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Ali Nasir is a contemporary painter born in 1951 in Tehran. After completing his secondary education, he moved to Berlin at the age of 23, where he has lived and worked ever since. Nasir began his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1978 and a Master of Fine Arts in 1983. He also participated as an exchange student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Besançon, France. His early works were largely figurative, while in recent years he has shifted toward abstraction, creating vibrant, energetic compositions with strong visual movement that engage the viewer. Nasir’s first solo exhibition took place in 1993 at Golestan Gallery in Tehran, and since then his work has been presented in galleries and institutions in Tehran, Berlin, Dubai, and other cities worldwide. He currently collaborates with Gallery O and has taught at various art schools in Germany.
Born: 1951 in Tehran
Education
1978 – BFA in Painting, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
1983 – MFA in Painting, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
1984 – Exchange Student, École des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1985 – “Triennale Art,” Galerie 9 to 9, Berlin
1986 – Studio Realism N.G.B.K., Berlin
1990 – Galerie Studio, Hamburg
1990 – Kunstmesse, Hamburg
1991 – Green Gallery, Tehran
1993 – Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1993 – Galerie Studio, Hamburg
1995 – Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1996 – Galerie Chamiso, Berlin
1997 – Galerie Studio, Hamburg
1997 – Home Event 12, Cologne
1998 – Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1998 – Ratswahl Gallery, Bitterfeld, Germany
1998 – Kunst & Object, Leipzig, Germany
2003 – Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2007 – Galerie Elaheh, Tehran
2007 – Galerie Tamen, Berlin
2009 – Khak Gallery, Tehran
2011 – Khak Gallery, Tehran
2013 – Khak Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2016 – “Mute Theater,” Gallery O, Tehran
2018 – Gallery O, Tehran
2018 – “Standing Amid Chaos and Beauty,” Project 009821, Tehran
2019 – Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan
2019 – “Drawings and Paintings 2017–2019,” Gallery O, Tehran
2021 – “Ali Nasir Paintings,” Gallery O, Tehran
2021 – “Re-Presentation Project _1,” Project 009821, Tehran
2023 – Gallery O, Tehran
2023 – “Four Decades of Ali Nasir,” Lajvardi Foundation, Tehran
Selected Group Exhibitions
1985 – Summer Universiade Festival, Kobe, Japan
1985 – “Art and Culture from Three Cities,” Berlin, Wuppertal, and Göttingen,
Germany
1986 – Galerie Studio, Hamburg
1986 – Galerie Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden
1989 – “200 Years of the French Revolution,” Berlin Art Hall
1991 – Tehran Design Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1997 – “Flight,” House of Artists, Hamburg
2000 – “Contemporary Iranian Design: A 2000 Perspective”
2000 – Fourth Miedanek Triennial, Poland
2000 – “10 Years of Galerie Ratswahl,” Bitterfeld, Germany
2001 – Second International Painting Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Art
2001 – Medizinische Gesellschaft Sächsische, Dresden, Germany
2002 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan
2005 – “Tehran Meets Berlin,” Galerie Tamen, Berlin
2006 – Art Cologne, Germany
2014 – “Hesse of Happiness,” Homa Gallery, Tehran
2016 – “Shabtāb 2,” Tehran Designers’ Gallery
2017 – “Design as Life,” House of Artists, Tehran
2017 – “Shabtāb 4,” Azad Gallery, Tehran
2018 – “Shabtāb 6,” Ordibehesht Gallery, Tehran
2018 – “Masters of Iranian Art Collection with Fouad Sharifi Multiples,” Han
Gallery, Shiraz
2018 – “Limited Editions -1,” Project 009821, Tehran
2020 – “Line Typologies and Presence/Absence of Color,” Gallery O, Tehran
2020 – “One by One,” Tehran Designers’ Gallery
2021 – “List 4 – Another Perspective,” Gallery O, Tehran
2021 – “Emergency Artists’ Fund: Part 3,” Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2024 – “Lessons, No. 34,” Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2024 – “Doubt or No Doubt,” Sharif Gallery, Tehran
2024 – “From Khosrow to Khodari,” Gallery O, Tehran
2024 – “Reproduced,” Yafteh Gallery, Tehran
2024 – “Beyond the Mirage,” Mellal Gallery, Tehran
2024 – “Emergency Artists’ Fund: Part 5,” Gallery O, Tehran
2025 – “Series,” Emkan Gallery, Tehran
Art Fairs
1990 – Art Fair, Hamburg
2007 – Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2017 – Art Dubai, Gallery O, UAE
2020 – Tir Art, Project 009821, Tehran
2021 – Asia Now, Paris
2021 – Art 021 Online Platform, Shanghai
2021 – Paper Positions Basel, Gallery O, Basel
2022 – Art Dubai, Gallery O, Dubai
Awards and Scholarships
1985 – Scholarship, Berlin University of the Arts
1999 – Award, International Contemporary Painting Exhibition
Teaching
1991 – Began teaching at various art institutions in Germany
