Parastoo Forouhar

1962 born in Teheran Iran

1984-1990

BA Art from University of Tehran

since 1991

living and working in Germany

1992-1994

MA at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach/M.

1995-2000

Member of the art project Fahrradhalle

2001

Grant of the Hessische Kulturstiftung (Hessian cultural foundation)

Grant of the Kunstfonds-Stiftung (Kunstfond foundation)

2004

Residency at Schloss Balmoral

2005

Residency at  Gertrude center of contemporarye Art, Melbourne

Khoj international Artistsworkshop , Bombay

2006

Residency at Villa Massimo, Rom

Co-curator, Treibsand, DVD Magazin on Contemporary Art, Teheran Issue

2007

Residency at BM center of contemporary Art; Istanbul

2008

Selected solo shows:

2001

Blind Spot, Stavanger cultural center, Stavanger, Norway

2002

Schuhe ausziehen, Gallery de Ligt, Frankfurt/M

Blind Spot, Golestan Art Gallery, Teheran, Iran (banned)
Blind Spot, exhibition hall Schulstrasse 1A, Frankfurt/M.

2003

Tausendundein Tag, National Gallery  Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

2004

Schuhe ausziehen, Einstein Forum, Potsdam

Sprache des Ornaments, City tmuseum  Spital, Crailsheim

2005

Parastou Forouhar at Deutscher Dom, Berlin

Spielmannszüge, Forum of the Dominican monastery, Frankfurt

2007

Just A Minute, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rom

2008 Parade, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Lückenwalde

2009 Parastou Forouhar in Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich

Links of Violence, Orgel Fabrik, Karlsruhe

Selected group shows:

2001

2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin

Frankfurter Kreuz, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M.

Wegziehen, Frauen Museum, Bonn

2002

Die Quelle als Inspiration, Franckesche foundation, Halle

2003

 

Marcos Grigorian

Born 1925 ̗ Russia

Death 2007 ̗ Armenia

Art Graduate, Academy of Fine Arts, Roma, Italy

Founder of the Aesthetic Gallery, Tehran

Jury Member, the Venice Biennial 1958

Founder of the Tehran Painting Biennial 1958

Co-founder of the Community of Freelance Painters and Sculptors in Iran 1974

Founder of the Gorky Gallery in New York, in memory of the renowned Armenian painter, Arshile Gorky

Founder of a gallery Armenia

25 individual exhibitions in Iran, Europe and the U.S.A

Participation in the Giumary Biennial (Armenia) and the Georgian Ehibition 2000
Exhibition at the Grey Gallery, New York 2003

Ahmad Nadalian

Born in 1963, Sangsar ̗ Iran

Environmental artist, art critic, professor (Shahed University)

B.A   Painting, ‌‌Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts

PhD  University of Central England (UCE)

His environmental art project include the carving on rocks that can be seen in many countries such as Italy, Germany, USA, Spain, France, Uzbekistan, Lebanon and his homeland Iran.

A number of small carved stones by Nadalian have been hidden or buried in different countries such as: Australia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Greece, UK, Finland, Morocco, South Korea, Japan, Ireland, India, China, Russia, Brazil, Uzbekistan, France, and USA

16 individual exhibitions

80 group exhibitions in many countries, such as Japan, The United Kingdom, Finland, and France

Venice Bienial 2003

 

Sadegh Tirafkan

(1965- 2013)

Education:

1989 BA Photography, Tehran University

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 Assar Art gallery , Tehran , Iran
2007   Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2006   Lee Ka-Sing gallery , Toronto, Canada

2006   Aspace Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2006   Massoud Nader Gallery, New York, U.S.A

2005   Esace photography contreype,  Bruxelles, Belgium

2005   VU Photography Centre Quebec, Canada

2005   Assar Art gallery , Tehran , Iran

2004   Lehmann museun Gallery, New York, U.S.A

2003   Gallery VU, Paris, France

2002   Nader Gallery, New York, U.S.A

2002   Parkerson Gallery, Houston, U.S.A

2001   Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2000  Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1997    Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1995    Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2010    Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, Taswir, Berlin, Germany
2009    Chelsea Art Museum, Iran inside out, NY, New York

2009    British Museum, London, England

2008 ‘Whispered Secrets, Murmuring Dreams’, Mall Galleries London

2008   Los Angeles‌ county Museum of Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A

2007   Contemporary Art Platform, In Focus, London, UK

2007   Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, France

2006   Total Arts gallery, Dubai, U.A.E

2006   Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia

2006   Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii

2005   Art after Revolution, San Sebastian, Spain

2005   Arco Art fair Madrid, Spain

2004   LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2004   Musulmanes, Musulmans in Caire, Tehran, Istanbul, Paris and Dakar – La Villette Museum, Paris, France

2004   The Fifth International Month of Photography in Moscow, Russia

2003   Paris Photo Art Fair, VU Gallery, Paris, France

2003   Group show, Unique(s), VU Gallery, Paris,France

2003   Group show , Arta Gallery, The Distillery, Toronto, Canada

2003   Art Brussels 21st contemporary art, VU Gallery,Brussels, Belgium

2002   Paris Photo Art Fair, VU Gallery, France

2002   ‘Memoires de Pierres’ musee municipal des Beaux-Arts de Frejus, France

2002   20 years photography in Iran, 40 Iranian photographers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2001   5th Aleppo Photo Festival, Syria

Conceptual Art Exhibitions:

2005 “ Lighting The Nation Gate” Photo, Video installation, Assar Art gallery Tehran, Iran
2002 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art,Second exhibition of conceptual Art, Secret of Words, Tehran, Iran

 

Hossein Valamanesh

1949     Born Tehran, Iran

1970     Graduated, School of Fine Art, Tehran
1973     Emigrated to Australia
1974     Travelled to Central Australia as Art Adviser with Aboriginal children
1977     Graduated, South Australian School of Art Lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

1972     Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
1977     Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1980     Festival Centre Gallery, Adelaide
1981     Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Praxis Gallery, Perth
Execution Installation, Roundspace Gallery, Adelaide
1983     Bonython Gallery, Adelaide
1984     Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1985     Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1986     Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne
Walter Reid Art Centre, Rockhampton
1987     Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
1988     Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1990     Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1990     Hossein Valamanesh, 1980-1990, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
1991     Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1992     Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
1993     The Lover Circles His Own Heart, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
1994     The Lover Circles His Own Heart, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1995     Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Viewers and Audiences, Wollongong City Art Gallery
1996     Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
1997     Temple of Earth Memories, Australian Perspecta Between Art and Nature, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Tracing the Shadow, Hillside and Art Front Galleries, Tokyo
1999     Day Dream, Art Museum, University of South Australia, Adealide

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1978     Adelaide University Gallery

1979     April/May Show, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Four Young Artists, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide

1979     Installation, Roundspace Gallery, Adelaide

1981     First Australian Sculpture Triennial, LaTrobe University, Melbourne
Centenary Exhibition, Art Gallery of SA
Relics and Rituals, National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of WA

1982     Roundspace Members, Festival Exhibition

1983     Macquarie Galleries, Sydney Survey of Recent South Australian Sculpture, Art Gallery of SA
Anzart – In – Hobart, Tasmania
Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of NSW

1984     Twenty Six Characters, Adelaide Festival of Arts
Small Wonders, Roundspace Members, Adelaide Festival of Arts
Australian Sculpture, Art Gallery of WA
On-Site, Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, Hobart

1985     Singular and Plural, South Australian School of Art Gallery, Adelaide
Common Earth, Alive and Unfired, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of NSW

1986     Praxis in Practice, Praxis, Perth
Culture Drift, Adelaide Festival of Arts
Sculpture, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW