Sirous Namazi

Sirous Namazi is an Iranian born Swedish artist known for his largescale installations.

Early life

Namazi moved to Sweden from Iran when he was 10-years-old. He was trained at the Forum Art School in Malmö and, subsequently, the School of Art in Malmö.

Work

Namazi has exhibited at the Venice Biennale in and the biennale in Athen. They have held solo exhibitions at Örebro Konsthall, Lunds Konsthall, and Moderna Museet.
His work, Leaning Horizontal is an installation consisting of a dishevelled ICA Supermarket shelf tipped to an angle of 45 degrees.
Periphery III is a balcony with satellite dish mounted high up on a telephone pylon.The work is using the symbol of a suburban balcony, with an observation point of the local neighbourhood, to showcase the more distant world in focus coming in through the satellite dish.

Public art

Namazi created a permanent public artwork, Reconstruction, for the Court of Appeals building in Umeå.

Collections

Namazi's work is held in the permanent collection of the Moderna Museet, and the Magazin III Museum for Contemporary Art which holds several of his works.

Personal life

Namazi lives and works in Stockholm.