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Born: 1965
Education:
Tehran Boys’ School of Visual Arts
Continued painting education under masters such as Yaghoub Emameh-Pich and Hannibal Alkhas
Received an equivalent Bachelor’s degree from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Artistic Activities:
To date, he has participated in over 150 solo and group exhibitions in Iran (Tehran and other cities) and internationally, including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, Australia, and Kuwait.
Teaching drawing and painting in independent art classes
Collaboration and teaching painting in Hannibal Alkhas’s classes
Teaching painting to children in independent classes and in elementary and middle schools
Design for books and magazines, and illustration for children’s and adult books
Permanent member of the Iranian Painters Association
Exhibitions:
2012
Group exhibition Calligrams of the Divan of Hafez (Hafez Commemoration)
Exhibition in Toronto, Arta Gallery, managed by Ms. Firoozeh Aghdashloo, February 12, 2015
Group exhibition with students (The Awake Willow), Afrand Gallery, Mehr
Tehran Art Expo, Vahdat Hall, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute (July–August)
Second Tehran Painting Market, Iranian Painters Association, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute (May)
2011
Group exhibition “Human”, members of the Iranian Painters Association, Artists’ House (January)
2010
Group exhibition of visual arts, Art Center (March)
Annual exhibition of the Iranian Painters Association, Artists’ House (July–August)
Group exhibition, 100,000 Toman Art Sale, Iranian Painters Association, Barg Gallery
Fourth Major Annual Visual Arts Sale, Haft Negah, Artists’ House (December)
Group exhibition 100 Works by 100 Artists, Golestan Gallery (August)
Group exhibition of permanent members of the Iranian Painters Association, Artists’ House (July–August)
Group exhibition Shahnameh (Shahnameh Group), Laleh Gallery (May)
2009
Group exhibition of visual arts, Art Center (March)
Group exhibition with Taraneh Sadeghian, Samira Darya, and Meysam Nejad Rasouli, gallery exhibition
2008
Painting Art Expo, Vahdat Hall (via galleries)
Group exhibition at Niavaran Cultural Center (public auction), organized by the Iranian Painters Association
Painting Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art
First exhibition of selected artists from Iranian galleries, Academy of Arts, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute (May)
Participation in group exhibition commemorating Hannibal Alkhas, Kermanshah
Group exhibition organized by the Iranian Painters Association, Artists’ House
Group exhibition with students, Laleh Gallery (August)
Group exhibition reviewing gallery activities, Imam Ali Museum (via Laleh Gallery)
2008
Group exhibition commemorating Rumi (In Memory of Molana), Laleh Gallery (January)
Group exhibition commemorating women, Bahman Cultural Center
Group exhibition, Imam Ali Museum
Charity group exhibition for mental health patients, Ibn Sina Cultural Center (May)
Group exhibition of Iranian Painters Association members titled The Influence of Literature on Contemporary Artists, Artists’ House
2006
Group exhibition with Hannibal Alkhas, Taraneh Sadeghian, and students, Arte Gallery (May)
Group exhibition of Iranian Painters Association members (Portrait), Mommiz Gallery (March)
Solo exhibition, Designers’ Free Gallery (September–November)
Solo exhibition, Sweden (non-attendance)
Group exhibition in the United States (non-attendance)
Exhibition at Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark (non-attendance)
Group exhibition with students, Laleh Gallery
Group exhibition, Afrand Gallery (summer)
Group watercolor exhibition by Iranian Painters Association members, Mehrin Gallery
Peace exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center (organized by the Urban Defense Association), April
Group exhibition Two Figures, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art (June)
2005
Group exhibition, Artists’ House (Mirmiran Gallery)
Group exhibition with students, Aban Gallery
Solo exhibition, Arya Gallery
Spiritual Art Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center
2003
Solo exhibition, Denmark (University)
Solo exhibition, Elheh Gallery
Group exhibition in Kuwait with Hannibal Alkhas, Taraneh Sadeghian, and Hadi Ziaoddini; non-attendance participation by Simin Akrami, Ali Taraghi-Jah, Bahram Dabiri, and Reza Yarahmadi (June)
Group exhibition with students, Banafsheh Gallery (June)
Group exhibition with Taraneh Sadeghian and students from two classes, Laleh Gallery (July)
2002
Group exhibition commemorating Shahnameh with Taraneh Sadeghian, Reza Hedayat, Keyvan Asgari, Sirous Aghakhani, Mojgan Mozafari, and honorary participation of Hannibal Alkhas (March)
Group exhibition to aid flood victims of Qazvin, held at Niavaran Cultural Center, Arasbaran, Artists’ House, Laleh Gallery, and Semnan
Exhibition of Expressionist artists organized by the Iranian Painters Association, Artists’ House and Laleh Gallery
Drawing exhibition with Hannibal Alkhas and students, Arte Gallery
Telephone-based artworks exhibition, Laleh Gallery
Monoprint exhibition, Laleh Gallery
Group exhibition, Arasbaran, Niavaran, and Laleh
Solo exhibition, Barg Gallery (130 works), July
2001
Group exhibition with students, Laleh Gallery (January)
Contemporary Designers Exhibition, Laleh Gallery (December)
2000
Exhibition with Hannibal Alkhas, Laleh Creations Gallery
Group exhibition of painting and masks, Haft Sumar Gallery, fundraising for the Free Art Center
Solo exhibition, Copenhagen (Melba Host)
Two-person exhibition, Copenhagen, Shambala Gallery with Iraqi painter “Dalir”
Solo exhibition, Copenhagen, Painters’ Union
Solo exhibition, Elheh Gallery
Group exhibition in Shiraz with Hannibal Alkhas
1999
Solo exhibition, Barg Gallery
Group exhibition in Arak with Hannibal Alkhas
Group exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center
1998
Group exhibition with Hannibal Alkhas
Solo exhibition for International Women’s Day, Afrand Gallery
Group exhibition of contemporary Iranian designers, Afrand Gallery
Group exhibition, Afrand Gallery
Non-attendance group exhibitions in Germany and Australia
Group exhibition for International Women’s Day
1997
Participation in the 4th Painting Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art
Participation in exhibition commemorating Hannibal Alkhas, Azadi Cultural Center
Solo exhibition (140 works), Afrand Gallery
Participation in group exhibition aiding patients with special diseases
Group portrait exhibition, Afrand Gallery
Group exhibition for International Women’s Day
1996
Two-person exhibition with Taraneh Sadeghian
Participation in a major cultural-artistic festival supporting hemophilia patients
Group exhibition (International Women’s Day)
Group exhibition with Hannibal Alkhas, Arya Gallery
1995
Solo exhibition in a private space
