CV
Born Shiraz, Iran
QUALIFICATIONS
2022 Master of Fine Art, (Photo-media), National Art School, Sydney NSW
2006 Doctor of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2003 Graduate Diploma (Photography), Sepid-o-Siyah Art School, Shiraz, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Archive of Longing, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne VIC
2024 Kill Me Softly, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne VIC
I WILL MEET YOU THERE, First Draft, Sydney NSW
After Everything Has Been Said, Linden New Art Project Space, Melbourne VIC
2023 Looking at Me Looking At You, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne VIC
Unseen Photo Fair, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Amsterdam NL
The Sky Is The Same, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
Impossible Desire, KNULP, Sydney NSW
2022 What Comes Afterwards, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Five Acts of Love, curated by Nur Shkembi, ACCA, Melbourne VIC
Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace Sydney NSW
Soul of the Soul, Westspace, Melbourne NSW (upcoming)
Chaosophy, Queer contemporary, National Art Shool, Sydney NSW
NOFANTASY25, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne VIC
2024 Melbourne Art Fair, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne VIC
Photo London, Curated by Roya Khadjavi Projects, London UK
To look each other in the eye, Ideas Platform, Artspace, Sydney NSW
MIA Photo Fair, Curated by Roya Khadjavi Projects, Milan IT
2023 From Fire: NC Qin and Ali Tahayori, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney NSW
SPRING 1883 Art Fair, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne VIC
Photo London, Curated by Roya Khadjavi Projects, London UK
Braving Time: Queer Contemporary, Sydney World Pride, National Art School, Sydney NSW
ORBIT, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne VIC
Tracing the Rupture, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW
Emanate, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
2022 Post-Graduate Show, National Art School, Sydney NSW
Vantage Point Sharjah 10, Al Hamriyah studios, Sharjah, UAE
Plexus, Comber Street Studios, Sydney NSW
Retrograde//Anterograde, Airspace Projects, Sydney NSW
2021 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne VIC
Blacktown City Art Prize, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney NSW
2020 March Arts, RPAH, Sydney NSW
2004 Plastic, Vessal Gallery, Shiraz, Iran
2003 Graduate Exhibition, Sepid-o-Siyah Gallery, Shiraz, Iran
AWARDS | GRANTS | RESIDENCIES
2025 Finalist – Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography
Finalist – Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery
Finalist – Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize
Finalist - Josephine Ulrick & Winn Schubert Photography Award, HOTA
Finalist – Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace Sydney
2024 Winner - Burwood Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
Finalist - Nikon Emerging Photographer Award, Photo London 2024
Finalist - National Photography Prize, MAMA Albury, VIC
Finalist - PhMuseum Photography Grant, Bologna, IT
Finalist - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, ACT
Finalist - Incinerator Art Award: Art for Social Change, Melbourne, VIC
Artist in Residence - Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney NSW
2023 Finalist - Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown NSW
Finalist - Waverley Art Prize, Sydney NSW
Finalist - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, NSW
2022 Winner - Prix Yves Hernot Photography Award, National Art School Sydney
Finalist - Blacktown City Art Prize
Finalist - Hornsby Art Prize
Finalist - Gosford Art Prize - Highly commended honorable mention
Finalist - Vantage Point Sharjah 10, Sharjah UAE
2021 Finalist - William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne VIC
Highly Commended Honorable Mention - Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art Melbourne VIC
Winner - Smith and Singer People’s Choice Award, William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
Finalist - Blacktown City Art Prize, Sydney NSW
2020 Winner - March Arts Photography Prize, Sydney NSW
2018 March Arts, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney NSW
COLLECTIONS
Artbank Australia
HOTA (Home of the Arts), QLD
Ipswich Art Gallery, QLD
Burwood Council, NSW
Private Collections Australia + overseas
REVIEWS & FEATURES
2024. Featured in the Feb-April Issue of Vault Magazine, with text by Emma collection. https://thisisnofantasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ali-Tahayori.pdf
2023. ‘Impossible Desire’, solo exhibition at KNULP gallery in Sydney was reviewed by June Miskell in Memo Review, https://memoreview.net/reviews/impossible-desire-by-june-miskell
2023. Artist Profile and cover of Art Collector Magazine, issue 105, https://thisisnofantasy.com/artist/ali-tahayori/
2023. Featured in Photo London magazine, issue 100, special edition, echoes from Iran, page 52-54, https://online.flippingbook.com/view/767065501/52/
2023. Written about in Art Review, April 2023 issue. https://artreview.com/braving-time-contemporary-art-in-queer-australia-national-art-school-galleries-sydney-review/
2023. Featured in ABC Radio National, The Art Show in February 2023. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/dylan-mooney-ali-tahayori-peter-tyndall/101953488
2022. Interviewed and featured in Sydney Morning Herald in November 2022 https://www.smh.com.au/by/angus-thomson-p53654
2022. Featured in Art/Edit Magazine, in the "Ones To Watch" Section in November 2022; https://artedit.com.au/ones-to-watch-ali-tahayori/
2021. Sisterhood reviewed in December 2021 by Capture Magazine; https://www.capturemag.com.au/news/bowness-prize-people-s-choice-winner-revealed?fbclid=IwAR0nFHxCA4DVKLYV5Q9MAst0QDxxh1vXpD5WE-i8F3J_ufGplj3ibhhUer0
2021. Sisterhood reviewed on 7th December 2021 by Australian Photography Magazine; https://www.australianphotography.com/news/striking-portrait-wins-2021-bowness-photography-prize-people-s-choice-award?fbclid=IwAR2U0J4XEqaj0uUA7OtYw1Z0_Q7J1PUtW-9_WfP8IX0UEjgtpPJJmJzDhO4
2021. Sisterhood reviewed in December 2021 by the Australian Arts Review; https://artsreview.com.au/ali-tahayori-wins-smith-singer-peoples-choice-award-for-sisterhood/?fbclid=IwAR2GLnRbqcYXat30DE_gc_thfR4lfSNzxCzw0qn3GDb98fUdLj7LpuxhFAA