Roshanak (Roshi) Khakban, artist, curator and lecturer lives and works in London, UK. 
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Personal email: khakban.roshanak@gmail.com

Education
 
2014-2016  Central Saint Martins; UAL, London, MA Fine Art 
2011-2014   Central Saint Martins; UAL, London, BA (Hons) Fine Art (sculpture)
2010-2011   Blake College - BTEC Foundation in Art & Design
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2006-2009  Mahan Atelier - Tehran, Iran - Ceramic and Glaze Course
2004-2006  Microsoft Certificated Network Engineering (MCSE) 

Other Courses
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2021 - 'Sustainable Curatorial & Artistic Practices',  University of Zurich (Online) 
2014 - 'How To Become an Independent Curator', Central Saint Martins, UAL - London, Richbell Place

Shows & Exhibitions
2022 Public Screening and live performance, 'Pictures At An Exhibition' - In collaboration with Solo Pianist and Musician Alexander Krichel, Hamburg, Germany
2021 - Video ~36min, Private Screening, 'Pictures At An Exhibition' - collaboration with Solo Pianist and Musician Alexander Krichel, London 
2020 - A '1 min video' in response to a proposal written by artist Mustafa Boga, Paris
2017 - Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery - Antennae/ Platforms Projects 2017, London
2016 - The Flying Dutchman - 'Hiding in Plain Sight', London
2016 - South London Gallery - REcreative Screening, London
2015 - The Big Space V., UAL, Central Saint Martins, curated by Alex Schady, London
2015 - 'Azadi Square'; Lethaby Gallery, UAL, Central Saint Martins, London
2015 - 'Remember Nature'; a collective piece with MA Photography and MA Fine Art curated by Alex Schady, Art Programme Director, Central Saint Martins in collaboration with Gustav Metzger and supported by the Serpentine Gallery London, showcasing work made in response to Metzger's call to action by students from across our Art Programme, London
2015 - A group exhibition UAL, Central Saint Martins. A collective piece with MA Fine Art and MA Photography 
2015 - CoffeeArtProject - 'Coffee Video' Pop-up exhibition. The Old Truman Brewery, London
2015 - 'You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly' Central Saint Martin's MA Interim Show at The Laundry, London
2014 - Group Exhibition - THE TOMORROW PEOPLE (Hackney WickED Art Festival), Forman's Smokehouse Gallery, London
2014 - An exhibition of invites at Central Saint Martins, a project with Eleanor Brown - XMarks The Bokship, London
2013 - "Dis-location" Exhibition at Iniva (International Institute of Visual Art), an exhibition in response to the 'Keywords' exhibition in partnership with Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. With Artist Erika Tan, London
2013 - 'Valentine's Day Massacre', UAL, Central Saint Martins in the structure built by Richard Wentworth [Black Maria] with Chris Evans, Naomi Dines, Rory Macbeth, London
2013 - '____' Exhibition, UAL, Central Saint Martins, London
2012 - Group exhibition 'The Art of Letter-writing' Curated by Harrison Moore, London
2008 - Exhibition - First Women's Pottery Exhibition, Iran-Tehran, Niyavaran Artistic Creation Foundation - Tehran, Iran

Curatorial Projects// Workshops
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Coming up, 2024 - 'Foundational Symposium' - Printing workshop on Foundational and Archival processes based on Corita Kent's practical activist approaches to interruption and current affairs with Patricia Mulligan at the Royal Academy of Arts (RCA) with the University of Helsinki. London, White City
2024 - Mono-printing & Screen Printing workshops with Accumulate (Art School of The Homeless)// with Patricia Mulligan - London, Aldgate
2023 - Curated/ project managed 'Climate Matters Symposium' & 'Depictions of Living III' in collaboration with academics and practitioners at DGHE, London, Aldgate
2023 - Mono-printing workshops with Accumulate (Art School For The Homeless) on Environment, community and Climate Crisis, with Patricia Mulligan. London, Aldgate
2022 - Co-curator/ Project manager, 'Depictions of Living II' with Samuel Ivan Roberts in collaboration with Continuous Regeneration RGRT, Venice Arsenale
2020 - Co-curator/Project manager, 'Depictions of Living; Art and Activism in the time of climate crisis' with Samuel Ivan Roberts at The Art Pavilion, London, Mile End.
2019 - Exhibition Retail at The StoreX, 180 The Strand (Other Spaces; UVA /Transformer: A Rebirth of Wonder)
2019 - Assistant Curator, Blake College (David Game) HND final year
2019 - Gallery Assistant at The Store X, Richie and Matthew Hawtin on their F.U.S.E. Dimensions A/V show
2019 - Gallery Assistant at The StoreX, Kamasi Washingtons 'AS TOLD TO G/D THYSELF'
2018-2019 - Curator/Project Leader of Artist Mustafa Boga Solo Show, 'Army Time Memoir', at The Ashurst Emerging Artist Gallery
2018 - Curator/Project Leader of 'OF POSSIBLE CONFIGURATIONS' at A-side/ B-side Gallery
2018 - Curator/Project Leader of 'Missing Element'; Series of Videos/Performances exhibition funded by Agora Arts Circle, part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018
2018 - Gallery Assistant/AV Technical Assistant at The StoreX, 'Strange Days: Memories of the Future' exhibition
2018 - Gallery Assistant at The StoreX, 'A Shade of Pale’
2018 - Gallery Assistant at The StoreX, 'Isle of Dogs' by Wes Anderson exhibition
2018 - Gallery Assistant at The StoreX for 'Ghosts Don’t Walk in Straight Lines' Cinematic Project by Saskia De Brauw and Vincent De Wijngaard
2017 - Photographing (Documenting) Artist Alisha Mir's Solo Show META- at The Muse Gallery, London
2016 - Life Drawing tutor at Blake College 
2015-2016 - Advisor for Koprojects/Locate IRAN
2015 - Co-curated Geroge Levantis, 'Paintings from Ezra Pound's Cantos I - XXVI & the Pisan Cantos'  at the Morgan London, 6 Astwood Mews, London SW7 4DE
2015 - Curator/ Project Leader alongside showing my work 'The Forbidden Fruit' in a group exhibition 'WeLikeYou' at the Rag Factory  
2014 - Life Drawing tutor at Blake College
2014 - AV/Gallery Assistant at the Forman's Smokehouse Gallery/ Elevator Gallery for THE TOMORROW PEOPLE exhibition
2014 - Modelling for the Fashion Designer and RAW Artist Diana Garcia at The Old Truman Brewery
2014 - Assisting artists at Slade School of Art for BA Degree Show 2014
2014 - Editing (Premiere Pro)/ Producing Videos/ Install /Set up a photography studio for a BA student for the Central Saint Martins Degree Show for her show at Camden Arts Centre
2014 - Assisting a graphic designer with setting up the set of a short film for a personal project, Nicholas Webster
2013 - Guest tutor, Art and Design Foundation students at Blake College under the supervision of a former foundation tutor
2013 - Worked on an online proposal curated by Artist and Art History Student 'Marie Bidegaray' - Work published on Tumblr website based on the viewer's reflection on a text
2013 - Assistant to Laure Prouvost (Turner Prize Winner 2013) for a show at the Whitechapel Gallery
2012 - Volunteering for UAL Students Union, the Freshers Week; (Security, Working with the new students at halls) in London
2012 - Assisting with the Install of group shows at UAL, Central Saint Martins
2012 - Assisting with the Install of BTEC Final Show at Blake College
2011 - Invigilating the artist and illustrator Juliet Sugg's Installation at the Embankment Festival


Talks// Discussions // Interviews
2022 - MetaCuration 15/N | ArtTalk | Depictions of Living II, co-curator & artists talk- moderated by Celyn Bricker
2022 - Interview with Lisa Marie Sneijder on 'Curatorial Activism and the Radical Imagination within'
2019 - Jerwood Staging Series 2019, Jerwood Space Review by Harriet Smith Hughes | A Panel Discussion; Rebecca Moss 
2016 - Interview with Central Saint Martins Digital Team, 'Take Five'
2014 - Interview by the art enthusiast and the author of THE OTHER STUDIO, Dasha Plotnikova