SHERVIN/E SHEIKH REZAEI

Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei (b. 1994, Belgium/Iran) navigates the delicate interplay between the organic and the artificial, between the fluidity of nature and humanity's invasive reach. Her multimedia practice thrives where architecture dissolves into visual art, and rationality yields to the irrational and emotional. Moving from architecture to visual art, she explores the uncontainable through movement, organic materials, and the fleeting nature of memory. Her work spans pencil drawings, videos, sculptures, and installations, consistently balancing logic with intuition, control with self-reflection, always seeking the unexpected in an uneasy juxtaposition.
Sheikh Rezaei's art exists in the spaces between disciplines—architecture, visual arts, and philosophy—often probing themes of memory, identity, and the human experience. She blends mathematical precision with poetic thought, creating spaces that are both functional and symbolic. Transparent materials and mirrors often feature in her work, creating dialogues between the physical and emotional. Her recurring exploration of the duality between control and surrender reflects her introspective approach, inviting viewers to reflect on their own nature and their interactions with the world.

CONTACT

Sheikh Rezaei
Shervin/e
+324 98 748 988
shervin.shr@gmail.com
instagram.com/shervinsheikhin

In her multimedia practice Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei (1994, Belgium/Iran, lives and works in Brussels) explores the contrast between the fluidity and invasiveness of nature/humanity and the controlled and impersonal language of technology. An attraction to the irrational and emotional, took her from architecture to the autonomous visual arts. Sheikh Rezaei often uses uncontrollable elements in her work, such as movement, organic materials and themes of memory. She also often uses personal, intimate experiences to further explore spatiality. In her works, which range from pencil drawings to videos, sculptures and installations, she always seeks a balance between logic and intuition, control and self-analysis.

She studied Medien Architektur at the Bauhaus University in Weimar (DE) in 2017 and graduated as an architect in Experimental Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture K.U. Leuven in Ghent (BE) in 2018. In 2019-2020 she became a guest lecturer for the subject Mixed Media Interior Design at LUCA School of Arts in both Brussels and Ghent. In 2018 she worked as an architect at Dhooge & Meganck Architecten in Ghent and since early 2019 as an art assistant at Architecten Jan De Vylder Inge Vinck/ Inge Vinck Jan De Vylder Architecten, where she also completed her architecture internship. In June 2021, Sheikh Rezaei took the step to fully pursue her own art practice (Multi Media).

EXHIBITIONS
2024 Groupshow: Drawing as Metaphor,
Fuse, Zurich- CH

Groupshow: In de luwte van het hof,
Groot Begijnhof, Sint- Amandsberg- BE

Groupshow: 9th Biennial of Painting, Stories from the Ground,
Museum Dhondt- Dhaenens, Deurle- BE

Groupshow: Any Way the Wind Blows,
C-MINE, Genk- BE

Groupshow: L’Univers Unique (opening: 20.04.2024),
CC De Steiger and LAM, Menen- BE

X ,ME,
CC-Strombeek, Grimbergen- BE
2023 Groupshow: De overwinning van de mens op de dingen. Over sport,
Lichtekooi, Antwerpen- BE

Mural/ in situ work: I HAVE BEEN LIVING ALL MY LIFE DREAMING,
performance evening in house of Els Roelandt,
huis Ten Bos, Affligem- BE
2022 Groupshow: Untitled, De Nieuwe Zonderling,
Theater Nieuwe Vorst, NL- Tilburg

Archive, images: vergetelheid / əˈblivēən
Valerie Traan Gallery BE- Antwerp

Groupshow: Elbow Room
together with Rita Nobre, Deveny Faruque and Issa Musschidi,
wijk acht, Ghent- BE
2021 Analyse 01.23- 11: Anaesthetised
KIOSK, BE- Ghent

Art Meditation Process,
Nucleo BLANCO, BE- Ghent

RENAISSANCE, Astrid Collectief,
Belfortstraat 29, BE- Ghent

Solo- exhibition: ENSEMBLE, An Architecture of the inbetween
booklaunch/exhibition, Nucleo BLANCO, BE- Ghent
2020 Enter Through The Void, Exit Through The Giftshop,
Kunsthal and CAMPO Victoria, BE- Ghent

WWW.SHERVINSHEIKHREZAEI.COM,
Archive/ Website Launch, World Wide Web,
Pekelharing, BE- Ghent
2018 Grand Tour,
De Wasserij van Vlaanderen, BE- Ghent
2017 Bauhaus festival: Labyrinth stage,
Bauhaus university, Weimar, Germany

Reverse Perspective,
organised by Wim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis and Johannes Berry,
Yügen, BE- Ghent
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 Residency at inndependance,
FURKA, Switzerland- CH

Scenography for theatre play: Under The Influence,
by Colette Goossens, Stan Martens and Laurens Aneca,
premiere: 04.05.2024,
Theater Malpertuis, Tielt- BE

Graphic layout of music album: Other Rooms by Adriaan De Roover
2023 Residency at School van Gaasbeek, organized by CC Strombeek,
Lennik- BE

Residency at Dar Meso in collaboration with writer Jeremy Pavoncelli,
Tunis- TN

Lecture: DAYS OF DRAWINGS, for Jan De Vylder Studio,
ETH Architecture School, Zurich- CH

Residency for wall drawing at House Ten Bos,
in collaboration with Maxime Prananto,
for Els Roelandt, ended by evening of performances: I HAVE BEEN LIVING ALL MY LIFE DREAMING,
Affligem- BE

Graphic layout of music album:
Variations by Nils Vermeulen
2022 Scenography Handelsreizigers,
installation and video
in collaboration with photographer Jente Waerzeggers
and designer Maxime Prananto,
Handelsbeurs, Ghent- BE

Scénography of theatre play Voorjaarsontwaken,
by vzw WOLFWOLF,
various

Graphic Layout of music album:
Drawn in Dusk by MDC II/ Mattias De Craene

Lecture: Double Minutes,
in dialogue with Emma Van der Put,
CC-Strombeek- BE

Lecture: Seven Questions,
curated by Inge Vinck,
studio Jan De Vylder,
ETH- Zürich,
Kunstacademie Dusseldorf- DE

Lecture: Friday Lunch Lecture invited by Saar Meeganck,
Academy of Architecture (AAM), Maastricht- NL

Workshop: Fragments of the Afternoon (installation/ scénography)
with students Interior Design,
LUCA School of Arts,
BE- Brussels
2021 Riso workshop week
with Leo Gabin:
Crying at the workshop,
LUCA School of Arts,
BE-  Ghent

Jury for entrance examination in autonomous design
KASK School of Arts,
BE- Ghent

Graphic Design for Artificial Architectural work
for choreographer,
Laurent Delom de Mézerac

Scénographie of exhibition: INSTITUTION BUILDING
in C.I.II.III.IV.A  Brussels
with architecten Jan De Vylder & Inge Vinck Architecten - AJDVIV/ IVJDVA - Pierre Labergue,
BE- Brussels

Finished internship at AJDVIV/ IVJDVA
2020 Publication of my book, ENSEMBLE: An Architecture of the Inbetween
by A.P.E. (Art Paper Editions)

Artist in Residence: Atelier Astrid, Astrid goes Coronaproof,
BE-Ghent
2019. 2020 Lecture: ENSEMBLE, An Architecture of the in-between (book)
for Master Students at Faculty of Architecture K.U. Leuven,
Ghent- BE

Architect/ Art Assistant at the office:
Jan De Vylder & Inge Vinck Architecten - AJDVIV/ IVJDVA

Workshop leader Silkscreen-printing, Atelier:
ONLINE/OFFLINE in times of Quarantaine,
LUCA School of Arts,
BE- Ghent

Teacher of Mixed Media- arts, Interior Design
at LUCA School of Arts,
BE- Ghent and Brussels

Auditor for studio Field Station: Automation,
Master Architects ‘19-’20

Coordinater festival of Arts, KANON:
ARCHITECTS COME TOGETHER,
Stadshal BE- Ghent

Auditor for Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu
2018 Fieldwork Iran for masterthesis: ENSEMBLE/the architecture of 'the in/between'

Workshop Porto Academy, led by June 14
by Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge & Sam Chermayeff Architects,
Porto, Portugal

Internship at Dhooge & Meganck Architecten
2017 Workshop Real Estate Architecture, Brussels, led by PIOVENEFABI Architects
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Rekto:verso, editie 98:
DIER- Tentakels en Waterlichamen: dromende kwallen,
written by Zeynep Kubat
2022 COLLECT MAGAZINE, nr. 516/ MEI 2022:
Artist of the Month: Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei

FORUM+, February issue 2022 vol. 29, no.1
Inbetween East and West,
an Architectural Ensemble in dialogue with Ine Engels

HART-Magazine: no, no, no to nostalgia
- gesprek met Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei
interview with Kathleen Weyts

KIOSK, Een ontmoeting tussen emotie en rationaliteit
talk with Els Roelandt
2021 NEW MASTERS, Z33: Shervin Sheikh Rezaei,
SUBBACULTCHA, Belgium

HART-Magazine: Aubrey Beardsley, Les Monseigneurs,
Shervin Sheikh Rezaei en Praneet Soi

Surfaces Utiles, HOMERS, Art Meditation Process

IQD- Magazine for Architecture,
Italy (together with AJDVIV/ IVJDVA)
2020 Book: ENSEMBLE: An Architecture of the Inbetween
by A.P.E. (Art Paper Editions)

THE ARCHIVE HOTEL, magazine

OD Magazine: online platform showcasing new emerging artists

Gallery Magazine n°1: VERVELING/ BOREDOM,
for AJDVIV/ IVJDVA
2019 SUBBACULTCHA: 20 something Issue

Lecture on Book: ENSEMBLE: An Architecture of the Inbetween
for the Master Students at Faculty of Architecture,
KU LEUVEN, Ghent
2018 Porto Academy, booklet workshop leaded by Sam Chermayeff,
published by Nonverbalclub, Porto
2017 Field Station: Hacking The Expanded Filde,
leaded by Carneel Cannaerts and Michiel Helbig
EDUCATION
2018 Graduated with a Master in Architecture,
KU Leuven Campus BE-Ghent

Explorative Architectural Design:
Studio Field Station led by Michiel Helbig and Corneel Cannaerts
Studio Reverse Perspective led by Wim Goes and Johannes Berry
2017 Medien Architektur,
Bauhaus-universität, Weimar- DE