[2] His work has gained international acclaim, exhibiting in museums, galleries and biennales all over North America, Europe and the Middle East.
His recent work has moved past the confines of home to the surrounding areas, including an examination of domesticated landscapes.
[1] Akhavan has exhibited work at the Western Front in Vancouver,[7] the Delfina Foundation in London,[8] the Bergen Museum in Norway, and ABC Art Berlin Contemporary.
"[9] "Akhavan's art is a thoughtful, and at times mournful, interrogation of our habits of perception, underscoring the provisional nature of our understanding of the world around us.
[5] The Sobey Art Award's six-member curatorial panel said in a statement that they "wanted to underline the generosity and empathy at play in Abbas's work", and that "through a fugitive practice that resists fixed meaning, Akhavan reasserts that power and engagement are always relevant subjects for examination.