In a collaboration between SARAI Gallery and Zamineh Art Platform as part of KARAVAN Projects, the present group exhibition consists of a selection of paintings and works on paper by KHOR Art Initiative 2023's artists Amin Hekmatpanah Dehkordi, Arman Sedaghat, Azadeh Sefidkaran, Bahar Didegah, Ehsan Ebrahimnezhad, Fatemeh Marfavi, Fereshteh Torki, Gandom Amiri, Hadise Najminia, Khatereh Aziz Jalali, Kiana Agharabi, Lohrasb Bayat, Maryam Baniasadi, Mehdi Abedini, Muhammad Amin Fooladshekan, Narges Fadakar, Nava Sabetimani, Rozhan Bagheri, Seyed Taher Mousavi, Tara Shoeyb, Zahra Yousefi, and Zohre Jafarabadi. This is the first KHOR Artists Exhibition to be held in Tehran, bringing together 38 works of a wide variety of themes, styles, and techniques; a thrilling visual cornucopia that represents the latest and best of contemporary visual arts created by predominantly young artists in Iran.
Organized annually by SARAI Gallery since 2020, KHOR Art Initiative is an art prize for local talents reviewed each year by a jury panel of first-rate regional and world art experts. KHOR Art Prize is a free-entry event designed to provide local artists with the rare opportunity for world-class exposure by learning the latest criteria for self-presentation and having their work reviewed by an elite art jury. Besides the usual prize, being known to a greater audience and having their works exhibited, KHOR's shortlisted artists enjoy the recognition of being associated with what is fast becoming established as a prestigious award in the region. Some of KHOR's previous winners have soared particularly high, going from obscurity to being represented by SARAI at top regional and world art venues within just a few years. Roxane Zand, Nada Shabout, Melissa Gronlund, and Myrna Ayad formed the jury panel at KHOR Art Initiative's latest edition.