Sohrab Kashani


Sohrab Kashani is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist, art curator and writer. He is the founding director of Sazmanab, a not-for-profit curatorial platform based in Tehran.

Super Sohrab

Super Sohrab, Kashani's alter-ego is a Tehran-based superhero who every now and then attempts to fix local and global sociopolitical problems. He often receives calls from people all around the world to assist in solving problems both big and small. Also, through the documentation of some of his own life events and his own failures, Super Sohrab addresses issues such as daily repercussions of US sanctions on Iranians in Iran and in the diaspora, currency fluctuations in Iran, visa complications for Iranians, and Tehran's air pollution. Super Sohrab's work often comprises performative interventions presented in photographs, videos, comics, text, and other formats.

Sazmanab

Sazmanab, is a curatorial platform which originally started as an artist-run space and residency programme in Tehran in 2008. Sazmanab was established by Kashani and was originally based in Sadeghiyeh district in the Western part of Tehran. As of 2018, Sazmanab creates projects and publications and hosts exhibitions and events off-site in collaboration with other spaces and venues.

Exhibitions curated