MKG127 is also pleased to present a new lightbox project: ‘there is no subject, no subject’ by Abbas Akhavan.

Abbas Akhavan’s practice ranges from site-specific ephemeral installations to drawing, video, sculpture and performance. The direction of his research has been deeply influenced by the specificity of the sites where he works: the architectures that house them, the economies that surround them, and the people that frequent them. The domestic sphere, as a forked space between hospitality and hostility, has been an ongoing area of research in his practice. More recent works have shifted focus, wandering onto spaces and species just outside the home – the garden, the backyard, and other domesticated landscapes.

Recent solo exhibitions include Vie D’ange, Montreal, (2018); Villa Stuck, Munich (2017); Mercer Union, Toronto, (2015). Group exhibitions include:  Beautiful world, where are you?, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, (2018); The uses of art, SALT Galata, Istanbul (2017); But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2016); Making Nature, Wellcome Collection, London (2016).  Recent residencies include Atelier Calder, Saché (2017), Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island (2013, 2016, 2019), Flora: ars+natura, Bogota (2015). Akhavan is the recipient of Kunstpreis Berlin (2012), The Abraaj Group Art Prize (2014), the Sobey Art Award (2015), and the Fellbach Triennial Award (2016).