● Birthplace: Tehran
Biography
She started painting in high school and has been working in this art continuously and professionally for the past 28 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in painting from the Faculty of Art of Islamic Azad University and a master’s degree in painting from the Faculty of Art, University of Tehran. Bita Vakili has participated in 9 individual exhibitions, six auctions in Tehran and more than 80 group exhibitions in Iran, Dubai, Canada, USA, France, China, Malaysia, Monaco, Armenia, Oman and England. She is one of the young painters who has achieved records of 25, 32 and 45 thousand dollars for the sale of his works at the Christie’s Dubai auction. The name of Bita Vakili was registered as the most expensive female artist in the Middle East in 2011, with the sale of her work at the 12th Christie’s Dubai auction for $ 48,000. Bita Vakili has freed herself so much in portraying what she likes that only a sincere expression can mediate her and the world around her. By eliminating narrative, eliminating familiar elements of nature, eliminating any kind of literary or philosophical expression, she seeks a kind of purity and reaching a meaning that is possible only with refined visual expression. The abstract quality of his works creates many meanings and perceptions. Concepts that are very difficult to transfer from the pure image to the word. Bita Vakili has developed her field of action to the point of reaching a kind of music. The abstract atmosphere of his works expresses a transcendental and cosmic emotional understanding.
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She composes and deals with his works in a way that gives the viewer the opportunity to associate meanings to infinity. The general public sees the work of art but does not understand it. “Millions of Chinese speak Chinese every day, if I do not know Chinese it does not mean that they do not say anything,” said Pablo Picasso. She organizes his works through abstract expression. This painter has tried to confuse the element of creativity with a kind of ambiguity. She is well aware that the more ambiguous his mental subjects are, the more he has access to novel and unexpected spaces, and in such a state she can constantly make new discoveries.
Bita Vakili’s works escape from physical situations to prepare the scene for viewing in a metaphysical environment. Therefore, since metaphysics has been observed, it has been presented by color and playing with color motifs on a two-dimensional surface of the canvas; These works can be considered as expressing the mood and feeling of a human being, which have taken on an unusual effect with the support of a kind of metaphysical processing. These works are exercises in creativity and a powerful tool in penetrating the transcendental.
The book of Bita Vakili’s collection of works has been published by Idea Publications. This book has been prepared and compiled in the form of a monograph and by reviewing the works of this contemporary painter during a decade of her serious presence in the international arena of art, she analyzes her works.
Individual Exhibitions
2001 – Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 – Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005 – Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 – Mah E Mehr Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 – Mah E Mehr Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 – Mah E Mehr Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 – Boom Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 – E1 Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Cama Art Gallery, london,UK
Group Exhibitions
2002 – The Selection of Contemporary Paintings, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 – The Exhibition of Visual Arts by Tehran Female Artists, Niavaran Creation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2002 – New Experiences Exhibition, Members of the Society of Iranian Painters, 2002 – The House of Iranian Artists, Tehran, Iran
– Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2002 – The Celebration of the Anniversary of the society of Iranian Painters, The House of Iranian Artists, Tehran, Iran
2002 – Iranian Contemporary Artists, Lazar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 – Iranian Contemporary Art, Total Arts at Court Yard, Dubai, UAE
2003 – Beyond the Art of Illumination: The Contemporary Art of Iran, City Escape Art Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2003 – The First Annual Exhibition of Iranian Artists. The Institute for Promotion of the Visual Arts, Tehran, Iran
2004 – The Selection of Iranian Contemporary Arts Over Three Generation, National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Armenia
2004 – Cite’ International des Arts, Paris, France
2004 – Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 – The First Tehran Art Expo, Vahdat Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2005 – Spiritual Art Exhibition, Niavaran Creation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2005 – Nature in Oriental Art, Saba Cultural and Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 – Abstract Group Exhibition by Members of the Society of the Iranian Painters, Niavaran Creation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2006 – Beijing International Art Exposition, China
2006 – The fourth international painting biennial of the Islamic world, saba cultural & artistic Institute, Tehran, Iran (X)
2007 – Iranian Spring, The first scientific seminar & exhibition of poetry & visual arts, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts
2009 – Haft Negah (7 views), Exhibition of Iranian visual Art, Tehran, Iran
2010 – Echoes in Blue Contemporary Iranian Art from Tehran, James Gray Gallery, CA, USA
2010 – Haft Negah (7views), Exhibition of Iranian visual Art, Tehran, Iran
2011 – “Bait Muzna” Gallery. Muscat, Oman: A Persian Art Exhibition
2011 – Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2011 – Iranian First Charity Art Auction, Shirin Art Gallery
2011 – The Second Exhibition of Young Talented Painters, Mellat Gallery
2012 – The other Half of Iran, Sem Art Gallery, Monaco
2012 – Alternative view, Three Generation of Iranian Woman Artists, Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 – Abstraction & Expression, Mellat gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 – Persian Blue Exhibition, Ahvaz Contemporary Art Museum
2016 – Trends & Approaches in contemporary Iranian Art, Mellat gallery, Tehran, Iran (X
2017 – Landscapes up close, Niavaran Creation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2017 – The collection of Iranian contemporary art, Malaysia
2017 – Art Expo Malaysia
2018 – Gol-e-Narges (Narcissus Flower) Exhibition Concurrent with Global Registration of this Flower , Einodoleh Mansion, Tehran ,Iran
2018 – Iranian Art at Cafe Royal hotel ,Cama Gallery opening ceremony,London,Uk,
2018 – Sensation , Iranian Art In , First Painting Exhibition aT Cama Gallery London21 May,
2019 – Memory, Space ,Time , Group exhibition, – Pardis Melat gallery,
2019 – Shahr International Film Festival, Painting, Photography group exhibition, Pardis Melat gallery,
Auctions
2010 – Christies, Dubai, International modern & contemporary Art – April
2010 – Christies, Dubai, International modern & contemporary Art, Arab & Iranian – October
2011 – Christies, Dubai, Modern & contemporary Art, Arab & Iranian and Turkish Art – April
2011 – Christies, Dubai, Modern & contemporary Art, Arab & Iranian Art – October
2012 – Christies, Dubai, Modern & contemporary Art, Arab & Iranian and Turkish Art – April
2012 – Modern & contemporary Art, Arab & Iranian Art, Dubai, UAE – October
– First Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran, Iran
– Second Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran, Iran
– Third Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran, Iran
– Fourth Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran, Iran
– Fifth Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran, Iran
2016 – Third Raad Charity Auction
2017 – Tehran Auction, Contemporary Iranian Art
2019 – Tehran Auction, Contemporary Iranian Art
2020 – Tehran Auction, Contemporary Iranian Art
