Sahand Hesamiyan

 

Born in1977, Tehran, Iran

Education:

2001-2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Tehran University

Artistic Activities:

Member of the managing board for the Sixth Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial

Member of the judging panel for the Third Tehran Urban Sculpture Biennial

Permanent member of Iranian sculptors Society

Director of Iranian sculptors Society Comity

Solo Exhibitions:

2011 “Memory Lives on”, Aun Galley, Tehran
2008 “Do You See Me!”, Ave Galley, Tehran

Group Exhibitions:
2012 “Summer Exhibition 2012”, Royal College of Art, London
2012 Group Exhibition, Garden of the Belgium Ambassador, Tehran
2011 “Undone”, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2011 Collaborative Group Exhibition “My Super Hero”, simultaneously in Morono Kian Gallery, Los Angeles and Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran
2011 “Selfdom”, Haftsamer Gallery, Tehran
2010 “The Fourth Year”, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2010 “Three Generations of Iranian Sculptors”, Fravahr Art Gallery, Tehran
2010 “Iran diverso: Black or White?”, VeRSO Gallery, Turin
2009 “Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize”, Royal College of Art, London
2009 “The Seed of Baobab”, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran
2009 “Manifest”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2008 “Five Artists X 3 Dimensions”, XVA Gallery, Dubai
2008 Group Exhibition, House of Artists, Tehran
2007 “Meraaj & Molavi”, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran
2007 “Small Sculptures”, House of Artists, Tehran
2007 Group Exhibition, Selected Models of the 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran
2006 “Art of Resistance”, Tehran Contemporary Arts Museum, Tehran
2006 Group Exhibition, House of Artists, Tehran
2006 Group Exhibition, Sooreh Gallery, Tehran
2006 Installation Group Exhibition, Tehran Gallery, Tehran
2006 “Iranian Sculpture in Mexico”, Mexico City
2006 Group Exhibition, House of Artists, Tehran
2005 the 1st Exhibition of the Youth Handcrafts Arts, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran
2005 “Fajre Noor”, Osveh Gallery, Tehran
2005 Group Exhibition for Granting the Handcrafts Week, Ghanbeigi Gallery,Tehran
2004 Group Exhibition, Atashzad Gallery, Tehran
2002 Group Exhibition of the Khavaran Cultural Center, Khavaran Gallery, Tehran
1999 Group Exhibition of the Graduated Individuals of the Art Workshop Institute, Laleh Gallery, Tehran

Biennial:
2008 the 1st Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space, Barg Gallery, Tehran
2007 the 3rd Art, Sport, Olympic Biennial, Olympic Academy, Tehran
2007 the 5th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Contemporary Arts Museum, Tehran
2007 the 8th Contemporary Iranian Ceramic and Glass Biennial, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran
2005 the 2nd Art, Sport, Olympic Biennial, Olympic Academy, Tehran
2005 the 4th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran

Symposium:
2009 1st Tehran Steel Sculpture Symposium, Barg Gallery, Tehran
2007 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, Tehran

2004 Talesh Sand Symposium, Talesh, Iran

2003 Tochal Snow Symposium, Tochal Mountain, Tehran

Awards and Nominations:

Finalist for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
Shortlist for the Skywards Future Artists Competition 2010
The 1st winner of the 1st Tehran Steel Sculpture Symposium
The 3rd winner of the 1st Tehran International Sculpture Symposium
The 1st winner of the Fajr e Noor Exhibition
Nominee for the Biennial Tem Prize of the 4th Contemporary Iranian Sculpture Biennial
Winner of the Municipality Prize of the 4th Contemporary Iranian Sculpture Biennial

Winner of the Best sculpture maquette design for Milad Telecommunication Center, Tehran

Parviz Tanavoli

Born 1937, Tehran, Iran

Immigrated to Vancouver in 1989
High School Diploma – Tehran School of Fine Arts 1956
Accademia di Belle Arti in Carrara, Italy 1956-57
Sculpture, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy 1958-59
Pioneer of modern sculpture in Iran
Several solo exhibitions in Iran and abroad, such as the Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, Retrospective, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, Martin Gallery, Minneapolis, and Goethe Institute /Tehran

Group Exhibitions:

2006 -The British Museum, London, UK
2004 -Persian Garden, (installation ), Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2002 -Iranian Contemporary Art, Christie’s, London- Picturing Iran Art, Society and Revolution,
Grey Art Gallery, NY University
2001-Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Center, London
2000-Continental Shift, Aachen, Maastricht, Heerlen and Liege- 7th International Shoebox Sculpture,
The University of Hawaii Art Gallery
1999-Atrium Public Gallery, Vancouver
1989-Contemporary Art from Islamic World, Barbican  Center, London
1988-Olympiad of Art, Seoul,
1977 -Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
1975 – Grey Art Gallery, New York University
1967 -Quadriennale of  Rome
1964 -Venice Biennale
1962-Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris-  Musee d’Ixelles, Brussels- Third International Biennale of Sculpture,
Carrara-Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1960-Venice Biennale

Collections:

British Museum, London
Dakar, Senegal, Outdoor Sculpture
Forum Ludwig, Aachen
Grey Art Gallery, New York University
Haft Chenar Park, Tehran
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Iowa University Art Museum
Jahan Nama Museum, Tehran
Mellat Park, Tehran
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Nelson Rockefeller Collection, New York
Nour Foundation, London
Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
Sammlung Ludwig, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
Saint John University, Collegeville, MN
Shiraz University
The City Theater, Tehran
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

LiLit Terian

1930- 2019

Education:

BA in Sculpture, 1960, University Of Beaux Arts.

Artistic Activities:

Teaching at Decoration Arts College 1960-1980 and Azad University 1994-2000
Membership in the Society of Sculptors
Participating in several group and solo exhibitions

Simin Ekrami

Born 1948, Tehran, Iran

BA Fine Arts (Sculpture), Morgan State University, Maryland, U.S.A

Solo and group exhibitions in Iran and abroad, such as:

2008 – Christie’s Auction, Dubai
2004 – Solo Exhibition, Artist studio, Tehran
2002 – Group Exhibition, Germany, Bremen
2001 – Group Exhibition, Canadian Ambassador’s residence, Tehran
1993 – Group Exhibition, French Embassy cultural office, Tehran
1991- Group Exhibition – Center of creative arts, Tehran

Commissioned Works:

2006 – Seven stone birds, The Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran
2004- ‘The Earth’ based on Abu Reyhan Birouni’s map- 1 meter diameter—Tehran Goftegoo Park
1992- four large stone works, Jamshidieh park, Tehran
1991- logo for the municipality’s renovation organization, Tehran
1987- logo for the mechanized postal service, Shiraz

Fatemeh Emdadian

Born in 1955, Tabriz

Graduated from Behzad School of Fine Arts, Tehran, 1976

Entering in Tehran Faculty of Decorative Arts, 1976

Receiving Honorary M. A. from Ministry of Art & Culture

Solo Exhibitions:

Painting exhibition, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, 1990

Sculpture exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, 1992, 1994, 1996

Sculpture exhibition, Nill Gallery, Tehran, 1999

Sculpture exhibition, Barg Gallery, Tehran, 1999, 2000

Group Exhibitions:

Afrand Gallery, An Exhibition in honor of The Millennium of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, 1990

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, 1990, 1991, 1994

Cultural Affairs of France Embassy, Tehran, 1996

Aria Gallery, Tehran 1997

Classic Gallery, Isfahan, 1997

An exhibition on international Woman Day in favour of Canada Embassy, Barg Gallery, Tehran, 1998

Iranian Art, Quait, 1999

Seccond Biennial of Iranian Sculptors (Third Prize), 1999

Anahita Gallery, 2000

Third Sculpture Biennial, (Winner of Honor Sign plate & Statute), 2002

Figure in Sculpture, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, 2003

The First International Art Biennial of Peking, China, 2003

Iran Contemporary Art, National Museum of Armenia, 2004

Day Gallery, Tehran, 2004

Portrait Sculptors, Barg Gallery, Tehran, 2005

Fourth Sculpture Biennial of Tehran (winner of Honor Plate), 2004

Exhibition of University of Smeralda, Mexico city, 2006

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