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Ali Chitsaz is a painter and designer born in 1978 in Tehran. He pursued a degree in Business Management at Azad University of Tehran before taking a different professional path after immigrating and studying painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. Chitsaz’s works have been exhibited in prestigious galleries and institutions around the world, including New York, London, Chicago, and Dubai. His exhibitions often explore complex themes such as politics, society, and human emotions through an expressive and impactful visual language. Before his solo exhibition “Come Back” at Artibition Gallery, Chitsaz held three solo shows. He has collaborated with local galleries in Iran, such as Golestan Gallery in 2008, and Aaran Gallery in 2010. Internationally, he has worked with The Bridge and Tunnel Gallery in New York and is currently collaborating primarily with E.R.A.N. Gallery in Canada. His artworks have been featured in numerous group exhibitions at notable venues like the Queens Museum in New York and the Iran Art Gallery in Montreal. Chitsaz has also created and presented several artistic series on a global scale and participated in Art Dubai. In 2010, at the invitation of Bidoun Projects, he performed a three-day live mural painting titled “Work” during Art Dubai.
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Education:
2001 | Business Management – Azad University, Tehran
2013 | Painting and Drawing – School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 | Mural project at Art Dubai, titled “Work”, Dubai | Art Athena, exhibition titled “Lion Under the Sun”, Athens
2010 | Art Fairs / Expos
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 | Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2010 | Aaran Gallery, Tehran
2021 | Bridge and Tunnel Gallery, New York
2022 | Online on Irangallery and Artsy platform, Canada
Two-person Exhibition:
2014 | Roots & Culture, Chicago – Exhibition titled “We Love War”
Group Exhibitions:
2001 | Pietro Della Valle Italian School, Tehran
2005 | Mah-e No Art Center, Tehran
2006 | Mah Gallery, Tehran
2006 | Day Gallery, Tehran
2006 | Mah-e No Art Center, Tehran
2007 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan
2007 | Tehran Gallery, University of Tehran
2007 | Artspace Galleries, London
2007 | Iran Heritage Foundation, London
2008 | “The Color of Love”, Niavaran Palace, Tehran
2009 | Silk Road Gallery, Tehran – “Iran Now” Exhibition
2009 | Leila Heller Gallery, New York – “Aftershock” Exhibition
2010 | Aaran Gallery, Tehran – “Tehran: Virtual and Real”
2010 | Ava Gallery, Tehran – “Thirteen Artists for a New Day”
2012 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago – “Passengers” Exhibition
2014 | Touch Gallery, Cambridge – “Mural Painting”
2016 | Rogue Space Chelsea, New York – “Iran & Cuba: Beyond the Headlines”
2019 | 17 Essex Street, New York – “A Rain of Light and Death”
2019 | Shams Art Gallery, Paris
2019 | Queens Museum, New York – “Executive (Dis)Order: Art, Displacement & Ban”
2021 | Erga Gallery, Montreal – DIAT (Discovering Iranian Artists’ Taste) curated by Irangallery
2023 | Online on Irangallery and Artsy platform – “Visible Tragedy”, Canada
Artist Residency:
2013 | Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan, USA
