fateme emdadian

Fatemeh Emdadian, a modernist sculptor, was born in 1955 in Tabriz, Iran. She completed her studies at the School of Fine Arts in Tehran and the Faculty of Decorative Arts (University of Art, Tehran). Emdadian began her professional career in the late 1980s, holding her first solo exhibition in 1990 at Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran. Her works are primarily centered on the human figure and can be technically divided into two main categories: bronze and wooden sculptures. Her wooden sculptures, often scaled close to the human body and marked by distinctive diagonal cuts, embody an abstract language with a modernist approach. Her bronze works, in both large and small formats, explore themes of connection, rupture, suffering, and existential tension. Over several decades, Emdadian has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Iran and internationally. Her work has been presented in events such as the First Beijing International Art Biennale. She has also been active in the field of public sculpture. Among her works is Life, a sculpture once installed at the Iranian Artists Forum, which was later stolen and went missing.

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Born: 1955, Tabriz, Iran

Education

1976 — Entered the Faculty of Decorative Arts, Tehran
1976 — Graduated from Behzad School of Fine Arts, Tehran

Solo Exhibitions

2018 — Sculpture Exhibition, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran
2015 — Hidden Metaphors of the Human Body, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran
2000 — Barg Gallery, Tehran
1999 — Nil Gallery, Tehran
1999 — Barg Gallery, Tehran
1996 — Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1994 — Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1992 — Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1990 — Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran

Duo / Special Exhibition

2023 — Fatemeh Emdadian & Nosratollah Moslemian, Hasht
Cheshmeh Art Space, Kashan

Group Exhibitions (Iran)

2024 — Beyond the Mirage, Melal Gallery, Tehran
2024 — Dorous, No. 34, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2021 — Thirty Sculptures, Thirty Sculptors, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2021 — In Continuation of Iraj, Iraj Zand Foundation, Tehran
2017 — Small + Fifty, Aran Gallery, Tehran
2014 — In Another View, Shila Gallery, Tehran
2010 — Disappeared Sculptures in Tehran
2005 — Barg Gallery, Tehran (Portrait Sculptors)
2004 — Dey Gallery, Tehran
2004 — 4th Tehran Sculpture Biennial
2003 — Laleh Gallery, Tehran (Form in Sculpture)
2002 — 3rd Sculpture Biennial
2000 — Anahita Gallery, Tehran
1999 — 2nd Iranian Sculptors Biennial
1998 — Barg Gallery, Tehran (International Women’s Day)
1997 — Arya Gallery, Tehran
1997 — Classic Gallery, Isfahan
1996 — Cultural Affairs, French Embassy, Tehran
1994 — Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
1991 — Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
1990 — Afrand Gallery (Millennium of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh)
1990 — Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

Group Exhibitions (International)

2009 — Shahrzad Masks, Candlestar Gallery, London
2006 — Esmeralda University Exhibition, Mexico City
2004 — Contemporary Iranian Art, National Museum of Armenia
2003 — First Beijing International Art Biennale, China
1999 — Iranian Art, Kuwait

Awards & Honors

2004 — Certificate of Merit, 4th Tehran Sculpture Biennial
2002 — Honorary Diploma and Sculpture Award, 3rd Sculpture Biennial
1999 — Third Prize, 2nd Iranian Sculptors Biennial