Sepand Danesh

Born 1984
Hometown Tehran, Iran
Lives and works Paris, France

About the artist

Sepand Danesh’s artistic exploration revolves around a realm of silence that invites diverse interpretations. His works embody the presence of solitude, rooted in his personal history. Having fled Iran and lived through years of war, Sepand’s family settled in France, where he immersed himself in a new culture and learned its language through books. The central theme in his paintings is the corner, traditionally associated with punishment for children, yet it also represents a space for introspection and contemplation, whether by choice or circumstance. Through carefully selected visual elements, his vertical compositions offer multiple interpretations that often evoke the poignant memories of a disrupted childhood.

Sepand Danesh, born in Tehran, Iran in 1984, currently resides and works in Paris, France. He pursued product design at the ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres in Paris and later graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he studied under renowned artists Giuseppe Penone and Philippe Cognée. Additionally, Sepand studied painting at the University of the Arts Helsinki in Finland. His artwork has been exhibited worldwide, including France, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Morocco. His works have found a place in prestigious collections such as the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Collection Société Générale, and Fondation Colas. Sepand participated in the Dubai Expo 2020 and regularly engages in residencies and performances, including notable showcases at the Mac/Val. In 2022, he held his inaugural solo exhibition, “Fear of Collapse,” at Praz-Delavallade Los Angeles.

Education

2005 to 2010

FINE ART, Beaux-Arts, Paris, Studio Giuseppe Penone, and Studio Philippe Cognée

2009
FINE ART, Kuvataide Akademia, Helsinki, Painting department

2003 to 2005
PRODUCT DESIGN, Olivier de Serres, Paris, BTS Product Design Sydney, NSW

Public and private collections

Groupe Accor 2020
Fond National d’Art Contemporain 2019
Fondation Neuflize obc, 2018

FRAC Poitou-Charentes 2017
Collection Société Générale, Paris 2017
Fondation Jean François Prat, 2015
Fondation Colas, Paris 2012

Selected solo exhibitions

2023
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is Roy, Art Porters Gallery, Singapore

A Universe At The Corner, FFF, Seoul, S Korea

2022

DWELLERS, Centre d’art contemporain, Troyes

Fear of collapse, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, California

2021

Expo Dubai, Universal Exhibition, French Pavilion, Dubai

2020

Moi, mon aigle et mon serpent – Backslash, Paris, Mars-juin

2019

Degré zéro du hub – Cnap, Sun7 Runspace, Besançon

Introduction to the hub – Galerie Dastan, Teheran

Symptôme – Espace Scarabé, Chambery

2018

HUBTOPIA – Galerie Backslash, Paris

2017

Fragments d’un voyage immobile – curated Sally Bonn, Galerie des Grands Bains Douches, PAC Marseille

2016

Des ruines pour origine – BACKSLASH, Paris

Encyclopedia Of The Imagination – Drawing Now, Paris

2015

Apostrophe Muette – Art en Directe, La Vitrine am, Paris

2014

Angle Mort – Cité des Arts, Chambéry, France

2013

Il va crever ton Bonsaï – Galerie Nivet-Carzon, Paris

Selected group exhibitions

2023

Summer Mix First Edition, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, Spain

ISEA 2023, Le cube Garges, Grages, France

ART-PARIS, Praz-delavallade, Paris France

2022

ART Dubai, Dastan Gallery, Dubai, UEA

Enivrez-vous, Praz-delavallade, Paris , France

2021

The Universal Exhibition, Dubaï

ARCO Madrid, L21 Gallery, Madrid, Spain

ASIA NOW, Paris, France

Portrait of an Era, London, Hofa

2020

ART021, Shanghai, Dastan Gallery

PULLMAN Artist Playground, 10 locations during one year, France

Virtual Group Show – Dastan, AI San, Sophie Tappeiner, Bosse & Baum, Clima, The Love Guru, Online

2019

Ligne de vie – une exposition de légende, Museum of Contemporary Art MACVAL

Aux sources des années 80 – Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les sables d’Olonne, France

Cloture – espace Arrondit, Paris

Feux – espace Arrondit, Paris

Place Oddity – Huet-Repolt Residency, Art Brusells Off Programme

Le Gymnasium Sacré – Art Dubai Fair, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2018

Future Is Collective – galerie Backslash, Paris, France

…et refaire le monde – galerie Bessieres, Chatou, France

Point Contemporain – Villa Belleville, Paris, France

2017

NZ – curated by Sally Bonn, FRAC PACA, Marseille

L’exercice du ressort – Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris

2016

Sans limites : de l’objet à l’oeuvre – Parcours Saint Germain, Les Deux Magots, Paris

Le contemporain dessiné – commissariat d’Agnès Callu, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Demain, dès l’aube – Primo Piano, Paris

Stall-IN – carte blanche à Gauthier Le Rouzic, Cité des arts, Chambéry

DRAW – Le Silencio Club, Paris

2015

(et pour) quelques minutes de plus – curated by AFTER HOURS, La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres

Fragments – with France Bizot, BACKSLASH, Paris

Chercher le garçon – curated by Frank Lamy, Musée d’Art contemporain du Val de Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

La carte postale revisitée – curated by Caroline Hancock & Paule-Emmanuel Odin, La Compagnie, Marseille, France

Printemps de l’Art Contemporain – La Compagnie, Marseille, France

Autoconstruction – UC gallery, Paris

2014

Confort Moderne – Collectif Idiom, Galerie Clovis XV, Brussels

Plan #1 – Underconstruction Galerie, Paris

L’âme et la bête – Galerie l’Antichambre, Chambery, France

YIA – Underconstruction Galerie, Carreau du Temple, Paris

Fondation Colas – Paris

ENS Art et Métiers – Paris

5ème Biennale de Marrakech – MINT & AWIIILY, Maroc

Twins – curated by Alexandre Oustinov, Beaux-Arts de Paris

Aliennnation Group Show #3 – commissariat de \ curated by Hicham Bouzid, Le 18, Marrakech, Maroc

Aliennnation Group Show #2 –  Atelier 31, Paris

2013

58ème Salon de Montrouge – France

Docks Art Fair – Galerie L’antichambre, Lyon, France

La Suite #1 – Galerie l’Antichambre, Chambéry, France

Paysage domestique – Abbaye de Léhon, Dinan, France

2012

Re-Helsinki – FaFa Gallery, Helsinki

Biennale de Bern & Bernstein – Andlau, France

Exposition des Finalistes – Prix de Dessin David Weill, Institut de France, Paris