Tehran
Morteza Momayez was born in an art-loving family and was interested in painting and drawing since childhood. During high school, he turned to painting signs to finance his studies, and because of his family’s admiration for Mossadegh, he entered into political activities. During this time, his first cartoons were published in Shahid newspaper. He also […]
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Hossein Behzad (1894 – 1968 October 13) was an Iranian painter born in Tehran. For many years, he was a technician employee at the Administration of Archeology and a professor of miniatures at the Tehran Academy of Fine Arts. The street he lived on in Tehran was named after him (Hossein Behzad), but after the […]
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Farah Osooli (born in 1953) is a contemporary Iranian painter. Her painting style is a combination of modern painting and Iranian miniature. The theme of her work is taken from women’s social issues, Persian poetry, literature, and the art history of Iran and the world. Some artworks by Farah Osooli are kept in the collections […]
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Bijan Elahi (born on July 7, 1945 – died on November 30, 2010, in Tehran) was an Iranian poet, translator, researcher, and painter. He is one of the poets of the movement known as the Other Poetry. He was born in July 1945 in the Hassan Abad Junction neighborhood in Tehran. He was the only […]
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Parivash Ganji was born on July 1st, 1945, in an immigrant family in Tabriz. When she was three years old her family moved to Tehran. Her father was an instructor of textile design and printing. She learned the basic principles of painting at “Behzad” Fine Arts Academy for Girls under the supervision of the great […]
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Cambiz DeramBakhsh (May 29th 1942 – November 6th 2021) was an Iranian designer, caricaturist and graphic artist. He won several prestigious international awards and held some independent exhibitions in different countries around the world. He is Kyomars Dermbakhsh’s brother. Cambiz was born in Shiraz in 1942. He graduated from Tehran Academy of Fine Arts […]
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Aydin Aghdashloo (born on October 30th 1940) is an Iranian painter, graphist, writer and movie critic. His style follows detailing and mastery in classic painting. Aghdashloo received the Chevalier(Knight) award, by the French government for art and literature in 2015 at French embassy in Iran. He is son of Mohammad Beyk Aghdashloo (Haji Auf) and […]
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According to himself, Sohrab Sepehri was born in Qom on October 7th 1928, but he did not stay long in there and moved to Khansar and then to his ancestors’ hometown, Kashan. His grandfather, Mirza Nasrullah Khan Sepehari, was the first manager of Kashan city telegraph office. His father Asadullah and his mother Mahjabin, were […]
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Farideh Lashayi (born in 1944 – died on February 24, 2013) was an Iranian modernist painter, writer and translator whose fame stems from her contemporary abstract paintings. Her most important book is a novel called “Bamu’s Scarf” and her other translations include “Night Whispers” by Natalia Ginsburg and “Flowers of Hiroshima” by Edith Morris. […]
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Behjat Sadr Mahalati (born on May 29, 1924 – died on August 10, 2009) was an Iranian painter. She was born in Arak. Her father Mohammad Sadr Mahalati and her mother Qamar Amini Sadr were from the famous families of the city. In 1954 she graduated with honor in painting from the Faculty of Fine […]
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Lilit Trianzadeh, (born on December 31, 1930 in Tehran – passed away on March 7, 2019) was an Iranian Armenian sculptor who is known as “the mother of Iranian sculpture”. Lilit Terian was born in Armenian and art-lover family in Naderi neighborhood of Tehran. Her father was an employee in Melli Bank of Iran who […]
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Manouchehr Yektayi (born in 1922 in Tehran – died on 19 November 2019) was an American-Persian painter and poet. He was one of the most prominent painters of the abstract-expressionism style associated with the New York school of thought movement and one of the pioneers of contemporary Iranian painting. The main feature of his works […]
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Hossein Zende Roudi (born in 1957, Tehran), who is known as Charles Hossein Zende Roudi outside of Iran, is a contemporary Iranian painter. He is one of the founders of the Saqakhane School and one of the pioneers of calligraphy-painting in Iran using the symbols of traditional Iranian art as well as calligraphy, which has […]
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Iran Darroudi is a prominent Iranian painter, director, writer, art critic and university professor. According to some critics, Droodi was a follower of surrealism school of thought. Kafur magazine, French edition, found the theme of her artworks similar to Salvador Dali and Max Ernst. She was invited to lecture in the History of Art as […]
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Nikzad Nojoomi (born in 1941 in Kermanshah) is a contemporary Iranian painter and illustrator who is known for his political and psychological themes. He has also done many illustrations for Iran intellectual development center for children and teenagers (Kanoone parvaresh fekri), which are among the most famous works of the center. Nojoomi is one of […]
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Monir Farmanfarmayian was born in Qazvin city in 1922. She moved to Tehran with her father at the age of eight, Mohammad Baqer Shahroudi, who was a representative of the National parliament. His father’s hobbies were carpet designing and running a carpet weaving workshop. Monir was interested in flower painting since he was a child. […]
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Mohsen Vaziri Moghadam (born on May 26th 1924 – died on September 7th 2018) was an Iranian designer, painter, sculptor and professor of contemporary art. He was born in Tehran and is considered as one of the first graduates of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University. He passed away in Rome, Italy, due […]
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Marko Grigorian is an Armenian-Iranian artist, movie actor, teacher, gallery owner, and collectionor who played an important role in Iranian modern art. He was born in an Armenian family on Saturday, December 5th, 1925 in Krupetkin, Krasnodar, Russia. His parents were Bagrat Grigoryan and Shoshanik Manguyan (both originally from Kars in Western Armenia and were […]
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Shirin Neshat (born on March 26, 1957 in Qazvin) is a contemporary Iranian photographer and filmmaker. She won the Silver Lion award at the Venice Film Festival as the best director for Women Without Men. Shirin Neshat currently lives in New York. Shirin Neshat was born in Qazvin in an educated and somewhat religious family. […]
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Siavash Aramjani nicknamed to Sia Aramjani (born on July 18, 1939 in Tehran – died on August 28, 2020 in New York) was an Iranian-American sculptor and architect. He was known as one of the pioneers of public art. Siavash Aramjani learned drawing and painting since adolescence in private classes, encouraged by his father (who […]
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Parviz Tanavoli is an Iranian sculptor, painter, researcher and collector. He is known as one of the pioneers of Saqqakhane School. He is one of the most famous Iranian artists. The collection of sculptures such as “Nothing”, “Hands” and “Lock and Cage” are among Parviz Tanavoli’s most famous artworks. “Hich” sculpture collection is very popular […]
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Bahman Mohasses (March 10th, 1930 in Rasht – August 6th, 2010 in Rome) was a prominent Iranian painter, sculptor and translator. His Avant-garde paintings are considered as the most authentic artworks of modern Iranian painting. He was at top ten list of modern Iranian artists from the nineteenth to the present in The art Profession […]
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Ardeshir Mohassas was born on Sep 9th 1938 in a family of a poet mother and a judge father in Rasht. His parents were both wealthy people of Lahijan and he also grew up there. After studying law in Tehran and working in the government for a while, he chose design as a job and […]
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Ahmad Aali (born in April 1935 in Tabriz) is an Iranian artist, photographer and painter and graduated from Kamal-Al-Mulk Art Academy in 1957. His artworks are kept in many private and public collections such as British Museum and Lakma Museum. He has also taught photography in National Broadcasting High School and college. He is one […]
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Ahmad Amin Nazar was born in Abadan in 1334 and graduated from the College of Fine Arts and Conservatory. He is a member of the B.B.K painters’ association of Cologne, Germany, and he has participated in group exhibitions of international handprints at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Asar Gallery and Moon Gallery since 1964. Amin […]
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