SARADIPOUR Art Gallery, or in short, SARAI – denoting house or palace in Persian – is a contemporary gallery specializing in Middle Eastern art. Founded by Hassan Saradipour in 2018, our gallery serves as a platform to showcase emerging and established local artists internationally by organizing exhibitions and joint events, and publishing works by artists. Moreover, since 2020, our gallery has introduced Khor Art Initiative, an annual nation-wide art prize juried by highly established international and regional art figures such as Kenny Schachter, Janet Rady, Christian Viveros-Faune, and Roxane Zand, to discover and support exceptional local talents and introduce them beyond the borders.
SARAI Gallery has been listed on Art Dubai 2020-21, The Armory Show, and KIAF 2021, making us one of the youngest galleries to appear on such competitive platforms, representing for the first time talented artists virtually unknown outside of their home country. Our gallery received the Presents Booth Prize during the Armory Show in September 2021.
SARAI Gallery’s main exhibition space is located in Mahshahr, Iran, where we host shows throughout the year. An ancient port city in southern Iran, Mahshahr (lit. city of the moon) was Hassan Saradipour’s childhood home. As an arts-and-culture establishment, we chose this location over bustling metropolises not only for better access to maritime transport but, more importantly, because we care about engaging both artists and audiences on a local level and we wish to revitalize this historic region both socially and economically by establishing a gallery of high standards to attract visitors and help create more interaction and job opportunities. Furthermore, under Karavan Projects, our gallery organizes collaborative shows with selected art galleries in Tehran and other cities. Our LA-based office handles US and international affairs and events.

2019
Jan-Feb Alireza Jahromi / Vagrant in Time Part 1
Feb Alireza Jahromi / Vagrant in Time Part 2
Mar-Apr Alireza Jahromi / Vagrant in Time Part 3
Apr-May Ali Zakeri / The Eliminated or The Sons of God Series Part 1
June-July Ali Zakeri / The Eliminated or The Sons of God Series Part 2
Aug Moslem Khzeri / We Keep Reviewing
Sep-Oct Dariush Hosseini / Infantry
Nov-Dec Abbas Nasle Shamloo / Beyond Alienation

2020
Jan-Feb Alireza Jahromi / Reverberation Part 1
Feb-Mar Alireza Jahromi / Reverberation Part 2
Apr-June Ali Zakeri / Childhood Prairies
June-Aug Khor Art Initiative 2020 Online Exhibition
Nov-Dec Moslem Khezri/ We Keep Reviewing Part 2

2021
Jan-Feb Dariush Hosseini/ Persian Carpet
Mar-April Art Dubai 2021
Apr-May Abbas Nasle Shamloo / Land of No Sun
Aug-Sep Khor 2021 Online Exhibition
Sep The Armory Show 2021
Sep-Oct Mahdieh Abolhasan/ Rotary Descent
Oct KIAF 2021
Nov Khor Top Artists: Khor Finalists Exhibition I
Dec Khor Top Artists: Khor Finalists Exhibition II

2022
Dec-Jan Ali Shiva Noroozi / Sounds of Silence
Jan Abbas Nasle Shamloo Solo / Grabbling (Karavan Project x INJA Gallery, Tehran)
Jan Ali Saeedi / Iranshahr
Jan-Feb Moslem Khezri / Hybrid NFT SHOW
Feb-March Shima Faridani / Distances and Links

Art Dubai 2020-21
The Armory Show 2021
KIAF 2021
Paris Asian Art Fair: ASIA NOW 2021
ABU DHABI ART 2021