Siamak Filizadeh

 

Siamak was born in 1970 Tehran.  He received his high school diploma in Art in 1990 and graduated from Tehran Azad University in Graphic Design with BA degree in 1995.

 

From 1988, Siamak started his career as graphic designer, working in different fields of designing, advertising, branding, and visual arts. He has been appointed as the Art Director and Graphic Designer of the Iranian Fajr Film Festival for the period of five years from 1997 to 2002.

 

In his art works, Siamak uses the visual language of advertising with its authorial intentions, not only as a tool to mock Iranian's high end consumerist aspirations but also ironically points to the impossibility of the production of these products in contemporary Iran.

 

Siamak was awarded several prizes such as:

 

The first prize of poster designing for the “Tehran Alumni Festival” in 1992

The first prize of poster designing  for the “First Soureh Graphic Festival” in 1993

The first prize of poster designing for the “Graphic Festival of University Jihad” in 1993

The first prize of poster designing for the “ Graphic Festival of University Jihad” in 1994

The first prize of the book cover designing in the “Sixth Biennale of Graphic Art of Iran” in 1998

The 2nd prize of the poster designing for the “Seventh Biennale of Graphic Art of Iran” in 2001

 

Siamak’s art works have been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions in Iran, Japan, Switzerland, New York and India. Some of his exhibitions are:

 

Group Exhibition titled “Iran Inside Out” Chelsea Museum of Art - N.Y. - June 2009

Solo Exhibition titled “Sacrificial Lamb or How to Slaughter 300 Cows in One Day” - Aaran Gallery – Tehran - June 2009.

Group Exhibition titled “Looped & Layered” - Thomas Erben Gallery - N.Y. - May 2009.

Solo Exhibition titled “Rostam2 – Return”. Aaran Gallery - Tehran - Nov 2008.

Group Exhibition titled “Moment as Monument” - At Travancore Palace - New Delhi - August 2009.

Group Exhibition titled “Iranian Typography” – University of Applied Sciences Northwestern - Academy of Art and Design – Switzerland – 2007

Group Exhibition titled “Today’s Posters of Iran” – Ogaki Museum – Japan - 2005

Group Exhibition titled “Dialogue” –his visual art works named “Sleep in a Short Trip” - Yokohama Red Brick House – Japan - 2005

Group Exhibition titled “Self Postrait” (Poster from Self) – Elaheh Gallery – Tehran - 2003

Solo exhibition titled "Bread, Cheese & Image" - Tehran Artist Forum – Tehran – 2002.