About / À Propos

Français

Education

• 2009, MFA in Painting, Soore Art University, Tehran, Iran.
• 2006, BFA in Painting, Soore Art University, Tehran, Iran.
• 2000, Associate degree in Graphic Design, Shareyati University, Tehran, Iran.

Additional Training and Certificates

• Certificat de perfectionnement en français langue seconde, UQAM, 2018, Montréal.
• Studies in 20th-Century Art Course, Prof.David Elliot, Concordia university,2016, Montréal.
• Lithography1& 2, Carlos Calado, Atelier Circulaire, 2016-2017, Montreal.
• Engraving as drawing René Donais, Atelier Circulaire, 2016, Montreal, Canada.
• Contemporary art history, Mahe-Mehr Cultural & Art institute, 2006- 2008, Tehran, Iran.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

• 2014, Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
• 2013, FAK exhibition space, Münster, Germany.
• 2009, Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
• 2005, Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2018, Le Centre des arts actuels Skol, (en duo avec Marie-Douce St-Jacques), Montréal, Canada.
• 2018, Eastern Bloc Gallery, Erotic art fair, Montreal, Canada.
• 2017, Port-Maurice Gallery, “Calliportrait”, Montreal, Canada.
• 2017, MAI, Expo 67/17, Montreal, Canada.
• 2016, Mekic Gallery, Montreal, Canada.
• 2016, TOHU, “Nulle p’ART Ailleurs”, DAM 10 anniversary, Montreal, Canada.
• 2015, Aaran Gallery, “Tehran Virtual or Real”, Aaran project, Tehran, Iran.
• 2015, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
• 2015, Mekic Gallery, ”Selfie”, Montreal, Canada.
• 2015, MAI,SalonEsque, Montreal, Canada.
• 2015, Open house, Atelierhaus Speicher II, Munster, Germany.
• 2015, Gallery Royal, “Tehran Mon Amour”, Munich, Germany.
• 2015, Café Gallery Aunja, “La Nuit Blanche”, Montreal, Canada.
• 2013,Lajevardi Fondation, Tehran Art, Téhéran, Iran.
• 2014, Niavaran Cultural Center “Salvation,Gaza”, Tehran, Iran.
• 2013, Austrian Cultural Forum (OKAF), Tehran, Iran. ­
• 2012, Artist talk & presentation, Gallerie IM Traklhase, Salzburg, Austria.
• 2012, Azad Gallery, Still Life, Tehran, Iran.
• ­2012, Mohsen Gallery, Portrait, Tehran, Iran.
• 2012, Atbin Gallery, Portrait (The Last Time I Saw You), Tehran, Iran.
• 2011, Mohsen Gallery (Border), mixed media group exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
• 2011, Etemad Gallery (Portrait 13.18), Tehran, Iran.
• 2010, ICC ATHENS (Sketching Through The Walls), group exhibition, Athens, Greece.
• 2010, Mohsen Gallery (Auto-Portraits), group painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
• 2010, Atbitn Gallery (Inverted Heaven), group painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
• 2010, Art Center Gallery, group painting exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
• 2008, Niavaran Cultural Center, “Association of Iranian Painters”, Tehran, Iran.
• 2008, Mane-Honar-No Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
• 2008, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
• 2007, Painting workshop and exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (TMOCA), Tehran, Iran.
• 2007, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran.
• 2007, Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran.

Art Residencies

• 2013, Art residency, Münster FAK project, Münster, Germany.
• 2012, Artist-in-residence, Salzburg Art Residency, Salzburg, Austria.

Membership

• Member, “le Centre des arts actuels Skol”.
• Member, DAM (Diversité artistique Montréal), Canada.
• Member, Association of Iranian Painters, Iran.
• Member, Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts, Iran.

Professional Experience

Teaching

• Ateliers de médiation, “Calliportrait”, Projet de 375e Montréal, 2017, Bibliothèque de Saint-Léonard, Montréal, Canada.
• Painting teacher, Milton Park Recreation Association, Montreal, Canada, 2016 (miltonpark.org).
• Painting teacher, Les Jardins de l’Aubade, Montréal, Canada, 2016 (jardinsdelaubade.com).
• Workshop, class of Prof. Shana Moulton, Kunstakademie Münster, Germany, 2015.
• Painting teacher, Lena Institute, Tehran, Iran, 2012–2014 (lenacomplex.com).

Other Experiences

• Collaboration with center des arts actuels Skol, as artiste/commissaire, skol.ca, programme   DémART Conseil des arts de Montréal, 2018
• Painting workshops program, “La culture à l’école”, Ministre  of culture and communication, Montréal, Canada, 2018
• Assistant curator, Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2009–2012 (atbingallery.com).
• Artistic expert, Organization of Tehran Urban Beatification, Tehran, Iran, 2006–2009 (zibasazi.ir).

 Publications

Book

• “Tehran Art—A Popular Revolution”, Contemporary Art Publication, Tehran, Iran, 2012.

Articles

• Farid Aminloeslam, “Memory, History, Oblivion”, Tandis Visual Arts biweekly magazine, Iran, July 2014.
• Sabine Muller, “Fahnen auf der Flucht”, Zeitung Für Münster, Germany, 2013.
• Gerhard H. Kock, “Gestohlene Fahnen ou Teheran”, Münstersche Zeitung, Germany, 2013.
• Junge Kuratoren, “Austausch und Dialog”, Kontur magazine, Germany, spring 2013.