Sara Rahbar

Iran | 1976
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About Sara Rahbar
Sara Rahbar was born in 1355 in Tehran and left her hometown in the midst of the revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. She currently lives and works in New York. Rahbar completed her interdisciplinary studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (1996) and then at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London (2004).

Sara Rahbar's first appearance in auctions dates back to April, 2009. Her works have been presented and sold many times in international auctions such as Sotheby's London, Sotheby's New York and Christie's Dubai. She has exhibited around the world and has also been a teaching artist for the Queens Museum of art, teaching Rikers Island Correctional Educators and at the Woman for Afghan Woman center. She has also taught classes for; Dallas Contemporary, North Carolina Museum of art & the Katonah Museum of Art.

Artist’s works are multi-disciplinary and include photography, sculpture and installation. In her works, concepts such as nationalism, separation, and belonging are examined, concepts that are driven by central ideas of pain, violence and the complexity of the human condition. There is a juxtaposition between the iconographic elements that are ever-present in her work and the materials that she actively collects. It narrates a dialogue that directly ties to the objects and symbols in which we place faith. 

Rahbar’s works are in the permanent collections at; The British Museum of Art, The Center Pompidou, The Davis Museum, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art in Australia and the Sharjah Art Foundation, and it was presented at international art fairs and periodic events. Among them are: Dallas Art Fair (2018), Art Dubai (2018), Artsy Art Fair (2019), The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Australia (2011), Sharjah Biennial (2012), Changwon Sculpture Biennial, Korea (2013) and fifty first Venice Biennial (2014).
The Most Expensive Artwork
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Realized Price
At Auctions
First Attendance
29 April 2009
# Attendance
14
# Artworks
14
Average Realized Price
26,838 USD
Average Min Estimate
17,408 USD
Average Max Estimate
24,240 USD
Sell-through Rate
76.923%
Average Growth of Artwork Worth
32.422%
Timeline
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