MORTHEZA KHAKSHOOR & SOFIA PASHAEI

Upcoming Duo Exhibition: Morteza Khakshoor & Sofia Pashaei

EDJI Gallery is pleased to announce an upcoming duo exhibition, in collaboration with Ballon Rouge Gallery, featuring Iranian artists Morteza Khakshoor and Sofia Pashaei.

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About the artists :

Morteza Khakshoor (b. 1984, Iran) currently lives and works in Los Angeles California.  He moved to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue his education in Fine Arts. He received his BFA in Sculpture from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2015 and completed his MFA in printmaking at The Ohio State University in 2018.  

Khakshoor has exhibited his work widely in the U.S. and internationally since 2011. most recent solo exhibitions include: 'The Itch' at Solito Gallery, Naples, Italy (2024); 'Rapscallions' at Lundgren Gallery, Palma De Mallorca, Spain (2024); 'Studio Visit' at Emma Gray HQ, Santa Monica, CA (2024); 'Pin-Drop' at Duane Thomas Gallery in NYC (2023); 'The Quiet Path To Otherwhere' at Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK (2023); and Dirty Words & A Melody at Wilder Gallery, London, UK (2022). Group exhibitions include: Dad Bods at The Hole, NYC (2024); Painters – London: A Group Show, Half Gallery Annex, NYC (2023); Pour Some Sugar on Me at Lundgren Gallery in Palma Mallorca, Spain (2022); It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times at Duane Thomas Gallery in NYC (2022), and Humoral Theory (3-Person exhibition) at BEERS London, U.K. (2020).

Khakshoor is the recipient of many awards, including the Inaugural Emerging Artist Award at the Editions/Artists' Book Fair (E/AB) in 2018. His works are in private and public collections, most notably at The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in NYC, X Museum in Beijing China, and The Bunker Collection in Palm Beach Florida.

Sofia Pashaei (b. 1989, Sweden) currently resides and works in Brussels, Belgium. She is an artist and independent animation director. Her debut solo exhibition, “Meaning in the off Hours”, was showcased at Ballon Rouge in 2022. In 2023, Pashaei received the Kells Collection award at the SWAB art fair in Barcelona for her solo presentation with Rafael Perez Hernando Gallery. She is scheduled to have a solo exhibition with the gallery in 2025. 

Pashaei’s work has been showcased in numerous group exhibitions at Fondation Boghossian in Brussels, Hashimoto Contemporary in New York, Delphian Gallery and Unit1 Gallery in London. And she has two duo shows lined up for 2025 at Rufus Gallery in Ghent and Edji Gallery in Brussels. 

In her capacity as an animation director, Pashaei has collaborated with prominent clients such as The New York Times, Google, TED and MTV. Her animated short films have been screened at renowned animation and film festivals around the world.