4,500.00 $
Mehdi Sahabi (b. 1943) was an Iranian painter, sculptor, and writer. He studied for two years at the School of Decorative Arts. In 1967, he went to Italy, where he completed a filmmaking course and studied painting for about a year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. After a period in France, he returned to Iran in 1971 and devoted his time to journalism and literary translation. Later, Sahabi turned to painting, holding his first solo exhibition in 1990 at Golestan Gallery. Despite his literary interests, he emphasized the quality of visual form in his artworks. He began painting in the late 1980s, initially depicting scrapped cars. Over time, he explored various painting techniques, collage-like reliefs, and assemblages featuring motifs such as masks and birds, gradually moving toward abstraction. His works are characterized by vibrant colors, a playful and optimistic outlook, and a deep attachment to life. Over his roughly three-decade artistic career, Sahabi created numerous works across painting, sculpture, and photography. He was also a renowned translator, bringing major literary works from French and Italian into Persian, most notably Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. Mehdi Sahabi passed away in 2009.
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Solo Exhibitions
1969
Solo Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1971
Solo Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1972
Solo Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006
Solo Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009
Solo Exhibition, D Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009
Solo Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017
Solo Exhibition, The Unseen of Mehdi Sahabi, Siyahoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018
Solo Exhibition, Beloved Scrap, Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019
Solo Exhibition, Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Mehdi Sahabi’s Passing, Farmanfarma Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2021
Solo Exhibition, A Review of Mehdi Sahabi’s Works, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2024
Solo Exhibition, Wall Ironies, Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2025
Mehdi Sahabi & Manouchehr Safarzadeh, Recovered Time, Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2007
Group Exhibition, Seven Perspectives, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2008
Group Exhibition, 100 Artworks, 100 Artists, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009
Group Exhibition, From Past to Tomorrow, D Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Van Gogh’s Ear, Gallery 10, Tehran, Iran
2010
Group Exhibition, Van Gogh’s Ear, Gallery 10, Tehran, Iran
2011
Group Exhibition, 100 Artworks, 100 Artists, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014
Group Exhibition, Faces, Hoor Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015
Group Exhibition, A Retrospective of the Late Mehdi Sahabi, Art Center Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017
Group Exhibition, From Where to Where, No. 2, Thaleth Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Second Anniversary of Gallery Negar, Negar Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018
Group Exhibition, 6th International Festival of Art for Peace, Mellat Cultural Complex, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Summer Exhibition, Mah Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Free Sale, Free Designers Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019
Group Exhibition, 10-20-30, Free Designers Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Flower Walk, Servanaz Gallery, Shiraz, Iran
2021
Group Exhibition, I Am What I See, Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Along Iraj, Iraj Zand Foundation, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, 30 Sculptures, 30 Sculptors, Artibition Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2022
Group Exhibition, Resize, Artibition Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Modern Collector, Artibition Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2023
Group Exhibition, Selected Works from 70 Years of Sculpture in Iran, Art Center, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Nian Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2024
Group Exhibition, Doubt or No Doubt, Sharif Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Abstract Illusions, Artibition Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Form and Figure, Ev Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition, Projects of the Decades | 1330–1320 [1951–1941], Ev Gallery, Tehran, Iran
