Saeed Shahlapour Information

Shahlapoor, Saeed (born Tehran,1944) Iranian contemporary painter and sculptor He was graduated from the branch of sculpturing of Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University. He is a member of The Managing Board of Iran Sculpturing Association and he was the manager of the 4th Biennale of the Tehran Sculpturing. Holding individual exhibition and participating in group exhibitions to display his works in the foreign embassies in Tehran as well as displaying his works in Tehran (the capital city) and Rasht (one of the cities of the North of Iran and the Center of the Gilan Province) galleries and in the galleries of the other cities and participating in the sculpturing biennales are some of his activities in the field of Art. Also it is many years that he is teaching sculpturing in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and other faculties of arts. Shahlapoor due to his political activities was detained and was inmate for a while. After being released he experienced various professional courses under the impression of prison. The collection of “Ball and Tree” and “Ball and Thorn” are the products of this era. Social issues are the main themes of his works. He creates his works in the form of improvisation and believes in unconscious expression. He has held eight individual exhibitions in Tehran and Rasht to show his sculptures He has participated in many group exhibitions too, including: 1. Tehran Hall, 1964 2. Qandriz Hall, was a place for holding a group exhibition to display his sculptures and paintings along with other artists 3. in the Embassy of France in Tehran, group exhibition, 1996 4. Attending in Tehran Biennale, as an invited artist, 1997 5. Ariya Gallery, an exhibition for showing the works of six sculptors, 1997 6. Ariya Gallery, and exhibition under the name of the “Manifestations of Portrait Painting”, 1997