Abbas Zahedi (b. 1984, London, UK) studied medicine at University College London before completing his MA at Central Saint Martins in 2019. His practice blends contemporary philosophy, poetics, and social dynamics with performative and new-media modes. Recent exhibitions and projects include, The Drop Out: Tell Them I Said No, E-WERK Luckenwalde, Luckenwalde, Germany (2024); Holding a Heart in Artifice, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK (2023); Who is Abbas Zahedi?, Tate Kids (2023); Best Before End, Bold Tendencies, London (2023); Holding Space, Hauser & Wirth with Hospital Rooms, London, UK (2023); Associate Artist: Postwar Modern, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK (2023); Sonic Signals, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK (2023); Loading Loading (l'inertie du pratique), CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (2022-23); Waiting With {Sonic Support}, Frieze Artist Award, Frieze Art Fair London, UK (2022); Becontree Forever, Create London (2021); Brick Lane Foundation, Whitechapel Gallery (2021); Sonic Support Group, with Neurofringe (2020 – ongoing).
Abbas is an associate lecturer at the Royal College of Art (London), as well as teaching at universities across the UK and abroad.