TEHRAN-Iranian artist Armin Amirian is among the winners of the Munich Kammerspiele project “Off to Elsewhere” in Germany.

The Munich Kammerspiele is a state-funded German-language theater company based at the Schauspielhaus on Maximilianstrasse in the Bavarian capital. Together with the Munich-based organization for contemporary photography Der Greif, it launched a call for submissions and received over 1,000 sensational images from 82 countries. 

Amirian’s photo titled “Mirror” is one of the 40 selected images to be showcased in the visual campaign of the upcoming season, from September 2024 until July 2025, IRNA reported on Monday.

Amirian, 29, is a self-taught artist who spent his childhood and teenage years experiencing different genres and mediums of art while being affected by Iran, the world, family, and culture and continued his education in physics. 

He started working professionally in the field of photography and cinema at the beginning of his teenage years. The role of looking got more prominent for him with the arrival of photography cameras into his life.

He has contributed to more than 100 festivals and exhibitions throughout the years including “hICEstory” (2021) and a previous one named “A’ar” (2018), both at Etemad Gallery in Tehran. He’s received multiple international awards such as the Award of Excellence from the Fletcher Art Festival (U.S. 2020), the Honorable Mention Award of Yeiser Art Center (U.S. 2020), Young Author Award of the 29th Caminos de Hierro contest (Spain 2018), The Jury Prize of Fomenar (Spain 2017), Teenager of the Year of Warsaw’s Graphic Biennale (2012), and two-time 1st place winner of Creative Vision section of “Iran’s Image of The Year Festival” (2015, 2017).

Amirian has been honored with titles and finalist nominees from art centers such as Sharjah Art Foundation (UAE 2020), Yeiser Art Center (U.S. 2020), Ooshot (France 2018), Farhang Foundation (U.S. 2017), Fletcher Art Festival (U.S. 2016, 2014), and SIENA Awards (Italy 2015).

His works have been sold at exhibitions and auctions like the Sotheby’s and are available in collections and art foundations such as Ooshot Award (France), Spanish Railways Foundation, and Fletcher H. Dyer Exhibit (U.S.).

In Armin’s own words, art was always what he knew could communicate with everyone. “All I had in me as a young soul could be said only by the alphabet of art; where nothing matters but the truth and the honest feelings you place in every aspect of your creation.”

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