Nairy Baghramian was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1971. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Recent solo presentations took place at the Crystal Palace at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2017); S.M.A.K, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent (2016); Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2016); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2015); Punta della Dogana, Venice (2015), Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (2014). She has participated in Documenta 14 (2017); Sculpture Project Münster 17 (2017), and the 45th International Venice Biennale, Italy (2011). Nairy Baghramian has been the recipient of the Zurich Art Prize (2016); the Arnold-Bode Prize, Kassel, 2014; the Hector Prize, Kunsthalle Mannheim (2012); and the Ernst Schering Foundation Award (2007).