Kioumars Kiyasat Information

Kiyasat, Kioumars (born in 1949) contemporary Iranian painter and caricaturist Childhood and Educations Kioumars Kiasat was born in Tabriz, the center of Eastern Azerbaijan. He was enrolled in the Farvardin Primary School in 1955 and after passing this course in 1961, he was sent to Amir Khizi high school and completed this course in 1967. By passing the course of military service he entered in Tabriz University. At first, he studied physics, but after one year he left this field and followed his studies in the field of Electronic Electricity and graduated from the university this department. Jobs Kioomarth Kiasat bypassing the military course was employed by TAVANIR, the company affiliated to the Ministry of Power and was retired in 2002 from the Azerbaijan Regional Power Company. Artistic Activities From 1971 as a caricaturist and designer he started his cooperation with the journals and papers such as Ferdowsi, Negin, Book of Friday, Ettellaat, Keyhan, Keyhan Caricature, Adineh, the weekly journal of Mahd-e-Azadi (the cradle of freedom.) Unlike most of caricaturists he did not work the for comic journals and mostly showed interest in caricatures which their base was designing and inclined to intellectual issues and from the conceptual view he totally inclined towards serious issues, beyond the common place jokes and jests. In the artistic records of Kioomarth Kiasat, one can see the participation of more than one hundred individual and group exhibitions either in Iran or other countries like Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Bulgaria, Austria, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Italy and Belgium could be seen. Individual Painting Exhibitions 1. Tabriz Osooli Gallery, Tabriz, 1974 2. Negarkhaneh (gallery) Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis), Tehran, 1976 3. Talar-e-Naghsh (the Hall of Images), Tehran. 1976 4. Vesal Gallery, Shiraz, Iran, 1977 5. Mani Negarkhane (Gallery), Tabriz, Iran, 1978 6. Naghsh Talar (the Hall of Images), Tehran, Iran, 1990 7. Sheikh Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 1989 8. Khaneh-e-Honarmandan (the House of Artists), Tehran, Iran, 2015 9. Sarban Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2016 10. Sarban Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2017 Group Painting Exhibition 1. Osooli Gallery, Tabriz, Iran, 1974 2. Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 1974 3. Tarbiat Library, Tabriz, Iran, 1975 4. Institute of Asia-Africa, Austria, 1978 5. Institute of Asia-Africa, Austria, 1986 6. Institute of Asia-Africa, Austria, 1988 7. Mirak Conservatory Fine Arts, Tabriz, Iran, 1973 8. Mehr Shah Gallery, an exhibition under the title of 50 Years Iran Graphic, Tehran, Iran,1976 9. Mani Negharkhaneh (Gallery), Tabriz, Iran, 1977 10. Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, 1979 11. Small Gallery, Austria, 1987 12. Sorkhab Farhangsara (the House of Culture), Tabriz, Iran, 1992 and 1994 13. Maqberat-ol-Shoara, Tabriz, 1992 14. Behzad Gallery, Tabriz, 1998 15. Yasemi Negarkhaneh (Gallery), Tabriz, 1999 and 2000 16. Yasemi Negarkhaneh (Gallery), an exhibition under the title of “Nine Tabriz Modernist Painters”, Tabriz, Iran, 2003 17. Farhangestan Honar (Art Academy), an exhibition under the title of “Nine Tabriz Modernist Painters”, Tehran, Iran, 2003 18. Barg Gallery, an exhibition under the title “Nine Tabriz Modernist painters and the Youngsters” Tehran, Iran, 2009 19. Honar Farhangestan (Art Academy) and exhibition under the title of “Tabriz Contemporary Artists”, Tehran, Iran,2009 20. Tabriz Municipality Hall, an exhibition under the title of the “Tabriz Painters”, Tabriz, Iran, 2010 21. Yasemi Negarkhaneh (Gallery), an exhibition of the works of the teachers of Kausar Conservatory, Tabriz, Iran, 2010 22. Sarv Gallery, Tabriz, Iran, 2010 23. Sarban Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2010 and 2011 24. Tabriz Municipality Hall, an exhibition under the title of “The Contemporary Tabriz School of Painting”, Tabriz, Iran, 2012 25. Shokri Gallery, Tabriz, Iran, 2012 and 2013 26. Yasami Negarkhaneh (Gallery), an exhibition under the title of “Commemoration of Master Tabatabaie”, Tabriz, 2014 27. Roodaki Gallery, Tabriz, Iran, 2014 28. Tabriz New Municipality Hall, Tabriz, Iran, 2014