Hoda Afshar

*1983 / Australia / Iran, Islamic Republic of

Works

Contacts for the work of Hoda Afshar

Hoda Afshar

www.hodaafshar.com

Solo exhibitions

Performer l'invisible

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (FR)
30 Sep 2025 – 25 Jan 2026
A Curve is a Broken Line

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
2 Sep 2023 – 21 Jan 2024
Speak the Wind

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
2 Apr 2022 – 26 Jun 2022
Behold

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
4 Aug 2017 – 17 Sep 2017

Group

Neither Water Nor Land

Centre for Contemporary Art, Warszawa (PL)
25 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Alia Farid, Teresa Margolles, Zorka Wollny
Coded Image/Coded Text

TPW Toronto Photographers, Toronto (CA)
3 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026

with Vernon Ah Kee
Keep the Fire Burning

Fotografia Europea 2026

Chiostri di San Pietro, Reggio Emilia (IT)
30 Apr 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Christopher Anderson, Atong Atem, Chen Chuanduan, Theo Cottle, Heinz Daniels, Cristina De Middel, Sanne de Wilde, Chloe Dewe Mathews, Antone Dolezal, Eikoh Hosoe, Rinko Kawauchi, Benedicte Kurzen …
Face to Face

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation booth P 04

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Diane Arbus, Sibylle Bergemann, Samuel Fosso, Marvel Harris, Evelyn Hofer, Lebohang Kganye, Dana Lixenberg, Daniel Jack Lyons, Vivian Maier, Sandra Mann, Sabelo Mlangeni, Anja Niedringhaus …
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2025

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
13 Sep 2025 – 9 Nov 2025

with Jane Brown, Jane Burton, Zoe Croggon, Gerwyn Davies, J Davies, Tamara Dean, Ella Dreyfus, Stephen Dupont, Odette England, Guy Grabowsky, Yvette Hamilton, Siri Hayes …
National Photographic Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (AU)
16 Aug 2025 – 12 Oct 2025

with Atong Atem, Paul Blackmore, Michael Cook, Gerwyn Davies, George Fetting, Emmaline Zanelli
Queer Lens: A History of Photography

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
17 Jun 2025 – 28 Sep 2025

with Cecil Beaton, Rick Castro, Thomas Eakins, John Edmonds, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nan Goldin, Ken Gonzales-Day, Lyle Ashton Harris, Gertrude Kaesebier, David LaChapelle, Man Ray …
Five Acts of Love

AUS Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AU)
27 Jun 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Abdul Abdullah, Megan Cope, Saodat Ismailova, Khaled Sabsabi, Larissa Sansour, Yhonnie Scarce, Ali Tahayori
Luminófilos I Lightseekers

Bienal’25 Fotografia do Porto

Centro Português de , Porto (PT)
15 May 2025 – 29 Jun 2025

with Claudia Andujar, Christo Geoghegan, Prin Rodriguez & Fernando Criollo, SMITH
Prix Pictet Human

Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin (IE)
1 Mar 2025 – 20 Apr 2025

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
PRIX PICTET HUMAN

Fotografiska CN, Shanghai (CN)
17 Jan 2025 – 9 Mar 2025

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
THE TREE OF CHANGE

PhotoVogue Festival 2025

BASE Milano, Milano (IT)
6 Mar 2025 – 9 Mar 2025

with Nick Brandt, Cristina Mittermeier, Elizaveta Porodina
GROW IT, SHOW IT!

Haare im Blick von A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
13 Sep 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with Robert Adamson, Laura Aguilar, Diane Arbus, Ellen Auerbach, AWA Magazine, BALAM, Jürgen Baldiga, Carina Brandes, BRAVO, Tessica Brown, Nakeya Brown, Julia Margaret Cameron …
Prix Pictet Human

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
27 Sep 2024 – 15 Dec 2024

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
PRIX PICTET HUMAN

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
6 Nov 2024 – 24 Nov 2024

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sean Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet - Human

Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (SE)
19 Apr 2024 – 18 Aug 2024

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Acts of Resistance

Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest

South London Gallery, London (GB)
8 Mar 2024 – 9 Jun 2024

with Laia Abril, Poulomi Basu, Nan Goldin, Guerrilla Girls, Mari Katayama, Ali Monis Naqvi, Sethembile Msezane, Zanele Muholi, Wendy Red Star, Tabita Rezaire, Raphaela Rosella, Aida Silvestri …
Prix Pictet Human

LUMA Westbau, Zürich (CH)
2 Feb 2024 – 10 Mar 2024

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet Human (Tentative)

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
15 Dec 2023 – 21 Jan 2024

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet 2023: Human

Winner: Gauri Gill

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
29 Sep 2023 – 22 Oct 2023

with Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
The National 4: Australian Art Now

Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney (AU)
31 Mar 2023 – 9 Jul 2023

with Allison Chhorn, Simryn Gill, Mia Salsjö, Nicholas Smith, Amanda Williams
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS / WENN DER WIND WEHT

Kunst Haus Wien, Wien (AT)
12 Mar 2022 – 28 Aug 2022

with Bigert & Bergstroem, Olafur Eliasson, Karin Fisslthaler, Isabelle Ha Eav, Jana Hartmann, Sophie Jung, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Ulrike Königshofer, Eduardo Leal, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Emily Parsons-Lord, Peter Piller …
Defining Place/Space

Contemporary Photography from Australia

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
6 Mar 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Polly Borland, Pat Brassington, Michael Cook, Rosemary Laing, Ricky Maynard, Tracey Moffatt, Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Patrick Pound, Jacky Redgate, James Tylor, Justine Varga
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Tom Blachford, Aaron Bradbrook, Danica Chappell, Rowan Conroy, Michael Cook, Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, John Gollings, Linsey Gosper, Lee Grant, Janina Green, Ponch Hawkes …
LEGACY+ … collecting contemporary

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
18 Jul 2018 – 19 Aug 2018

with Pat Brassington, David Rosetzky
Fables of Change

CECH Art Space, Minsk (BY)
9 Sep 2016 – 9 Oct 2016

with Ray Cook, Simon Harsent, Owen Leong
Fables of Change. Australian photography.

V International Festival of Photography - PhotoVisa

PhotoVisa, Krasnodar (RU)
1 Oct 2013 – 30 Nov 2013

with Ray Cook, Simon Harsent, Owen Leong
V International Festival of Photography - PhotoVisa

CLIMATE of CHANGES. Man and His Life. Family. Society. Nature.

PhotoVisa, Krasnodar (RU)
18 Oct 2013 – 17 Nov 2013

with Lotte Fløe Christensen, Ray Cook, Patrick Gries, Simon Harsent, Maja Ingerslev, Igor Kultyishkin, Owen Leong, Mikhail Mordasov, Adam Panczuk, Darya Pas, Svyatoslav Ponomarev, Dona Schwartz …

Events

Photoworks Festival 2026

Brighton Photo Biennial

Photoworks, Brighton (GB)
2 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026

with Johanna Alarcón, Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein, Claudia Andujar, Holly Birtles, Tessa Boffin, Igor Chekachkov, Daniele Cimaglia, Pia-Paulina Guilmoth, Sam Kaufman, Rosa Lacavalla, Anie Maki, Birthe Piontek …
UNTITLED Art Houston 2026

Untitled Art Fairs, Houston (US)
2 Oct 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Dawoud Bey, Lucienne Bloch, Petra Cortright, Paul Cupido, Minjeong Guem, Karen Knorr, Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Vik Muniz, Nickolas Muray, Liz Nielsen, Tod Papageorge, Gordon Parks …
25th Biennale of Sydney

Rememory

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
14 Mar 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Marian Abboud, Basil Al-Rawi, Taysir Batniji, Behrouz Boochani, Maritea Dæhlin, Helen Grace, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Vernon Ah Kee, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Dread Scot', Frank Sweeney
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2026

Danziger Gallery, New York (US)
23 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2026

with Seydou Keita, Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Tod Papageorge, Matthew Porter
Chobi Mela Festival XI - RE

Chobi Mela Festival, Dhaka (BD)
16 Jan 2026 – 31 Jan 2026

with Indre Serpytyte, Mustafah Abdulaziz, Bani Abidi, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Sumi Anjuman, Lisa Barnard, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Taysir Batniji, Myriam Boulos, Daniel Chatard, Ernest Cole, Rena Effendi …
Paris Photo 2025 - Book Talks

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Ying Ang, Olivia Arthur, Joan Fontcuberta, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Erik Kessels, Sasha Kurmaz, Susan Meiselas, Keisha Scarville, Bharat Sikka, Coreen Simpson, Eva Szombat …
Paris Photo 2025 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Edouard Elias, Laia Abril, Michael Ackerman, Rhiannon Adam, Juliette Agnel, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Jean-Michel André, Ljubodrag Andric, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Roger Ballen …
LE BAL BOOKS DURING PARIS PHOTO

Signings, Meetups & Discussions

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
14 Nov 2025 – 15 Nov 2025

with Joyce Joumaa, Justine Kurland, Dana Lixenberg, Roï Saade, Abdo Shanan, Batia Suter, Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa
Mesnographies 2025

Festival de photographie international et gratuit

Mesnographies, Les Mesnuls (FR)
7 Jun 2025 – 14 Jul 2025

with Frédérique Barraja, David Bart, Maja Daniels, Sandrine Elberg, Etienne Francey, Thalía Gochez, M'hammed Kilito, Alexander Kot-Zaitsaŭ, Letizia Le Fur, Pierre & Florent, Vilde Rolfsen, Melissa Schriek …
Bienal’25 Fotografia do Porto -

51 ARTISTS / 16 EXHIBITIONS

Ci.CLO Plataforma de Fotografia, Porto (PT)
15 May 2025 – 29 Jun 2025

with Claudia Andujar, Sofia Borges, Sasha Chaika, Monica de Miranda, Dev Dhunsi, Jan Durina, Christo Geoghegan, Ihar Hancharuk, Donja Nasseri, James Newitt, Angyvir Padilla, Sara Rinaldi …
Fotofestiwal 2025

Fotofestiwal, Lódz (PL)
12 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Mate Bartha, Debi Cornwall, Massimiliano Corteselli, Claudia Fuggetti, Jason Fulford, Maen Hammad, Carlos Idun-Tawiah, Hannes Jung, Yorgos Lanthimos, Akshay Mahajan, Emilia Martin, Michal Sita …
Images Festival 2025

Festival Images, Toronto (CA)
10 Apr 2025 – 14 Apr 2025

with aka TAWLA, Rouzbeh Akhbari, Ayo Akingbade, Basma Al-Sharif, Kamal Aljafari, Razan AlSalah, Sharlene Bamboat, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, WANG Bing, Nour Bishouty, Arina Chernova, Tacita Dean …
Photo VOGUE Festival 2025

The Tree of Life: A Love Letter to Nature

EDIZIONI CONDÉ NAST, Milano (IT)
7 Mar 2025 – 9 Mar 2025

with Johanna Alarcón, Pablo Albarenga, Andrés Altamirano, Delali Ayivi, Xavi Bou, Nick Brandt, Juan Brenner, Aletheia Casey, Gui Christ, Imraan Christian, Kin Coedel, Delali Cofie …
Images Festival 2024

Festival Images, Toronto (CA)
11 Apr 2024 – 16 Apr 2024

with Alaa Abu Asad, Rouzbeh Akhbari, Basma Al-Sharif, Kamal Aljafari, , Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, WANG Bing, Nour Bishouty, Arina Chernova, Danielle Dean, Coco Fusco, Sky Hopinka …
Head On Photo Festival 2023

Featuring over 110 exhibitions, 700 artists, and a variety of talks and events.

Head On Photo Festival, Sydney (AU)
10 Nov 2023 – 3 Dec 2023

with Paula Bronstein, Damien Drew, Diego Fedele, Brent Lewin, Arrayah Loynd, Pierpaolo Mittica, Matthew Newton, Darcy Padilla, Barbara Peacock, Roman Vishniac
Paris Photo 2023 Curiosa

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Andrés Barón, Silvia Bigi, Hubert Crabières, Rebekka Deubner, Vivian Galban, Ilanit Illouz, Eleonore Lubna, Massao Mascaro, Constance Nouvel, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Chen Ronghui, Jonathan Rosić …
Elles x Paris Photo 2023

A circuit dedicated to women photographers

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Laia Abril, Ana Teresa Barboza, Myriam Boulos, Widline Cadet, Bieke Depoorter, Carolyn Drake, Alanna Fields, Lola Flash, Flor Garduno, Nan Goldin, Martine Gutierrez, Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang …
Paris Photo 2023 - The Platform / Conversations

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Sébastien Arrighi, Myriam Boulos, Louisa Clement, Sofia Crespo, Louise Desnos, Nina Ferrer-Gleize, Gilberto Güiza-Rojas, David Horvitz, Tarrah Krajnak, Justine Kurland, Anna Ridler, Keisha Scarville …
RAW Photo Triennale 2023

Turning Point. Turning World

RAW Photo Triennale, Worpswede (DE)
18 Mar 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Marina Caneve, Boris Eldagsen, Bimal Fabbri, Weronika Gesicka, Kathleen Gerber, Alex Grein, Léa Habourdin, Wolfram Hahn, Takashi Homma, Shane Hynan, Natalia Kepesz, Milan Koch …
Peckham 24 - BODY LANGUAGE

festival of contemporary photography

Copeland Gallery, London (GB)
12 May 2023 – 14 May 2023

with Fion Hung Ching-Yan, Gohar Dashti, Melanie Issaka, Andrew Jackson, Gabby Laurent, Amak Mahmoodian, Karl Ohiri, Ryan Prince, Brea Souders, Anya Tsaruk, Amani Willett
Landskrona Foto Festival

THE HIGHLIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN SCANDINAVIA

Lanskrona Foto, Landskrona (SE)
2 Sep 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Anita Khemka and Imran B. Kokiloo, Crystal Bennes, Philip Blenkinsop, Chow & Lin, River Claure, Jose Luis Cuevas, Imane Djamil, Tina Enghoff, Lina Geoushy, Tarrah Krajnak, Billy HC Kwok, Davide Monteleone …
FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA 2022 - XVII edition

UN’INVINCIBILE ESTATE

European Photography , Reggio Emilia (IT)
29 Apr 2022 – 12 Jun 2022

with Jonas Bendiksen, Alessandra Calo, Alexis Cordesse, Seiichi Furuya, Luigi Ghirri, Simona Ghizzoni, Ken Grant, Alexander Gronsky, Jitka Hanzlova, Olya Ivanova, Anselm Kiefer, Nicola Lo Calzo …
PHOTO 2022 - Being Human

international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
29 Apr 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Ying Ang, Atong Atem, Poulomi Basu, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Hannah Bronte, Dana Claxton, Eamonn Doyle, Jess T. Dugan, Matthieu Gafsou, Ashley Gilbertson, Martine Gutierrez …
Paris Photo 2021

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Jun Ahn, Aassmaa Akhannouch, Latif Al Ani, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Jean-Michel André, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tom Arndt, Ananké Asseff, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Ilit Azoulay …
Getxo Photo 2021

To Share

Getxophoto Festival, Getxo (ES)
2 Sep 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Eleonora Agostini, Marina Caneve, Mark Dorf, Mishka Henner, Lebohang Kganye, Blanca Munt, Sebastian Schmieg, Leonard Suryajaya, Penelope Umbrico, Shelli Weiler
f/stop 2021

TRUST/vertrauen

f/stop Festival, Leipzig (DE)
25 Jun 2021 – 4 Jul 2021

with Viktoria Binschtok, Susanne Brodhage, Ingrid Eggen, Olaf Martens, Laure Prouvost, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Carmen Winant, Guanyu Xu
PHOTO 2021

international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
18 Feb 2021 – 7 Mar 2021

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Atong Atem, Arvida Bystroem, SIM Chi Yin, Kenta Cobayashi, Sara Cwynar, Simon Fujiwara, Gustavo Germano, Felicity Hammond, Nanna Heitmann …
PHOTO 2020

a major new international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Mathieu Asselin, Atong Atem, Ophelia Bakowski, Paola Balla, Anthea Behm, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Pat Brassington, Gabi Briggs, Arvida Bystroem …
5th Eyes on Main Street Festival

Eyes on Main Street INC, Wilson (US)
27 Apr 2019 – 4 Aug 2019

with Fati Abubakar, Serra Akcan, Susan A. Barnett , Jerome Bonnet, Esther Bubley, Seydou Camara, Enri Canaj, Maciej Dakowicz, Carl de Keyzer, Tamara Dean, Bieke Depoorter, Bertrand Desprez …
13th Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
3 Dec 2017 – 12 Dec 2017

with Terje Abusdal, Magda Biernat, Alejandro Cartagena, Ricardo Cases, Antoine d'Agata, Cristina De Middel, Laura El-Tantawy, Neha Hirve, Sohrab Hura, Katrin Koenning, Aleksey Kondratyev, Sophal Neak …
Month of Photography in Minsk 2016

Month of Photography Minsk, Minsk (BY)
9 Sep 2016 – 20 Oct 2016

with Viktor Butra, Ray Cook, Anatoly Dudkin, Vladimir Filonov, Simon Harsent, Rob Hornstra, Valery Katsuba, Barbara Klemm, Igor Kostin, Lyalya Kuznetsova, Owen Leong, Erich Salomon …