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Ardeshir Mohasses is a cartoonist born in Rasht in 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Tehran in 1962. However, after her cartoons were published in publications, she turned to art professionally. In the years before the revolution, in addition to the press, he also published several books of his works. After publishing his drawings in several reputable publications in America, he left Iran for this country in 1975 and lived in America for the rest of his life. From the beginning of his career in the late 1930s, Ardeshir Mohasses went against the conventional trend of cartoonists of that era to address bitter and dark social and political issues. He began a new step in the direction of caricature and press. The detailed drawings are mostly executed on a simple background and criticize injustice. Few works of this artist are in color. He is known for his powerful lines, usually with black and white drawings, and he has also created color works with the same power. He has always had the concern of society in mind and has practiced expressing it to society. Many of his works have been exhibited in major exhibitions in Iran and abroad, and his works have also been sold at auction. His unique style shows both the influence of designers such as Roland Topour and traces of older traditions in Iran. Nikzad Nojomi points out the influence of coffeehouse painting on his works. He was skilled in depicting collapsed figures, and his works can be described as grotesque. His fame increased after his death, as several exhibitions of his works were held and several books were published about him. Ardeshir Mohasses finally died in New York in 2008.
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1330s
1330
Published works in Towfigh magazine
1337
Participated in the first Tehran Biennial
1339
Participated in the second Tehran Biennial, White Palace (Kakh-e Abyaz)
1340s
1341
Participated in the third Tehran Biennial
Earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, University of Tehran
1342
Published works in Ahmad Shamlou’s journal under the title The Lionhearted Girls
1343
Participated in the fourth Tehran Biennial
1346
Solo exhibition, Ghandriz Gallery, Tehran
1348
Solo exhibition, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
1349
Group exhibition, American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York
1350s
1350
Group exhibition, Museum of Art, Paris
Solo exhibition, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
Solo exhibition, Municipality Club, Tehran
1351
Solo exhibition, Iran-America Cultural Society, Tehran
1352
: Group exhibition, Drawings from The New York Times, Museum of Fine Arts, Bordeaux
1353
Group exhibition, Louvre Museum, Paris
Solo exhibition, Columbia University, New York
1354
Solo exhibition, Lito Gallery, Tehran
Solo exhibition, Graham Gallery, New York
1355
Participated in Art Basel, Switzerland
Group exhibition, Modern Iranian Arts, Iran-America Society, Tehran
Group exhibition, Zand Gallery, Tehran
Emigrated to the United States
1360s
1362
Solo exhibition, Ardeshir’s Drawings, Studio 369, Boston
1365
Solo exhibition, Foundation for Iranian Arts, Los Angeles
1367
Named “the greatest living cartoonist-caricaturist” by IDEA magazine, Japan
1368
Published the book Closed-Circuit History, Washington, D.C
1370s
1370–1372
Solo exhibition The Open Secret, Westbeth Gallery, New York
1372
Emigrated to France
1375
Returned and relocated to the United States
1380s
1385: Solo exhibition After Three Decades, Homa Gallery, Tehran
1386
Solo exhibition Ardeshirstan, Homa Gallery
Solo exhibition at the Asia Society, New York
1387
Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran, Asia Society Museum, New York
Passed away in Mehr (October), New York
Posthumous Exhibitions – 1390s
1390–1392
Group exhibition Iran Modern, Asia Society Museum, New York
1393–1397
Participated in Art Dubai, Frieze New York
1394–1396
– Group exhibitions at Homa, Shirin, Dastan, +2 galleries, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Afrand Gallery, etc
– Solo and group exhibitions at Dastan, +2, Negar, and Artibition galleries
1397
– Works shown at Frieze New York and Art Dubai
– Group exhibitions in Paris, Los Angeles, and Tehran
1400s to Present
1400
– Solo exhibitions: Sahar Balouki Gallery (Toronto), Artibition (Tehran), Nian (Tehran)
– Participated in Frieze New York and Asia Now (Paris)
– Group exhibitions at Artibition, Zhaleh, Leila Heller, Homa, Liam, O, Iranian Artists Forum, Museum of Contemporary Art
1401
– Solo exhibitions: Ardeshir’s Colors, The Politics of the Body
– Group exhibitions: Resize, Recovery, Us, Art Dubai
1402
– Group exhibitions: Point of View, Treasure 3, Several Seasons, Continuous Visualization, The Armory Show New York
1403
– Solo exhibition, Yeganeh Gallery, Tehran
– Group exhibitions: A Collection, Doubt or No Doubt, Abstract Art Practice
