Simin Ekrami Information

Simin Ekrami (was born in 1948), Iranian contemporary sculptor Childhood and Education she was born in Tehran and received her diploma from Homayoon high school and at the same time she attended in the painting classes of Jazeh Tabatabaee and then entered in the Kamal-ol-molk Art School to learn painting. After finishing the course of high school Simin left Iran for U.S.A. to follow her studies and within the years of 1967 to 1971 she was the student of Vergan State University of Baltimore of Maryland in the branch of sculpturing. But she left her training uncompleted due to her father’s illness and returned to Iran and followed her studies in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University Professional Activities As a professional sculptor, she started her work from 1987 and up to present times she has worked on various materials like wood, stucco lapis, metal and so on. She has a special interest in creating statues on the basis of ancient charts of Iranian geographies and mathematicians and she has an interesting account on this issue: “When the Bank of Sana`t and Ma`dan (Bank of Industry and Mine) invited me to make the portrait of Alkharazmi, since there was no picture or painting of this great Iranian savant, to find an imaginary picture of him I referred to the National Library and in the process of my searches I found some charts and plans of Iranian Geography savants that captured my attention and absorbed me and I was fascinated to create statues on the basis of these charts. I created the statue of “Persian Gulf” in Asalooyeh on the basis of the chart of Abu Eshaq-e-Estakhri.” She has participated in various group and individual domestic and abroad exhibitions. Private Life During her studies in Tehran University she met Bahram Dabiri, the Iranian painter and married him. The fruit of this marriage is two offspring. Simin believes a part of her success is indebted to marry with an artist. Works • Maquette of the brand of Shiraz Mechanized Post, 1991 • The statue of the Brand of the Organization of Tehran Renovations, 1993 • The statue of the Earth on the basis of the chart of Iranian savant Abu Reyhan Beyrooni to be installed in the pavilion of State Cabinet in the Merh Abad Airport, 1994 • Four stony statues to be installed in Jamshidiyeh Park, Tehran, 2002 • Seven stony statues of birds for installation in the Iran Artist Rose Garden-House, 2003 • The statue of Earth, installed in the Park of Chat (park of Goft-o-Goo), Tehran