Panteha Abareshi
Multidisciplinary artist exploring chronic illness and disability.
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Panteha Abareshi (born 1999) is a Canadian-born American multidisciplinary artist and curator working in installation, video, and performance art. Their work, which draws on their experience of chronic illness and disability, has been recognized for its examination of medical violence and representation. Abareshi is based in Los Angeles, California.
Education
Abareshi attended the University of Southern California in the Roski School of Art and Design, where Jennifer West served as a mentor and teacher. Their video work For Medical Use Only (2019) has been influential for artist Carolyn Lazard. In January 2020, Abareshi appeared on the cover of Bitch Magazine (spring 2020, 86 issue), and in spring 2020 they published the art book Panteha Abareshi: I Am Inside the Body through Sming Sming Books. They received the 2021 VSA Emerging Artists Competition from the Kennedy Center.
Exhibitions
Abareshi participated in the 2017 group exhibition The Body As Site Of at Lippitt House, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. In 2020, their work was included in the Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness public art exhibition in Brooklyn, New York City, with a billboard at Park Ave and Emerson Place. That year they also took part in Shape Open 2020: The Future is Loading (Part II) by Shape Arts in London.
Their first major solo exhibition, Panteha Abareshi: Tender Calamities, was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In 2021 their work appeared in Well/Being: An Exhibition on Healing and Repair (August 4 - December 11, 2021) at the University Art Museum. Their first major solo exhibition outside the U.S., INVALID PLEASURES, took place at Kunsthall Trondheim in Trondheim, Norway in 2023.
Did You Know?
- Abareshi was born with the genetic blood disorder Sickle cell zero beta thalassemia, diagnosed at age two.
- Their mother is Jamaican and their father is Iranian; they were primarily raised by their single father.
Frequently Asked Questions
When and where was Panteha Abareshi born?
Panteha Abareshi was born in 1999 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
What are Panteha Abareshi's notable works?
Notable works by Panteha Abareshi include For Medical Use Only (2019), NOT A BODY (2021), FETISH MATERIAL (2023), OBJECT dESIRE (2024).
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- Wikipedia: Panteha Abareshi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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