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Iran Darroudi was a painter and director, born in 1936 (1315 SH) in Neyshabur, Iran. She spent her childhood between Iran and Germany. From an early age, her passion for painting became evident, and she participated in free art classes. In 1954 (1333 SH), she moved to Paris to study painting at the École des Beaux-Arts, later continuing her studies in stained glass (vitrail) at the Royal Academy of Brussels and in art history at the École du Louvre. Her professional career began in the late 1950s. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1958 (1337 SH) at the Miami Beach Art Center in the United States. She later exhibited her works in numerous countries, including France, Japan, Mexico, Canada, and Iran. While her style bears some resemblance to surrealism, it is deeply rooted in a personal, symbolic vision of life, time, and nature. Darroudi also directed over 80 art documentaries, wrote art criticism in various publications, and taught art history for several years at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. Her paintings—marked by a masterful play of light, space, and color—hover between reality and dream. In the final years of her life, she dedicated many of her works to founding a museum in her name. Iran Darroudi passed away in October 2021 .
Art Exhibitions
1958 (1337 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Miami Beach Art Center, USA
• Solo Exhibition, Columbia University, New York
1959 (1338 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Farhang Hall, Tehran
• Solo Exhibition, Royal Hilton Hotel, Tehran
1961 (1340 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Iran-America Society, Tehran
• Solo Exhibition, Farhang Hall, Tehran
1963 (1342 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Zelles Museum, Brussels
1964 (1343 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Santa Maria Pizza Gallery, Milan
• Solo Exhibition, Borges Gallery, Tehran
1965 (1344 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Iran-America Society, Tehran
1968 (1347 SH)
• Commissioned by ITT Corporation to create an artwork titled "Iranian Oil"
1969 (1348 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Negar Gallery, Tehran
1970 (1349 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Royal Hilton Hotel, Tehran
• Solo Exhibition, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
1972 (1351 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Tehran
1973 (1352 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Space 2000 Gallery, New York (twice listed)
• Solo Exhibitions, Goethe Institute branches in Abadan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Isfahan
• Solo Exhibition, Durant Gallery, Paris
• Solo Exhibition, Atrium Atris Gallery, Genoa
1974 (1353 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, National Iranian Oil Company, Abadan
• Solo Exhibition, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad
• Solo Exhibition, Gallery 21, Zurich
1975 (1354 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Galleria Gallery, Mexico
• Solo Exhibition, Darroudi Gallery, Tehran
• Solo Exhibition, Durant Gallery, Tokyo
1976 (1355 SH)
• Exhibition, Museum of Art, Mexico
• Solo Exhibition, Heritage Gallery, Toronto
• Solo Exhibition, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad
• Solo Exhibition, University of Isfahan
• Solo Exhibition, National Oil Company, Abadan
• Solo Exhibition, National Iranian Television, Shiraz
• Solo Exhibition, Alexander Gallery, Tehran
1978 (1357 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Prime Ministers Club, Tehran
• Solo Exhibition, Intercontinental Hotel, Genoa
1982 (1361 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Mut Gallery, Genoa
1987 (1366 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Bailol Gallery, Paris
1988 (1367 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Ronald Gross Hall, Palais de Chaillot, Paris
• Solo Exhibition, Studio Q, New Jersey
1989 (1368 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, First Credit Bank, Los Angeles
1991 (1370 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, AMORC Cultural Center, Paris
• Solo Exhibition, Iranian Cultural Center, Düsseldorf
1992 (1371 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Azadi Museum, Tehran
1993 (1372 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Sepehri Gallery, Tehran
1994 (1373 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Art 54 Gallery, New York
• Solo Exhibition, United Nations, New York
1995 (1374 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Tehran
1999 (1378 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Hoorian Gallery, San Francisco
• Solo Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles
2002 (1381 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2008 (1387 SH)
• Solo Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2014 (1393 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “Desolation”, Faramarzi Gallery, Tehran
2017 (1396 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “Ambiguous Reality”, Farmanfarma Gallery, Tehran
• Group Exhibition, “One of Thousands”, Elahi Gallery, Rasht
2018 (1397 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “In the Color of the Sky”, Art Land Gallery, Tehran
2019 (1398 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “Neo-Surrealism in Contemporary Iranian Art”, Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2021 (1400 SH)
• Passed away in Tehran, Iran
Posthumous Exhibitions
2021 (1400 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “Winter Collection of Veteran Artists 1400”, Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2022 (1401 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “Recovery”, Nian Gallery, Tehran
2023 (1402 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “The Modern Collector”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2024 (1403 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “Abstract Illusions”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
• Group Exhibition, “Beyond the Mirage”, Mellal Gallery, Tehran
2025 (1404 SH)
• Group Exhibition, “On the Path of Iranian Art History”, Saless Gallery, Tehran
