La Petite Mort Gallery

Grande Bouffe 13, Collage, 10 x 7 inches (approx), 2010, $650Grande Bouffe 15, Collage, 10 x 7 inches (approx), 2010, $650Grande Bouffe 5, Collage,10 x 7 inches (approx), 2010, $650Grande Bouffe 14, Collage, 2010, 10 x 7 inches (approx), $650Age of Adz 10, Collage, 2011, $650Age of Adz 9, Collage, 2011, $650Age of Adz 8, Collage, 2011, $650Age of Adz 7, Collage, 2011,$650Age of Adz 6, Collage, 2011, $650Age of Adz 3, Collage, 2011, $650Age of Adz 2, Collage, 2011, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Ubakagi, Collage, 8 x 5 inches (approx.) 2010, $650Monkey 5, Collage, 10 x 8 inches (approx), 2011, $650Monkey 6, Collage, 10 x 8 inches (approx), 2011, $650Faces 3 Series #7, Pen Drawing on Printed Photo, 8 x 10 inches, 2009, SOLDFaces 3 Series #8, Pen Drawing on Printed Photo, 8 x 10 inches, 2009, $350Faces 3 Series #4, Pen Drawing on Printed Photo, 8 x 10 inches, 2009, $350Faces 3 Series #3, Pen Drawing on Printed Photo, 8 x 10 inches, 2009, $350Faces 3 Series #2, Pen Drawing on Printed Photo, 8 x 10 inches, 2009, $350Meat 11, Collage, 8x 5 inches (approx), 2008, $650Meat 8, Collage, 8x 5 inches (approx), 2008, $650Meat 12, Collage, 8x 5 inches (approx), 2008, $650Meat 2, Collage, 8x 5 inches (approx), 2008, $650Meat 1, Collage, 8x 5 inches (approx), 2008, $650

Ashkan Honarvar

1980 | Shiraz | Iran
Works and lives in The Netherlands and Norway

The saying goes that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. It occurs in places you least expect.
Revealing its art in the human body, but also cruelly absent in the presence of deformations and scars.
Ashkan Honarvar (1980) depicts an undeniable, unavoidable beauty by accepting the darker sides of human ‘nature’.

The body, torn by acts of war, exploited by the sex industry or used as a tool for seeking identity, is
the focal point of his work.This constitutes a search for a universal representation of the evil latent in every human,
providing an opportunity for reflection. His aesthetic dissection has an intriguing macabre nature,
which opens the images to interpretation.

Honarvar’s almost empiric exploration of the human condition knows no bounds. Its goal; the indefinable core.

Titus Verheijen

 

Education
-2007 Graduated with a BFA Illustration |  School of Visual Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
-2003 Graduated Graphic Design |  Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht, The Netherlands

Grants
-2009 Startstipendium fund BKVB Amsterdam | 1-year grant
-2007 Startstipendium fund BKVB Amsterdam | 1-year grant

Solo Exhibition
-2013 Collages | CES Contemporary | Laguna Beach, USA (Upcoming)
-2012 Ashkan Honarvar Collages | La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
-2011 Ex Vivo | Subbacultcha!, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-2010 Reconstruct | Roodkapje,Rotterdam, The Netherlands
-2008 Soda | Utrecht, The Netherlands

Group Exhibition
-2014 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center |Bates College Museum of Art, ME, USA (Upcoming)
-2013 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center |Katonah Museum of Art, NY, USA (Upcoming)
-2013 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center |Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, TN, USA (Upcoming)
-2012 Art Basel | Miami Beach, Miami, USA (Upcoming)
-2012 International Weird Collage Show | Ma+Go, Lima, Peru (Upcoming)
-2012 Continue To Continue | CES Contemporary | Laguna Beach, USA
-2012 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center | Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, MO, USA
-2012 Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam | BYT gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-2012 YESSR4 Flesh Garden | La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
-2012 Bleeding | Diorama magazine, Otolab, Milano, Italie
-2012 YESSR4 Flesh Garden | Sala +18, Santiago, Chile
-2012 YESSR4 Flesh Garden |  Casa Brandon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
-2011 All that remains | Ugly art room, NY, USA
-2011 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center | Samek Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA
-2011 Paris Photo 2011 (Steven Kasher Gallery) | Paris, France
-2011 International Weird Collage Show | Opperclaes, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
-2011 This is not a office party, Subbacultcha! |  Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-2011 Cutters Edges | Gestalten Space , Berlin, Germany
-2011 Kutters | Gallery La Petite Mort , Ottawa, Canada
-2011 Cutters | West Cork Art Centre, Cork, Ireland
-2011 Plaats Delict: Geweld | Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
-2010 The Infidels | Gallery La Petite Mort , Ottawa, Canada
-2010 mEATing | Perron 58, Tilburg, The Netherlands
-2010 Water Sinking Cities | Noass, Riga, Latvia
-2010 Vanitas | Bright Young Things, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
-2010 Weekend Winkel-2 | Utrecht, The Netherlands
-2010 Eat This! | Bright Young Things, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
-2010 Generatie Y-2 ‘Doorstart’| Retort, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
-2009 Weekend Winkel | Amsterdam,The Netherlands
-2009 Generatie Y-2 | Haarlem,The Netherlands
-2009 Young masters @ auction, Ongekend! |  Amsterdam,The Netherlands
-2009 Gallery Besselaar | Gallery Besselaar, Utrecht,The Netherlands
-2009 Act nice and gentle |  Gallery Laboratorio, Utrecht,The Netherlands
-2008 Overwerk |  Gallery Kunstliefe, Utrecht,The Netherlands
-2008 Gallerie +Minus | Trondheim, Norway
-2008 Holy Apples |  Utrecht,The Netherlands
-2008 Art Sale | Tac, Eindhoven,The Netherlands
-2007 Gogbot | Enschede,The Netherlands

Curated Exhibitions
-2011 International Weird Collage Show | Opperclaes, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Work in permanent collections
ICC – Contemporary Collage Museum | Milton, USA

Publications
-2012 Twill Magazine # 15 | UK
-2012 DMAG # 26 | Argentina
-2012 AXN: Cult magazine #1 | Australia
-2012 Nido # 9 | Germany
-2012 L’Officiel # 36 | The Netherlands
-2012 Viewpoint # 30 | The Netherlands
-2012 Ad Utrechtse Nieuwsblad 20/6 | The Netherlands
-2012 Vdoh #3 | Ukraine
-2012 mékanik copulaire #4 | France
-2012 Please! b-day issue | France
-2012 Idn #19/2 | China
-2012 Diorama Mag #2 | Italie
-2012 Talk Magazine #22 | Iran
-2012 Public Art #67 | Korea
-2012 Vision Magazine Jan-Feb | China
-2012 Le Fourquet #19 | Mexico
-2012 De Helling #4 | The Netherlands
-2012 AT Magazine | Israel
-2011 mékanik copulaire #3 | France
-2011 Cut & Paste | UK
-2011 Talk Magazine #12 | Iran
-2011 Remora v.s. Louma-Aho | Finland
-2011 Doppelganger Images of the Human Being | Germany
-2011 Cutting Edges Contemporary Collage | Germany
-2011 Subbacultcha! February | The Netherlands
-2010 Met Stip 2010 | The Netherlands
-2010 Species Mag #4 | Spain
-2010 O.K. Periodicals #4 | The Netherlands
-2010 D-Palma #54 | Berlin & Mallorca