The Aargauer Kunsthaus is home to an exceptional collection of Swiss art. This is the foundation on which our exhibition and outreach programme is built. In monographic and thematic exhibitions with both domestic and international emphasis, the ...
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Shamiran Istifan
Shamiran Istifan’s works emerge from fragments of memory and the present. Drawing on personal experiences, she works with images and visual codes, which she condenses into new constellations. Her installations, sculptures and textile works shift our perspective on social and structural contexts. The artist often uses imagery from everyday life or references from pop culture and social media, which she transforms into new meanings, some with sacred connotations.
Born in Baden, she grew up in a diasporic reality shaped by a minority perspective. In her new works, the canton of Aargau becomes a resonant space: objects such as paving stones or letterboxes – as a transition between private and public space – encounter the aesthetics of the cosmetics industry and motifs from teenage culture. The result is a multi-layered constellation of images, materials and symbols in which different worlds coexist in parallel.
Shamiran Istifan (*1987) is the winner of the 2026 Manor Art Prize Aarau, which is awarded every two years to promote young Swiss art.
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Aargauer Kunsthaus
Aargauerplatz
5001 Aarau
+41 (0)62 835 23 30
kunsthaus@ag.ch
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Wheelchair-accessible, relevant areas with stairs are accessible via a wheelchair-accessible lift, guide dogs permitted, inductive hearing system/induction loop, wheelchair toilet, bright rooms
