Morteza Momayez

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Born in 1935, Tehran, Iran

Death: 2005, Tehran. Iran

SCOPE: Poster, Illustration, Sign, Publication design, Advertising , Typography, Packaging

QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of art at the Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Tehran /1964.

Post Graduated from Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifes Paris / 1968?

POSITIONS: Lecturer in Plastic Art Dept. at University of Tehran from / 1969- onward.

Member of AGI / 1977 -onward.

Chairman of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) 1998

Chairman of Iranian Graphic Design Biennal-Tehran 1999?

Member of Art Academy of Iran

Author

What is Graphic Design? / 1973

Graphic Art in Iran 1974

Signs (artist’s designs) / 1983

Plakate/Posters (artist’s designs) / 1984

Illustration & Imagination (artist’s designs) / 1989

Book Cover Design ( 500 artist’s designs) / 2000

and also a number of articles in several publications ( Iran and abroad)

Professional practice

Illustration & design for several Iranianl newspaper and magazines / 1952-58.

Designer, Art director / Pars Studio / 1958-63

Designer, Art director / Seven Up Corporation-Iran / 1963-66

Designer, Art director / Following art and cultural publications:Ketab-e-Hafteh, Roudaki,

Farhang-O-Zendegi, Cinema, Kelk, Goft-O-gou, Payam Emrooz, Zaman, Sharif Creative

director & designer / Tehran International Film Festival / 1971-73

Occasional practice

Three short animation films / 1971-73

Several light designs, Stage design and art direction projects for some plays,
Interior Design.

Exhibitions:

Individual exhibition:
Iran and Germany

Group exhibition:

AGI (Alliance Graphique International)

Berlin, Essen (Germany)

Bologna (Italy)

Brno (Czech Republic)

Cannes Festival, Chaumont, Paris, Echirolles (France)

Chicago, Colorado (USA)

Lahti (Finland)

Tehran (Iran)

Toyama (Japan)

Warsawa, Krakowie (Poland)

Saed Meshki

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Born in 1964, Iran

Education:

Graduated in Graphic Design in the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Tehran

Additional Activities:

One of the co-founders of “The 5th Color”

Professional Activities:

Working as a free-lance Graphic Designer in his personal studio on cultural projects

Teaches at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran

Founding member of Neshan (Iranian Graphic Design magazine)

Art Director and Graphic Designer of several publication houses

Memberships:

Member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI)

Member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)

Awards:

Winner of the Second Prize for cover design and the Special Prize of Creativity of the 6th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Design, 1999

First Prize for Cover Design of the 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Design, 2001

Pearl of Czech Republic Design, 2002

First Prize of the First Biennial of Cover Design of Tehran, 2003

Icograda Excellent Award in the 19th international poster Biennial Warsaw, 2004

Majid Abbasi

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Born in 1965, Tehran, Iran

Education:

B.A. in Visual Communication, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran

Professional Activities:

Freelance Graphic Designer, 1986 – 1989

Established Did Graphics Inc., with Firouz Shafei, 1989

Member of the Editorial Board of “Neshan” magazine

Member of the Organizing Committee of the Tehran International Poster Biennial

Member of the Board and Treasurer of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) since 2003

Teaches at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, since 2003

Memberships:

Member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) since 1998

Awards:

Two Prizes at the 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designer, Tehran, 1999

Third Prize, the First Book Cover Design Competition, Tehran, 2003

Honorary Diploma, the Academy of Arts, Tehran, 2005

Jury Award, the Second China International Poster Biennial, 2005

Andy Warhol Award, 6th Trnava Poster Triennial, Slovakia, 2006

Selected Exhibitions:

Participated in group exhibitions in Brno , Chaumont , Colorado , Krakow , Echirolles , Gijón , HangZhou , Hong Kong , Hoorn , Isfahan , Incheon , Kharkov , Lahti , La Louviere , Mons , Moscow , Ogaki , Palermo , Paris , Prague , Stuttgart , Tehran , Toyoma , Trani , Trnava , Warsaw , Yazd

Additional Activities:

One of the co-founders of “The 5th Color”

Reza Abedini

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Born in 1967 Tehran, Iran
graduated in graphic design from the school of Fine Arts, 1985
B. A in Painting from Tehran Art University, 1992
Professional career as graphic designer since, 1989
Founded Reza Abedini Studio, Tehran 1993

Activities

Author and Art critique | since 1990

Head of visual section | Sooreh art and culture magazine | 1992/93

Guest editor and art director | Tasvir monthly magazine | Graphic issue | #10/11 | 1993

Member of Iranian Graphic Designers’ society | IGDS | since 1997

Head of IGDS’s cultural committee | 1999

Managing director | The 4th Generations’ Poster Exhibition | 1999

Member of Alliance Graphic International | AGI | 2001

Member of administer committee | Self-promotional poster exhibition | Iran | 2001

Managing director | The Polish Posters Exhibition | Iran | 2001

Founding the “ 5 th Color ” group | 2001 (And left in 2003)

Managing director | The Exhibition of Ralph Schraivogle’s posters in Tehran | 2002

Managing director | The Keystone exhibition | 2002

Managing director | The First Persian Typography Exhibition: Bouf e kour. | 2002

Member of Editor’s committee | Tandis biweekly magazine | 2002

Member of Head Committee | The First International Islamic World Poster Biennial | 2004

Member of managing committee | 9th International Tehran Poster Biennial | 2005

Member of the professional scientific board | University of Tehran | 2005

Member of board | 10th International Tehran Poster Biennia | 2006

Curature of “POSTEREZA” Exhibition | Iranian Poster Collection | AUD | DUBAI | 2006

Curator of Exhibition “40 years Iranian Poster” | Valencia | Spain | 2006

 

Awards:

Best Film Poster Design Award | Poster for Film: Sara | Fajr international Film Festival | Tehran | Iran | 1999

Critics Special Award | Poster for Film: Sara ,and the works Collection | Tehran | Iran | 1999

Honorable Mention | Poster for Film: Honarpishe | Fajr international Film Festival | Tehran | Iran | 2000

3rd Prize | 6th poster Biennial Tehran| Tehran | Iran | 1999

Special Creativity Award | IGDS | Tehran | Iran | 1999

Honorable Mention | Poster for Film: A true story | Fajr International Film Festival | Tehran | Iran | 2001

I.R.I.B. ’s Special Award | Poster for Film: A true story | Tehran | Iran | 2001

Honorable Mention | Colorado International Invitational Competition | Poster : Imagination through drawing | Colorado state | USA | 2003

Viewers Prize | Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts | Poster : Return | Iran | 2003

Special Prize | The 1st China International Poster Annual | Poster : Motabar | China | 2004

Special Prize | Brno Biennial, the union of visual artists | Book: A tail of dwarfs and lankier | Czech Republic | 2004

Second Prize | Chaumont Art and Design Annual | Poster : Reve de Sable | France | 2004

First Prize | Hong Kong International Poster Biennial | Poster : Reve de Sable | Hong Knog | 2004

First Prize | México International Poster Biennial | Poster : Reve de Sable | Mexico | 2005

Second Prize | Korea International Poster Biennial | Poster : Motabar | South Korea | 2005

First Prize | 1st Islamic World Poster Biennial | Poster : Kamal e din Behzad | Iran | 2005

3rd Prize | 2nd China International Poster Annual | poster : Victim | China | 2005

Best Editorial Design | Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults | Magazine: KATIBEH | Tehran | Iran | 2005

 

Exhibitions :

Solo Exhibitions:

In The Opposite Direction(Visual experiments) | Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2001

In The Beginning ( Poster exhibition ) | Hafez Gallery | Shiraz | Iran | 2001

Return (Visual Experiments) | Contemporary Art Museum Isfahan | Iran | 2002

The Answer? ( Poster exhibition) | Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2002

The Answer? ( Poster exhibition) | Qazvin | Iran | 2002

Siah Mashgh | Negarestan Eshragh | Qom | Iran | 2004

Graphic Design Exhibition | VCU Q | Doha | Qatar | 2004

Photo + Graphic | Yazd | Iran | 2004

Poster exhibition | Grafist 9 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2005

Poster exhibition at L.A.U. | Lebanon | 2005

Book look (Book design Exhibition) | Art az Art Gallery | Paris | France | 2005

Sima ( Virtual Poster Exhibition ) – Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2005

The Third Line | Tabriz | Iran 2006

Group Exhibitions:

The 2nd Iranian Graphic Designers biennial | Iran | 1989

Film Poster Exhibition | Khane Cinema | Iran | 1990

Khane Aftab Exhibition | the Visual Art Institute’s Students | Iran | 1994/95

Qeshm Cultural Poster Exhibition | Iran | 1998

6th biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers | Iran | 1999

Self-promotional poster exhibition of Iranian graphic designers | Iran | 2000

Brief encounters ( traveling across the Europe )| France | Poland | 2001

International Poster Exhibition Essen | Germany | 2002

Un Cri Persan | Eshirolles | France | 2002

The 20th Graphic Design Biennial Brno | Czech Republic | 2002

Discover Asia ( Poster Exhibition ) | South Korea | 2002

Orientament 1.0 | Venice | Italy | 2002

The 1st Korea International Poster Biennial | South Korea | 2002

The 4th International Invitational Poster Exhibition | Ogaki | Japan | 2002

Krakow Poster Festival | Russia | 2002

Solidarity Poster Exhibition | Prague | Hungary | 2002

International Poster Competition Toyama | Japan | 2003

Tranava Poster Triennial | Slovakia | 2003

International Art and graphic design Festival Chaumont | Chaumont |France | 2003

The Colorado International Invitational Exhibition | Colorado sate University | USA | 2003

Annual conference AGI | san Francisco | USA | 2003

Se Rokh Exhibition ( With R.LAvasani and M.Mozaffari ) | Elahe Art Gallery | Iran | 2003

Musulmanes, Musulmans | Muse de Lavilette | Paris | France | 2003

Image of The Year 2004 | Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2004

Chargoush Poster Exhibition | Mashhad | Iran | 2004

International Art and graphic design Festival Chaumont | France | 2004

The 21st Graphic Design Biennial Brno | Czech Republic | 2004

The 1st China International Poster Biennial | China | 2004

The 2nd Korea International Poster Biennial | South Korea | 2004

Draw | Laleh Art Gallery | Tehran | Iran | 2004

Chargoush Poster Exhibition | Sari | Iran | 2005

Chargoush Poster Exhibition | Isfahan| Iran | 2005

2nd China International Poster Biennial | China | 2005

Le Condition Publicite | Paris | France | 2005

Jury Exhbition | The 22st Graphic Design Biennial Brno | Czech Republic | 2006

Divar Sefd | Group Exhibition | Ardebil | Iran | 2006

Bijan Sayfouri

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Born in 1968, Iran

Education:

B. A. in Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University, 1993

Professional Activities:

Working in his studio in Tehran as an Art Director and Graphic Designer since 1988 and his major design focus is on posters, books, magazines, Typography, logos and corporate identities for cultural events, periodicals, and publishers

Teaches Graphic Design and Typography in design universities in Tehran

Memberships:

Advising member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)

Awards:

Honorary Diploma from the first Iranian Book Design Exhibition, Tehran, 2003

Cultural poster award from the first Islamic World Poster Exhibition, 2004

Selected artist invited for Remastered project, USA, 2006

Selected Exhibitions:

“A Persian Cry” Poster Exhibition, Echirolles 2002, Chaumont 2003, La Louviere 2004

21th international biennial of Graphic Design, Brno, 2004

“50-50” Poster Exhibition, Palermo, Italy, 2005

Selected Bibliography:

The Design of Dissent, Rockport Publishers, USA, 2005

“Hamdast”, Yassavoli Pub. Iran, 2005 /

Bouf-e Kour, Yassavoli Pub., Iran, 2003

The Book of Signs, Yassavoli Pub., Iran, 2003

Additional Activities:

One of the co-founders of “The 5th Color”

Member of the jury for national and international events since 1993

 

Ghobad Shiva

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Born 1940, Hamadan, Iran

Education:

M.S. in Communication Design, Pratt Institute, New York, 1980
B.A. in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, 1966

Professional Activities:

Established the Graphic Design section for the Iranian Radio and Television in 1968 and
for Soroush Publishers in 1971 / teaches in eminent art schools in Tehran since 1976

Memberships:

Member of Alliance Graphique
Internationale (AGI)

Awards:

Winner of national and international awards in different categories

Selected Exhibitions:

Participated in several Graphic Design exhibitions in Iran and other countries such as
England, France and the United States

Selected Bibliography:

From Years Ago up to the Present Time, A Selection of Posters by Ghobad Shiva
Ghobad Shiva, Graphic Designer

Additional Activities:

One of the co-founders of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)
Artistic adviser and jury member of the Iranian Graphic Art Biennials
founder and planner of the First Tehran International Poster Biennial

Jalal Shabahangi

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Graphic designer, painter and sculptor

Education

Bachelor of Graphic Advertising, San Jose State University, California

Master of Graphic Design and Contemporary Painting, San Jose State University, California

Professional Achievements and Honors 

Over thirty years of experience in teaching painting in Iran and abroad.

Professor and Associate Professor at Tehran University School of Fine Arts

Member of the Board of Complimentary Education at Tehran University School of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Department

Member and representative of Tehran University at Ministry of Education Research and Development Planning Program

Designer of glass sculptures via glass blowing techniques in Iran and Morano (Italy).

Participation in numerous prestigious graphic design and painting exhibitions in Iran and abroad.

Publications include: “Jalal Shabahangi paintings” (with a forward by MortezaMomayez), Forms of the Imagination, Creativity in Color, Principles of three-dimensional design.

Exhibitions

1970 – Universityof California, Berkeley, California, USA

1972 – Ghandari Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1974 – Zarvan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1975 – San Jose State University, California, USA

1975 – West Valley University, Saratoga, California, USA

1976 – Triton Museum of Art, California, USA

1977 – Litho Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1978 – Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

1983 – Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1984 – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1986 – Green Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1989 – Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1990 – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1991 – Gallery of Tehran Municipality, Tehran, Iran

1991 – First Biennial of Iranian Painters, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

1992 –TehranMuseum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1993 –Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1997 –Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1998 –Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1999 –Rome, Italy

1999 –Riadh, Saudi Arabia

1999 –Saa’d Abad Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1993 –GolestanGallery, Tehran, Iran

1994 – Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1996 – Boushehri Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1998 – Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Mehdi Saeedi

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Born in 1979, Tehran, Iran

Education:
Graduated in graphic course, Malek-e-Ashtar Art Academy and course of Art and Designing in England

Professional Activities:

Established personal studio, 1998

Collaboration with cultural organizations like Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Academy of Art and Centers of Music and Film

Teaches in the Jahad University and at his personal Studio

Memberships:

Member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)

Awards:

Special Prize of the 7th International Poster Biennial in Mexico

The Third International Prize of Triennial of poster of Kharkov, Ukraine
The first award of International Islamic World Poster Biennial in the cultural category

Selected Exhibitions:

Participated in more than 50 Graphic Design exhibitions in several countries such as: America, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Pedram Harby

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Born in 1977, Tehran, Iran

Education:

Graduated in Graphic Design, Jahad University, Tehran, 1999

Professional Activities:

Graphic Designer, Did Graphics Inc., 2001
Graphic Designer, Momayez Graphics Studio, 2002

Partner and Art Director, Setavandyar, since 2003

Memberships:

Member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)

Awards:

First Prize in the 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers 2002

Selected Exhibitions:

Participated in group exhibitions in Iran, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Finland, Japan, Ukraine, Slovakia and Russia

Additional Activities:

Co-founder of “Fellow-Rider” together with Tahamtan Aminian, 2005

Bijan Jenab

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Born in1952

Education: B.A in Graphics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University 1977 (Diploma project: lllustration of Mowlavi’s poems) M.A. in advertising, Lowa State University, USA, 1982

Design Activity: founder and art director of jenab Design Studio, 1986 to 2009

Personal Exhibition:

Lowa State University, USA, 1982

Classic Gallery, Tehran, 1989

Group Exhibition:

Graphic designers 2nd Biennial, 1989

Artists’ exhibition to help the victims of earthquake in North of Iran, 1990

Graphic Designers 3rd Biennial

Graphic Designers 4th Biennial

Graphic Designers 5th Biennial

Graphic Designers 6th Biennial

Graphic Designers 7th Biennial

Teaching:

Tehran University (Facualty of Fine Arts), Al Zahra University (Art Faculty), Islamic Free University and Radio/Television Faculty

Awards:

Golden Plate from the Graphic Designers 3rd Biennial, 1992

Member of the jury at Graphic Designers 3rd Biennial

Member of the jury at Graphic Designers 4th Biennial

Member of the jury at Graphic Designers 5th Biennial

Member of the jury at Graphic Designers 7th Biennial