.2006 : THAT'S US/WILD COMBINATION, Three Colts Gallery, London

07.2006 : PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED, Rochelle School, Arnold Circus, London

07.2006 : SCULPTURE GARDEN, Phoenix Garden, Stacey St WC2H

04.2006 : METROPOLIS RISE: New Art from London, Beijing

11.2005 : SLIMVOLUME, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London

10.2005 : CENTREFOLD, launched at Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London and available at the Zoo art Fair, London

08.2005 : TEAMING, The Embassy, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Annuale

07.2005 : PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED, The Crypt on the Green, St James Clerkenwell, London

04.2005 : CREATIVE REVUE: KIM COLEMAN, BABAK GHAZI AND JENNY HOGARTH, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow, as part of the Glasgow International

03.2005 : RELATIONS, Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne

02.2005 : WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US, curated by Shezad dawood, Redux, London

01.2005 : FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN, curated by Simon Moretti, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

11.2004 : DEATH AND MAGIC, Keith Talent, London

09.2004 : TRIPPING OVER A VARICOLOURED TANGLE OF WIRES(as part of THERMO 04), The Lowry, Manchester

09.2004 : REVENGE OF ROMANCE, Temporarycontemporary, London

09.2004 : BEST IN SHOW(members show), The Embassy, Edinburgh

07.2004 : PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED, curated by Emily Pethick, The Crypt on the Green, St James Clerkenwell, London and Cubitt, London

04.2004 : TONIGHT, curated by Paul O'Neill, Studio Voltaire, London

02.2004 : BAROQUE POVERA, Centre of Attention, London

12.2003 : BODY CON, curated by Roger McDonald, Tokyo

11.2003 : RAM LOUNGE, The Ship, London

11.2003 : SATURNALIA, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

08.2003 : VACANT,curated by Workplace, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland

07.2003 : GLOSSING, 1R Gallery, Chicago

07.2003 : Inaugural Group Show, 21M2, Stavanger, Norway

04.2003 : BABAK GHAZI CURATES THE FRIDGE, Magnifitat and Sons, Bruntsfield Avenue, Edinburgh

03.2003 : MOVING COLLECTION, curated by Roger Mcdonald , various sites, Tokyo

01.2003 : NOVOTEL, Magnifitat and Sons, Bruntsfield Avenue, Edinburgh

12.2002 : WHO IS WHO, IBID projects, Vilnius, Lithuania

09.2002 : NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2002, Static Gallery, Liverpool and Curve Gallery, Barbican Centre in November

02.2002 : WHAT IS TO BE DONE?, former Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London

10.2001 : MANWOMAN ANNUAL, members show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

08.2001 : TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON, Zwemmer Gallery, London



c u r a t o r i a l p r o j e c t s->

07.2006 : NOT YET NIGHT, The Embassy, Edinburgh

07.2005 : NOT YET NIGHT, Studio Voltaire, London

09.2004 : NOT YET NIGHT, The Ship, London

06.2004 : THE PRINCIPLE OF HOPE, curator & particpant, Three Colts gallery, London



p u b l i s h e d p r o j e c t s->

ongoing: NOT-YET self-published magazine

04.2008: Inventory 22.02.08, CROSS SECTION, Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art 2008, Glasgow

06.2007: The Secret Public, ICA, review by B.Camille, Untitled magazine no.43

06.2007: Katharine Hamnett 1983 artist project, Untitled magazine, no.42

05.2007: DU COTE DE CHEZ BUTTON, FROZEN TEARS 3, presented by John Russell, published by ARTicle Press

06.2006: SStrange (travels), JOE DALTON no.3 'R House', published in Bruxelles

11.2005: SLIMVOLUME Poster Publication 2005, project by Andrew Hunt

07.2006: CENTREFOLD Scrapbook no.4, project by Reza Aramesh

10.2004: PILOT:1, International Art Forum, London

07.2003: Air Magazine, EXAMPLE 1, Issue Seven

02.2002: 'nonstop erotic cabaret', THE QUEEL (Metronome 8b), edited by Clementine Deliss, published by Chelsea college of Art & Design



c a t a l o g u e s->

05.2008: NOUGHT TO SIXTY, gazeteer issue 1, 'Babak Ghazi', Melissa Gronlund, ICA

04.2008: CROSS SECTION, Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art 2008, Glasgow

03.2007: ANACHRONISM, Elena Filipovic and Argos, Brussels

04.2006: METROPOLIS RISE: New Art from London

07.2004: Publish and Be Damned, Published by Cubitt, London

12.2003: BODY CON catalogue

09.2002: NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2002 Catalogue



p r e s s->

05.2008: Stuck in the slow lane, Ben Lewis, Evening Standard, 07.05.08

05.2008: In the Studio: Babak Ghazi, Helen Sumpter, Time Out, May 8-14 2008

12.2007: 'The Affirmation', Sue Haddon, Artforum.com, December 2007 –> http://artforum.com/print.php?id=19024&pn=picks&action=print

12.2007: 'The Affirmation', Gabriel Coxhead, Time Out, November 21-27 2007

11.2007: 'Babak Ghazi', Sally O'Reilly, Map, Issue 12, Winter 2007/8–>www.map magazine.co.uk

04.2007: 'how-to-do-it, Michelle Cotton on Babak Ghazi', Untitled, no.42, Spring 2007

07.2006: 'Super Mario Reloaded', Whitewall, second issue, Summer

04.2005: 'Karla Black and Babak Ghazi', Miria Swain, Untitled, Spring

03.2005: 'We have met the enemy', Richard Hylton, Art Monthly,

01.2005: 'Babak Ghazi', Sarah Kent, Time Out, 12-19 January 2005

09.2004: 'The Principle of Hope', Babak Ghazi & Steve Klee, the future,

11.2003: 'Babak Ghazi' , Andrew Hunt, Frieze, November/December issue

10.2003: 'Babak Ghazi: We make our own', Morgan Falconer, What's on, 1-8 October

09.2003: 'Babak Ghazi', Jen Ogilvie, Time Out, 17-24 September

07.2003: 'Glossing' , Terence Hannum, www.panel-house.com, 17 July

07.2003: 'Magnifitat & Sons' , Susannah Thompson, Product, Summer issue

12.2002: 'Strange but true', Ned Denny, New Statesman, 9 December

09.2002: 'New contemporaries', Alfred Hickling, The Guardian, 26 September