Farshid Parsikia Hamid Janipour Curator Curator

Farshid Parsi Kia was born on khordad 14, 1361 in Tehran. He is the artist, teacher, designer and author in the filed of art and culture. He is an icon ( one of the most im- portant faces) of 5th generation of Iranian graphic designer and he’s been working in designing journals, posters, advertisements, teaching and research graphics . He is also the manager of Dena gallery and he is the head of the Iranian graphic design committee(association) and | Iranian painter association, and Parsi Studio . He had been also art manager of Chista journal. Farshid Parsi Kia is the 3rd of 4 sons of Kia family ( an educational family). He has spent his adolescence (childhood) in Absardar parish (Iran st, province) near the Alame Noori Seminary (school) and in Fakhr Abad (meshi st. Province) went to Malik Ashtar Conser- datory (high school). This member of graphic designer association received his diploma of graphic design major in (1999)1378, his expertise of graphic in (2001) 1380 and he had his bachelor in visual communication in (2011) 1390 from Enghelab Eslami Faculty. He has been edu- cated in history too.

His first collaboration (cooperation) as a designer and art manager was with Chista journal in 2000 ( 1379). He has also experience of teaching graphic in the school of fine arts, institutions and different universities (colleges). The book (100agahi matbouat) -(2013) 1392- ide khalaghiat publication has been compiled (published) in the field of history of graphic advertisement and covers and it also has information about designers and advertising agencies from 1305-1357. This book is the first research about the history of Iranian graphical advertising. Onish Aminelahi

Onish Aminelahi was born in 1972, Tehran and holds an M.A in Graphic design. In 1996, he established an advertising and graphic design studio named “Hamrang Graphics”. Since then, he has worked in his studio in various categories of graphics and advertising. His clients are well-reputed companies in Iran. Besides to his professional works, he teaches “idea creativity” courses and holds workshops for art students. He also gives lectures in universities and writes articles for art magazines. Onish has been invited and participated in many domestic and international solo and group exhibitions. Many of his works have been selected and published in respected magazines and bulle- tins around the world. He has been member of jury and selection committees for different exhibitions and contests both in Iran and internationally. He’s been a member of board of IGDS (Iranian graphic designers’ society) during 2012 to 2015. Onish has been a member of planning committee for Establishing “Iranian Museum of Graphic Design”. He has also been a Member of Planning and Conducting committee, “Graphic Design Week”, along with 3rd and 4th “Silver Cypress”

Samad Ghorbanzadeh Photographer 1984 Urmia, Iran

Education: 2015 MA of Photography at Art university of Tehran -Iran Solo Exhibitions: 2010 “Grey Nightmares”, Laleh art gallery, Tehran (IR) 2012 “Day Dream”, Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran (IR) 2012 “Day Dream”, Art and Fact Gallery, Tashkent (UZ) 2015 “Frozen Situation”, Mohsen art gallery, Tehran (IR) 2018 “Parallel Anxiety”, Dena art Gallery, Tehran (IR) Group Exhibitions: Beautiful Middle East, Stadsbiblioteke, Gotenberg Photometria festival Greece Laguna festival Italy Delhi Photo Festival Chang Thailand, Sony London, Fine art London, Moscow Photo Festival, Silk Road Gal- lery, Dena, Maks, Seyhoun, Negah, As,..

There is the smoke at the far distance, As if the orange hue suggests the wall of a house is on fire, As if a white balloon (filled with smoke instead of fresh air) has burst apart all of a sudden. As if the dead one`s cloth is set on fire for bad odor , As if the smoke rises from an apple orchard, an orchard in fire , with all rotten to the core fruits. As if the smoke rises from a shop full of colorful dolls, as if .. The “Frozen Situation” is the personal narration of this “as its” , the sort of “as its” living for years in the back maze of my mind as nightmares, and perhaps there was no way to get rid of them but to show them in photos. This collection is a free rep- resentation of the situation in which individuals observe the incidents around them, far and near, like idle obervers or like passive witnesses. And the intensity of apprehension has driven them into metamorphosis so that there is no way for them but to observe and sometimes to follow. The incidents happen here and there, around us, and we are unaware of the fact that how much we contribute to the creation of the situation, the Frozen Situation in which all the existence has been metamorphosed in a moment, in a single situation, the Frozen Situation.

Zahra Pashaei

Zahra Pashaei is an Iranian designer,photographer, researcher and graphic design in- structor. Ms pashaie is a graphic design graduate. She has presented her art works in many international art exhibitions. she is an achive member of IRANIAN graphic design institute and visual arts institute she has published several articles for books, magazines and art websites.

Zarvan Rouhbakhshan

Zarvan Rouhbakhshan (b.1979, Tehran, Iran) is a curator, artist, photographer, art critic and teacher. He has received BA in graphic design from Faculty of Art, Science and Cul- ture University, and his MA in advanced art studies from Faculty of Fine Art, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, with an emphasis on research in art history, philosophy of art and photography. He has shown his photographs and artworks in more than 30 festivals and group exhibitions internationally and he also had 7 solo exhibitions. As a curator he has been directing several exhibitions, workshops, and talks such as Veri-Realism (2010) and The Opening (2012).

He is currently working with photography, installation, book art and interactive projects, besides writing on the Tehran arts scene and contemporary Iranian art for various magazines and daily papers.

Maryam Asadi Khonsari (Maryam Khonsari)

M.A., Graphic design, HONAR University, Tehran B.A., Graphic design, Azad Islamic University, Tehran Member of Iranian Graphic Designers Association (IGDS) and Iranian photographers association (NIPS)

Solo Exhibitions: 2016 “I…therefore I am! / I don’t…therefore I am!”(Photography), Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran 2015 “Hendeseye ashoob-e-khodhayam” (photo base digital art), Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran 2012 “Encounter” (installation & photography), Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran 2011 “Suspension” (photography), Haft samar Gallery, Tehran 2009 “ The fish that wrapped around the limbs of the year” (photography & poems), Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran 2008 “The photography 3: Record the reality or Break it? ,”Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran 2006 “The photography 2: Record the reality or Record a Dream? “,Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran 2003 “The photography 1: Record the reality or Distortion of Reality? “, Haft Samar Gal- lery, Tehran 1995 “untitled”, Sabs Gallery, Tehran

Group exhibition: 2019 Manfi 3, Etemad gallery, Tehran 2018 HAMRAVAEI project (Curator & video artist), Dena gallery, Tehran 2018 Gothenburg’s International Poetry Festival, Sweden 2018 The Single Tree, In Memory of Abbas Kiarostami, e1 Gallery, Tehran 2008 – 2018, Selected, display and print Photos, posters, video art by” TASSVIRSAL An- nual (Image of the year & Tassvir film festival, Iranian Artist’s Forum, Tehran 2008 Selected by “Inner Eye”, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran 2006 Selected by “CPC Annual Photography Exhibition”, Vanquver, Canada 2003 Selected by” 7th International Photography Competition of FRANCESCO FORNO”, Italy 1999 Granted by “Canadian Women’s Club”, for international women’s day exhibition, Tehran More than 20 Group Exhibition in Galleries such as: Dena, Etemad, e1,Iranian Artist’s Fo- rum, Charsoo Center, Vije school, Max, Anahita, Haftsamar, laleh, Barg, Samin

Reza Jalali

I started professional photography in 1994 after successfully completing a course at Youth Cinema Center, Meiboud, Yazd. Three years later I was employed by Iran Photographers House and studied Negative and Photographic Prints. My involvement in photojournalism started in1998, I was a journalist initially but after six years I became a photographer at Ham- shahri Newspaper. Since then I have worked as picture editor at Eshragh and Mashgh-E-Aftab magazines, as photographer at Hamshahri Magazine Group, Zendegi Ideal Magazines, Sib Sabz Magazine, Tapesh Magazine, Yekshanbe Weekly Newspaper, and Tehran Emrouz News- paper. I was also the Proprietary photographer at Sarnakh Magazine. I am now the picture editor of Iran’s Honar News Agency (Honar Online). I have had a solo exhibition at Ax Café, Tehran and I participated in four group exhibitions at Tasvir Annual Ceremony and one group exhibition named “be yade ebrahimkhan akkass bashi” at Dena art gallery also curate group exhibiton at akskhane shahr named final curtain. PHOTOJOURNALISM ACTIVITIES

Arash Oskooie

Arash Oskooie Born in 1980 Tehran - Iran Self-taught photographer with a BA in Graphic Design. He started photography since 2010 from Theater photography. then continued as a street photographer. and currently he focused on street photography.

Mohammadreza Mandani

January1987 television filmmaking graduated from University of Applied Sciences

4 solo photography exhibitions and more than 10 group exhibitions in Iran

Fatemeh Khani

Education: • Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) with a focus on Strategy at Bahar Business School (Doing Thesis ) • Master of Business Management (MBA) at Bahar Business School • Master of Graphic Design at Tarbiat Modares University • Computer Software Technology Engineering; Nonprofit University of Eyvanekey • 5-term Graphic Program (one-year); College of Fine Arts at Tehran University • Computer Software Associate; University of Eyvanekey Skills - Business research and analysis and develope - Team management and planning to achieve strategic organizational goals - Research & Design Strategic flow for project and product - Experience in UI & UX & Product (Design, Develop, Team leadership) - Digital/Manual Illustration and painting - Photography Job positions: - Management Consultant (Angah magazine) - UI-UX Team Leader, Fanavaran ENIAC Technology Co. since October, 2017 to date. - Projects Manager & Graphic Team Leader (UI-UX), Sigma Co. since March 2013 to October 2017. - Expert on designing and implementing User Interface and User Experience and Graphic Designer, Sigma Co., 2013. - Expert on designing and implementing User Interface and User Experience and Graphic Designer, Parsis Co., 2012. - Work and Taught Painting and Design from 2007 to current as freelance Abilities and skills in foreign language: - English (Preparing for the TOEFL exam) - French language (daily conversations) Titles and honors: - Having had two group painting exhibitions so far, 2004 and 2006. - A solo exhibition in 2007 - The 1st place of “color pencil” painting in Tehran province, 2002 - The 1st place of “Pastel” painting in Tehran province, 2003 - The 2nd place of “Black Pen - Pastel” painting in Tehran, 2004 Sincerely, Fatemeh

Hamidreza Faramarzi Photographer

Hamidreza Faramarzi is an iranian photographer and documentary film maker was born in Neyshabour, Iran, in1976

_ photojournalist in Gozaresh e Film magazine from 1995 to 2001 _cooperation with some magazines such as Neshan, Pouya, Tandis, Bokhara, and... _photography for more than 15 movies and making some documentaries and holding single and group exhibitions _published two books: White shadows (A photo collection of Iranian cultural celebrities) and Crows don’t love (A book of photos and poets)

Ali Naderi Photographer

A poet, film maker and visual artist. Works at Swedish television

He has published three poem collections in persian. A selection of his poems with swedish translation, called ”väntans konturer”, was published by NordienT förlag in 2014.

He has made several documentaries and short movies and also has held several painting and photography exhibitions.

Ali Naderi is also initiator and organizer of the poem festival ’MerciPoesi’ in sweden.

Azad Ahmadi Barzin Baharlooie

Barzin Baharlooie From: Tehran - Iran Born: 1980 - Tehran

Education: Diploma of arts and literature 1998 - Freelance photographer- Portriat Grafz from 2004 - Digital art school (Invers School) 2013

Experience - 2017 Solo Exhibition-Atbin gallery

- 2017 Merci Poesi - Internationell Poesifestival Göteborgs - 2017 14th Image of the year- Iran (Tassvire Sal) ((tribute to Abbas kiarostami - 2017 The 35th edition of Fajr International Film Festival Photo Exhibition ((tribute to Abbas kiarostami) - 2016 Aga khan Award for Architecture - Book: Architecture and plurality. - 2016 DW.COM Photo Award – Second - 2016 13th Image of the year- Iran (Tassvire Sal) - 2016 Book: Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle east- John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley. - 2016 Group Exhibition Venice biennale architecture from iran - 2015 12th Image of the year- Iran (Tassvire Sal)

- 2015 Portriat Photography for Book: Aydin Aghdashloo - 2014 11th Image of the year- Iran (Tassvire Sal) - 2014 Group Exhibition Galerie Nicolas Flamel – Paris - 2013 10th Image of the year- Iran (Tassvire Sal)

Milad Fadakar

Filmmaker, photographer Director and Cinematographer of TVCommercials, theater ads, festivals and etc. from 2015 till now. Director of Cinematography of more than 20 short features films from 2014 till now. Director of “under the bridges of paris” short film. 2016 Street photography, working with different news agencies as photographer, theater photography and ... from 2012.

Mohsen Hosseinkhani

(Tehran, 1998) Free lance photographer Excutive Manager in Dena Gallery, since 2015 Poshtebam art magazine, graphic designer, Since2018 Art Director in NEGAHteam “chon bad mivazi bar gisovan nadashte am“Photography Exhibition-Dena Gallery 2018 “A new look” Group Photography Exhibition-Pich shemiran gallery 2016 Group Poster exhibition-Pich shemiran gallery Javad Atashbari

Zahra Monsef

Amir Tabatabaei Ceres

Ceres BA in Accounting Painter Photographer Participating in photography exhibition Dena gallery Tehran “

Davood Maeli

Elahe Namdar

Fatemeh Pezeshki

Hasti Taktaz

Hooman Seirafi Mahya Nazari

Maryam Hassanpour

Mohadese Joudaki

Mohammad Kasaeifard

He was born in 1985, Semnan, Iran and graduated with B.Sc in power electric engineering in 2008. His amature photography started when he was 20 years old but it turned more serious in recent 6 years. “Awakeness, all of my share from you” is the name of his first and only photography exhibition that took place in 2017.

Neda Mansourkhaki

Peyman Balaei

Roozbeh Roozbehani Sepideh Mahmoudi Danaloo Sina Jahanpour

Somayeh Akbari

Zohreh SabaghNejad

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