● Birthplace: Tehran
Biography
He is one of the most prolific and most successful Iranian painters and artists. He began painting at the age of 5. It successfully completed the course, but in the upper secondary school, his attention was more attentive and did not care much about other lessons. At the same time, he began to work as a student in a stationery shop because of the painting. He was also active in high school performing activities and the scene decor work and sometimes also made the makeup cast. In the upper secondary school, under the viewpoint of Avak Hiraptian he taught watercolor paintings. In 1958, the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran University continued his studies. Then, in 1959, he invented a special style in the art of Vitay or stained glass with an Iranian style air. He worked in various ways in different fields of painting such as making film posters, advertising graphics, packaging design and book cover. After finishing his education from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Sadeghi, the Center for the intellectual development of children and young people, was handed over to making some films animated. He started his work in 1971 in the center of the intellectual development of children and adolescents with animated drawing film: Seven Cities and for the organization, he unveiled several books. He was very dominant at this time in the field of animated painting, illustrations, painting, color and oil. In addition to visual works, Master Sadeghi published a number of books for the Kanun. He also participated in the preparation of several films for the association, which took advantage of his particular painting style. The films were welcomed in world festivals and made up of 15 awards. He also received 4 international awards for illustration of books. In 1958, the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran University continued his studies.
Master Ali Akbar Sadeghi, in the year 1977, put filmmaking in a general way and brought it into the surrealism style, and in 1988 years after many years of painting, it resumed. Sadeghi did the initial work of his painting with watercolor, but since it entered the school of Fine Arts, he began to use oil paint in his visual work.
The first prize of The Asian Illustrators Book in the year 1978 for the book: is Worship Is Not Like Thinking, the first prize of the Leipzig Festival (Germany) in the year 1980 as book: The Most Beautiful Book of Victory and the first prize of the graphic for The Best Illustration of Tehran’s book in 1989, is among the awards that has received Sadeghi. He also participated in the sixth and seventh edition of the International Film Festival for Children and teenagers.
He has been active in artistic fields over the past 20 years. In addition, he participated in 25 individual and group exhibitions in and outside the country and seven books from his writings have been published. His work is a kind of Iranian surrealism based on traditional painting and house coffee. He uses mythology and Iranian culture in his paintings. In many preliminary works, Sadeghi attended one or several warriors with the guise of ancient Iranian warriors. Some of these warriors have their own faces of Sadeghi. Master Ali Akbar Sadeghi was introduced as the country’s enduring face in 2008.
Movies
1971 – Seven Cities
1972 – Golbaran
1972 – I’m That
1973 – The Sun Land
1974 – Face
1977 – Zal And Simorgh
2005 – Coalition
Illustration books
1970 – The Pahlevan of Pahlevans
1972 – Abdolrazagh Pahlavan
1973 – Gerdafarid
1974 – Worship Is Not Like Thinking, the words of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
1974 – The truth Louder than Heaven, the words of Imam Ja’far Sadegh (AS)
1974 – Gunmetal Makers
1974 – Rain, sun and story of tiles
1975 – Play Chess
1976 – Mother of Prophet
1976 – Bahri Sinbad trips
1977 – They Are Alive, the biography of Hazrat Zainab (S.A.)
1977 – Live Together
1977 – A passage to Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari
1996 – Be Fire Until Flaming, by Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
– Be The child is self-time, the words of Imam Ali (A.S.)
– Victory
– Haft Khan Rostam
– Chapter of The Customs: entitled Wednesday Soori (Chaharshanbeh Soori)
– At the Asian Games
Individual Exhibitions
1988 – Lashodufonind City Gallery – Switzerland
1989 – Green Gallery – Tehran
1991 – Green gallery-watercolor paintings – Tehran
1992 – Green gallery-Watercolor paintings-Iran mehr Land, part 1 – Tehran
1992 – Green gallery-Watercolor paintings-Iran mehr land, Part II – Tehran
1992 – Green gallery-painting oil paintings – Tehran
1992 – Green gallery-watercolor paintings – Tehran
1993 – Green gallery-Watercolor paintings-Iran mehr land – Tehran
1996 – Green gallery-Watercolor paintings-Kerman, commemoration – Tehran
1996 – Exhibition of Iranian culture and art-watercolor paintings and oil paint -Switzerland
1997 – Green Gallery-oil painting paintings – Tehran
1998 – Green gallery-oil painting paintings – Tehran
2005 – Aria Gallery-a review of Ali Akbar Sadeqhi’s works – Tehran
Award Illustrations
1978 – The first prize of the Illustrators Book of Asia (Noma)-for books: Ebadati is Worship Is Not Like Thinking, the Sinbad of the Bahri
1980 – The first prize of the German Leipzig Festival-for the book: Worship Is Not Like Thinking, as the most beautiful books
1985 – 1st prize of the first Iranian graphic exhibition-For best book illustration
1989 – Appreciation of the intellectual Development Association of Children and Youth-for: The Book of Victory
Animation Awards
Animated Drawing Film Awards: I’m That
1974 – Gandhi Peace Prize- Sidalk Organization-the 24th International Film Festival-in Berlin, Germany
1974 – Bronze Plaque Sidalk-at the world’s annual meeting of the Organization -in Paris, France
Face, Animated Paintings Film Awards
1974 – Bronze Plaque – 12th Cracow Film Festival – Poland
1974 – Gold Plaque, World Film Festival, Virgin Ayelder, America, 2000 film festival from 38 countries.
1974 – Silver Plaque from the eleventh World Film Festival Chicago – USA
1975 – Appreciation of the World Festival of Children films Los Angeles – USA
– Appreciation of the Fourth International Cartoon Film Festival New York – USA
– Appreciation of the Fourth International Cartoon Film Festival of San Francisco – USA
– Movie Face featured as the year’s leading film London Festival for presentations
Golbaran, Animated Paintings Film Awards
1972 – Gold Plaque of No. 7, Tehran Children’s film festival
1973 – Appreciation of the World Festival of Tambre short films-Finland
1974 – Soviet Union award
1974 – First Prize of the World Festival of Educational films in Lebanon
1974 – Bronze Plaque, Columbus Film Festival, Ohio – USA
1975 – Bronze Plaque, Columbus Film Festival, Ohio – USA, Golbaran of thought and motivation for making film
1975 – Appreciation Letter from the New York Cartoon Film Festival
1975 – Bronze Plaque, World Cartoon Film Festival of New York
– Diploma of Honor, 4th International Film Festival of Odense – Denmark
