Reza Abedini

Author and Art critique | since 1990

Head of visual section | Sooreh art and culture magazine | 1992/93

Guest editor and art director | Tasvir monthly magazine | Graphic issue | #10/11 | 1993

Member of Iranian Graphic Designers’ society | IGDS | since 1997

Head of IGDS’s cultural committee | 1999

Managing director | The 4^th Generations’ Poster Exhibition | 1999

Member of Alliance Graphic International | AGI | 2001

Member of administer committee | Self-promotional poster exhibition | Iran | 2001

Managing director | The Polish Posters Exhibition | Iran | 2001

Founding the “ 5 th Color ” group | 2001 (And left in 2003)

Managing director | The Exhibition of Ralph Schraivogle’s posters in Tehran | 2002

Managing director | The Keystone exhibition | 2002

Managing director | The First Persian Typography Exhibition: Bouf e kour. | 2002

Member of Editor’s committee | Tandis biweekly magazine | 2002

Member of Head Committee | The First International Islamic World Poster Biennial | 2004

Member of managing committee | 9^th International Tehran Poster Biennial | 2005

Member of the professional scientific board | University of Tehran | 2005

Member of board | 10^th International Tehran Poster Biennia | 2006

Curature of “POSTEREZA” Exhibition | Iranian Poster Collection | AUD | DUBAI | 2006

Curator of Exhibition “40 years Iranian Poster” | Valencia | Spain | 2006

 

Awards:

Best Film Poster Design Award | Poster for Film: Sara | Fajr international Film Festival | Tehran | Iran | 1999

Critics Special Award | Poster for Film: Sara ,and the works Collection | Tehran | Iran | 1999

Honorable Mention | Poster for Film: Honarpishe | Fajr international Film Festival | Tehran | Iran | 2000

3^rd Prize | 6^th poster Biennial Tehran| Tehran | Iran | 1999

Special Creativity Award | IGDS | Tehran | Iran | 1999

Honorable Mention | Poster for Film: A true story | Fajr International Film Festival | Tehran | Iran | 2001

I.R.I.B. ’s Special Award | Poster for Film: A true story | Tehran | Iran | 2001

Honorable Mention | Colorado International Invitational Competition | Poster : Imagination through drawing | Colorado state | USA | 2003

Viewers Prize | Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Arts | Poster : Return | Iran | 2003

Special Prize | The 1^st China International Poster Annual | Poster : Motabar | China | 2004

Special Prize | Brno Biennial, the union of visual artists | Book: A tail of dwarfs and lankier | Czech Republic | 2004

Second Prize | Chaumont Art and Design Annual | Poster : Reve de Sable | France | 2004

First Prize | Hong Kong International Poster Biennial | Poster : Reve de Sable | Hong Knog | 2004

First Prize | México International Poster Biennial | Poster : Reve de Sable | Mexico | 2005

Second Prize | Korea International Poster Biennial | Poster : Motabar | South Korea | 2005

First Prize | 1^st Islamic World Poster Biennial | Poster : Kamal e din Behzad | Iran | 2005

3^rd Prize | 2^nd China International Poster Annual | poster : Victim | China | 2005

Best Editorial Design | Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults | Magazine: KATIBEH | Tehran | Iran | 2005

 

Exhibitions :

Solo Exhibitions:

Return (Visual Experiments) | Contemporary Art Museum Isfahan | Iran | 2002

The Answer? ( Poster exhibition) | Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2002

The Answer? ( Poster exhibition) | Qazvin | Iran | 2002

Siah Mashgh | Negarestan Eshragh | Qom | Iran | 2004

Graphic Design Exhibition | VCU Q | Doha | Qatar | 2004

Photo + Graphic | Yazd | Iran | 2004

Poster exhibition | Grafist 9 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2005

Poster exhibition at L.A.U. | Lebanon | 2005

Book look (Book design Exhibition) | Art az Art Gallery | Paris | France | 2005

Sima ( Virtual Poster Exhibition ) – Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2005

The Third Line | Tabriz | Iran 2006

Group Exhibitions:

The 2^nd Iranian Graphic Designers biennial | Iran | 1989

Film Poster Exhibition | Khane Cinema | Iran | 1990

Khane Aftab Exhibition | the Visual Art Institute’s Students | Iran | 1994/95

Qeshm Cultural Poster Exhibition | Iran | 1998

6^th biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers | Iran | 1999

Self-promotional poster exhibition of Iranian graphic designers | Iran | 2000

Brief encounters ( traveling across the Europe )| France | Poland | 2001

International Poster Exhibition Essen | Germany | 2002

Un Cri Persan | Eshirolles | France | 2002

The 20^th Graphic Design Biennial Brno | Czech Republic | 2002

Discover Asia ( Poster Exhibition ) | South Korea | 2002

Orientament 1.0 | Venice | Italy | 2002

The 1^st Korea International Poster Biennial | South Korea | 2002

The 4^th International Invitational Poster Exhibition | Ogaki | Japan | 2002

Krakow Poster Festival | Russia | 2002

Solidarity Poster Exhibition | Prague | Hungary | 2002

International Poster Competition Toyama | Japan | 2003

Tranava Poster Triennial | Slovakia | 2003

International Art and graphic design Festival Chaumont | Chaumont |France | 2003

The Colorado International Invitational Exhibition | Colorado sate University | USA | 2003

Annual conference AGI | san Francisco | USA | 2003

Se Rokh Exhibition ( With R.LAvasani and M.Mozaffari ) | Elahe Art Gallery | Iran | 2003

Musulmanes, Musulmans | Muse de Lavilette | Paris | France | 2003

Image of The Year 2004 | Iranian Artists’ House | Iran | 2004

Chargoush Poster Exhibition | Mashhad | Iran | 2004

International Art and graphic design Festival Chaumont | France | 2004

The 21^st Graphic Design Biennial Brno | Czech Republic | 2004

The 1^st China International Poster Biennial | China | 2004

The 2^nd Korea International Poster Biennial | South Korea | 2004

Draw | Laleh Art Gallery | Tehran | Iran | 2004

Chargoush Poster Exhibition | Sari | Iran | 2005

Chargoush Poster Exhibition | Isfahan| Iran | 2005

2^nd China International Poster Biennial | China | 2005

Le Condition Publicite | Paris | France | 2005

Jury Exhbition | The 22^st Graphic Design Biennial Brno | Czech Republic | 2006

Divar Sefd | Group Exhibition | Ardebil | Iran | 2006