Keyumars harpa

Kiumars Harpa is an Iranian painter born in 1957 in Tehran. He began painting seriously in 1972 and, following the Cultural Revolution, was admitted to the University of Art in 1983. Among his prominent professors during his studies were Mohammad Ebrahim Jafari, Mehdi Hosseini, Bahman Boroujeni, and Iraj Zand. Harpa’s distinctive and unique style can be described as a form of grotesque, in which one can trace the influence of Marc Chagall. During the second half of the 2010s, he became one of the most renowned contemporary painters in Iran. His solo exhibition in 2019 at Sarban Gallery, titled “Faded Memories”, quickly brought his name into wide recognition. In addition to painting, Harpa has also worked in sculpture, where his highly personal approach to form and volume has produced remarkable works. His use of ancient tree roots combined with thin metal wire resulted in a series of sculptures unlike anything typically seen in contemporary Iranian sculpture.

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Solo Exhibitions

2023
Elastic Memories – Asr Gallery

2022
Inner Dialogue – Sarban Gallery

2020
Small World – Sayeh Plus Gallery

2019
My Tragedy, My Comedy – Sarban Gallery

2018
Colored Memories – Sarban Gallery

Group Exhibitions

2025
In the Absence of Certainty – Golmak Gallery
Artibition Auction – Artibition Gallery
Contemporary Artists’ Self-Portraits – Villa Soufi Gallery
5th Portrait Festival – Niyan Gallery
Tehran – Artibition Gallery
Animal Farm – Karshio Gallery

2024
Several Tens of Million Works – Art Center Gallery
Alizarin Red – Negar Gallery
Face Blindness – Shamis Gallery
A Tale of Two Cities – H Gallery
Talkhoon, Delbar, Delkhun (Three Visions from an Iranian Perspective) – Shamis Gallery
Black and White – Art Center Gallery
Perspective – Negar Gallery

2023
Several Tens of Million Works – Art Center Gallery
Reverence 2023 – Ebtda Gallery
Me, Myself, and I – Asr Gallery
Demon – Sales Gallery
Gestalt 1 – Negah Gallery
Experienced Negar – Negar Gallery
Masters of Modern Art – H Gallery

2022
Us – Artibition Gallery
Master’s Parade (Ustalar Geçidi) – Guga Contemporary Gallery
Continuity – H Gallery

2021
Archive 2 – Artibition Gallery
Collector 9 – Artibition Gallery
Portrait in Contemporary View – Zhaleh Gallery

2020
Crow – Atbin Gallery
Together – Asr Gallery
Printmaking – Negah Gallery
8th Online Auction – Artibition Gallery
Alone – Artibition Gallery
Chaos – Sayeh Gallery

2019
Iranian Figurative Modernists – Idea Gallery
Demon – Sayeh Gallery
Neo-Expressionism in Contemporary Iranian Art – Shirin Gallery

2015
Mehrshahr 1 – Ivan Sepid Gallery

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Keyumars harpa's Exhibitions

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TEHRAN

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July 18, 2025 - August 12, 2025

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TEHRAN

Artibition

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July 18, 2025 - August 12, 2025

In Person - Online

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Artibition

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July 14, 2023 - July 23, 2023

In Person - Online

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November 24, 2022 - December 3, 2022

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