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Ehsan Abdollahi is an illustrator and animator, born in 1980 in Bandar Abbas, Iran. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Illustration from Tehran University of Art. His works combine colors and patterns inspired by the textiles of southern Iran. Abdollahi has illustrated books such as When I Coloured the World, A Bottle of Happiness, and Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me. In 2018, he was selected as Illustrator in Residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Some of his recent exhibitions include his solo exhibition Pieces of Descent (2025, Naqshnegar Gallery, Tehran) and participation in numerous group exhibitions in Iran and abroad.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Pieces of Descent, Naqshnegar Gallery, Tehran
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – Very, Very Small Frames, Bostan Gallery, Tehran
2025 – Illustrators’ Reading, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art
2025 – May it Reach History, Iran Artists’ House, Tehran
2025 – Spring, Leon Gallery, San Francisco
2025 – Painting 2, Iran Artists’ House, Tehran
2024 – Fish, Estakhr Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Heart-to-Heart, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Clothes and Hangers, Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Something Better, Estakhr Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Painting, Iran Artists’ House, Tehran
2024 – Woman at the Center of the Image, Iran Artists’ House, Tehran
2023 – Echo Within, Estakhr Gallery, Tehran
2018 – The Tale Still Remains, Dena Gallery, Tehran
Awards and Residencies
2018 – Illustrator in Residence, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Books
Who Looks Like Who!?
Yalda Party
They Call Me Blue Eyes
Suddenly the Lights Turned On
I Ran and Ran
The Lonely Mountain and Some Big Backs
A Bottle of Happiness
The Secret of the Old Shoes
When I Coloured the World
A Bottle of Happiness
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me
