Ramesch Daha

President
Secession, Vienna

Ramesch Daha, born 1971 in Tehran, has lived in Vienna since 1978. In her multipart pieces, the artist works with a variety of media, including painting, collage, video and drawing, as well as documents from public and personal archives. Based on extensive historical research, Daha connects biographical and historical aspects, collective memories, and historical and political events in new constellations. This involves extensive traveling and study visits to, among other places, Vancouver, New York, London, or Berlin. Daha’s works have been shown in numerous international solo and group exhibitions, including KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin (2020); Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems (2020); Index Foundation, Stockholm (2020); Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (2018); NSK State Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale (2017); 21er Haus Wien, Vienna (2017); Austrian Cultural Forum New York; Kunstpavillon Munich(2014). Her works are in private and public collections, including the Albertina, Vienna; Joanneum Graz; Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin and the City of Vienna Collection, Vienna. Currently, Ramesch Daha serves as the president of Secession, Vienna.

Ramesch Daha will visit Paris and Lyon on a research trip as part of the exchange with Trampoline Association in 2024.

Ramesch Daha. Photo: Edyta Dufaj