Bahareh Sharifi studied Literature, Theatre Studies and Sociology at the University of Hamburg and the University College London, UK. She worked for the New York International Fringe Festival, the Staatliche Museum zu Berlin and the Deutsche Hygiene Museum Dresden. For the Opening Festival of Maxim Gorki Theater, the Herbstsalon Berlin she organized the project “1st International Conference of Silent University” by the visual artist Ahmet Ögüt. She is the curator of the“Berlin Calling”-series at Studio Я.