1971: Born, Tehran, Iran

Education

2000: BA, Sculpture, University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran

1992: Diploma, Pottery, Cultural Heritage Organization, Tehran, Iran

1992: Diploma, Dramatic Literature, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran

1988: Diploma, Graphics, Azadegan High School, Tehran, Iran 

Work Experience

2004: Member of Sellection Committee, 4th Sculpture Biennial of Tehran, Iran

2001: Alternate Member, Managing Board of Iranian Sculptor's Society, Tehran, Iran

2001: Member, Board of Editors, Mojassameh (“Sculpture”) Magazine, Tehran, Iran

2001-2009: Board of Editors, TehranAvenue.com Internet Magazine, Tehran, Iran

1987–1992: Active in the fields of costume and scene design, graphic design, children’s books illustration and puppet shows

Solo Exhibitions

2009: Video and 3D illustration, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2006: Installation in Public Space, Kunsthof Self-Portrait, Kunsthof, Zurich, Switzerland

2006: Video Art and Photo Art, Messages, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2004: Painting, Sculpture, Video Art, Abu Reyhan Self-portraits, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2004: 2 Performances, Frough Farokhzad, Streets of Tehran, Iran

2003: 8 Performances, Café Konj, Tehran, Iran

2003: Performance, Offering, Outside Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Esfahan, Iran

2003: Sculpture, poet+ic, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2000: Painting, Shive Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Group Exhibitions

2010:  “World Selection of Contemporary Art”, Biennial CUVEE, Klagenfurt, Austria.

2010: “Iran di Verso: Black or White?” Verso Artecontemporanea. Turin, Italy.

2010: “Promise of Loss “, Arario Gallery, New York, USA
2009: “Promise of Loss “, Gallery Ernst Hilger. Vienna, Austria.

2009: “What Keeps Mankind Alive? 11^th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.

2009: “Iran Inside Out”, Chelsea Museum of Art .New York, USA.

2009: “Keeping up Appearances”, B21 Galley, Dubai, UAE

2009: “Praxis”, 2^nd Thessaloniki biennial, Thessaloniki, Greece

2009: “What, How and for Whom”, Gallery Nova, Zagreb, Croatia

2009:  “Tehran Blues”, Video and Illustration , Stad Museum , Karlsruhe, Germany
2008: “Out of Place”, Short film, Gallery Box, Göteborg, Sweden

2008: “Lion under the Rainbow”, Texts & Performance, As Part of Art Athina 2008, Athens, Greece

2008: “Transit passengers”, Short film The Wind Blows in Street, Winterthur Theater Festival, Swiss

2008: “Tiny & Conceptual”, Stamps Series, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2007: “Image of the Year”, Short film Performance as Nazr, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran

2007: “Caravan”, Video, Galleria Shiraz, Venice, Italy

2007: “All of My Mothers”, Painting, Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran

2007: “Silent Messages”, Video, 17th International Congress of Aesthetics, Ankara, Turkey

2007: “Rules of the Game”, Photo, 2nd, Fanoos Photo's Slide Show. Tehran, Iran

2007: “Limited Access”, Video, “Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2006: “Cultura Subyugada”, Video & Performance's Photos, Tucuman, Buenos Aires, Argentine

2006: “Artists4Lebanon”, Painting, Gusto Gallery, Sharq, Kuwait

2006: “Eastern Expressway”,Video, Evangelische Stadtakademie, Frankfurt, Germany

2006: Sculpture, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran

2006: Sculpture, Conaculta INBA Center, La Esmeralda, Mexico City, Mexico

2006: Sculpture and Painting, Esfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Esfahan, Iran

2005: Sculpture, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran

2005: “Portrait”, Khak Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2005: 4th Sculpture Biennial, Saba Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2004: “Image of the Year”, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran

2004: 3rd New Art Exhibition, Student Club of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

2003: “For Bam” Slide, Installation, Performance, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran

2002: 3rd Sculpture Biennial, Niavaran Cultural Complex, Tehran, Iran

2000: 1st Conceptual Art Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

1999: Pottery, Tehran, Iran

1998: Painting, Japan