● Birthplace: Khansar
● Website: www.yadollahkaboli.com
Biography
He is a master of Broken Nastaliq Calligraphy and a contemporary Iranian calligrapher. According to himself, he was born in a family unfamiliar with art and started calligraphy at school. Master Yadollah Kaboli Khansari, started his official calligraphy activities in 1968 and studied Nastaliq calligraphy for about three years under Master Seyyed Hassan Mirkhani. At that time there were no traces of this type except in the few fragments of The Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy, which were occasionally published in the press, but these limited cases attracted cable opinion and he decided to revive the line and learn the fracture techniques. He studied the works of prominent masters of the past, such as Darwish Abdul Majid Taleghani, Mirza Kouchak Esfahani, and Ali Akbar Golestan. His efforts put the teaching of this original art on the agenda of the calligraphers’ association. Master Yadollah Kabali Khansari more than a decade since, and after Master Mohammad Hossein Attarchian and under his supervision, alone has taught The Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy in the Iranian Calligraphers Association, in other words, once again basing this beautiful and wonderful line in Iran. He has trained and trained many disciples in the field of Nastaliq. He received the first master’s certificate in The Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy Association of Iran in 2007. He holds a First Class Art Certificate and is a member of the Supreme Council for the Artistic Recognition and Evaluation of the Iranian Association of Calligraphers. He has held individual or group exhibitions in countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Russia and the United States. His work was also on display at the Molana International Film Festival held in Hollywood. Master Yadollah Kaboli Khansari has delivered lectures at several foreign universities, including Oxford University, George Washington University, Harvard University, and the University of California and Los Angeles.
One of Master Kaboli Khansari innovations is to combine various items from dust to jelly and six dongs on one page. And while they used to combine a page or effect, they used fine items and often a pen. In his style, each piece finds its own form, space, and composition, and perhaps the most significant change that has emerged in today’s line and in the dashboard layout is due to this beautiful look and approach. Cable is one of the posters that the innovators in calligraphy consider acceptable in the conventional sense. He is one of the most influential artists of the present day who has been able to respond to many of the needs of today’s art community by developing a blended line.
Works
1982 – Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy and how to read it
1986 – A Sense of Pen – Guidebook for Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy
1988 – Mehrab Khial (Imagination Altar) – A Collection of Selected Works
1989 – Kelk Sheydai – Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy in the text and cross-sectional method
1989 – Bagh Nazar – Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy Selected Works collection
1991 – Babataher’s Quatrains
1993 – Naghsh -e Shoogh (The Role of Enthusiasm) – Collection of selected works
1994 – Monhani -e Eshgh (Love Curve) – Collection of selected works
1994 – The State of Quran – National Exhibition Collection
2016 – Sama in Sama – Collection of exhibition works
– Continuous Shekasteh (Broken) – Nastaliq Broken Training Superior Course
-Sama Ghalam, an educational collection on the composition of Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy line
– Golrokh Fortress – A collection of exhibition works and Shekasteh (Broken) Nastaliq Calligraphy
– Continuous Shekasteh (Broken) documentary film, made by: Mahmoud Yarmohammadloo, about Master Yadollah Kaboli Khansari
