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Mehdi Farhadian

About

Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1980
Lives in Tehran, Iran

EDUCATION
2008 MA, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran 2005 BA, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Twilight, Aaran Projects, Tehran
2018
Parade Square, Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York
New Watercolors, Richard Taittinger Gallery (Lower Level Gallery), New York
2016
Sanctums of Decision, Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York
2014
Fires & Flowers, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2013
A Miracle for the Whole World, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai (cat.)
2011
BAHARESTAN, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2009
Untitled, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Ode to Spring, Aaran Projects, Tehran
Lucid Dreams – Online Viewing, O Gallery, Tehran
Part of Piece, Nowon Gallery, Tehran
2021
Pulp Narratives, Aaran Projects, Tehran This is Tehran, Javid Art Gallery, Tehran Collector 9, Artibition, Tehran
2020
Spiting Plato Re Architecture, Inja-Gallery, Tehran
2018
Artworks on Paper, Silk Print, and Digital Print, Aaran Projects, Tehran
2017
Summertime, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2016
ART CAPITAL (Comparison), Grand Palais, Paris
2015
Iran Art Now!, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf
The Great Game, Iran pavilion, Venice Biennale
2014
Born in Tehran, Laleh June Galerie Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Fires and Flowers, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2012
The Sea, XVA Gallery, Dubai
2011
Magic of Persia, Royal College of Arts, London
Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize, Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2010
Landscape, Aaran Gallery, Tehran
To Paint Cinema, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2009
In the Mood for Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing
Iran Inside Out, Chelsea Museum, New York
Iran on Paper, The Last 10 Years (from Fereydoon Ave’s “LAAL” collection), Aaran Gallery, Tehran
Iran/Painting/Now, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
Iran without Border, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Movers & Shakers in Contemporary Iranian Art, LTMH Gallery, New York
2007
Radical Drawing 1, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
Radical Drawing 2, Tehran Gallery, University of Tehran, Tehran Four Young Artists, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
Song of Bulbuls (Nightingales) of the Oil-Rich Regions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
2005
Selected Contemporary Iranian Realist & Hyperrealist Art, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran

BIENNALE REPRESENTATION
2015
The Great Game, Iran Pavilion, Venice Biennale
RESIDENCY 2017
Summer Resident at Delfina Foundation, London

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The British Museum, London (2018)

CURATORIAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-Present
Painting and Drawing courses, Elm o Farhang (Science and Culture) University, Tehran
2005-2010
Painting and Drawing courses, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran

Works