Neda Saeedi

Neda Saeedi (b. Teheran, Iran) lives and works in Berlin. She studied classical sculpture under the direction of Raffie Davtian in Tehran and later Fine Arts at the LensBased Class of Prof. Hito Steyelr at Berlin University of Arts (UdK). She is the recipient of the Villa Romana Prize 2022 and a fellow of the International Research Fellow of Max-Planck-Institut in Florenz, the Kunstfonds Scholarship 2020 and The Elsa Neumann Emerging Artist Prize 2019. She is an alumni of the Delfina Foundation Artist Residency in London. Her publications RETURN TO NEVERLAND - A DIALOGUE BETWEEN NEDA SAEEDI & HOMAYOUN SIRIZI was published (in Farsi and English) by Pejman Foundation and released in the fall of 2021,ONLY BIRDS WHO FLY THE HIGHTEST CAN SHATTER THE WINDOWS, Coversation with Anna Teixeira Pinto Published by Archives Book 2024 and NEDA SAEEDI WHISPERS published by Mousse Publishing 2024. Saeedi has exhibited her work at galleries, museums and art spaces internationally – such as KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Taxipalais Kunsthalle Tiroll (Solo), Innsbruck; Extra City, Antwerp; Luleå Biennial 2018; Ludlow 38, New York; Bonner Bundeskunsthalle; Folkwang Museum, Essen; Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Dastan Gallery, Tehran (solo); Argo Factory, Tehran (solo). Her works are part of Public and Private Collections such as Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Vischer Collection and Pejman Foundation Collection.