BIO
TAHER ASAD-BAKHTIARI IS AN ARTIST WHOSE PRACTICE MOVES ACROSS ART AND DESIGN, WORKING THROUGH SCULPTURE, TEXTILES, INSTALLATION AND COLLECTIBLE OBJECTS. HIS WORK EXPLORES MATERIAL, CRAFT, CULTURE, MEMORY AND TRANSFORMATION THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY LENS, REINTERPRETING FAMILIAR FORMS, TECHNIQUES AND HISTORIES THROUGH SHIFTS IN SCALE, FUNCTION AND CONTEXT.
CRAFT IS CENTRAL TO HIS APPROACH, NOT ONLY AS KNOWLEDGE TO PRESERVE, BUT AS A LANGUAGE CAPABLE OF EVOLVING. THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION, HE BRINGS TRADITIONAL REFERENCES INTO DIALOGUE WITH INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, GEOMETRY, LIGHT AND CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF MAKING.
HIS WORK IS PRESENTED THROUGH GALLERIES, INSTITUTIONS, COMMISSIONS AND COLLABORATIONS, FROM LIMITED EDITIONS AND TEXTILES TO COLLECTIBLE AND SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS. ACROSS MEDIUMS, HIS PRACTICE CONSIDERS HOW MATERIALS AND CULTURAL REFERENCES CAN EVOLVE WHILE RETAINING MEMORY, PURPOSE AND IDENTITY.
CRAFT IS CENTRAL TO HIS APPROACH, NOT ONLY AS KNOWLEDGE TO PRESERVE, BUT AS A LANGUAGE CAPABLE OF EVOLVING. THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION, HE BRINGS TRADITIONAL REFERENCES INTO DIALOGUE WITH INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, GEOMETRY, LIGHT AND CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF MAKING.
HIS WORK IS PRESENTED THROUGH GALLERIES, INSTITUTIONS, COMMISSIONS AND COLLABORATIONS, FROM LIMITED EDITIONS AND TEXTILES TO COLLECTIBLE AND SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS. ACROSS MEDIUMS, HIS PRACTICE CONSIDERS HOW MATERIALS AND CULTURAL REFERENCES CAN EVOLVE WHILE RETAINING MEMORY, PURPOSE AND IDENTITY.