Ali Zakari, a painter born in 1959 in Zanjan, Iran, graduated from the Tehran High School of Fine Arts and pursued his university studies in painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, completing his master's degree at Tarbiat Modares University. He held his first solo exhibitions at the Talare Honar Gallery in Rasht and Gallerie Sabz in Tehran. His work spans painting and drawing, recognized for its expressionist approach to the human figure. Zakari has taught painting and design at several Iranian universities and his works have been shown in numerous domestic group exhibitions, international biennials, and art fairs, including the First Biennale of Iranian Painters, JingART in Beijing, Art Busan, Art Seoul, and EXPO Chicago.
Born: 1959, Zanjan
Awards and Honors
1971 – Selected Artist, First Biennale of Iranian Painters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1971 – Award Winner, Gol Painting Exhibition, Tehran
2002 – Selected Artist, Khial-o-Roya Illustration Festival
2002 – Participant, 7th Graphic Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Solo Exhibitions
2011 – First Solo Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
2011 – Gallerie Sabz, Tehran
2017 – "Deletedness," Homa Gallery, Tehran
2019 – "The Deleted or the Children of God," Seradipour Gallery, Mahshahr
2020 – "In the Fields of Childhood" (Online), Seradipour Gallery, Mahshahr
2023 – "Stepping in the Dark," Niyan Gallery, Tehran
2024 – "Stepping in the Dark," Saray Gallery, Tehran
Group Exhibitions
1980 – First Exhibition of Photojournalists of the Earthquake, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1982 – Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
1986 – Talare Honar Gallery, Rasht
1986 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1986 – Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
1987 – Ghalamdagh Gallery, Mashhad
1989 – Kargah Art Gallery, Tehran
1989 – Children's Book Designers Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1990 – Tehran International Exhibition
1990 – Talare Honar Gallery, Rasht
1991 – Gallerie Sabz, Tehran
1991 – First Biennale of Iranian Painters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
2017 – "Annual Sale," Nak Gallery, Tehran
2018 – "Design as Living," House of Artists, Tehran
2018 – "Movement – Design," Shovadon Gallery, Shushtar
2019 – "Ashura from the Eyes of Contemporary Iranian Painters," Imam Ali Museum of Religious Art, Tehran
2019 – "Beginning," Asr Gallery, Tehran
2019 – "Shabtāb 7," Tarahān Azad Gallery, Tehran
2020 – "Shabtāb 8" (Online), Azad Gallery, Tehran
2020 – "First Greetings, Then Continuation," Sheidai Gallery, Tehran
2021 – "Selections from a Personal Collection," Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2021 – "On the Occasion of the Gallery’s New Location," Ev Gallery, Tehran
2021 – "Main Matter," A Gallery, Tehran
2021 – "His Excellency, Nature," Asr Gallery, Tehran
2023 – "Root," Shakhe Tuba Gallery, Tehran
2023 – "Human Body," Vista Gallery, Tehran
2023 – "Passing Modernism," Ex Homa, Tehran
2023 – "KAO," Hegam Gallery, Mashhad
2024 – "Body and Imagination," Saray Gallery, Tehran
Biennials
1991 – First Biennale of Iranian Painters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Art Fairs & International Exhibitions
2021 – JingART, Beijing, presented by Seradipour Gallery
2021 – Asia Now, Paris, presented by Saray Gallery
2022 – Art Busan, Busan, presented by Seradipour Gallery
2022 – KIAF (Art Seoul), Seoul, presented by Saray Gallery
2023 – Untitled, Boca Raton, presented by Saray Gallery
2024 – EXPO Chicago, New York, presented by Saray Gallery
2025 – EXPO Chicago, New York, presented by Saray Gallery
