Mansour Ghandriz

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(1935-1965)

Born in Tabriz, Iran

 

Education:

Graduated from the Fine Arts School, Tehran and the Fine Arts and Decorative Arts, University of Tehran, Iran

 

Artistic Activities:

60`s and 70`s The founder and manager of Ghandriz Gallery, Tehran, Iran

One of the founders of “Saqqakhaneh” artistic movement.

Teacher at School of Fine Arts

 

Exhibitions:

3rd, 4th and 5th Tehran biennials.

Paris biennial

Sao Paolo biennial, Brazil

 

Hossein Mahjoubi

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Born 1930, Lahijan, Iran
Education:
BA in  Painting, Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts
Artistic Activities:

Director of Technical Office of City Halls Parks for 12 Years
Design, execution and completion of Sa’ee, Melat, Jamshidieh, Laleh and City Parks
The fruit of his 50 years of artistic activity is about 3000 drawings, water color, oil paintings and calligraphy-paintings in the fields of architecture and urban planning
Exhibitions:
Participation in 40 individual and numerous group exhibitions in Iran and abroad

Mohammad Hossein Maher

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Born in 1957, Abadan, Iran

Education:

B.A in Painting from Faculty of Visual Arts

Artistic Activities:

1980-1981 Professorship of Art, University of Visual Arts, Tehran

1987-1991 Professorship of Art, University o Art

1995-1997 Professorship of Art, Azad Art University, Tehran

1992-1993 Professorship of Art, Azad Art University, Esfahan

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2001, 13 Gallery, Cologne, Germany

1999, Aria Gallery, Tehran

1998, Fereshteh Gallery, Tehran

1996, Sayhoon Gallery, Tehran

1995, Cologne Cultural House, Germany

1994, Sayhoon Gallery, Tehran

1994, Classic Gallery, Esfahan, Iran

1993, Bonn Cultural Society, Bonn, Germany

1993, Private exhibition, (retrospective), Tehran

1992, Sayhoon Gallery, Tehran

1991, Art Gallery, Rasht, Iran

Farideh Lashayi

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1944, Rasht ̗ Iran – 2013, Tehran

Education:

BA  Literature, Goethe University of Frankfurt.

Artistic Activity:
Crystal designer at Riedel’s Factory, Kufstien, Germany.

Exhibitions:

46 group and solo exhibitions held all over the world since 1967

Keyvan Mahjoor

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Born in 1948, Isfahan, Iran

 

Education:

Graduated in Persian Literature from Pahlavi University, Shiraz

 

Artistic Activities:

He has worked for the Niavaran Cultural Centre of Tehran for five years.

1979 Established Ketab-e-Azad book store and publishing company.

Hossein Kazemi

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Is Born 26 October 1924 in Tehran
Education:

1925  Art diploma, “Firooz Bahram” High School & Art School of Kamal-ol-Molk, Thran

1945 BA in painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University
Exhibitions:
1945   Participates in an exhibition held by “Iran- Soviet Cultural Society”
Holds a solo painting exhibition at “Franco- Iranian Society”, Tehran
1948   Holds a solo painting exhibition at “Franco- Iranian Society”, Tehran
1949   Holds a solo painting exhibition at Alborz High School, Tehran
Opens “Apadana Gallery” with other founding members: Mahmoud Javadpour & Houshang Ajoudani.
Participates in a group exhibition at “Apadana Gallery”, Tehran.
Holds an exhibition at “Apadana Gallery”, Tehran
1953   Travels to Paris & continues academic studies at School of Fine Arts, Paris.
Holds on exhibition at “Romeo & Juliet Gallery”, Paris.
1954   Holds a solo exhibition at Museum of Modern Arts, Paris.
1955   Holds a solo exhibition at Museum of Modern Arts, Paris.
1957   Participates in exhibition of foreign painters at “Petit Palais”, Paris.
Participates in a droup exhibition at “Tedesco Gallery”, Paris.
1958   Holds a solo exhibition at “Tedesco Gallery”, Paris.
Returns to Iran.
Participates in the 1st Painting Biennial of Tehran & receives an award.
Is appointed president of Fine Arts High School, Tabriz.
1959   Holds a solo exhibition at “Talar-e-reza Abbasi”, Tehran.
1960   Is granted scholarship to Vallauris, France For a pottery course.
Returns to Iran.
Participates in the 2nd Painting Biennial of Tehran & receives an award.
1961   Holds a Pottery exhibition at alar-e-Farhang” Tehran. Founds Sarv art magazine in Tabriz.
Participates in the Venice Biennial.
1962   Participates in the 3rd Painting Biennial of Tehran.
Participates in a group potty exhibition in Vallauris, France.
Is appointed president of boys fine Arts High School in Tehran & teaches at Faculty of Decorative Arts.
1964   Participates in the 4th Painting Biennial, Tehran.
Participates in the Venice Biennial.
Participates in the th International Contemporary Art Exhibition, New Delhi, India.
1966   Participates in the 5th Painting Biennial, Tehran.
Participates in the Venice biennial.
Holds a pottery exhibition in Vallauris, France.
1967   Holds a solo exhibition at “Franco-Iranian Society”, Tehran.
1968   Holds a solo exhibition at “Franco-Iranian Society”, Tehran.
1970   Is granred scholarship to “Cite Internationale des Arts”.
1972   Returns to Tehran & continues Teaching at the Faculty of Decorative Arts.
1973   Holds a solo exhibition at “Cyrus Gallery”, Paris.
1976   Holds a drawing exhibition at “Litho Gallery”, Tehran.
1979   Travel to Paris.
1980   Resides at “Cite Internationale des Arts” for 2 years, Paris.
Holds a drawing exhibition at “Cite Internationale des Arts”, Paris.
1981   Holds a drawing exhibition at “Cite Internationale des Arts”, Paris.
1983   Returne to Tehran temporarily.
Holds an exhibition at “Etienne de Causans Gallery”, Paris.
1990   Starts to teach Art in his atelier, which in spite of illness continued up to the end of his life.
1991   Holds a painting exhibition at “Seyhoun Gallery”, Tehran.
1992   Holds his last painting exhibition in his atlier, Paris.
1993   Passes away in hospital, 4 May, and is buried in Thiais in Paris.
An exhibition is held in his memory at “Amir kadir Cultural Centre”, Tehran.
Commemoration ceremony for Hossein Kazemi, in “Iran’s Cultural Society”, Paris.
1999   A number of his works are displayed in the exhibition “A New Lookato Nature”, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
A number of his works are displayed in the exhibition “Art of 20” (One Century of Iranian Contemporary Painting), Tehran Museum of
ontemporary Art.

Kamran Katouzian

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Born in 1941, Tehran
1965, BFA in Fine Arts, Windham College, Putney, VT, USA
1965-1967, School of Architecture, University of Tehran

Awards / Recognition
1965, 4th Biennale, Tehran
Grand Prize winner for works in both painting and sculptor
Paris Biennale
1965, Represented Iranian Contemporary Art, Paris
Venice Biennale
1966, Represented Iranian Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
1977, Washington International Art Festival, Washington DC, USA
Rome National Museum of Traditional Art
2000, Represented Iranian Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy

Works for Permanent Collections in Museums
Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran
Contemporary Art Museum, Kashan
Museum Of Modern Art, New York

 

Behnam Kamrani

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Born 1968 ‚ Shiraz ‚Iran
Education:

B.A  Painting ̗ Art university 1995
M.A  Painting ̗ Art University 1999
PhD  Art research ̗ Art University
Artistic Activity:

Author of Painting Workshops for Art High Schools and several articles published in various journals
Exhibitions:
10 solo exhibitions and over 50 group exhibitions in Iran and abroad
Awards:

1st award at the 1st International Drawing Exhibtion

Kambiz Safari

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Birth : 1948 -Tehran – Iran.

Education : B.A. Interior Architectural . Faculty of Decorative Arts . Tehran 1972.

Designer : Nou – E – Va Consulting Engineers Co. 1974 – 76.

Designer : Ramses Co. Consulting Group for Interior Design and Building . 1976 – 78.

Manager : Safari – Habibelahi Interior Designers . 1978 – 79.

Freelance Designer : Self – Employed . 1979 – 80.

Teacher : Faculty of Eslamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting . 1984 – 87.

Freelance Designer : Self – Employed . 1987 at today .

Member of Alumni Association of Aet University.

 

Parviz Kalantari

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 1931- 2016

B.A. in Painting from the School of Fine Arts, Tehran University

Lectures and Seminars:
1988 -Lecture on contemporary Iranian painting at the University of California, Berkley, USA
1978- Participation in the seminar entitled Education Through Art at the University of Adelaide, Australia
1960 -Participation in a seminar on the preparation and production of textbooks and a period of training at the Denrow Studio on book illustration, New York, USA

Other Activities:

1970- Participating in a course on the teaching of art to children at the Junior Art Center, California, USA
Since 1980, publication of a number of articles on art and artists in Iran, in various Tehran periodicals
1968-1978 Director of art education at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and young Adults, Tehran, Iran
Since 1960, teaching painting at the School of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions:

1992-Pariz Art Gallery, Rafsenjan, Kerman
1991- Classic Art Gallery, Isfahan
1991-Houriyan Gallery, SanFrancisco,California
1990-Ketab Sara Galllery,Tehran
1987-Ketab Sara Art Gallery, Tehran
1975-Seyhun Gallery, Tehran
1973- Kerman Art Museum, Kerman
1972-Seyhun Gallery, Tehran
1970- School of Fine Arts, Tehran University
1961- School of Fine Arts, Tehran University

Group Exhibitions:

2001- Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art, London
2000- Exhibition at Aztec Gallery, Madrid
1999- Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art, in Cooperation With the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, London, Bern, Geneva
1999- The First Biennial Exhibition of Drawing, Tehran
1998- Exhibition at the UN Building, New York
1997- The Fourth Biennial Art Exhibition, Tehran
1997- MK2 Exhibition, Paris, France
1996- Exhibition, California, USA
1995- The Third Biennial of Art Exhibition, Tehran
1993- The Second Biennial of Art Exhibition, Tehran
1993-LalitCala Exhibition, New Delhi
1991-Taijan Expo, South Korea
1988- Wagner Gallery, Ditzenbach, Germany
1983- Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena, California
1977- Iranian Section, Wash Art Exhibition, Washington D.C.
1976- Iranian Section, International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1976- Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art, Iran-America Society, Tehran
1974- Exhibition Marking Qandriz Gallery’s 100th Show, Tehran
1974- Exhibition Commemorating Tehran Asian Games, Tehran
1970- Exhibition Entitled ” 25 Years of Contemporary Iranian Art”, Tehran
1967- Exhibition of Modern Iranian Art, Columbia University, New York