Mehrdad Afsari Explained

Mehrdad Afsari
Birth Date:21 September 1977
Birth Place:Khoy (Iran)
Nationality:Iranian
Occupation:Photographer, visual artist and video director
Movement:Photography Visual art Video

Mehrdad Afsari (born 1977) is an Iranian photographer best known for his artistic and unusual landscapes with a conceptual and philosophical approach.[1]

Life and work

Mehrdad Afsari is an Iranian fine art photographer, documentary film director and video artist.[2] [3] [4] He was born in 1977 in Khoy. He got a B.A. in photography from University of Tehran in 2000 and M.F.A in photography from Tehran University of Art in 2006. He has been professor at Tehran University of Art for 14 years. He is an honorary member of Iranian Visual Artists Society.[5]

Since 2001, he has had 16 solo exhibitions[6] in different galleries in Iran and his works have been shown in more than 80 exhibitions around the world such as Iran, China,[7] Germany, US,[8] UAE,[9] Lithuania, Spain, Italy, Slovenia,[10] Turkey,[11] Georgia,[12] France, Canada,[13] Norway, UK such as Photo London[14] [15] 2018, Venice Biennial in Italy, Paris Photo in France, Contemporary Art Istanbul[16] in Turkey, Queens Museum of Art (QMA) in USA, MAO Museum of Architecture and Design in Slovenia, The Reina Sofia Museum in Spain, Georgia Museum of Art, "University of Westminster in London and Tehran museum of contemporary art (TMOCA).[17]

He has also been the Jury member,[18] [19] lecturer[20] [21] and curator of many national and international festivals and exhibitions such as 11th Fajr visual arts Festival at Iranian Academy of the Arts.[22] [23]

Afsari curated the group exhibition Confined Landscape at Mohsen Gallery in Tehran in 2012[24] and the group exhibition Winter there in 2015.[25] He also curated The Land of Bewilderment memoir exhibition of Mohammad Sayyad's photographs of Iraqi Kurd refugees, exhibited after some thirty years, which are replete with sorrow and bewilderment held in Nabshi Center.[26] [27]

Awards and fellowships

Publications

Publications by Afsari

Publications with contributions by Afsari

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 Iranian Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art. Sajjadi. Leila. 2019-09-17. Artsy. en. 2019-09-18.
  2. Web site: The 1st Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition. The 1st Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition. 2017-05-16.
  3. Web site: Magmart international videoart festival. website. 2018-05-22.
  4. Web site: Filmovi umetnika – artRESOLUTION – razgovori, video i filmske projekcije. 2019-04-12. Kulturni centar Beograda. sr-RS. 2019-05-22.
  5. Web site: Association of visual arts of Iran. avoa.ir. 2017-05-18.
  6. Web site: Mohsen Gallery Mehrdad Afsari. mohsen.gallery. 2017-05-17.
  7. Web site: PhotoFairs Shanghai 2016 Records Strongest Ever Sales World Photography Organisation. www.worldphoto.org. en. 2017-05-17.
  8. Web site: Contemporary Iranian Photography Hillyer Art Space. hillyerartspace.org. en-US. 2017-05-16.
  9. Web site: uNclear deal – Ground floor The Mine. www.themine.ae. en-US. 2017-05-16.
  10. Web site: News – MAO. www.mao.si. 2019-02-20.
  11. Web site: Persian art show in Ankara. www.iran-daily.com. 2017-05-16.
  12. News: "SubTehran: Subjective Truth from Iran" at Center of Contemporary Art Tbilisi. Pertenava. Lali. artforum.com. 2017-05-16. en-US.
  13. Web site: Iran: Visual Poetries in Percé. Photo Gaspésie. en-US. 2019-09-14.
  14. News: Photo London convince pubblico e collezionisti con un'offerta internazionale. Il Sole 24 ORE. 2018-05-22. it.
  15. Web site: Photo London. London. Photo. Photo London. en-GB. 2018-05-22.
  16. Web site: Contemporary Istanbul 14–17 September '17, 12th year. www.contemporaryistanbul.com. en. 2017-05-18.
  17. News: آثار 84 هنرمند نوسنت‌گرا روی دیوار موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران می‌رود. 2014-10-11. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. 2017-05-16. fa.
  18. Web site: Focus Iran 3, a juried exhibition by Craft & Folk Art Museum and Farhang Foundation 2018 Press. Tabatabai. Behzad. farhang.org. en-gb. 2018-05-22.
  19. Web site: Focus Iran 3 – Rules Programs. Tabatabai. Behzad. farhang.org. en-gb. 2018-07-04.
  20. Web site: انجمن عکاسان ایران. yahoo.com. Vahid Alinaghizadeh :: v_alinaghizadeh [at]. www.nips.org.ir. 2017-05-16.
  21. Web site: گزارش دومین روز "۱۰ روز با عکاسان". tandismag.com. fa-IR. 2018-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180813072549/https://tandismag.com/15336/%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%DB%B1%DB%B0-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86.html. 2018-08-13. dead.
  22. Web site: حلقه افراد در جشنواره تجسمی فجر بازترشد/اسامی همه دبیران و داوران. 2018-11-20. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa. 2019-05-22.
  23. Web site: یازدهمین جشنواره هنرهای تجسمی فجر. www.ivafestival.ir. 2019-05-22.
  24. Web site: Mohsen Gallery Mehrdad Afsari. mohsen.gallery. 2017-05-16.
  25. Web site: Mohsen Gallery Winter. mohsen.gallery. 2017-05-16.
  26. Web site: Nabshi The Land of Bewilderment. 2019-09-14.
  27. News: نمایشگاه عکس؛ محمد صیاد در 'اقلیم حیرانی'. 2019-08-29. BBC. 2019-09-14. en-GB.
  28. News: دومين جشنواره عكس‌هاي دريايي پايان يافت. 2005-11-28. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. 2018-05-22. fa.
  29. News: Tehran Photo Biennial winners announced. Islamic culture and relations organization.
  30. News: Tehran Photo Biennial winners announced. 2006-11-10. Tehran Times. 2017-05-18. en-US.
  31. News: چهارمين جشنواره‌ي عکس‌هاي دريايي ايران برترين‌هايش را شناخت. 2007-11-27. ایسنا. 2018-05-22. fa-IR.
  32. News: Participants. International Arts & Artists. 2017-05-16. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226204739/http://www.artsandartists.org/cultural-exchange-programs/u-s-iran-exchange-2008/participants/. 2018-12-26. dead.
  33. News: 1mile² Tehran – Visiting Arts. Visiting Arts. 2018-05-22. en-GB.
  34. Web site: Tehran: 1 mile2 at Azad Art Gallery Parkingallery Projects Tehran. www.parkingallery.com. en-US. 2018-05-22.
  35. Web site: exchange program Iran Norway. www.stiftelsen314.com. 2017-05-16.
  36. News: Nominated Artists for Iran-Norway Program – Kooshk Residency. Kooshk Residency. 2017-05-16. en-US.
  37. Web site: Mohsen Gallery Publications. mohsen.gallery. 2017-05-18.
  38. Web site: کتاب کتاب چشم 39. iranbuybook.com. 2017-05-16.
  39. Web site: چشم ۳۹. opac.nlai.ir. fa. 2017-05-17.
  40. Web site: Loco / Catalogue / La photographie iranienne. www.editionsloco.com. fr. 2017-05-16.
  41. Web site: Contemporary Iranian Art Saqi Books. www.saqibooks.com. en-US. 2017-05-16.

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