His passion for drawing both during and after his university studies has made him focus on this medium as a means of artistic expression.
His keen interest in primitive, ethnic, and tribal art as well as pictorial sources from different global cultures, such as paintings on cave walls, Iranian ancient pictorial arts, Greek busts and sphinxes, African masks, Egyptian sphinx has helped him create numerous collections with these subjects as their main theme. It is clear that because of his passion, understanding the cultural and pictorial roots of Iranian art is of great importance to him, in fact, he has studied and closely examined the valuable heritage of Iranian art in different eras.
His most recent works have been mostly inspired by plants and flowers, and nature in general.
Proximity to the nature of northern Iran throughout his childhood has been a great influence, helping him discover new visual and pictorial elements. His recent works are, bigger and on canvas – unlike previous works, which were mostly smaller works on paper – enabling him to experiment with different visual qualities. While in this new approach, his focus has been on plants and flowers, rather than portraits, sphinxes and houses found in his previous works, history, and nature make up the underlying themes of his new collection, resulting from his interest in the history and the visual roots of the world. In these works, deformations can be seen in the plants and flowers, which are based on free, artistic expression, and play on the boundaries of pictorial abstraction. The title of this new collection, i.e. Pristine, in a way, highlights the importance of nature with all its different qualities.
Born in 1980 in Rasht, Iran
Education:
2003 BA, Zahedan University, Zahedan, Tehran
2007 MA, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Momayez Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 French Embassy Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2010 Atelier Imbild, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 “Imple scale; wet into wet”, Dastan’s Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 “Tablet”, Dastan’s Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 “Roots”, Cité international des arts, Paris, France
2019 “Palipmpsest; some untitled drawings”, Dastan’s Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2022 “Pristine”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2023 “Atmosphere D’Iran”, Galerie Arts V12, Angers, Frane
Group Exhibitions:
2003 Sixth Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2004 Seventh Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2004 Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Fourth Islamic World Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2007 Isfahan Contemporary Painting Biennial, Isfahan, Iran
2005 Karaj Drawing Annual, Karaj, Iran
2007 Sondoozi Museum Drawing Annual, Tehran, Iran
2008 Nasl e No Annual, Tehran, Iran
2009 Nasl e No Annual, Tehran, Iran
2009 Momayez Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Nasl e No Annual, Tehran, Iran
2010 Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Momayez Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Hoor Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Dey Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Dastan’s Basement Gallery gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Koochebagh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2015 O Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Total Arts, Dubai, UAE
2015 Total Arts, Dubai, UAE
2016 Total Arts, Dubai, UAE
2016 O Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 Dastan’s Basement Gallery gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 Lajevardi Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 Dastan Gallery booth, Art Dubai 2017, Dubai, UAE
2018 Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 E 1 art gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 V-gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 Vartan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2019 Dastan’s Basement Gallery (V Café gallery), Tehran, Iran
2021 Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2023 Group exhibition, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Awards:
2004 The third Islamic World Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran
Art Residencies:
2017 Cité international des arts, Paris, France
Personal Affiliations:
2007 Present – Member of Iranian Painters Association, Iran
