Mohammad Ehsa’ee

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