Setareh Alipour is an interdisciplinary artist and curator working at the intersection of installation, spatial practices, and curatorial methodologies. Her work explores material culture, identity, and narrative space, combining theoretical research with a precise, process-oriented approach. For nearly a decade, she has developed and curated exhibitions, performances, and participatory formats, collaborating closely with institutions, artists, and municipal partners. As a freelance cultural producer and first-generation academic, she brings an independent, context-sensitive perspective to cultural narratives and their aesthetic forms.
Setareh Alipour's artworks delve into the complexities of human experiences, memories, and cultural narratives with a mix of wry wit and insight. Her pieces transcend mere aesthetics, inviting viewers into a dialogue that merges the personal with the universal (...)
Lucas Vanhevel, M.A. History of Arts
*1995 Frankfurt Main
Dipl. Designer
2019-2025 HfG Offenbach, experimental spatial concepts, conceptual drawing & film
2024 Semester Abroad at KASK & Conservatory, Ghent, Belgium
2023/24 Art as Social Practice Programme at Hessian Theater Academy, Frankfurt Main, Germany
GRANTS
2025 Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
2024 Erasmus+ for Semester Abroad at KASK & Conservatorium, Gent
2023/24 Deutschland-Grant by Puhl Foundation
2022 1822 Forum-Grant for Art and Bees Club
2020/21 Deutschland-Grant
PRIZES
2024 HfG Mensa Prize for DIARY
2023 HfG in urban context for VOGUE Offenbach Magazine
2022 Ab in die Mitte! Award for UND Offenbach Inner City Revitalization
RESIDENCIES
2025 Rietzerberg, Brandenburg, Germany
2025 Carbone17, Aubervilliers, Île-de-France
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
SOLO
2024 Window Washers / T-Space, Antwerp
2018 Buntes Schwarz / Ost-Stern, Frankfurt
DUO
2024 Gros Bisous w Lara Finkenstädt / Croxhapox, Gent
2019 Fractures w Pramila Chenchanna / Qitoya, Frankfurt
2017 Still w Johannes Wewetzer / Noize Fabrik, Berlin
GROUP
2025 ISO IT / Artifact e.V., Potsdam
2025 guck mal drüber nach / curated by Antje Schiffers and Sonja Yakovleva, Hafenspace, Offenbach
2024 Apple. An Introduction. (Over and over and once again) / curated by Antje Majewski and Paweł Freisler, M HKA, Antwerp
2024 Nature Morte / curated by Heiner Blum and Max Brück, Schloss Fasanerie, Eichenzell Fulda
2023 DIARY / Achtung: enthält Leben. Notizbücher, Bullet Journals, curated by Dr. Dorothee Ader, Klingspor Museum, Offenbach