Ahmad Vakili Information

Vakili, Ahmad (born Tehran, 1961) Iranian contemporary painter Educations He received his B.A. from the university of Art, in 1987 and then was graduated from the Department of Painting of Faculty of Fine Arts, Azad University at the M.A. level in 1997. He started teaching in the university after being graduated. Individual Exhibitions Vakili held his first individual exhibition in 1985 and then participated in various domestic and international exhibitions that some of them are mentioned as follows: 1. Seh Rang (Three Colors) Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 1987 2. Noor Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 1989 3. An exhibition in his personal studio, Tehran, Iran, 1973 4. An exhibition in his personal studio, Tehran, Iran, 1994 5. And exhibition in his personal studio, Tehran, Iran, 1995 6. An exhibition in Dilmaghnai Studio, Tehran, Iran, 1996 7. Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 1998 8. Arya Gallery, an exhibition to show his manual works, Tehran, Iran, 2000 9. Elaheh Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2001 10. Anahita Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2001 11. Bahman House of Culture (Farhangsara Bahman) Tehran, Iran, 2002 12. Poya Gallery, Rasht, Iran, 2002 13. The Gallery of the House of Artists (Momayyez), Tehran, Iran, 2003 14. Elaheh Gallery, an exhibition for showing his graphic designs, Tehran, Iran, 2004 15. Cheshm Gallery, Dubai, 2005 16. Naghsh-e-Jahan Gallery (Isfahan), Isfahan, Iran, 2007 17. Hoor Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2008 18. Mah Mehr Gallery, along with the works of Ester Choorka’s works Group Exhibition Attending in more than 40 group exhibitions from 1987 to the present time Teaching Private instruction and training from 1981 Teaching in universities: Tehran Fine Arts Faculty, Azad University, Alzahra University, Zahedan University, Soore University, from 1990 Books A collection of his selected design was published in 1999 Membership 1. Member of the Group of 30 plus 2. Participation in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Tehran Biennale 3. Honorary member of the Iran Association Artist painters 4. Member of the Managing Board of the 3rd: course of Iran Association of Painters Artists 5. Member of the Board of Artists Evaluation affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance 6. Member of the Board of Choosing the Foundation of Iran Elites 7. Member of the Founding Board of Shahrivar Group 8. Participating the Festival of the Art of Resistance in three successive courses of 2011 and 2013 9. Holding the professional workshop of painting in the Stony Park (the Complex of Jamshidiyeh) for three days and showing three methods of combinatory printing, 2006 10. Member of the group of Zigmen with the cooperation of the countries of South Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Hungary, India and Malesia • Receiving the certification of the First Artists Degree,2012 Awards 1. Elected as the prominent artists in the Exhibition of Illustrators of Children Book, 1989 2. Elected as the prominent artists in the Exhibition of Illustrators of Children Book, 1991 3. Elected as the prominent Artist of the Bologna Festival, Italy, 11991 Judgments and Being at the Positions of Secretary 1. Member of the judging board of the exhibition of “The Glance 79” 2. Secretary of the 1st exhibition of Manual Printing in the Tehran Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran, Iran, 2008 3. The judge of the 7th Tehran Biennale, Tehran, Iran 4. The judge of the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd Shahr Plastic Arts Festivals of 2008, 2009 and 2010 5. The judge of Youngsters’ Art Festival (for five courses in Ardabil, Oormiyeh and Gorgan) 6. The secretary of the symposium from Persepolis to Persian Gulf, 2010 7. Secretary of the 8th Iran Painting Biennale, 2011 8. The judge of the Fajr Festival, 2013 9. Secretary of the Exhibition of the Contemporary History of Manual Printing (from Impressionism to today), 2014 Domestic Symposiums: 1. Attending in the Imam Ali International Symposium, 2007 2. Attending in the symposium of “From Persepolis to Persian Gulf”, 2010 Awards He has received many prizes as his record shows. In 1991 from Bologna exhibition he was selected as the most prominent illustrator and his works were displayed in Italy and Japan.