{{Short description|Iranian painter and multimedia artist}} {{Infobox person | name = Shahin Charmi | image = Shahin Charmi, 1995.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|09|17}} | birth_place = Iran | alma_mater = Muthesius Academy of Art | years_active = 1980–present | spouse = Patricia Bolf | website = {{URL|http://charmi.org/}} }} thumb|Iltisbunker, Kiel (2013) '''Shahin Charmi''' ({{langx|fa|شاهین چرمی}}, born September 17, 1953)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C9Y2AQAAIAAJ|title=Wettbewerb um den "Goldenen Plotter '88": Computergrafik, Bildschirmfotos, Animation/Video, elektronische Objekte, Mischtechniken|date=1988|publisher=Stadtdirektor der Stadt Gladbeck, Dezernat IV, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck|isbn=978-3-923815-15-9|pages=30|language=de}}</ref> is an Iranian-born German multimedia artist, muralist, and painter.
==Biography== Shahin Charmi was born on September 17, 1953, in Iran.<ref name=":1" /> He studied at the Muthesius Academy of Art in Kiel, Germany (from 1980 until 1985), under Harald Duwe and Peter Nagel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shahin Charmi|url=https://sh-kunst.de/kuenstler/charmi-shahin/|website=Kunst & Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg}}</ref> Charmi is married to Austrian artist Patricia Bolf-Charmi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Böckmann|first=Jan-Michael|date=June 23, 2015|title=Gaarden Transmedia|url=http://fhews.de/gaarden-transmedial/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Kielaktuell v. 5.6.15|url=https://archiv.oksh.de/ki/sehen/sehen_on_demand/2015/06/kielaktuell2015_06_05.php.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Offener Kanal Kiel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 8, 2013|title=Internationaler Frauentag in Tehran: "A Tribute to Iranian and Austrian Women Artists"|url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20130308_OTS0233/internationaler-frauentag-in-teheran-a-tribute-to-iranian-and-austrian-women-artists|access-date=2021-06-18|website=OTS.at|language=de}}</ref>
In November 1989, Charmi painted the mural titled, {{III|Revolution and War|lt=Revolution und Krieg|DE}} (English: Revolution and War), located at the Polecat Bunker (German: Iltisbunker Zeichnet) in the Gaardner district of Kiel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bunkerbild in Gaarden bleibt erstmal|url=https://www.kn-online.de/Kiel/Kiel-Bunkerbild-in-Gaarden-bleibt-Stadt-will-es-nun-doch-nicht-ersetzen|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Kieler Nachrichten (KN)|language=de}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Carstens|first=Udo|date=February 26, 2019|title=Iltisbunker in Gaarden: Das abblätternde Kunstwerk|url=https://www.shz.de/regionales/kiel/das-abblaetternde-kunstwerk-id22778937.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=shz.de}}</ref> The mural is a narrative of the historical events from November 1918 and the Kiel sailor uprising, to World War II, and the murder of Rosa Luxemburg.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mischke|first=Roland|date=2014-05-17|title=Fassadenkunst: Buntes Make-up für die graue Platte|work=DIE WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/finanzen/immobilien/article128119069/Buntes-Make-up-fuer-die-graue-Platte.html|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref>
In 1990, Charmi was awarded the Golden Plotter Award, for computer art by the city of Gladbeck in Germany.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anna|first=Ursyn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBBTKKy4AyIC&dq=%22Shahin+Charmi%22+iran&pg=PA140|title=Biologically-Inspired Computing for the Arts: Scientific Data through Graphics: Scientific Data through Graphics|date=2012-04-30|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-4666-0943-3|pages=140|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gollifer|first=Sue|author-link=Sue Gollifer|date=2013-09-29|title=Golden Plotter 1994 Computer Art Competition, Dr. Wolfgang Schneider|url=http://www.isea-web.org/_archives/newsletters/1993-2/013-jan-1993/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=ISEA International Website|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2011, Charmi worked on stage design for ''Rustam and Esfadyar'', for the Fajr Theater Festival at the City Theater of Tehran and Vahdat Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2011-02-15|title=Rustam and Esfadyar on Fajr Theater Stage|url=http://www.ibna.ir/en/naghli/96743/rustam-and-esfadyar-on-fajr-theater-stage|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA)|language=en}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== * {{Cite book|title=Shahin Charmi: Aus-Sichten|publisher=Schwentine-Druck|others=Museum Flensburg|year=1987|location=Kiel, Germany|language=de|trans-title=Shahin Charmi: Looking Out|type=exhibition|oclc=314305759}} * {{Cite book|last=Yoshiyuki|first=Abe|title=Computerkunst 2000 = Computer art 2000: Ausstellung der zehn Preisträger aus den Wettbewerben um den Goldenen Plotter der Stadt Gladbeck 1986–1998|publisher=Museum der Stadt Gladbeck|others=Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, Innovationszentrum Wiesenbusch, Shahin Charmi, Hans Dehlinger, Gerhard Kammerer-Luka und Jean Baptiste Kempf, Georg Mühleck, Christof Schläger, Quido Sen, Gerd Struwe, Roman Verostko, James Faure Walker, Mark Wilson|year=2000|isbn=9783923815371|location=Gladbeck, Germany|language=de|trans-title=Computerkunst 2000 = Computer Art 2000: Exhibition of the Ten Winners from the Competitions for the Golden Plotter of the City of Gladbeck 1986–1998|type=exhibition|oclc=741900710}}
==External links== * {{Commonscat inline|Shahin Charmi}}
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