Va is an independent art project space and residency. It hosts artists, curators, writers and thinkers for their projects, talks, and presentations using resources, spaces and venues available to it. Va also participates in projects, sometimes collaborating with others and other times defining and initiating its own projects. Va Programs include the following:
Va Residency Programs
Va Residency Program hosts national and international artists, critics, writers and thinkers to engage with the local community in a creative and artistic atmosphere. Each year, through Va Residency Programs, national and international artists, curators and researchers hold residencies in Isfahan. Read More>>
Va Lectures
Va has invited artists, curators, writers, thinkers and scholars for lectures, talks, reading sessions, discussion sessions, presentations, in person or via Skype; Va [Skype] Lectures. Va presents reading lists, selected texts and other resources relevant to the concept of the session to the audience beforehand. All material is available in English and Farsi (translated by Va).
Va Projects
Va and the Va team define or engage in independent curatorial projects as part of Va’s mission as a connecting block. Va Projects are done as joint programs, collaborations, or partnerships with local venues or spaces in other cities, both in Iran and outside Iran.
| Date | Participant/Program | Program Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/08 (August) | Block “Synaptic Cleft” | Va Project | Electric Room (Tehran) |
| 2018/07 (July) | Mirhadi Mahabadi “Chi Shi” | Va Project | Electric Room (Tehran) |
| 2018/06 (June) | Sepideh Behrouzian “The Very First Moment” | Va Project | Electric Room (Tehran) |
| 2018/05 (May) 2 | “Repetition” Exhibition | Va Project | Emrooz Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2018/05 (May) | Paulien Oltheten | Va Artist-in-Residence, Va Lecture | Roodaki House, Aknoon Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2018/01 (January) 2 | Pantea Lachin | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2018/01 (January) 1 | Hossein Khosrowjah | Va Lecture | Emrooz Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2017/12 (December) | Zahra Moein, Rouzbeh Maleki, Sina Momtaheni | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/12 (December) | Ashkan Zahraie | Va Lecture | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/11 (November) | Izabela Sitarska | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/11 (November) | Human Mobilities and Art Creation | Va Lecture | Safavi House (Isfahan) and KA’AF Institute (Tehran) |
| 2017/07 (July) 2 | Sanne De Wolf | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/07 (July) 1 | Possible Worlds | Va Project | Kunstraum Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany) |
| 2017/04 (April) | Laura Põld and Johna Hansen | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/03 (March) | “Lupus” Exhibition | Va Project | Supermarket Art Fair (Stockholm) |
| 2017/03 (March) | Nicoletta Torcelli | Va Curator-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/02 (February) | Eamonn Harnett | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2017/01 (January) | Jonatan Habib Engqvist | Va Curator-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2016/11 (November) | Isabel Craveiro | Va Writer-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2016/10 (October) | Mahmoud Bakhshi | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2016/10 (October) | Shahrzad Changalvaee | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2016/05 (May) | Exhibition of Works by Patricia Fernandez | Va Project | Aknoon Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2016/04 (April) | “Palas” Exhibition | Va Project | Supermarket Art Fair (Stockholm); Presented by New Media Society (Tehran) |
| 2016/03 (March) | Monika Grabuschnigg | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2016/02 (February) | Ali Mirzayi | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2016/01 (January) | Hanna Heilmann | Va Lecture | Mir Street Basement (Isfahan) |
| 2016/01 (January) | Patricia Fernandez | Va [Skype] Lecture | Aknoon Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2015/10 (October) | Nathalie Koger & Marlies Poeschl | Va [Skype] Lecture | Skype Talk with Curators; Mani Studio (Isfahan) |
| 2015/10 (October) | Francisco Pinheiro | Va [Skype] Lecture | Mani Studio (Isfahan) |
| 2015/09 (September) | “Vanishing Points” | Va Project | Screening Program Curated by Golden Pixel Cooperative (Vienna); Apadana Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2015/08 (August) | Shahram Khosravi | Va Lecture | Mani Studio (Isfahan) |
| 2015/07 (July) | Mia Feuer | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2015/06 (June) | “Unfailing Memory” Exhibition and Events | Va Project | Kommunales Kino Freiburg e. V.; artline Kunstmagazin; Kunstverein Freiburg e.V.; Theater im Marienbad (Freiburg) |
| 2015/06 (June) | Marko Stamenkovic | Va Lecture | Mani Studio (Isfahan); “Worthless Community” Talk; In Partnership with New Media Society (Tehran) |
| 2015/05 (May) | Sine Ergün | Va Writer-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2015/05 (May) | Rachel de Joode | Va [Skype] Lecture | Mir Street Basement (Isfahan) |
| 2015/05 (May) | “Va…BYOB” Exhibition | Va Project | Aknoon Gallery (Isfahan) |
| 2015/04 (April) | Asieh Dehghani | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2015/03 (March) | Zeinab Shahidi Marnani | Va Artist-in-Residence | Roodaki House (Isfahan) |
| 2015/02 (February) | Jennifer Locke | Va [Skype] Lecture | Mir Street Basement (Isfahan) |