Mohammad Ehsa’ee

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Born 1939, ‎Qazvin, Iran

Graphic designer, calligrapher, expert and author in arts

Official member of the faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University, 1978- 2004
Member of the high Council of Calligraphy Institute of Iran, and high council of ‎professorship assessment, 1985-1988‎
Member of the high council of the Cultural Revolution in the art section and took part in ‎the programming of graphics and arts syllabus, 1985-1986‎
Co-founder of  the society of painting artists, 1987‎
Member of the high council of Iran for illustration, 1988‎
Member of the committee of the trustees’ calligraphy society of Iran, 1996‎
Member of the Iranian Graphic Designers’ Society high council, 1998‎

Other Activities:

Calligraphy of 5 epigraphs for the Alghadir mosque of Tehran, 1980‎
Calligraphy and pottery – relief epigraph of the entrance of the National Museum of Iran, ‎‎1985‎
Writing of 30 meters epigraph for the cultural relations section for the Ministry of ‎Education and Cultures, 1990‎
Design & execution of 230 square meters of relief pottery for the Iranian Embassy at Abu ‎Dhabi (Arab Emirates), 1988-1991‎

Awards and Honors:

First place selected artist in the students’ competition of visual arts, 1968‎
Best Painter of the Year, 1973‎
National Prize of the French government in the international festival of Callais sur mer, ‎‎1974‎
Honorary prize from the jury’s committee for his artistic activities, 1991‎
Participation in all biennials of painting, graphics, calligraphy and
painting of the Islamic ‎world at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, 1991-2003
Participation in more than 200 group exhibitions in Iran and around the world, 1968-2003‎, such as:
The Archeological Museum of Iran
The First International Arts Exhibition of Tehran
The International Festival-calais-sur mer-France
The International exhibition of Bologna, Italy
Iranian Artists in Shanghais, China
Iranian Artists exhibition at UNESCO, Paris

“Iranian Art” Dusseldorf, Germany, Iranian Art at the United Nations in Geneva

8 solo exhibitions in Iran and abroad, such as at the Olo Gallery, Finland, Zand Gallery, UAE, and Ziba Gallery, Vancouver

Nasr-ol-lah Afje’i

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Born 1933, Tehran

7 Individual and Several Group Exhibitions, such as :

The International Calligraphy Exhibition of Ball, Switzerland

Exhibition Of The World Traditional Painters In Bologna, Italy

The Iranian Art Festival in Düsseldorf, Germany

Calligraphy Exhibition In Riyadh and in the USA

Reza Mafi

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1943-1982, Mashed (Khorasan)

Learned calligraphy in Etezadi School.

Attended calligraphy courses in Hossein Mirkhani school, since 1964 .

He was greatly influenced by Mirza Qolam-Reza Isfahani’s method, one of the
greatest calligraphers of 19th century.

His works have been exhibited in art galleries including Seyhoun Gallery.

Mohammad Hossein Akbari

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Ardeshir Mohasses

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Born in 1938, Gilan, Iran – 2008 New York

 

Education:

1962 Graduated with a degree in political sciences, Tehran University, Iran

 

Artistic Activities:

1963 Illustrator, cartoonist, Keyhan and other local Iranian periodicals

 

Exhibitions:

Since 1963 Several solo exhibitions in Tehran, Iran

 

Selected bibliography:

1973 “Ardeshir and Stormy Winds”, with an introduction by Ali Asghar Haj-Seyed-Javadi, including drawings from 1967 to 1973, Tous Publications, Tehran.

1973 “Jahan-e No”, a special issue of drawings, including drawings done in 1972, Tehran.

1973 “Ceremonies”, an Introduction by Aydin Aghdashloo, a selection of drawings from 1972, Fine Arts Publications (under the auspices of Gallery Ayeh), Tehran.

1973 “Identity Card”, a selection of drawings done in 1972, Tahouri Publications, Tehran.

1973 “Momenten”, a selection of drawings from 1968-1972, edited by K. Farrokhi, Sun Publications, Haarlem, Holland.

1973 “Current Events”, with an introduction by Ahmad Shamlou, a selection of drawings from 1971, Amir Kabir Publications, Tehran.

1971 “With Ardeshir Mohassess and his Puppets”, with an introduction by Ali Asghar Haj-Seyed-Javadi, including drawings from 1967 to 1971, Tous Publications, Tehran.

1971 “Cactus”, a special issue of Daftarha-ye Zamaneh, with an introduction by Karim Emami, including drawings from 1961 to 1966, Tehran.

Kambiz Derambakhsh

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Born 1942, Shiraz, Iran

High School Diploma, Boys’ Visual Art School, Tehran

First Grand Prix winner ofin the international caricature competitions, such as in Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Turkey, Yugoslavia, and China

50 solo exhibitions in Iran and abroad

Several group exhibitions in Iran and abroad

Jamshid Bayrami

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Date of Birth:1961

Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran

Qualifications:

Coopration with Amsterdam Social and History University (2002)

Coopration with Segma Agency (2001)

Reuters News Agency in Iran (1999)

Membership in Vebestan Photo Agency (Paris )(May 1999)

France News Agency AFP photographer in Iran (1996-1998)

Coopration with SEPA Agency (Paris)(1993-1998)

Prizes:

Selected Photographer – Celebrations of love (1999)

Selecterd Photographer for Child and Youth Celebrations (1997)

2 nd Place Winner of selected photographer Contest (France Press)(August 1997)

Honorary Diploma – 5 th Award Ceremonies for Ducumentary Films (1996)

Selected Photographer (France Press) (May 1996)

Selected Photographer (France Press) (July 1996)

Winner of 14 th SalamCinema Celebrations (1995)

Selected Photographer – Contemporary Arts Museum (1992)

Gold Medal Winner for First Place at the Pakistan InternationalPhoto Celebration (1992)

Exhibitions:

Georgetown University Exhibition (May 9,2002)

Conference on Iranian Studies (Hyatt Hotel – Bethesda)(May 24,2002)

Cultural Exhibition on Iran – UNESCO Foundation (February 2002)

Paris Museum Photo Exhibition (May 2001)

Photo Exhibition in Cultural Center of Strasbourg (France)(Frbruary 2000)

Oxford University Exhibition (1999)

Asr Jadid and Azadi Movie Theaters Photo Exhibition (April 1999)

Salam Cinema Photo Exhibition at Semoon Gallery (1999)

Kourosh Adim

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Born 1971, Babol, Iran

BS    Biology

Illustrations for the Farsi translation of “La Presense Pure” by Christian Bobin

Collaborating with the “Eye” series, Mahriz Publications

Director of the Societies and Assemblies Department of IPC from 1996

Co-founder of the Babol photography Association 1994

Secretary of the “Village in Village” photo exhibitions 1994 – 1996

Editor of the “3rd view” section of the “Photography” magazine (AKS Magazine) 1996

Editor of the photography page of ROUDAKI magazine 1998

Over 55 group and individual exhibitions in Iran and abroad, such as:

 2004 Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris

Dubai “Vis à Vis”, Artspace at The Fairmont Hotel Dubai

“Regards sur les femmes d’Iran”, Hotel de Ville and European Parliament, Brussels

2003 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England

Museum of Modern Arts, Oxford, England

Art Gallery, London, England

2001 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran

Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece

Melina Mercuri Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

“Regards Persans”, Espace Electra, Paris, France

1997 5th Triennial exhibition of Art in Majdanka, Poland

1996 The blue ribbon Fiap of the 2nd Biennale of photography,
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran

 

Azadeh Akhlaghi

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Born in 1978, Shiraz, Iran

Education:

Computer Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Artistic Activities:

She has made a number of short films which have been screened in numerous film festivals such as the Berkeley Art Museum, Pusan and Oslo.

Exhibitions:

2001 – 2010 Numerous art exhibitions in Iran, Australia, England, Turkey, …

Awards:

She has won a number of international prizes including the third prize of the “UN Habitat Photography Competition” and the first prize of the “Women and Urban Life Competition”, Iran.

 

Homayun Salimi

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Born 1948, Tehran ̗ Iran
Education:
Art School Diploma, Mirak Art School, Tabriz 1968
Diploma of the Higher Education with Rocheron Prise, Beaux Arts, Paris 1978
MA   Aesthetics and Sciences of Art, Sorbonne, Paris 1982
Ph.D.   Aesthetics and Sciences of Art, Sorbonne, Paris 1990
Exhibitions:

Participation in several exhibitions in Iran, France, Poland, Spain and Turkey