Nazanin Noori
Nazanin Noori is a German-Iranian interdisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses installation, sound art, composition, live and lecture performance, direction, and text. With a background in theater, film, and media studies, she explores the intersections of sound, space, sculpture, and postdramatic poetry.
Her work examines religious and media power structures and the ways in which they shape experiences of spirituality, protest, and collective truth. Through her hypnoacoustic compositions, Noori has developed a distinctive sonic language she describes as āAmbient Hardcoreā. Since 2016, she has created compositions for theater and art films, alongside sound works and performances presented internationally.
Nazanin Noori (*1991 in Wiesbaden, DE, lives and works in Berlin, DE) studied theatre, film and media sciences at Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M. and worked at Deutsches Theater, Berlin and Schauspiel Hannover. Her work has been exhibited and performed at institutions including the Akademie der KĆ¼nste, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Schirn Kunsthalle, ICA London, and Transmediale. In 2026, Nazanin Noori was awarded the prestigious ars viva Prize for Visual Arts.
| Solo | A LETTER TO EUROPE, spoken word opera, Bergen Kunsthall, NO AN AMBIENT HARDCORE MANIFESTO, at Rupert, Vilnius, LT BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME, at Klosterruine, Berlin, DE THE ECHO OF PROTEST IS DISTANT TO THE PROTEST, at Auto Italia, London, UK THE ECHO OF PROTEST IS DISTANT TO THE PROTEST, at CCA Berlin, DE |
| Group | Kyiv Biennial ā A Bird That Cannot Land, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2026 ars viva 2026, at Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, DE ars viva 2026, at Marta Herford, Herford, DE AS FOR THE QUESTION OF INSINCERITY, AN APPLAUSE FOR THOSE IN THE SEATS (sound installation), at EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, DE EVERY SORROW EVERY END / A HOLLOW SONG SUSPENDED (sound, room and video installation), M Leuven, Leuven, BE THE STATE OF BEING MANY (sound and room installation), at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF A DAMNED SPOT IS AN ACT OF INTERROGATION (sound and video installation), at Transmediale, Berlin, DE APOLOGY (sound and room installation), at Akademie der KĆ¼nste, Berlin, DE |
