Gholamhossein Nami Information

Gholamhossein Nami (was born in 1936) Iranian contemporary Childhood and Education He was born in Qom, one the religious cities in the south of Tehran. He was graduated from the Tehran Fine Arts of Faculty in 1968 and received his post-graduation diploma in 1980 from Wisconsin University, U.S.A. Professional Activities After travelling in Italy and U.S.A. to become familiar with the world modern art, he returned to Iran and along with creating his works, started to teach in various art training centers. Among them one can refer to: • Plastic Art School, 1964-1986 • Alzahra University (the then Girl College), 1968-75 and 1986-1987 • Faculty of Decorative Arts (the present Art University), 1973-77 • Faculty of Architecture and Urbanization of Iran University of Science and Technology (Elm o Sana`t), 1972-1987 • Islamic Azad University, 1975-87 • Niyavaran Cultural Center, 1987-92 He was also the secretary of first International Exhibition of Tehran Contemporary Designing which was held in 1999 and within the years of 1998 to 2001 he was the head of Iran Painters Society. Nami is one of the founders of the Iran Free Group of the Painters and Sculptors which was founded in 1975 and was the member of the board of the founders of the House of Artists. He was the head of 11th Asian Dhaka (Bangladesh) Biennale in 2003. Private Life Gholam Hossein Nami during the years of studying in Fine Arts Faculty became familiar with Tooran Zandieh, painter and this familiarity terminated to marriage and the fruit of this marriage is two offspring. Exhibition • The 4th and 5th Tehran Biennale. 1964 and 1966 • The Paris Biennale 1967 • Champigny-Sur-Marne Festival, France, 1969 and 1970 • Joan Miro International Designing Festival, Spain, 1974 • The 1st International Art Exhibition, Tehran, 1974 • International “Wash Art” Exhibition, USA, 1977 • International Basel Exhibition, Switzerland, 1976 & 1978 • The Iran Painting Biennales, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, from 1991 up to the present time • The world of Islam Painting Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, 2000 and 2002 • Awards and Honours • The prize of the best painter in Iran Artist Group, on the occasion of Mother Day in Borghese Gallery, Tehran and scholarship of Italy Government in the Tehran Biennale, 1966 • Honorary Diploma of the Exhibition on the occasion of the Day of Combat Against Illiteracy, Iran Ancient Museum, Tehran, 1968 • The award of the Exhibition of the World Day of Human Rights, Iran Ancient New Museum, Tehran, 1968 • The National Award of France Government in the Champigny-sur-Marne Festival, France, 1970 • Two golden medals and formal membership of Italy Art Academy, 1980 • The special International cultural and Artistic Awards of the “Stature of Victory” from the Center for of Cultural Studies and Researches, Italy, 1983 • The golden medal from the International Parliament of U.S.A., 1983 • The award of the statue of Golden Blaze from the International Parliament of U.S.A. , 1984 • The award of “European Art Banner” and the Golden Medal from Academy of Europe, Italy, 1984 • The award of “1985 Italy Oscar”, from the Italy Academy, 1985 • The award of “Golden Palm of Europe” from the Europe Academy, 1987 • The award of the honorary tablet from the Iranica Foundation Encyclopedia, Colombia University, 2006 • Museums and Collections • The Museum of Tehran Contemporary Art • The Sa`dAbad Palace Fine Arts Museum and the Niyavaran Palace, Tehran • The Permanent Collection of International House, Philadelphia • Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A. • The Art Milwaukee Museum, U.S.A. Books • A part of the book of The Directory of Children Painting published by Ministry of Cutler and Art, 1967 • The book of Principles and the Base of Design published by the Iran Text Books (Ketabhay-e-Darsi), 1975 • The book of Designing by Pen and Ink, 1985 • The book of the Foundations of Plastic Arts “visual communications”, 1993 • The book of the Selected works of Gholam Hossein Nami from 1963 to 1994, by Iran Art Publication, 1996