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Dr. Faramarz Mokhtarpour was born in the cultural and art lover family in Iran (Mashhad) in 1964. He was interested in painting from childhood, drawing with perception from what he saw around himself. He gradually experienced working with watercolor and gouache. He won the first prize in the Painting competitions at schools across the country. He experienced working with oil paints and later pastels by the time he was 15 years old.
Family circumstances and academic talent led him to his college major course in 1982 and accepted in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. And since 1989 he graduated and entered the field of medicine in addition to art, too. Associated to education and medical profession has used every opportunity to experience and create paintings, and Guided by contemporary masters , with the help of art textbooks and use of the nature , the finest paintings artistic creature he has been able to gain experience in the fields of painting.
His particular interest to nature led him in many of his works perspectives of nature's beauty seen. His painting style was realism with tendencies to impressionism and sometimes surrealism, Inner sense and the years of experience plays a significant role in the creation of his works
Published artworks in the book collection of works, postcards and postersA period of presence on board the visual arts MashhadParticipation in the jury of several cultural and artistic festivalsParticipation in holding about 50 individual and group exhibitions at home and abroad that a number of them are mentioned:
Solo exhibition in Mashhad Galiran Gallery - Fall 1989
Solo exhibition in Mashhad Mirak gallery - Fall 1999
Solo exhibition in Mashhad Mirak gallery - Fall 2001Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery - Fall 2002
solo exhibition in Mashhad Mirak gallery - winter 2003
show and sell artwork in Art Expo of Vahdat Hall of Tehran 2004
Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery - May 2005
Participation in Beijing China Art Expo - 2006
Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery –Dec 2006
Group Exhibition at Tehran Shams Gallery - winter 2006
Solo exhibition at Tehran Shams Gallery- Fall 2007
Solo exhibition at the complex of Imam Reza (AS) Gallery in Mashhad- Winter 2007
Group exhibitions at Tehran Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery –May 2009
Participation at Tehran Art Expo (Academy Saba) - 2009
Solo exhibition at Apadana Gallery in Esfehan-spring 2010
Group exhibition at Tehranaqsh-e Jahan Gallery –Sep 2010
Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsh- Jahan Gallery –June 2011
Group Exhibition at Tehran Shams Gallery –Dec 2011
Solo exhibition in Mashhad koohsangi garden art Chaharsogh- Fall 2011
Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery Sep 2012
Medical Group Exhibition Artist (solok-e sepid 1) in Mashhad Rezvan Gallery- Summer 2013
Solo exhibition in Mashhad charitable Gulistan Ali (AS) Gallery- Fall 2013Solo exhibition (Avayeh tabiat) in Mashhad Rezvan Gallery-Dec 2014
Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsheh Jahan Gallery -March 2014Group Exhibition in Mashhad Artin Gallery, - spring 2015
Group Exhibition at Tehran Shams Gallery -, Fall 2015
Group Exhibition of Medical Artists (solok-e sepid 2) in Mashhad Rezvan Gallery- Sep 2015
Solo exhibition at Tehran Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery -January 2015.
Solo exhibition (100 artworks) in Mashhad Rezvan Gallery - spring 2016
Group Exhibition in Mashhad Aseman Gallery - spring 2016
Group Exhibition at Tehran Shams Gallery – spring2016
Solo Exhibition at one arts gallery in Gold Coast Australia-Agust 2016
Group spring exhibition of the members at VAS gallery in Melbourne in which won the Gorgon Moffaad prize as the best painting between 120 partcipian.
Group exhibition of VAS members Melbourne Australia December 2016
Group exhibition at Majlis Gallery Dubai Dec 2017
Group Exhibition and Affordable Art Sale Auction of members at VAS gallery.
Group Autumn Exhibition of VAS Members April 2017 Melbourne Astralia
solo exhibiton (melody of water) at Skokouh Gallery in Tehran April 2017