A founding member of the
Shahrzad design collective (with
Shirana Shahbazi), Tirdad Zolghadr is an independent writer/curator based in Berlin. He writes for
frieze and other publications, and is editor-at-large for
Cabinet magazine. Zolghadr most recently organized the national pavilion of the United Arab Emirates, Venice Biennale 2009, and the long-term project Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie (with Nav Haq). He's a curatorial advisor to the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Zolghadr currently teaches at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.
