Shahin Sharafaldin
Scorpio Rising
27 November 2021- 16 January 2022
opening reception: 26 November 6 - 9pm
Unit 17 is thrilled to announce Scorpio Rising, Shahin Sharafaldin’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. The show includes never before seen oil on canvas works made over the last year.
Sharafaldin (b. 1995) is an artist currently living & working in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal. He has exhibited locally and internationally: It’s Much Louder Than Before, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2021); Arezoo: Intimacy and Iran, James Black Gallery, Vancouver (2021); Crocodile Tears, Unit 17, Vancouver (2020); Shadow Tongue, Duplex Artists Society, Vancouver (2019) and Bad Flavour, Wonderful Taste, Centre A, Vancouver (2017). Sharafaldin studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver and Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam.
Scorpio Rising installation view
Scorpio Rising installation view
Scorpio Rising installation view
Portal, 2021, oil on canvas, 182.8 x 121.9cm
Scorpio Rising installation view
Scorpio Rising installation view
Let Me Show You, 2021, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 60.9cm
Always Coming Home, 2021, oil on canvas, 86.3 x 91.4cm
Portal, 2021, oil on canvas, 182.8 x 121.9cm
Scorpio Rising, 2021, oil on canvas, 94.1 x 71.1cm
Protector, 2021, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 100.3cm