Artistic Practice
Alongside his curatorial work, Alireza Bayat maintains a practice as an artist and film programmer.
gastropoetics
PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg — January 12 to February 24, 2024. Group exhibition curated by Noor Bhangu, in collaboration with Yafa Café, with works by Alireza Bayat, Areum Kim, and Svati Shah — reflecting on the culinary tropes of ethnic cookbooks. Participating artist.
Press: “gastropoetics @ PLATFORM” — The Uniter, Arts Briefs, January 2024 · Interview with The Uniter by Matthew Teklemariam, print edition, 2024.
Filmfest 3,14
Cinemateket, USF Verftet, Bergen — April 26–27, 2024. Opening program of Iranian short films and panel discussion with Sara Rajaei, Siavash Kheirkhah, and Alireza Bayat, moderated by Abirami Logendran — on liminality and the critical potential of the short film form. Artist & panelist.