Shahla Aghapour

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Shahla Aghapour
Born	Tehran, Iran
Other names	Shahla Aghapour–Benakohell
Education	Berlin University of the Arts
Occupation(s)	Visual artist, author, gallery director
Website	www.aghapour.de

Shahla Aghapour, also known as Shahla Aghapour–Benakohell^[1] (Persian: شهلا آقاپور) is an Iranian visual artist, author and gallery director living in Germany.^[2] She works both as a writer and poet, as well as a painter, sculptor, performance artist and director of Galerie-Benakohell.^[3]

Shahla Aghapour worked as a freelance artist in Berlin and has exhibited her works and readings in Germany^[1][4][5] and other countries.^[6] She completed a Master of Art degree at the Berlin University of the Arts in Art in Context in 2003^[7][8] and works as an art teacher and head of artistic projects.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Aghapour is a member of the Federal Association of Artists in Germany, PEN Center of writers in exile of German-speaking countries^[13] and was from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the Iranian Writers' Association in exile.^[14] Aghapour is also a member of the “Group Seven” collective: a group of five Iranian women artists living and working in Germany, with a focus on women and social, cultural, and political issues around the world, especially relating to Iran.^[15]

This is a list of select exhibitions, in order by date.

• 1996 – Cultural Center Spandau, Berlin, Germany^[16]
• 1997 – Landtag of Prussian, gallery in parliament Berlin House of Representatives, Germany^[17]
• 2008 – Island Gallery, Berlin, Germany^[18][19]
• 2009 - "Iranian night" (in book week of Germany), exhibition of painting about woman face and body, wives of current and former presidents of Germany had joined to the meeting^[20]
• 2011 – Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
• 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States^[21][22]
• 2012 – Salon Exil, Berlin, Germany^[23][24]
• 2015 – Galerie-Benakohell, Berlin, Germany^[25]

• Culture Club, Zurich, Switzerland^[26]
• Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland^[27]
• 2011 – Persian Culture Center, Dallas/Richardson, Texas, United States^[21][22]

• Aghapour, Shahla (2005). Andishaje hessi [Soulful Thoughts, Poems for Life and Love] (in Persian). Tehran, Iran: Gheze Publisher. ISBN 9645776562.
• Sarate garme hes (Parts of Emotions), (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany
• Ashovtegieh Djahan (Chaos of the Cosmos), (in Persian), Aida Verlag, Bochum, Germany
• Parvaze sorkhe tan (Flying red bodies), (in Persian), Fourough Books Publishing, Cologne, Germany
• Oliver Twist in Tehran, (in German), POP Publishing, Ludwigsburg, Germany^[28][29]
• Morvarid-e Siah (The Black Pearl) – (in Persian), Aida Publishing, Bochum, Germany

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