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68projects by KORNFELD presents the first-ever showing of new paintings by Hamburg-based Iranian artist Simin Jalilian – works that are simultaneously biographical and political, expressive and poetic. Her painting is a powerful and urgent plea for freedom – in both life and art.

Opening of the exhibition on Saturday, June 14, 11 AM – 6 PM
Brunch from 12 PM – 3 PM
Artist Talk at 3 PM
Tereza de Arruda, art historian and curator, in conversation with the artists Tamara Kvesitadze, Shunxiang Hu, and Simin Jalilian

Photos by Andrea Katheder

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Installation

Exhibited Works

Bitte nicht abschieben, 2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in

Der Schuh muss weg, 2025
Oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm | 19 5/8 x 23 5/8 in

Flüchtlinge, 2025
Oil on canvas
190 x 165 cm | 74 3/4 x 65 in

Haka, 2024
Oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm | 19 5/8 x 23 5/8 in

Integration, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm | 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in

The Wow effect, 2024
Oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm | 19 5/8 x 23 5/8 in

Unwichtiger Mittelpunkt, 2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in

Tschüss Chef - Durch die Blume, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm | 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in

Symphonie der Freiheit, 2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in

Nah und fern, 2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in

Byebye, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 cm | 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in

Fee up storage space, 2023
Oil on canvas
170 x 200 cm | 66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in

American Dream, 2022
Oil on canvas
165 x 190 cm | 65 x 74 3/4 in

Über die Grenze, 2024
Oil on canvas
120 x 160 cm | 47 1/4 x 63 in

Schäferhunde, 2021
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in

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Press Highlights

Radio3 (rbb), June 2025

About the artist

Simin Jalilian

SIMIN JALILIAN

Born 1989 in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany

From 2007 to 2013 Simin Jalilian studied art at Soore University in Tehran. In 2016 she moved to Germany, where she continued her studies at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, first under Professor Werner Büttner, and since 2021 as a Master’s student with Professor Rajkamal Kahlon. In 2020 she was awarded the HFBK’s merit scholarship for international students, received the HISCOX Art Prize in 2022, and the Berenberg Cultural Prize in 2024. In 2023/24 her work was featured in the exhibition Dix and the Present at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg.