● Birthplace: Borujerd
Biography
He was born into a family of art and tastes. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Borujerd and with support of his father turned to art of painting. He began his university studies at Shiraz University with a degree in electronics, but her interest in art was more than technical. So, after completing her education in electronics, he entered the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, where he studied painting and visual arts. Education Payment. Master Bakhtiari holds a doctorate in art history from California. While studying painting, seeing the work of one of the greats, he became fascinated by the Nastaliq line and entered the arena and pursued the phases of calligraphy so that he could obtain a master’s degree at the Nastaliq line. He won the calligraphy of Tehran in the year 2 and the grand prize of the UAE calligraphy festival. In the fall, he published an article in the journal Art No. 2, describing the essence and geometrical structure of the Nastaliq line in accordance with the golden ratios that were highly welcomed by the country’s artistic, academic, and calligraphic community. Master Bakhtiari is today one of the first masters of calligraphy in the country and is known as the gold-line holder in Nastaliq line, which is a sign of his credibility. He won the Tehran International Calligraphy Festival in 1997 and has held dozens of prestigious exhibitions in Iran, Turkey, Italy, China, Paris and other countries. His calligraphy has also been published in various books and collections, including love letters, love words, passion for drunkenness and inscriptions. He is one of the students of Grand Master of Contemporary Iranian Calligraphy, Gholam Hossein Amirkhani.
Works
– Love plan
– Talk of love
– Inscriptions
– Drunken passion
– Dawn of the night
– I wish for a flower
– The secret to look
– Khayyam’s quatrains
– Ey Iran
– It’s moonlight
– Life is Beautiful
– Look at the cleavage
– Iranian art in English
– Collections with other calligraphers such as: Mehr cultivar, Hezar Faraz from Ferdowsi, Hafez, Astan Jan, Cheshmeh Khorshid, Khajavi Kermani and…
Exhibitions
1984 – Museum of Contemporary Art
1984 – Islamabad
1985 – Iran Cultural Society – Germany
1988 – Ankara Art Museum
1988 – Istanbul Art Museum
1988 – The color exhibition of Athens
1988 – Sanandaj Cultural Center
1989 – London
1991 – Reza Abbasi Museum
1991 – Shamajanian Gallery – Isfahan
1991 – Rasht Cultural Palace
1994 – Heritage Gallery – Canberra
1995 – Personal Gallery – Tehran
1996 – Furney Dosuper – Italy
1996 – Reza Abbasi Museum
1998 – Rabat-Casablanca – Morocco
1998 – University of Kish
1999 – Damascus Art Museum – Syria
2000 – Iran Art Exhibition – Switzerland – Austria – Spain – UK
2001 – The Palace of Painters-Moscow of Russia
2001 – The Palace of Painters – Saint Peterzburg – Russia
2002 – Ankara Art Museum – Turkey
2002 – Total Art Gallery – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
2003 – Brunei Art Gallery – University of Southern London – UK
2003 – Iranian Art Fair – Tokyo
2003 – 6th Biennial of Contemporary Painters – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2004 – Museum of Fine Arts – Sharjah – United Arab Emirates
2004 – Negarestan – Tehran
2004 – Miranda Art – Orange County, United States
2004 – Puto Mac Gallery – Washington USA
2004 – Meryat Gallery – Dallas USA
2006 – City Art Gallery – Los Angeles USA
2007 – Nice gallery – Santorini American
2008 – Lagonabich Orange County Art Festival – USA
2009 – Art Festival – Washington, USA
2015 – Tehran Bahar Exhibition – Naghsh & Khat (Line & Role) Gallery
2016 – The Predicate Mastanegi Exhibition – Tehran – Naghsh & Khat (Line & Role) Gallery
