Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam Born in 1924, Tehran, Iran

Solo Shows:

2021 Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam. Unrealised Projects – Dynamic Sculptures from Small to Monumental (1968-2018), Pejman Foundation, Tehran, IR
2021 Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, A Non-Selling Exhibition of Iranian Modernism, Sotheby’s, London

2018 Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam. Geometric Reliefs 1965-2017, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, IR

2018 Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam. The Iranian Pioneer of Modern Abstraction, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, DE
2015 Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam – Retrospective 1959 – 2015, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, IR

2015 Art Dubai, Modern Section, Etemad Gallery, Dubai, AE

2014 Tarrāhāne Āzad Gallery, Tehran, IR
2012 Tarrāhāne Āzād Gallery, Tehran, IR
2011 A Selection of Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam’s Art Works, Fravahr Art Gallery, Tehran, IR

2010 Ahwaz Museum of Contemporary Art, Ahwaz, IR
2009 Elahe Gallery, Tehran, IR
2009 Hoor Art Gallery, Tehran, IR
2008 Hoor Art Gallery, Tehran, IR
2008 Tarrāhāne Āzad Gallery, Tehran, IR
2007 Arte Dove Gallery, Florence
2006 Dey Gallery, Tehran, IR
2006 Parvaz Gallery, Yazd Art University, Yazd, IR
2006 Hoor Art Gallery, Tehran, IR
2005 Asia Gallery, Tehran, IR
2005 Shiveh Gallery, Shiraz, IR
2004 Fourth exhibition Pioneers of Iranian Modern Art: Mohsen Vasiri Moghaddam, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
2003 Works from 1947 to 2003, Gallery Seyhoun, Tehran, IR
1993 Barg Gallery, Tehran, IR
1985 Italian Institute of Culture, Tehran, IR
1984 Retrospective (1953 –1983), Khāneye-Sabz Gallery, Tehran, IR
1980 Karteh Gallery, Tehran, IR
1977 Exposition at the Goethe Institute, Tehran, IR
1977 Santoro Gallery, Rome, IT
1977 Karteh Gallery, Tehran, IR


1976 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, IR
1975 Pardis, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, IR
1975 Retrospective (1953–1974), Takhte-Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, IR
1974 Litho Gallery, Tehran, IR

1973 10 years of Mohsen Vaziri, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, IR
1973 Keyhan International, Tehran, IR
1972 Transition of Forms – Wooden Sculptures, Tyler School of Art, Rome, IT 1971 Transitional Forms, Iran American Society, Tehran, IR
1968 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, IR
1968 Royan Art Festival, FR

1965 Saba Gallery, Rome, IT 

1963 George Lester Gallery, Rome, IT
1962 Gallery Numero, Milan, Italy
1962 Farhang Hall, National Bureau of Fine Arts, Tehran, IR
1961 Gallery Numero, Rome, IT
1960 Deutscher Buecherbund, Munich, DE
1960 Märkisches Museum, Witten, DE
1959 Trastevere Art Gallery, Rome, IT
1958 Schneider Gallery, Rome, IT
1957 Stenzel Gallery, Munich, DE
1957 Brucke Art Gallery, Dusseldorf, DE
1956 Portonovo Art Gallery, Rome, IT

1955 German Cultural Center, Goethe Institute, Tehran, IR
1953 Iran-America Society of Tehran, IR

Group Shows:

2023 Soft Edge of the Blade Vol. 2, Zaal – Dastan Gallery, Toronto, CA
2023 Frieze London, Group Presentation, Dastan Gallery, London, EN
2023 Prospect 3, Parallel Circuit – Dastan Gallery, Tehran, IR
2023 The Armory Show, Group Presentation, Dastan Gallery, New York, USA 2023 Frieze Seoul, Group Presentation, Dastan Gallery, Seoul, KR

2023 The Dynamic Eye: Op and Kinetic Art from the Tate Collection, Atkinson Museum, Porto, P
2023 Art Dubai, Contemporary Section, Dastan Gallery, Dubai, AE
2022 The Dynamic Eye: Op and Kinetic Art from the Tate Collection, Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai, CHN

2022 Soft Edge of the Blade, Frieze, London, UK 2021 Cacophony, Ab-Anbar Gallery, London, UK

2021 Art Cologne Art Fair, Setareh Gallery, Cologne, DE
2021 Art of Another Kind – A new Approach to Post-War, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, DE 2019 TeerArt Fair 2019, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, IR
2018 International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Armenia 2018. Soulndlines of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2018 Modernism in Iran: 1958-1978, Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver, CA
2017 Primeval – Art of Wood, AAran Gallery, Tehran, IR
2017 Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Setareh Gallery, Abu Dhabi, AE
2016 The Sea Suspended | Barjeel Art Foundation, IRANIAN AND ARAB MODERN ART, Museum of Modern Art, Tehran, IR
2016 IRAN ART NOW, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, DE
2016 IRANIAN MASTERS GROUP EXHIBITION, e1artgallery, Tehran, IR
2016 BLU GOLD, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, IR
2014 Artevida Corpo, Fundação Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2014 Art 14, Meshkati Fine Art & Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, GB
2013 Iran Modern, Asia Society Museum of New York, NY, USA
2013 Iranian Masters of Abstract Painting, ATBIN Art Gallery, Tehran, IR
2009 Perspectives: Arab & Iranian Modern Masters, Saatchi Gallery, London, GB
2008 Teramo Città Aperta al Mondo: Happening Culturale Internazionale 4th ed., Teramo, IT
2007 Clusters of Light, Part of the cycle: Six Weeks of Iranian Art, Toronto, CA
2004 Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, XXXI. Sulmona’s Award, Sulmona/Aquila, IT
2003 Palestina chiave di cultura e di pace, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Mole Vanvitellina, Ancona, IT
2001 Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Center, London, GB
1978 International Art Fair, Basel, CH

1977 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, IR
1976 Two Performances from a painting of: Picasso, Mondrian, Reza Abbassi, Klee, M. Vaziri, Modigliani, produced by Bahman Jahangiri, Tehran, IR
1971 International Art Festival, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR
1969 Shiraz Art Festival, IR
1966 Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art of New York, NY, USA
1964 Storm King Art Center, New York, USA
1964 Pittsburg International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, USA
1964 Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1963 Oltre l’informale, IV. Biennial in San Marino, San Marino, IT

1963 Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR
Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, BE
 1963 Museum of Modern Art André Malraux, Le Havre, FR
1962 XXXI. Venice Biennial, IT
1962 III. Tehran Art Biennial, IR

1962 Sao Paulo International Biennial, BR
1962 Piccola Europa, XI. PREMIO di Pittura G.B. Salvi, Sassoferrato, IT 1962 100 Selected Artists, Drian Gallery, London, GB

1962 I.C.A. Library, Institut of Contemporary Art, London, GB
1962 Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London, GB
1962 A Hundred Abstract Artists, Pistoia Museum, Pistoia, IT
1961 Salon of Autumn, Gallery San Marco, Rome, IT
1961 International Abstract Arts, National Gallery of Pistoia, IT
1961 10 Foreign Artists, Gallery Numero, Florence, IT
1960 XXX. Venice Biennial, IT
1960 II. Tehran Art Biennial, IR
1960 Quadriennial of Rome, IT
1959 Maggio di Bari, IX. Contemporary Painting National Exhibition, Bari, IT 1958 XXIX. Venice Biennial, IT I. Tehran Art Biennial, IR
1956 XXVIII. Venice Biennial, IT