Sharvin Shahrokh | "Learning to Crawl": Dastan's Basement

Dastan is pleased to announce the opening of Sharvin Shahrokh’s solo exhibition titled “Learning to Crawl” at Dastan’s Basement. The exhibition will be open for public viewing from June 23 through July 7, 2017. This is Sharvin Shahrokh’s first solo exhibition at Dastan. His work has been previously featured in 3 solo exhibitions, including two at 13 Vanak Street Independent Art Space, as well as many group shows.

Sharvin Shahrokh (b. 1956, Pasadena, California) spent most of his childhood and youth in Iran and the UK, going to boarding school and art school in the latter. He returned to Iran in the 1980s and has been mostly living in Tehran ever since.

“Learning to Crawl” consists of drawings and paintings dating from 2012 to 2017. They reflect the artist’s time spent in solitude both in content and technique. Sharvin Shahrokh has used all types of painting/drawing material and the most accessible subject matters available to work. The exhibition includes a series of self-portraits, still life works, landscapes, and a number of drawings on paper, showcasing a survey through whatever has been in the artist’s path during the past five years.