Danial Arabali: about artist

Photo by Roman Pawlowski

Danial Arabali is an interdisciplinary visual artist. The search for profound aspects of human nature, physicality and emotions, has been reflected in his portraits and figurative paintings and drawings since earlier phase. Lately he also focused on another aspect of human nature, namely mind/brain/rationality. In his latest artworks, inspired by the anatomical and functional aspects of the brain's neuronal network, he endeavours to bring out the aesthetics inherent in the brain. An organ with its complexity be the motor for our actions, thoughts, emotions and not least for artistic creation itself - but at the same time the brain has the fascinating property of acting as a model for artistic inspiration in an intrinsic sense.

Bio:

1984 Born in Gorgan, Iran

2010 Moved to Germany

2011 Drawing Courses by "Heinrich "Heiner" Koch" at the Bochum University

2013 M.Sc. Computational Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

2016 Figurative Drawing courses by " Ute Gruenwald", VHS Göttingen, Germany

2019 Dr. rer. nat. Systems Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Germany

Group Exhibitions:

01 - 17.07.2023 "Art-Mind-Technology", Pop-Up Innovation, Freiburg

17 - 26.07.2020 Delphi-Space Gallery, Freiburg im Breisgau

15.02 - 08.03.2020 6e exposition internationale à Neuf-Brisach, France

18 - 25.02.2019 Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Delhi, India

01 - 30.08.2014 Nachbarschaftszentrum Grone, Göttingen

Solo Exhibitions:

09.11 - 31.12.2019 Haus der Kultur Freiburg e.V.

Performances:

07.2023 "AKT-NACKT-KUSS" in Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg

Performance Konzept: Julia Klockow, Danesh Ashouri, Danial Arabali

Performer:innen: Danial Arabali, Danesh Ashouri, Eleonora Godwin, Julia Klockow, Zina Vaessen3

17.01.2022 "AKT II" - part of performing Mondays in Art Gallery Delphi Space - GVBK

Concept: Julia Klockow, Kai Brüge

Performers: Danial Arabali, Danesh Ashouri, Kai Brügge, Julia Klockow, Melanie Anna Seeger, Loreto Valenzuela

Published:

Book Cover for the 2023 Edition of the book: Prof. Guy Leschziner (2022). The Man who tasted words. Simon & Schuster UK.

Article "NeuroArt", Interalia Online Magazine, Issue 63 "The Beautiful Brain", February 2021

https://www.interaliamag.org/audiovisual/danial-arabali-neuroart/

Monthly cover images for the scientific magazine "Der Nervenarzt": neurology and psychiatry, Springer, issues 2019.

Award:

GGNB Times Photo Prize for best Artwork in 2019, Georg-August-University of Göttingen