Ashkan Sahihi

Who is Ashkan Sahihi?

Ashkan Sahihi is an Iranian photographer known for his unique photographic projects, including series of photographs of armpits, faces that have been ejaculated upon and the facial expressions of non-drug users trying various drugs. Born in 1963 in Tehran, Iran, Sahihi moved to New York in 1987. His work was presented at a solo exhibition at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York in 2000. He has also participated in a number of group exhibitions including the Basel Art Fair 31 in 2000, the Millennium Warm-up in New York in 1999, and "Quiet," a survelleid experimental art-living project at 353 Broadway in New York in 1999.