Saba Niknam (b. 1988 Iran)

Strasbourg /France
niknam.saba@gmail.com
www.behance.net/sabaraven

Education
2013-2014 Master’s Degree / department : Fine Art -etching and drawing
HEAR Strasbourg, (School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg)
2010-2011 Diploma with honors / department : Fine Art -etching and drawing
HEAR Strasbourg, (School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg)
2008-2007 the preparatory workshops for the great art schools.
Ateliers de Serves , Paris
2006-2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran.

Professional Experience
may 2015 textile design for Alangoo brand/ www.ALANGOO.com
avril 2015 collective work: illustration for an e-book “APOCALYPSE ENTRE 2 EUX “ by Cecile Palusinski ,publishing by Corridor Elephant.
november 2014 obtain a financement of the DRAC Alsace (Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs in Alsace) for the project of an e-book “Nord-Sud” (North & South), in collaboration with Elsa Mroziewicz and Cécile Palusinski.
april 2014 realization of an artistic essay (The black box) Art et Chamanisme, the links between artists and shamans in central & South Asia (Iran, Mongolia, Turkmenistan ...)
june 2013 illustration for cover CD a folk/pop music band “Sormeh”/ Wienna
http://www.sormeh-music.at
october 2013 illustration for Graphic Designe Agency/ Stockholm
http://www.supertuesday.se
2011 collective work: illustration for an audio book” L’epopee de Noe” by Cecile Palusinky /Strasbourg
2010 collective work: Official video clips “Human Jungle” for rock/pop music band “Take It Easy Hospital”
Solo Exhibition
september-october 2015 Solo Exhibition “the Secret Name of the Sun”
Gallery Jean-Francois Kaiser/Strasbourg, France.

Collective Exhibition
february 2017 collextive exposition 12 years of exchanging programme between Quebec and Alsace Strasbourg exposition Panache Frac Alsace
april 2016 collective exhibition with Elsa Mroziewicz & Cecile Palusinski ,around the project North & South,
Library Andre Malraux /Strasbourg, France
november 2015 -february 2016 collective exhibition with Gabriel Fortin “vent du nord”( north wind), Language plus/
Alma-Quebec, Canada
http://www.langageplus.com/
june 2015 collective exhibition Paris-Mexico, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris/ France
september-november 2014 collective exhibition “Ils Se Sont Dit Adieu”( They said to themselves farewell)
Gallery le Point Fort, Mittelhausbergen-Strasbourg/France
2013 collective exhibition of the “Quinzaine Culturrelle Iranienne” Gallery Aubbette, Strasbourg/ France
june 2011 collective exhibition for 10th Anniversary of the library of Haguenau. Haguenau/ France

Awards
november 2014 winner of the “Theophile Schuler” price, Strasbourg/ France
Residency
2015 program of the crossed residency between Alsace, France and Alma-Quebec Canada. Language Plus
http://www.langageplus.com/
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