Shaghayegh Cyrous

Shaghayegh Cyrous
شقایق سیروس
Shaghayegh Cyrous, 2024 in Hollywood
Born1987 (age 38–39)
Tehran, Iran
EducationUniversity of Science and Culture (BA), California College of Arts (MFA)
OccupationsVisual artist, curator
Known for
Social practice art,
time-based media,
video art,
contemporary art,
installation art
MovementSocial practice art
Websitewww.shcyrous.com

Shaghayegh Cyrous (Persian: شقایق سیروس; born 1987) is an Iranian and American visual artist and curator, who makes interactive time-based investigations, participatory projects, and video installation. She is based in Los Angeles,[1] and previously lived in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Early life

Cyrous was born in 1987, in Tehran, Iran.[2][3][4] She obtained a BA degree in visual art studies from the University of Science and Culture in Tehran.[5] She lived in Iran until the Iranian Green Movement, when political tensions made her decide to move to the United States in 2011.

She moved to San Francisco, where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in social practice from the California College of Arts (CCA) in 2017.[6][7] Upon graduation, Cyrous became a fellow at Escuela de Arte Útil, a project initiated by Tania Bruguera.[8]

Career

She painted the mural In Memory Of (2015) in Clarion Alley in San Francisco. The mural depicts three famous Iranian women writers - Simin Daneshvar, Simin Behbahani, and Forough Farrokhzad. Cyrous had already created another work there, portraying writers and artists imprisoned in Iran, and Cyrous installed her Lost Rug Project also in Clarion Alley.[6][9]

Cyrous co-curated Inside Out Iran, an exhibition of Iranian urban art in London in 2015.[10][11] She was the executive producer of Mutiny of Colours, a feature-length documentary film about street art and graffiti in Iran.[12] She curated the video exhibition Eleven and a Half Hours in Oakland in 2017, displaying the works of the Iranian artist Shirin Abedinirad and the American artist Dionne Lee. Cyrous combined the two with the intention of "blurring lines between the two cultures... making Iran and Oakland feel like the same place."[13] She chose that title because eleven and a half hours is the time difference between San Francisco and Tehran.

Her own work A Window to Tehran, with a video diptych synchronizing the San Francisco sunrise with the Tehran sunset, was based on the same idea.[7][14] In 2019, Cyrous created The sun will rise the next day, a video installation with the names of political prisoners incarcerated in Iran since the beginning of the Iranian Green Movement in 2011 and until 2019.[15]

In August 2021, Cyrous founded Zamin Project, which aims to connect and represent artists and educators from the SWANA (South West Asian and North African) Community in the San Francisco Bay Area. The project includes initiatives such as discussion panels, artists' interviews, and Zamin Project Archive.[16]

Notable works

  • 2014 - Klozar Weaving, Iran and California[17]
  • 2015 - In Memory Of (mural), Clarion Alley, San Francisco, California
  • 2015 - Inside Out Iran (exhibition curator), London, UK
  • 2016 - A Window to Tehran, Root Division’s galleries, San Francisco, California[18]
  • 2017 - Eleven and a Half Hours (exhibition curator), Oakland, California
  • 2018 - Over Here Not Yet (collaborative work with Renée Rhodes), Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland, California[19]
  • 2018 - East of West, Santa Fe, New Mexico[20]
  • 2019 - Rock E Malta (collaborative work with Kim Epifano)[21]
  • 2019 - The sun will rise the next day, (video installation) at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, California[15]
  • 2019 - “Rock & Mortar” (video installation) for a performance at Epiphany Dance Theater, San Francisco, California[22][23]
  • 2020 - Reenacting the Future, San Francisco Bay Area, California[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meet Shaghayegh Cyrous". Bold Journey (interview). February 16, 2024. I am a transdisciplinary artist and designer based in Los Angeles.
  2. ^ "Shaghayegh Cyrous with Kathryn Barulich and Christopher Squier (time/difference: Part I)". Dissolve SF (interview). September 28, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  3. ^ "Empowering Iranian-American Artists and Art". Aftab Committee. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Curiel, Jonathan (October 12, 2016). "Know Your Street Art: In Memory Of". SFWeekly. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  5. ^ نمايشگاه نقاشيهاي "شقايق سيروس" در گالري "ايست" (in Persian). ISNA. September 11, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Know Your Street Art: In Memory Of". SF Weekly. October 12, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Shaghayegh Cyrous with Kathryn Barulich and Christopher Squier". Dissolve. September 28, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  8. ^ "Escuela de Arte Útil: A Proto-Institution Implementing Performance as Usefulness". Art & Education. 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "Murals: Shaghayegh Cyrous". Clarion Alley Mural Project. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  10. ^ "Inside Out Iran – Urban Art Exhibition". Arts Canteen. September 4, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  11. ^ از دیوارهای تهران تا دیوارهای لندن. BBC Persia. September 29, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "Don't Get Caught As A Graffiti Artist In Iran". Aquila Style. July 22, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  13. ^ "Making Iran and Oakland Feel Like the Same Place". KQED. September 14, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  14. ^ "Guest Blogger: Kathryn Barulich on 4 Artists who are Reimagining Architecture at MFA Now 2017". Root Division Talk. March 10, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  15. ^ a b Kirkland, Kelly (May 1, 2019). "Once at Present: Contemporary Art of Bay Area Iranian Diaspora at Minnesota Street Project". Art Practical.
  16. ^ Abinader, Elmaz (August 26, 2021). "Southwest Asian and North African Artists and Their Barrier to Access". Hyperallergic.
  17. ^ "Archives: Klozar Weaving". Arte Util.
  18. ^ "Kathryn Barulich on 4 Artists who are Reimagining Architecture at MFA Now 2017". Root Division's galleries. March 10, 2017.
  19. ^ Santos, Doroth (April 10, 2018). "Over Here Not Yet at Royal NoneSuch Gallery".
  20. ^ Vartanian, Lizzy (April 5, 2018). "Middle East Meets America With East Of West Gallery". Harper's Bazaar Arabia.
  21. ^ WIEDERHOLT, EMMALY (January 31, 2019). "The Shaping of a Piece". Stance on Dance.
  22. ^ "Rock & Mortar". Z Space.
  23. ^ Katz, Leslie (December 6, 2019). "'Rock & Mortar' takes audiences on a journey through memory". San Francisco Examiner.
  24. ^ Oh, Janet (June 21, 2020). "Virtual Ether: Interview with Artist Shaghayegh Cyrous" (interview). Medium.
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