Omgeving Celbeton, 2023 Belgium
“OASES” YOUTH BIENNIAL, Serbia, 2025
Audiovisual diary by Yasaman Tamizkar and Lizzy Zaanen
Video
Silent Spectators (2023) is a collaborative audiovisual diary by Yasaman Tamizkar and Lizzy Zaanen, produced by KIOSK (Ghent) for the group exhibition Omgeving Celbeton in Dendermonde.
Written and narrated by Tamizkar, the project revisits childhood memories and reflections centered on the mountains of Iran—formulating them as symbols of security, guidance, and freedom, as well as enduring emblems of contemporary resistance. The narrative is visually anchored by Zaanen’s black-and-white, slow-motion video work. Silent Spectatorswas subsequently selected for the 2025 Youth Biennale in Serbia, curated by Tane Laketic.
Kunsthal Extra City, 2022 Belgium
Curated by Yasaman Tamizkar and Valentina Bianchi
Site-specific installation by Hamed Dehqan
Built in the Midst explores similarities, repetition, and differences in a magical constellation of references. The elements of the installation function as sculptures, feelings, or contexts, according to the physical position of the observer. The visitor is therefore guided in the chapel in a constantly renovated discovery of various levels of visibility.
Hamed Dehqan is a visual artist currently studying advanced studies and practice-based research as a resident at the HISK Academy in Ghent (2022-2023). His practice is based on personal studies and research around phenomena of language and perception, engaging in a studio-based practice that creates a unique formal language. more
Sharif Gallery, 2020 Iran
Curated by Yasaman Tamizkar
Ichor is the second chapter of ilāj Curatorial Projects, anchored in a chain narrative of interpretations originating from the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus.
The project utilized mythology, storytelling, and allegory as curatorial methodologies to confront contemporary socio-political issues in Iran and critique oppressive structures of power. Developed through collective reading sessions on Gavin Bantock’s Ichor and Icarus and Daedalus and Icarus by Ovid, the exhibition emerged from a close dialogue with nine Iran-based artists. Together, the works channeled mythic allegory into a subversive, commemorative space—honoring the 176 lives lost aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, shot down by the Islamic Republic in January 2020.
Through this framework, the act of falling becomes an allegory for state violence, grief, memory, and political accountability. more
Khoj Studios, 2018 India
Curated by Yasaman Tamizkar
ilāj exhibition positions artistic practice as a process of diagnosis, observation, and reflection, guiding both creator and viewer on a journey from awareness toward serenity and redemption. Featuring multi-disciplinary works by Sadra Wejdani, Sara Ghods, and Hamed Jaberha, the exhibition responds to environmental realities, mythology, semiotics, and politics as triggers for survival and healing. Ultimately, ilāj treats pain not as a terminal state, but as the initial alarm that sparks a critical struggle toward cure, transformation, and ultimate placidity. more