- Source: Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh
Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh (born 1962, Persian: آناهیتا قباییان (اتحادیه)) in Tehran) is an Iranian gallery owner and curator. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a PhD in History from the Paris Diderot University. Ghabaian established the Silk Road Gallery in 2001.
Activities
in 2009, she was appointed as the artistic director of the 2nd Photoquai Biennial at Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
co-curator of Shadi Ghadirian's retrospective at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (with Sylvie Aznavourian), 2015-2016.
Curated Newsha Tavakolian's exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac (Carmignac Photojournalism Award), 2015.
Bibliography
Ghabaian, Anahita; Saberi, Minou; 12 photographic journeys: Iran in the 21st century. London: I.B. Tauris (2005) ISBN 978-1-85043-719-2
Persian translation of Conversations With Fellini (by Costanzo Costantini); Farzan-rouz publications (2007-2008), ISBN 964-321-014-6
Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); La Photographie iranienne: Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran (2012); ISBN 978-2919507061
Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Shadi Ghadirian: Rétrospective, Somogy Editions d'Art (2015), ISBN 978-2757210000
Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Iran, année 38: La photographie contemporaine iranienne depuis la révolution de 1979 (2017), ISBN 978-2845975811
Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Espace vital, femmes photographes iraniennes (2023), ISBN 978-2845979512
Honours
Chevalière of the ordre des Arts et des Lettres
