Selected Artists - FARAIRAN

Mansour Ghandriz

January 30, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

(1935-1965)

Born in Tabriz, Iran

Education:

Graduated from the Fine Arts School, Tehran and the Fine Arts and Decorative Arts, University of Tehran, Iran

Artistic Activities:

60`s and 70`s The founder and manager of Ghandriz Gallery, Tehran, Iran

One of the founders of “Saqqakhaneh” artistic movement.

Teacher at School of Fine Arts

Exhibitions:

3^rd, 4^th and 5^th Tehran biennials.

Paris biennial

Sao Paolo biennial, Brazil

Hossein Mahjoubi

January 30, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

Born 1930, Lahijan, Iran

Education:
BA in Painting, Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts

Artistic Activities:

Director of Technical Office of City Halls Parks for 12 Years

Design, execution and completion of Sa’ee, Melat, Jamshidieh, Laleh and City Parks

The fruit of his 50 years of artistic activity is about 3000 drawings, water color, oil paintings and calligraphy-paintings in the fields of architecture and urban planning

Exhibitions:
Participation in 40 individual and numerous group exhibitions in Iran and abroad

Mohammad Hossein Maher

January 30, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

Born in 1957, Abadan, Iran

Education:

B.A in Painting from Faculty of Visual Arts

Artistic Activities:

1980-1981 Professorship of Art, University of Visual Arts, Tehran

1987-1991 Professorship of Art, University o Art

1995-1997 Professorship of Art, Azad Art University, Tehran

1992-1993 Professorship of Art, Azad Art University, Esfahan

Solo Exhibitions

2001, 13 Gallery, Cologne, Germany

1999, Aria Gallery, Tehran

1998, Fereshteh Gallery, Tehran

1996, Sayhoon Gallery, Tehran

1995, Cologne Cultural House, Germany

1994, Sayhoon Gallery, Tehran

1994, Classic Gallery, Esfahan, Iran

1993, Bonn Cultural Society, Bonn, Germany

1993, Private exhibition, (retrospective), Tehran

1992, Sayhoon Gallery, Tehran

1991, Art Gallery, Rasht, Iran

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Reza Lavasani

January 29, 2022/in Selected Artists

1962, Tehran, Iran,

Education:

1991 B.A. in painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University
1981 High School Diploma in Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran

Membership:
Member of Iranian Society of Painters

Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Dar Al-Funoon Gallery, “Planting New roots”, Kuwait

2007 Assar Art Gallery, painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2006 Tarahan-e Azad Gallery, installation exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2005 Mah Art Gallery, painting and sculpture exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2004 Assar Art Gallery, painting and sculpture exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2003 Elaheh Gallery, hand printing and sculpture exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2003 Iranian Artists’ Forum, hand printing and sculpture exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2002 Arya Gallery, sculpture exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2001 Tarahan-e Azad Gallery, hand printing exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2000 Barg Gallery, painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran

1998 Barg Gallery, painting and sculpture exhibition, Tehran, Iran

1994 Arya Gallery, painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran

Group Exhibitions:
2007 International House of Art for Children, Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia

1994-2007 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan

2006 The 12th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2006 University of Fine Arts, Mexico

2005 International House of Art for Children, Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia

2000 The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Second Biennial of Sculpture, Tehran, Iran

2000 The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts the Sixth Biennial of Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran

1999 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Sixth International Biennial of Illustration, Tehran, Iran

1993 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Third International Biennial of Illustration, Tehran, Iran

Other Activities:

Speeches made at different occasions and articles printed in various periodicals on the subject of illustration, sculpting and painting in Iran

2006 Works printed in the book “Contemporary Graphic Design in Iran” in Netherlands

2006 Works printed in Vroom Journal: The journal of drawIng and handmade illustration, UK

1995-1996, Works printed in The UNESCO calendar

Auctions:
2008 Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art Sales, London, UK
2008 Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art Sales, Dubai, UAE

Farideh Lashayi

January 29, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

1944, Rasht ̗ Iran – 2013, Tehran

Education:

BA Literature, Goethe University of Frankfurt.

Artistic Activity:

Crystal designer at Riedel’s Factory, Kufstien, Germany.

Exhibitions:

46 group and solo exhibitions held all over the world since 1967

Keyvan Mahjoor

January 24, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

Born in 1948, Isfahan, Iran

Education:

Graduated in Persian Literature from Pahlavi University, Shiraz

Artistic Activities:

He has worked for the Niavaran Cultural Centre of Tehran for five years.

1979 Established Ketab-e-Azad book store and publishing company.

Hossein Kazemi

January 23, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

Is Born 26 October 1924 in Tehran

Education:

1925 Art diploma, “Firooz Bahram” High School & Art School of Kamal-ol-Molk, Thran

1945 BA in painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University

Exhibitions:
1945 Participates in an exhibition held by “Iran- Soviet Cultural Society”

Holds a solo painting exhibition at “Franco- Iranian Society”, Tehran

1948 Holds a solo painting exhibition at “Franco- Iranian Society”, Tehran

1949 Holds a solo painting exhibition at Alborz High School, Tehran

Opens “Apadana Gallery” with other founding members: Mahmoud Javadpour & Houshang Ajoudani.

Participates in a group exhibition at “Apadana Gallery”, Tehran.

Holds an exhibition at “Apadana Gallery”, Tehran

1953 Travels to Paris & continues academic studies at School of Fine Arts, Paris.

Holds on exhibition at “Romeo & Juliet Gallery”, Paris.

1954 Holds a solo exhibition at Museum of Modern Arts, Paris.

1955 Holds a solo exhibition at Museum of Modern Arts, Paris.

1957 Participates in exhibition of foreign painters at “Petit Palais”, Paris.

Participates in a droup exhibition at “Tedesco Gallery”, Paris.

1958 Holds a solo exhibition at “Tedesco Gallery”, Paris.

Returns to Iran.

Participates in the 1st Painting Biennial of Tehran & receives an award.

Is appointed president of Fine Arts High School, Tabriz.

1959 Holds a solo exhibition at “Talar-e-reza Abbasi”, Tehran.

1960 Is granted scholarship to Vallauris, France For a pottery course.

Returns to Iran.

Participates in the 2nd Painting Biennial of Tehran & receives an award.

1961 Holds a Pottery exhibition at alar-e-Farhang” Tehran. Founds Sarv art magazine in Tabriz.

Participates in the Venice Biennial.

1962 Participates in the 3rd Painting Biennial of Tehran.

Participates in a group potty exhibition in Vallauris, France.

Is appointed president of boys fine Arts High School in Tehran & teaches at Faculty of Decorative Arts.

1964 Participates in the 4th Painting Biennial, Tehran.

Participates in the Venice Biennial.

Participates in the th International Contemporary Art Exhibition, New Delhi, India.

1966 Participates in the 5th Painting Biennial, Tehran.

Participates in the Venice biennial.

Holds a pottery exhibition in Vallauris, France.

1967 Holds a solo exhibition at “Franco-Iranian Society”, Tehran.

1968 Holds a solo exhibition at “Franco-Iranian Society”, Tehran.

1970 Is granred scholarship to “Cite Internationale des Arts”.

1972 Returns to Tehran & continues Teaching at the Faculty of Decorative Arts.

1973 Holds a solo exhibition at “Cyrus Gallery”, Paris.

1976 Holds a drawing exhibition at “Litho Gallery”, Tehran.

1979 Travel to Paris.

1980 Resides at “Cite Internationale des Arts” for 2 years, Paris.

Holds a drawing exhibition at “Cite Internationale des Arts”, Paris.

1981 Holds a drawing exhibition at “Cite Internationale des Arts”, Paris.

1983 Returne to Tehran temporarily.

Holds an exhibition at “Etienne de Causans Gallery”, Paris.

1990 Starts to teach Art in his atelier, which in spite of illness continued up to the end of his life.

1991 Holds a painting exhibition at “Seyhoun Gallery”, Tehran.

1992 Holds his last painting exhibition in his atlier, Paris.

1993 Passes away in hospital, 4 May, and is buried in Thiais in Paris.

An exhibition is held in his memory at “Amir kadir Cultural Centre”, Tehran.

Commemoration ceremony for Hossein Kazemi, in “Iran’s Cultural Society”, Paris.

1999 A number of his works are displayed in the exhibition “A New Lookato Nature”, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

A number of his works are displayed in the exhibition “Art of 20” (One Century of Iranian Contemporary Painting), Tehran Museum of

ontemporary Art.

: oil on polystyrene on board – 127 x91.5cm-1977

: oil and acrylic on card mounted on board-73×73-1987

: stones and pomegerante-95.5×95

: untitled-90x140cm-oil

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: untitled-100x130cm-oil

: untitled-70x90cm-oil

Kamran Katouzian

January 23, 2022/in Painting, Selected Artists

Born in 1941, Tehran
1965, BFA in Fine Arts, Windham College, Putney, VT, USA
1965-1967, School of Architecture, University of Tehran

Awards / Recognition
1965, 4th Biennale, Tehran
Grand Prize winner for works in both painting and sculptor
Paris Biennale
1965, Represented Iranian Contemporary Art, Paris
Venice Biennale
1966, Represented Iranian Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
1977, Washington International Art Festival, Washington DC, USA
Rome National Museum of Traditional Art
2000, Represented Iranian Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy

Works for Permanent Collections in Museums
Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran
Contemporary Art Museum, Kashan
Museum Of Modern Art, New York