Paadmaan (meaning ‘safeguard’ in Farsi) is an independent artist-run platform for contemporary art with an interdisciplinary approach established in 2018 and based in Tehran. Through a variety of curatorial programming Paadmaan seeks to expand on existing discourses surrounding contemporary art within various Iranian communities, support their input and transform into output. Paadmaan aims to proceed networking locally and internationally and constitute the archive of contemporary art by focusing on research, dialogue and presentation. Paadmaan promotes these by organizing exhibitions, events, artist residencies, lectures, screenings, publications and various interactions throughout Iran and abroad.

SHIFT-aa is presentation/research based project, addresses shapeshifting and variation in 14 Iranian selected painters works which are published into 2 volumes books. 
Curator: Foad Alijani
Assistant Curator: Mahyar Zarei
Volume 1
Elika Hedayat
Faxteh Shamsian
Mahsa Karimi
Nogol Mazlomi
Volume 2
Afra Farahnak
Donya Aalipour
Heval Tajandreh
Mehrdad Jafari
Mohadeseh Taheri
Niki Fallahfar
Sanaz Haeri
Sepehr Hajiabadi
Soha Derakhsh
Termeh Alavi