Nami Petgar

1945-2008, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions:

1972, Tehran, Naghsh Gallery
1974, Tehran, Maktabbé Kamalolmolk Gallery
1984, Tehran, Petgar Art Gallery
1987, Tehran, Reza Shahabi Art Workshop
1989, Tehran, Sabz Gallery
1991, Tehran, Sheikh Gallery
1995, Babbolsar, Iran, Naghsh Gallery

Group exhibitions:

1965, Tehran, Middle East Artists Exhibition, Turkish Embassy
1967, Tehran, Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Museum of Ancient Iran
1976, Tehran, Takhtejamshid Gallery
1977, Shiraz, Iran, Contemporary Iranian Artists Exhibition, Koorosh Hotel
1977, Tehran, Sheikh Gallery
1989, Tehran, Museum of Contemporary Art
1993, Tehran, Sabz Gallery
1995, Tehran, Daryabaygi Gallery

Taha Behbahani

Born 1948 ̗ Tehran ̗ Iran
Education:
High School Diploma ̗ Kamal-ol-molk School of Arts
B.A in Drama

Membership:

Member of executive board of the Iranian National Creative Arts Committee, affiliated with UNESCO
Jury member in a number of international exhibitions and festivals
Exhibitions:
Participation in more than 25 group and solo exhibitions in Iran and abroad

Ali Banisadr

 

Born 1976, Tehran, Iran

Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION:
MFA, New York Academy of Art (2007)
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York (2005)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012 – “We Haven’t Landed on Earth Yet”, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg,
Austria
2011 -“It Happened and It Never Did”, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NY
2010 -“Evidence” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (works on paper)
-“Paintings” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2008 -Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013 – Safar/Voyage, Museum of Anthropology(MoA) at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Curated by Fereshteh Daftari)
2012 – Contemporary Iranian Art in the Permanent Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
-The Sound of Painting , Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin, Italy (Curated by Margherita Artoni)
-Peekskill Project V, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY (Curated by Livia Straus & Lilly Wei)-Hue and Cry, Sotheby’s (S2 Gallery) New York, NY; (Curated by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld)
-Dynasty, Hotel Particulier, New York, NY (Curated by Omar-Lopez Chahoud)
-Lucie Fontaine: Estate Vernissage, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
-Referencing History, Green Art Gallery, Dubai (Curated by Jane Neal)
2011 -XXSmall, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Netherlands

Jamal Bakhshpour

 

Date of birth: 1944

Education: Fine Arts Vocational School

Faculty of Decorative Arts, Tehran

Solo Exhibitions

1970  Ghandriz Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1973    Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1974    Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1974    Meka Gallery, Koin, Germany
1975    Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1977    Sheikh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1984    Khaneh-e-Sabz Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1985    D’scho Gallery, Bochum, Germany
1985    ID Gallery, Dusseldrof Germany
1985   Flora Weggis Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
1986  V.H.S, Koln, Germany
1986    Bildzentrum Gallery, Koln, Germany
1986    Press Club, Bonn, Germany
1986    Khaneh-e-Sabz Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1989   Sheikh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1990   Azin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1991   Sepehri Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1993   Interior Designer’s Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1994   Interior Designer’s Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1994   Stollwerk, Koln, Germany
1995   Naghsh-e-Jahan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999   Interior Designer’s Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000   Banhoff Gallery, Weidenberg, Germany
2000    db lll Gallery, Koln, Germany

Group Exhibitions

1971   Tehran Arts and Culture Museum
(Chosen as the outstanding painter of the Year)
1973   Sulivan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1973   Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1973    Art section of Tehran International Fair, Tehran, Iran
1974    Contemporary Artists at Takht-e-Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1974    Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1974     First Tehran international Fair, Tehran, Iran
1975     Work Ministry Hall, Tehran, Iran
1975      Iran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1976     The International Art Fair ’76 Basle, Switzerland
1977     The International Art Fair ’77 Basle, Switzerland
1977      Mehr Shad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1977      11 th Art Ceremony, Shiraz, Iran
1978      Iranian Art exhibition in China
2000      Daumenkino Gallery, Koln, Germany

Masoumeh Bakhtiary

Born in 1966 ,Tehran, Iran
Education:

1999 M.A. in animation, tarbiat modares University

1991 B.A. in painting, Faculty of fine Arts, Tehran University

Solo Exhibitions:
2004 Assar Art Gallery, Tehran
2004 Depo Square Gallery, Boston, USA.

2003 William Taver Gallery, Houston, USA.

1999 Oveissi Gallery, Los Angles

Group Exhibitions:
2009 Tarahan Aza Gallery, Tehran
2008 Saad Abad Fine ArtMuseum, Tehran
2005-06-07 Assar Art Gallery, Tehran
2005 Beijng Intl. Art Exposition
2004 Sprtual Arts Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

1997 The Third Biennial Painting, Tehran

1994-96 Iranian Contemporary Female Artists, Tehran.

Reza Bangiz

 

Born in 1937̗ Tehran ̗ Iran

High School Diploma, Boys’ Visual Arts School, Tehran

Participation in several International exhibitions in Tokyo, Belgium, Paris, Saudi Arabia,

Armenia, Zagreb, USA, Istanbul and France

Awarded in second and third Tehran Painting Biennale

Azad University and Alzahra University Professor

And over 150 solo and group exhibition in Iran and Abroad

 

Naser Oveisi

Born 1934, Tehran, Iran
Education:
BA in Political Sciences, University of Tehran
BA Fine Arts, Rome, Italy
Artistic Activities:
Diplomat and Cultural Attaché, Iranian Embassy in Rome, Italy and Madrid, Spain

Exhibitions:

Participation in numerous individual and groups exhibitions in Iran and abroad, including:
1959 Paris Biennial,
1962 Venice Biennial
International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New Delhi,
Sao Paulo Biennial, ‎Brazil,
International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Florence,
Modern Iranian Art, New York,
National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome,
Maison d’Art Saint Laurent, Canadaو
Metropolitan Art Gallery, Hawaii,
Hourian Art Gallery, San Francisco,

Awards:
First Prize in Painting Exhibition in Tehran, 1957‎
First Prize in Drawing Competition in Tehran, 1961‎
Grand Prize in the Biennial of Fine Arts of Tehran, 1962‎
Fourth Prize, Biennial of Tehran, 1964‎
Gold Medal, International Exhibition of Campione, Italy, 1968‎
Grand Prize, Monaco Contemporary Art Exhibition, France, 1974‎

Works at the Museums’ Treasury Collections:
Italy, France, England, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, India, Sweden, ‎Canada, Spain, USA and Iran

 

Samila AmirEbrahimi

 

Born in 1950, Tehran ̗ Iran

BA in Political Science, Faculty of Law, Tehran University, 1972

Etching and Printmaking: Advanced School of Designing for Art and Industry Paris, France, 1973

BFA  in General Fine Arts, California College of Arts And Crafts, Oakland, USA, 1978

1973-2004, More than 35 articles on art & artists published in several journals

24 solo Exhibitions

30 Group Exhibitions in Iran & USA, such as in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, International Art Expo, New York, Atrium Gallery, Washington, Don Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, AMAC, Chamaliere, France

Art Professor at Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Faculty of Decorative Arts, and Art University

 

Fereydoon omidi

Born 1967, Roudbar ̗ Iran
Education:
BA in Painting ̗ Azad University of Tehran
MA in Painting ̗ Tehran Art University

Membership:

Faculty Member of Azad Art University
Member of the Iranian Painters’ Society

Exhibitions:

7 solo exhibitions and over 60 group exhibitions in Iran & abroad

Davoud Emdadian

1944 Tabriz – 2005 Paris
Education:
B.A in Decorative Arts, Tehran University 1970
B.A in Plastic Arts, Sorbonne University, Paris 1982
Exhibitions:
Partcipation in several exhibitions in Iran and abroad, such as at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Chamalieres Claudine-Legrand, Paris 2003

Awards:

4th Prize,the International European Art Exhibition, Karlsruhe Offerta, Germany 1979
Prize winner of Taylor foundation 1997
Prize winner of Charles Oulmont foundation 2003