Mohsen Projects

Mohsen Projects was defined in 2015 in three spaces of “Pasio,” “Bam,” and “Hayat” in Mohsen Gallery with aim of challenging the conventional white cube of art exhibitions, encouraging multimedia and installation artists, and inviting the audience to experience art in a flexible space.
 
Established in 2017, the annual open call for Mohsen Projects Grant was implemented to support and promote young Iranian visual artists and to exhibit the new currents of Iranian contemporary art.
 
Since summer 2020, “Pelak” is a new space for Mohsen Projects that seeks to think outside the box and beyond the walls of the gallery building, engaging and interacting with the city in a larger scale, with an approach that alters each time around.

With an area of 7/5 square meters and a height of 9 meters, Pasio is a space at the heart of the gallery building in which the artwork is defined in suspension between heaven and earth.

A roofless space with an area of 94.5 square meters on top of the gallery building, Bam is a platform on which the artwork is defined in terms of its fluid and dynamic dialog with the space.

Hayat is a 90- square- meter open space in the courtyard of Mohsen Gallery and a context in which the artwork is defined in terms of its relation to the adjacent street.

Pelak is an ephemeral space in unused buildings of Tehran in which the artwork is defined in interaction with the city.

Terms and Conditions

• The applicant must be between 25 to 40 years of age. (i.e. born between 1981 and 1996)

• The applicant must have Iranian nationality. (although they may be living abroad)

• Participants may apply individually or as a team.

• Each individual or group may present a proposal only for one of the spaces of Mohsen Projects.

• The works’ design must correspond with the unique characteristics of Bam, Pasio, and Hayat. (site-specific projects)

• There is no limitation concerning the medium of the artworks.

• The application must be submitted until March 8, 2021.

• At the first stage, the gallery will shotlist a maximum of 5 proposals for each space (15 in total) on June 8, 2021.

• At the second stage, the jury members (whose names will be announced later) will interview the nominees and will subsequently announce the names of the winners after they have signed a contract with Mohsen Gallery on June 22, 2021.

• The selected works will be exhibited during September for a maximum of 4 weeks.

• The selected artists should be available for execution/exhibition of their artworks two weeks prior to and one week after the opening.

• The amount of the grant will be up to 10 million Tomans.

• Obviously, if the costs of the projects exceed the amount of the grant, the artist will have to provide the remainder.

• By submitting their proposals for Mohsen Projects annual grants, the applicants approve that they have the legal ownership of the projects/works. If proven otherwise, there can be legal consequences.