Yasmin Sinai

Born in Tehran-Iran 1969

Education: graphic design

1992 – Graduated from Tehran Al Zahra University in Graphic Design

1993 – Began to work at Mr.Bijan Jenabs Graphik Design Studio

1994 – Until now, teaching Arts in German School in Tehran

Exhibitions:

1995 – Private Exhibition, the German Church in Tehran

1996 – Private Exhibition, the German Church in Tehran

1997 – Group Exhibitions, Gallery Golestan, Tehran (100 Works, 100 Artists)

1998 – Group Exhibitions, Gallery Golestan, Tehran (100 Works, 100 Artists)

1999 – Biennale of Children’s Book Illustratio, Museum Of Contemporary Arts, Tehran

2000 – One Man Show Exhibition, Arya Art Gallery, Tehran

2001 – Solo Exhibition, Arya Art Gallery, Tehran

2002 – Solo Exhibition, Arya Art Gallery Tehran, Solo exhibition, Kavir Gallery Rafsanjan

2003 – Group Exhibition, Arya Gallery, Artists Forum Tehran,Tarho rangh Gallery ,Laleh Gallery ,Kavir Gallery Rafsanjan

2004 – Group Exhibition Doha Qatar,Group Exhibition 3rd.Cultural  Festival

2004 – Angel Exhibition, Saad Abad Gallery

2004 – Angel Exhibition, German Church Teheran

2005 – Angel Exhibition, Assar Art Gallery

2006 – Group Exhibition, Museu Da Agua, Portugal

2006-Shadows Exhibition, Arya Art Gallery, Tehran

2007-Group Exhibition Haft Negah, Niyavaran Cultural Center Tehran

2007-Qanat Al Qasba, Iranian Art Festival, Sharjah

2007-From Darkness to Light, Angel exhibition, Sialk Art GAllery Tehran

2007-The Shadow, Total art Gallery, Dubai

Memberships:

Iranian Sculptors Society

Maryam Salour

Born 1954, Tehran ̗ Iran

Informatics Computer science Center, London, England 1974-1975

Informatiques Ecole Superieure des Informatiques, Paris, France 1975 1980

A course in Ceramic Studies, Academy de Savigny, Paris, France 1985-1987

Behrouz Darash

Born in1942, Tehran ̗ Iran

Sculptore

B.A   Commerce, 1968

M.A  International Economies, Tehran University, 1972

Participation in various festivals, biennials, group and solo exhibitions in Iran, Italy, Japan, France and Venezuela

Veins Biennial

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