Wahed Khakdan Information

Khakdan, Wahed (born in 1950) Iranian eminent contemporary painter He was born in a family who were originally Azari; by the formation of the Soviet Union, his parents who were young at that time along with their families were expelled from Soviet Russia. They returned to Iran and resided in Tehran and then married in their new residence. His father, Valiolla Khakdan was a theater and cinema decorator and Wahed due to his father‘s job, became familiar with the artistic sphere from the very childhood. He passed the primary school in Roshdieh and the second course in Hadaf and then he followed his childhood attachments and enrolled in the Conservatory of Fine Arts Special for boys and he was graduated in 1971 and then entered the Faculty of Decorative Arts, after succeeding in its entering examination and at length in 1976 he was graduated from the department of interior architecture. Professional Activities Wahed Khakdan who is regarded as a Hyper Realist painter held his first exhibition in 1974 in Seyhoon Gallery in Tehran. In 1978 after the victory of the Islamic Revolution he created some works in the field of social and emotional issues and held a number of exhibition activities and by benefiting from his father’s instruction he started to decorate the theater scenes and make puppets for theater and television including: – A designing puppet for fairy fate of miraculous bean; directed by Ardeshir Keshavarz and performed in Shahr Theater, 1980 – Scene Decorating and clothes and mask designing for the film “Meadow, the Children’s Friend” directed by Reza Jiyan, Shahr Theater, 1982 – Scene decorating and puppet making for the television performance of “The Story of Glow Worm” directed by Ardeshir Keshavarz, 1986 Wahed left Iran for Germany in 1984 and established his first atelier in Oberhausen in Germany. He is a prolific artist and has held many individual and group exhibitions in various countries and within years of 1983 to 2010 he has illustrated more than 40 children and young adult books, he also possesses close relations with the publishers of Iran, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Works Individual exhibitions 1. Seyhoon gallery, Tehran, 1974 2. Qandriz Hall, Tehran, 1975 3. Iran Hall, Tehran, 1976 4. Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, 1978 5. Tehran Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran, 1980 6. Burg Fendern Cultural Center, Germany, 1984 7. Konen Gallery, Germany, 1985 8. Cultural Center K14, Germany, 1986 9. Arca Technical Workshop, Germany, 1987 10. Verden Municipality Gallery, Germany, 1989 11. Oberhausen Palace, State Gallery, Germany, 1989 12. Andra Krieger Gallery, Germany, 1990 13. EP. Gallery, Germany, 1991 14. Kunst Formwiden, Cologne, Germany, 1992 15. Oberhausen Eshtat Eshpar Kase Bank Gallery, Germany, 1994 16. Poly Print and Portal Gallery, Germany, 1995 17. Tifra Mastrischt Gallery, Netherland, 1996 18. Essen VHS Gallery in Educational Center, Essen, Germany, 1997 19. Ecosystem Research Center Gallery, Oberhausen, Germany, 1998 20. E.P. Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2000 21. Rindel Groube Gallery, Munich, Germany, 2002 22. E.P. Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2003 23. Art Print Exhibition by Rindel Groube Gallery, Vienna, Austria, 2004 24. K.I.R. Gallery, Oberhausen, Germany, 2006 25. Ludwig Gallery, Oberhausen Palace, Germany (special pavilion in the artist’s exhibition, Rhein Region), 2007 26. Homa Gallery, Tehran, 2008 27. Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, 2009 28. Nar Gallery, Tehran, 2010 29. Mah Gallery, Tehran, 2012 30. Iranshahr Gallery (An Exhibition for Reviewing the entire of the works along with introducing the book of One Day in the paradise), 2006 31. Mah Gallery (summer exhibition), 2018