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Mohsen Hazrati (b. 1987, Shiraz, Iran), Artist and Curator, lives and works in Berlin. His work investigates the potential of poetry and digital technologies to illuminate imagery beyond linguistic boundaries. Specializing in AI and VR/AR, he explores how data and databases can serve as sites for cultural discovery and social critique. Since 2007, his practice has evolved from graphic design into a multifaceted exploration of innovation and tradition, earning him the 2023 VR ART PRIZE and international residencies at Akademie Schloss Solitude and the Rizq Art Initiative.
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2025 | Solo Booth, Inloco Gallery, Art Dubai, Dubai.
2025 | TayAR, IOginality, Curated by Anna Bouali, Dubai.
2023 | Active Khom (Solo Show), SOMA Art, Curated by Nabi Nara, Berlin.
2022 | Fiction is Never Innocent, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Curated by Lydia Schellhammer and Christ Mukenge, Berlin.
2022 | Phoenix from the Ashes, PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY, Curated by Tina Sauerländer, Cologne.
2022 | Petroglyphing Data, Espronceda Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2020 | Output:TargetDisplay: Display01, Espronceda Institute of Art and Culture, Barcelona.
2019 | Traversing the Earth without Moving, OMO Art Space, Curated by Tina Sauerländer, Berlin.
⚪ Selected Teaching, Talks & Workshops ⚪ Selected Teaching, Talks & Workshops ⚪ Selected Teaching, Talks & Workshops ⚪ Selected Teaching, Talks & Workshops ⚪ Selected Teaching, Talks & Workshops ⚪ Selected Teaching, Talks & Workshops
2025 | [Talk] XR + Art Event, ITH – Immersive Technologies Hub, HTW Berlin, Germany.
2025 | [Talk] Quantum Computers and Art: How and Why, DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) Center for Quantum Technology Applications, Zeuthen/Berlin.
2025 | [Talk] Bodies in Digital Transition, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
2025 | [Talk] Artist Talk: Art Dubai Program, Inloco Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2025 | [Talk] Web-Based Spaces of Art: Between Theory and Practice, Department of Art History, University of Bonn, Germany.
2025 | [Talk] Artist Talk, Rizq Art Initiative (RAi), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2025 | [Workshop] Divan-e-Ashya (Collection of Things), Majlis Session, Museum of Art and Industry (MK&G), Hamburg.
2025 | [Talk] Artist Talk, Crit Night, OR.Berlin Art Space, Berlin.
2025 | [Talk] Artist Talk & Presentation, Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts (Académie des Beaux-Arts), Kinshasa, DRC.
2025 | [Talk] Games Ground - Berlin Gaming Festival, Alte Münze, Berlin.
2024 | [Talk] Guest Lecture, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
2024 | [Talk] Panel Discussion: Interactive Art, IDAF (Istanbul Digital Art Festival), Istanbul.
2023 | [Talk] PechaKucha Night: Digital Self-Portrait, CPDP Conference, Brussels, Belgium.
2023 | [Workshop] Coding Art Lab: Building an XR Experience, Haus am Lützowplatz (HaL), Berlin.
2022–2023 | [Teaching] Lecturer (Photogrammetry & AR), Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel, Germany.
2022 | [Talk] Move, Drift, Shift, Medienhaus-Lectures, UdK (Universität der Künste), Berlin.
2022 | [Talk] Quantum State: The Symposium, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart.
2022 | [Workshop] XR Jam Session: Creating XR Experiences in STYLY, BB - Berlin.
2021 | [Talk] Multimedia Encounters: Fortune Telling by AI, UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab, London.
2021 | [Teaching] Lecturer (Unity & AR Self-Portraiture), FH Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
2020 | [Presentation] ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) Conference, University of Central Florida, USA.
2020 | [Presentation] EVA London Conference, London, UK.
2020 | [Talk] Artist Talk in Quarantine, IAM Weekend 2020, Barcelona, Spain.
2019 | [Talk] Artist Talk: Shiraz Digital Art Scene, BAU Centro Universitario de Diseño de Barcelona, Spain.
2019 | [Talk] Presenting FALProject, IAM Weekend 19, Barcelona, Spain.
2018 | [Talk] The Global Islamic Economy Summit: Engare Game Project, Dubai, UAE.
2018 | [Workshop] AR Workshop Lead, TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Yerevan, Armenia.
2017 | [Talk] TEDx MollaSadraSt: Virtual Wonders, Shiraz, Iran.
2017 | [Talk] Curator Talk: LAB #1, Sarv-e-Naaz Gallery, Shiraz.
2017 | [Talk] NODE17 Forum for Digital Arts: Creative Communities Meetup, Frankfurt, Germany.
2016–2017 | [Teaching] Lecturer (Visual Effects & Digital Aesthetics), Shiraz Art Institute of Higher Education, Iran.
2016 | [Talk] Panel: New Media Art Activities in Iran, Node Forum / Goethe Institute / Shiraz Art Institute.
2016 | [Talk] Curator Talk: Interactive Actuators, Sarv-e-Naaz Gallery, Shiraz.
2016 | [Talk] D.A.H Project Missions, TADAEX (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition), Mohsen Gallery, Tehran.
2016 | [Talk] Digital Art Aesthetics & Presentation, Yazd Contemporary Arts Gallery / Laar, Iran.
⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals ⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals ⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals ⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals ⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals ⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals ⚪ Selected Exhibitions & Festivals
2025 | Inspiration SWANA, Museum of Art and Industry (MK&G), Curated by Jasmin Ferdoosi and Wibke Schrape, Hamburg.
2025 | The Imaginary Museum, Rizq Art Initiative (RAi), Curated by Meena Vari, Abu Dhabi.
2025 | Digitale Kunst trifft Clubkultur, Presented by Arc Gallery, Tresor.West, Dortmund / Tresor, Berlin.
2025 | Kokende Liboso Eza Kokoma Te, Laboratoire Kontempo, Curated by Dzekashu MacViban, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2025 | On the Edge of the Horizon, Co-curated by Diane Drubay & Tina Sauerlaender, Virtual Exhibition (common.garden / objkt.com).
2025 | Teufelssee Biennale, Curated by OR.Berlin, Berlin.
2025 | Games Ground - Berlin Gaming Festival, Alte Münze, Berlin.
2025 | WAVA Augmented Interventions, ICOM Conference, Dubai.
2024 | AiVERSE, Kanvas Dubai, Curated by capitArtX, Dubai.
2024 | Next Level Festival, Curated by Lex Rütten and Viv Lennert, Dortmund.
2024 | MUTEK.AE, Dubai.
2024 | re:publica 24, Curated by Enrique Torres and Vincent Maurer, Berlin.
2024 | IDAF (Istanbul Digital Art Festival), Istanbul.
2023–2024 | AI: Artificial Intelligence, CCCB Museum (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona), Barcelona.
2023 | Unleashed Utopias (VR ART PRIZE), Haus am Lützowplatz (HaL), Curated by Tina Sauerländer, Berlin.
2023 | Voices Collaborative Project, IMPAKT Festival / Ars Electronica, Utrecht / Linz.
2023 | NFT NYC, Curated by Kris Pilcher, New York City.
2022 | Art Basel Miami, Presented by Espronceda Institute, Curated by Kris Pilcher, Miami.
2022 | Seed Systems (XR Exhibition), Radiance, SOMA Berlin.
2022 | 15. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany.
2022 | The Flowers I Have Never Seen in My Garden, synthesis gallery, Berlin.
2022 | TayAR (PROTOWORLD AR), Grafikenshus Museum, Sweden.
2021 | Voyagography, Vienna Art Week, philomena+ Gallery, Vienna.
2021 | (Im)Material Matter, peer to space, Berlin.
2021 | Digital Art Collection, EIGENHEIM Gallery, Curated by MKV Berlin, Berlin.
2021 | Ars Electronica Garden Barcelona, Espronceda Gallery, Barcelona.
2021 | Altered Festival 2021, Chicago, USA.
2021 | VR Pavilion, Resilienze Festival, Bologna, Italy.
2021 | CADAF Digital Art Fair, Hard Disk Museum, Digital.
2021 | Recollecting Futures, Recto VRso Festival, Musée-école de la Perrine, France.
2021 | Multimedia Encounters, UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab, London.
2020 | Liminoid Encounters, Curated by Berit Fischer, Stuttgart.
2020 | The Archive to Come, Telematic Media Arts, San Francisco, USA.
2020 | Ars Electronica Garden Barcelona (Solar Orchard), Espronceda Institute, Barcelona.
2020 | Output:TargetDisplay, AMAZE Festival, Berlin.
2020 | Well now WTF, Silicon Valet / GIPHY, Digital.
2020 | Immensiva VR/AI Residence, Espronceda Art Gallery, Barcelona / Paris.
2019 | The Wrong Biennale (Epicentre), Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain.
2019 | Wanted: Live from West Asia, Curated by Patrik Lichty, New Jersey, USA.
2019 | 9th Cairo Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt.
2019 | Limited Access Festival, 3Platform, Tehran, Iran.
2018 | Carp Theory, Transfer Gallery, New York, USA.
2018 | PrintReady Gif Show, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, Canada.
2018 | The Wrong Biennale (Iranian Embassy), Dastan: Outside, Tehran.
2018 | Private Digital Art Show, Ariana Gallery / Dastan Gallery, Tehran.
2017 | tres_W digital art exhibition, Zaragoza, Spain.
2017 | Interactive Installation, Shiraz Urban Events, Shiraz, Iran.
2016 | Matchbox Gallery x FELT ZINE .GIF Show, Houston, Texas, USA.
2016 | Interactive Actuators, D.A.H Project, Curated by Mani Nilchiani, Shiraz.
2015 | AP{P}ART Project, Babycastles Gallery, New York, USA.
2015 | Call.io.pe, The Wrong Biennale, Noisebridge, San Francisco.
2014 | AP{P}ART Project, Darbast Platform, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran.
2014 | Gifbites, Gray Area Art + Technology, San Francisco.
2013 | Le Lointain, Maison de la Culture, Belgium.
2013 | 10th Festival Image of the Year, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran.
2012 | 12th Mexico International Poster Biennale, Querétaro, Mexico.
2012 | Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia.
2012 | 10th International Poster Triennial, Toyama, Japan.
2012 | 5th China International Poster Biennale, Hangzhou, China.
2009 | 7th Festival Image of the Year, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran.
⚪ Awards & Honors ⚪ Awards & Honors ⚪ Awards & Honors ⚪ Awards & Honors ⚪ Awards & Honors ⚪ Awards & Honors ⚪ Awards & Honors
2024 | Shortlisted, XR-History Award, Körber-Stiftung, Germany.
2023 | First Prize, VR ART PRIZE by Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) in cooperation with CAA Berlin, Haus am Lützowplatz (HaL), Berlin.
2017 | Winner (Third Place), GIES (Global Islamic Economy Summit), Dubai. Art Director for Engare (Directed by Mehdi Bahrami).
2009 | 1st runner up award winner in BlackBerry theme design competition, Hong Kong.
⚪ Selected Residencies & Fellowships ⚪ Selected Residencies & Fellowships ⚪ Selected Residencies & Fellowships ⚪ Residencies & Fellowships ⚪ Selected Residencies & Fellowships ⚪ Selected Residencies & Fellowships ⚪ Selected Residencies & Fellowships
2024–2025 | Artist Fellowship & Residency, Rizq Art Initiative (RAi), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2023 | CODE Residency, IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture], Utrecht, Netherlands.
2022 | Kunstwanderweg XR Residency, Naturparkzentrum Hoher Fläming, Germany.
2021 | Digital Solitude Assembly: Solidarity is a Verb, Bucharest, Romania.
2020 | Akademie Schloss Solitude, Digital Solitude Fellowship, Stuttgart, Germany.
2020 | Immensiva VR/AI Residency, Espronceda Institute of Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain.
2020 | QUINTESSENCE DOME LAB Residency, Espronceda Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
2020 | PatchXE Online Patchathon, Presentation for A MAZE. Festival, Berlin.
⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews ⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews ⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews ⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews ⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews ⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews ⚪ Publications & Selected Press & Interviews
2025 | "Choir of Intelligences" (Chœur d’intelligences), collective work coordinated by Gaëlle Picard-Abezis. Published by Le Comptoir Prospectiviste, Paris. (Chapter Author). Link
2025 | "Augmented Reality: Für eine Kunstgeschichte der Kollision von Bild und Umgebung," Monograph by Manuel van der Veen. Published by Brill | Fink, Paderborn/Cologne. Link
2024 | "How Technology Helps to Engage Audiences With Art," Körber-Stiftung (eCommemoration). In conversation with curator Ulrich Schrauth. Link
2023 | "Mythologie im Metaversum" (Mythology in the Metaverse), Weltkunst Magazin. Feature interview by Tim Ackermann. Link
2023 | "Erstplatzierte des VR Kunstpreises stehen fest," Monopol Magazin. Review of the VR ART PRIZE 2023. Link
2023 | "Artist Profile: Mohsen Hazrati," DKB Stiftung. Video interview with curator Dr. Tina Sauerländer. Link
2022 | "15. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach: VITRINEN," Exhibition Catalogue. Featured essay by Mara-Johanna Kölmel, PhD. Published by Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne. Link
2020 | "Interview with Mohsen Hazrati," Mosaic (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). Feature interview. Link
2020 | "Output:TargetDisplay: Display01," Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture. Technical review and interview. Link
⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project) ⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project) ⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project) ⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project) ⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project) ⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project) ⚪ Curatorial Projects (D.A.H. Project)
2022 | Co-curator at A Thousand Night and “A Night”, online exhibition in distant.gallery.
2021 | Co-curator at MDF: Micro Digital Festival, in collaboration with Espace Croisé and the Embassy of France in Iran.
2021 | Co-curator at Exchanges through the Silk Road, as part of amberNetworkFestival, Berlin, Germany.
2019 | Co-curator at Patch Room Bremen, Sphere space, Bremen, Germany.
2018 | Co-curator at D.A.H.Project for Dar-al-Wrong, first Iranian Embassy and Pavilion of The Wrong Biennale, Tehran.
2018 | Co-curator at D.A.H.Project for Private Digital Art Show with Dastan: Outside, Ariana Art Gallery, Tehran.
2017 | Co-curator at DAHProject AR for NODE17 Forum for Digital Arts, Frankfurt, Germany.
2017 | Co-curator at D.A.H.Project for LAB #1 exhibition, Sarv-e-Naaz Gallery, Shiraz.
2017 | Co-curator at D.A.H.Project for Erik Axel Eggeling Solo Show, Sarv-e-Naaz Gallery, Shiraz.
2017 | Co-founder of LAB Project, Shiraz, Iran.
2016 | Co-curator at D.A.H.Project for Interactive Actuators Show, Sarv-e-Naaz Gallery, Shiraz.
2015-2016 | Co-curator at D.A.H.Project for Vesal Art Gallery at Shiraz (Exhibition Series).
2013 | Co-founder of D.A.H.Project (Dar-Al-Hokoomeh).