Biography
Born in 1986 in Rasht, Iran, Haleh Chinikar has been living in Brussels since 2007.
Artist and poet, the body, memory, language and textile are the pillars of her creations.
In her recent works, installation and performance contribute to the same experience shared with the public.
EDUCATION:
2015 Master in Performing Arts, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Certified Training in Theatre, Parallax, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Bachelor of Image Arts in Graphic Design option, ESA 75, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Bachelor’s degree in Photography and Filmography, Elmi-kardordi University, Rasht, Iran
EXHIBITIONS:
Group exhibitions:
2022 Oscillations, Comptoir du livre, Liège, Belgium
2021 Extra Small #6 House of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2021 On the snail circuit Soo Contemporary, Tehran, Iran
2021 Realistic Utopia Cultures & Publics, Brussels, Belgium
2021 We.art.xl Brussels, Belgium
2021 Between Us Duo online exhibition
2020 Extra Small #5 House of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Sœurs Mirabal Women’s House of Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Citizen Light Schaerbeek cultural center, Brussels Belgium
2019 Mirabal Sisters Women’s House of Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Rêverie Artère 30 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2006 The City and Us City’s cultural center, Rasht, Iran
Upcoming exhibitions:
2022 Juste le ciel, Pierre Papier Ciseaux, Saint-Gilles, Belgium
2023 One line a day (Solo exhibition), Hair by Maxim, Saint-Gilles, Belgium
2023 Je suis passée par là (Solo exhibition), La Maison de la francité, Brussels, Belgium
PERFORMANCES:
2022 La liste de mots duo with Suchet Malhotra, Maison poème, Saint-Gilles, Belgium
2021 Maison, Poelp, Brussels, Belgium
2021 Lavoir de récits duo with Sandra de Vivies, Fondation Thalie, Festival Extra!, Brussels, Belgium
2021 What remains of us Community house, Brussels, Belgium
2020 L’irrépressible éclosion Fondation Thalie, Festival Extra, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Résiliences Insouciantes House of the women of Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
READINGS:
2022 How does a city tremble? Asmaraddis Festival of literature (in exile), Brussels, Belgium
2022 La charte des belles sorcières, reading in several voices, Maison Poème, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Extracts from Où est ma maison? at Librairie Monte-en-l’air, Paris, France
2021 Hyster-x Brussels, Belgium
2021 Women Make History online talk, London, Canada
2020 Something Beautiful, Festival for visual art and poetry, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Domus Artist Residency online, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Li(b)re Charleroi, Belgium
2020 Equinoxes online, Fondation Thalie, Brussels, Belgium
Upcoming reading:
2022 I am just a body, with Marie Darah and Uschi Cop, Poetikbazar, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Où est ma maison ?, Bibliothèque Auderghem, Brussels, Belgique
FILMS:
2021 No. 65 Yard Short documentary film
2018 Éliane Vogel Polsky, Champion of the women’s cause in Europe Short documentary film
2015 Safran Chocolat Short documentary film
PUBLICATIONS:
2022 Intérieurs secrets / Verstolen werelden éds. Bebuquin
2021 Où est ma maison? éd. La place , Brussels, Belgium
2020 Équinoxes éd. Ishtar, Brussels, Belgium