Aliaskar Abarkas UK/IR

Aliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. Informed by alternative and communal art education, their practice fosters dynamic encounters that move from solitary experience toward collective expression. Abarkas often begins with a simple gesture – a sound, a score, a shared activity – which opens up a platform for storytelling through mutual voices, choreographic encounters, and the possibilities held within material processes.

Aliaskar is currently a fellow at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London, 2024–26). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths, University of London. He was previously a resident at Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London), and has been an associate artist at Rupert (Lithuania), the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid), Castro (Rome), Open School East, and Syllabus V (UK), among others.

His interventions and collaborations have been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre, ICA, The Mosaic Rooms, TACO!, Pushkin House (London), CAPC (Bordeaux), and LOCALES (Rome). Upcoming projects include commissions from Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice), and the Singapore Art Museum.