Born in Kermanshah, Iran, 1942
Education:
1972 M.A. in Fine Arts, The City College, New York
1963 B.A., Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
1962 Studied fine arts, Tehran University
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 “Tails of the Lost Dreams”, Taymour Grahne Projects, London
2021 “We The Witnesses”, Helena Anrather, New York
2020 “The New York Times Drawings 1996 – 1998”, Taymour Grahne Gallery, London
2020 “Singing a New Song”, Taymour Grahne Gallery, London
2019 “Foad Sharifis Silkscreen Prints”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran
2019 “New York Times Sketchbooks”, Helena Anrather, New York
2018 “Please Sit Down”, Barakat Gallery, Seoul
2018 “Fractures”, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
2016 “You and Me”, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
2016 “You and Me”, Taymour Grahne Gallery, London
2014 “The Accident”, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2013 “Chasing the Butterfly and other Recent Paintings”, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
2010 “Educating the Horse”, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai
2010 “Invitation to Change Your Metaphor”, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
2009 “The Formulaic Nature of Appearances”, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
2006 “Triumph of Tradition”, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York
2005 Homa Gallery, Tehran
2005 “Interactive Game”, Thom Andriola/New Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 Aria Gallery, Tehran
2004 “Private Agenda”, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York
2003 Solo painting show, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
2001 Solo painting show, Stefan Stux Gallery, Project Room, New York
1999 Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Studio 24, New York
1993 Artist’s Space, New York
1985 Pictogram Gallery, New York
1984 Leila Taghinia Milani Gallery, New York
1983 The Alternative Museum, New York
1980 “Retrospective”, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1978 Poko Gallery, New York
1978 Sahar Gallery, Tehran

1976 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
1976 Roko Gallery, New York
1968 Tehran University, Tehran
Group Exhibitions:
2022 “We”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2022 “5 Titans of Iranian Modern Art”, Sahar K Boluki Fine Art Gallery, Toronto
2022 “Process”, H Art Gallery, Tehran
2022 “A Selection of Modern Works from The Laal Collection”, O Gallery, Tehran
2022 “Opportunity”, Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran
2022 “Soft Edge of the Blade”, Dastan Outside Projects, London
2021 “Stellar Artists”, Sahar K Boluki Fine Art Gallery, Toronto
2021 “Dancing Where The Dreams Live”, The Bridge and Tunnel, Brooklyn
2021 “Artists’ Emergency Aid: Part 3”, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2021 “Collector 8”, Artibition, Tehran
2021 “Showroom No 1”, The Bridge and Tunnel, Brooklyn
2021 “Legacy Trilogy: Past Edition – Online Viewing”, ArteEast, New York
2021 “Birds”, Soo Contemporary, Tehran
2021 “A Boundless Drop To a Boundless Ocean”, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando
2021 “Sanctuary”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2020 “One by One”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2020 “Me”, Haan Gallery, Shiraz
2020 “Distribution of the sensible”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2020 “Shabtab (7)”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2020 “Translation of Growth”, Vessal Shirazi Art Gallery, Shiraz
2020 “Me”, Emrooz Gallery, Isfahan
2019 “Me”, Kabood Atelier Art Gallery, Tabriz
2019 “A Rain of Light & Death”, 17ESSEX, New York
2019 “Shabtab 6”, Ordibehesht Gallery, Tehran
2019 “10 – 20 – 30”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2019 “Selected by”, Emkan Gallery, Tehran
2019 “Show of 40 posters from the 1357 revolution”, Teer Art Week, Tehran
2019 Hoor Gallery, Tehran
2019 “2018 Collection Selling”, Haan Gallery, Shiraz
2018 “Mossavar-Nameh”, Dastans Basement, Tehran
2018 “Mossavar-Nameh”, Plus 2, Tehran
2018 “Painting Exhibition”, Shokouh Gallery, Tehran
2018 “In the Fields of Empty Days”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2018 “Summer Show”, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2018 “Free Sale”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2018 “Soorate Didaar”, Saless Gallery, Tehran

2018 “Human Geography – Part Two”, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2018 “Amordad”, Afrand Gallery, Tehran
2018 “Shabtab 3”, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2016 “A Verdant Summer”, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
2015 “Bazm and Razm: Feast and Fight in Persian Art”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York
2014 “Zoo”, Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2014 “The Feeling of Happiness”, Homa Gallery, Tehran
2014 “Pierogi XX: Twentieth Anniversary Show”, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Nowrouz 1392”, Artspace, London
2012 “Image/Clot”, Curated by Dan Mills, Zolla/Liberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 “The Young Collectors Show”, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2011 “Tale Spinning”, Curated by Dan Mills, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
2011 “The Mask and the Mirror”, Curated by Shirin Neshat, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2010 “One Thousand and One Nights: The Narrative Tradition in Contemporary Middle Eastern
Art”, Curated by Nancy Einreinhofer & William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2009 “Iran Inside Out”, Curated by Sam Bardouil & Till Fellrath, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2009 “Epic Painting”, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2009 DePaul University Museum, Chicago, IL
2008 “Conference of the Birds”, Organized by Berardi & Sagharchi Projects Ltd. and Leila Heller
Gallery, Flawless, London
2008 Fifth Annual Immigrant Heritage Week, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2004 “Tango”, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York
2003 “637 Running Feet: Black and White Drawings by 14 Artists”, Queens Museum of Art,
Queens, NY
2003 Momus Gallery, New York
2002 “East Village Now & Then: 20 Year Anniversary”, Studio 18 Gallery, New York
2002 Dubrow International, Curated by Norman Dubrow, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2002 Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 “20th Anniversary Celebration: Stefan Stux Gallery”, New Gallery, Houston, TX
2002 “New York in Texas”, New Gallery, Houston
2001 Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour (TOAST), New York
2000 Pierogi 2000, New York
2000 Maison Francaise, Columbia University, New York
1999 Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Center for Iranian Modern Arts, New York
1999 Rosenwald, Wolf Gallery, University of Arts, Pennsylvania
1998 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
1998 Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
1998 The Lobby Gallery Deutsche Bank, New York
1998 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

1998 Bard College, Red Hook, NY
1993 Burns Fine Art, New York
1990 Metropolitan Design Center, New York
1988 Mussavi Gallery, New York
1987 Annual Juried Show, The Queens Museum, New York
1984 Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
1982 Annual Juried Show, The Queens Museum, New York
1979 “Revolutionary Poster & Cartoons”, Tehran University
1977 Kerman Museum, Kerman
1976 Forum Gallery, New York
1975 “Parson”, Truman Gallery, New York
1974 City College Gallery, New York
1967 Ghandriz Gallery, Tehran
Art Fairs:
2022 Contemporary Istanbul, Represented by Roya Khadjavi Projects, Istanbul
2021 Asia Now, Represented by Plus 2, Paris
2020 Teer Art, Represented by Aria Gallery, Tehran
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Taymour Grahne Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 EXPO Chicago, Taymour Grahne Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Untitled Miami, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
2014 Abu Dhabi Art, Taymour Grahne Gallery, Abu Dhabi
2003 Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, New York
2002 Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, New York
Biennial:
2009 Participated in the 10th Havana Biennial, “Chelsea Visits Havana”, Museo del Bellas Artes,
Havana
Awards:
1970 The French National Prize Winner