Simin Keramati

{{Short description|Iranian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker (b. 1970)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Simin Keramati

| image = Simin Keramati in Oslo 2023, cropping.jpg

| caption = Keramati in 2023

| native_name = سیمین کرامتی

| native_name_lang = fa

| other_names = Simīn Kirāmatī

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}

| birth_place = Tehran,

| alma_mater = Islamic Azad University,
Tehran University of Art,
George Brown College

| occupation = Multidisciplinary visual artist

| known_for = Painter, video artist, installation artist, filmmaker

| website = [https://siminkeramati.com/ Official website]

}}

Simin Keramati ({{Langx|fa|سیمین کرامتی}}; born 1970){{Cite book |last=Silverthorne |first=Diane V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKtqDwAAQBAJ |title=Music, Art and Performance from Liszt to Riot Grrrl: The Musicalization of Art |date=2018-10-18 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-5013-3015-5 |pages=344 |language=en}} is an Iranian-born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist and activist.{{Cite web |last=Velie |first=Elaine |date=2022-09-28 |title=Artists Worldwide Demand Freedom for Iranian Women |url=http://hyperallergic.com/764859/artists-worldwide-demand-freedom-for-iranian-women/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2011-10-11 |title=Iranian Artists Fight Smog with the Tehran Monoxide Project |url=https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/10/iranian-artists-fight-smog/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Green Prophet |language=en-US}} She is primarily known as a painter, video artist, installation artist, and filmmaker.{{Cite book |last=Scheiwiller |first=Staci Gem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gt0ZBQAAQBAJ |title=Performing the Iranian State: Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity |date=2014-11-01 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=978-1-78308-328-2 |language=en|page=183}} Keramati lives in Toronto.{{Cite book |last1=Pechlaner |first1=Harald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HLGBDwAAQBAJ |title=Künstler unterwegs: Wege und Grenzen des Reisens |last2=Innerhofer |first2=Elisa |last3=Allerstorfer |first3=Julia |date=2018-09-25 |publisher=Nomos Verlag |isbn=978-3-8452-9044-7 |language=de |chapter=Simin Keramati: De/Konstruktion(en) des Selbst |trans-chapter=Simin Keramati: De/Construction(s) of Self}}

Biography

Simin Keramati was born in 1970 in Tehran,.{{Cite web |title=Simin Keramati |url=http://tavoosonline.com/SelectedArtist/SpecialEn.aspx?src=268&Page=1 |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Tavoos Online, Iran's First Bilingual Art Magazine}} She attended Tehran University of Art, where she received both B.A and M.A. degree (1996) in painting, and the Islamic Azad University, where she received a B.A. degree (1995) in English;{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FYhHAQAAIAAJ |title=A Breeze from the Gardens of Persia: New Art from Iran |date=2001 |publisher=Meridian International center |isbn=978-0-9661013-2-4 |pages=85 |language=en}} and the . She moved to Toronto in 2013, where she attended George Brown College for post graduate degree.

Keramati's art work focuses on socio-political topics, identity, and the injustices facing women in Iran. Some of her art contemporaries include Shirin Neshat, Shadi Ghadirian, and Newsha Tavakolian.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XgXmAAAAMAAJ |title=L'espresso, Issues 26-29 |date=2005 |publisher=Editrice L'Espresso |volume=51 |pages=110 |language=it |issue=26–29}}

File:Simin Keramati at the PaykanArtCar unveiling in Oslo.jpg unveiling in Oslo, 2023]]

In 2009, Keramati was part of the group exhibition, Made in Iran, curated by Arianne Levene and Eglantine de Ganay and held at the Asia House, London; other artists in the show included Nazgol Ansarinia, Shirin Aliabadi, Behrouz Rae, Vahid Sharifian, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, and Arash Hanaei.{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Katherine |date=June 27, 2009 |title=Iran's Hybrids Unveiled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/723351875/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Independent |page=38 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2009 |title=Exhibition: "Made in Iran" in London |url=http://www.payvand.com/news/09/jul/1050.html |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Payvand.com}}{{Cite web |last=Westall |first=Mark |date=2009-06-23 |title=Made in Iran Opening at Asia House through to July4th |url=https://fadmagazine.com/2009/06/23/made-in-iran-opening-at-asia-house-from-23rd-june/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=FAD Magazine |language=en-GB}} Her work was part of the group exhibition, Art Brief IV: Iranian Contemporary San Francisco (2018) held at SOMA Arts in San Francisco, created in conjunction with the nonprofit group Moms Against Poverty (MAP).{{Cite web |title=Artistic Reflections from the Iranian Diaspora at SOMArts |url=https://www.sfstation.com/2018/11/27/artistic-reflections-from-the-iranian-diaspora-at-somarts/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=SF Station |language=en-US}}

In September 2022, during the Mahsa Amini protests she helped organize the protest event outside of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Keramati also created a notable protest poster.

She created the second installment of the PaykanArtCar, unveiled in June 2023.{{cite news |last1=Paust |first1=Thomas |title=Denne bilen er tildekket av kvinnehår: – Mullaene skjelver |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/denne-bilen-er-tildekket-av-kvinnehar-mullaene-skjelver/s/5-95-1156627 |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=Nettavisen |date=13 June 2023 |language=no}}{{cite news |last1=Toosi |first1=Nahal |title=Activists say the human rights movement is failing |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/18/activists-human-rights-movement-00102484 |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=Politico |date=18 June 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Castello |first1=Claudio |title=Hårprotest utenfor Oslo konserthus |url=https://www.utrop.no/nyheter/nytt/341973/ |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=Utrop |date=15 June 2023}}