Kamyar Bineshtarigh

Kamyar Bineshtarigh was born in 1996 in Semnan, Iran. He lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa and graduated from Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2019 where he won the Ruth Prowse prize for the best body of practical work. His work has been featured in a number of group exhibitions in Cape Town, including Shaping Things at SMAC Gallery and STILL at Everard Read Gallery. Bineshtarigh’s debut solo cubicle exhibition, Pilgrim, opened at Everard Read/Circa Gallery (Cape Town) in 2019. In 2018, he was awarded the VAA award by ARP Residency, which led to his video work Shelter being screened at the Corto Lovere film festival in Lovere, Italy. Bineshtarigh is currently studying at Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT)