Behzad Bozorgi

Behzad Bozorgi

Behzad bozorgi (born September 16, 1972) is a painter and poet. He was born into an already artistic family, including his father, a well-known poet, and started painting as an artistic activity from childhood. Given his family inclination to poetry and literature and also his familiarity with poets such as Hafiz, Sa'adi, Molana (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi), etc, he was attracted to Iranian painting and Persian Miniature (which is called Negargari). He started his professional work in 1983 with his master Mohammad Tajvidi. Later on he used the help of the great masters such as Mohammad Bagher Aghamiri, Ali Asghar Tajvidi and Alijan Alijanpour.
During the mentioned period with these great masters he got familiar with all the Iranian Painting styles, including Persian Miniature, Gol-O-Morgh (literally the flower and the bird), Tazhib, Tash'ir, Ghahve- Khaneh Painting (literally coffee shop painting) and Qajar Painting and has followed the related ancients works. Moreover, having done a number of studies on Kufic, he adopted a novel perspective for this kind of handwriting and combined it with Persian Handwriting style and Persian traditional colours and therefore has presented a new form of Calligraphy.
Besides creating such artistic works in Miniature and Calligraphy, today he is also active in the fields of Patina and Interior Design.

 

  • acrylic on canvas, 136*96 cm
    acrylic on canvas, 136*96 cm

Biography

 Educational Activities:
Persian Painting Instructor
Miniature Instructor in the Iranian Miniature Society for 2 years
One of the first Instructors of Calligraphy in Iran
Teaching different techniques of painting in Tehran Institutes
 
 
Cooperation in Societies and Committees:
Persian Miniature Society member
Honorary member of the institute for promotion of contemporary visual arts
Honorary member of the Research Center of Tehran museum of contemporary art
Member of the society for protecting the rights of the writers, journalists and artists
Cooperation with the international committee of the Red Cross in the field of painting
 
 
And also:
Gaining an art certificate equal to Master's degree from the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance
Winner of the Miniature Biennial of Persian Gol-O-Morgh (the flower and the bird)
 
Exhibitions held in Iran:
Attending the biennial of miniature: 1997
Bamdad Art Gallery: 1998
Attending the biennial of miniature: 1999
Mandegar Art Gallery in Arak: 1999
Attending the 1st Omid Festival Exhibition (special for the birthday anniversary of Imam Hussein and Imam Zaman)
Kashan Tabātabāei House: 2002
Atashzad Art Gallery: 2002
Attending the artistic festival of the birthday anniversary of Imam Hussein in Tehran, Sa'dabad Palace: 2003
Kashan Tabātabāei House: 2003
Niakan Art Gallery: 2003, individual exhibition
Niakan Art Gallery: 2003, Group exhibition
Bamdad Art Gallery: 2003
Bamdad Art Gallery: 2004
Imam Ali Museum: 2004
Festival of Message of the Holy Prophet: 2005
Sa'dabad Art Gallery: 2005
Attending the biennial of miniature: 2006
The Iranian Academy of Arts (Saba Cultural and Art Institute) Expo: 2007
Mandegar gallery of arak : 2007
Attending the biennial of miniature: 2008
Mani Gallery: 2008
Quranic Tazhibs Exhibition: 2009
Attending the biennial of Astan Qouds Razavi Gol-O-Morgh: 2009
Attending the biennial of miniature: 2010
Quranic Tazhibs Exhibition: 2010
Attending the Fajr International Exhibition: 2011
Panjereh (literally the window) Exhibition: 2013
Attending the biennial of miniature: 2013
Attending the Fajr International Exhibition: 2013
Attending the Naghsh Jahan Exhibition: 2013
Attending the first National Auction of Traditional and Decorative Arts: 2014
The Iranian Academy of Arts (Saba Cultural and Art Institute): 2015, Group Exhibition
Kaveh Art Gallery: 2015
13th Emam Reza Festival: 2015
The Group Exhibition at Art Academy (Saba) with Students: 2015
Attending the biennial of miniature: 2015
Biennal of emam reza , Esfahan : 2013
Attending the biennial of miniature: 2017
 
Sold Artworks:
Selling an artwork in the first National Auction of Traditional and Decorative Arts in Iran: 2014
Selling an artwork in Belarus Museum
Selling an artwork in Qatar
Selling an artwork in Kuwait
Selling an artwork in Bosnia
Selling an artwork in Srinakharinwirote University in Thailand
 
 
Exhibitions held abroad:
Attending the Group Exhibition of Islamic Cultural Organization of California: 2000
Cultural Institute of Contemporary Arts Museum in Qatar: 2006
National Museum of the Philippines: 2008
Thammasat University in Thailand, Bangkok: 2009
Seyhoun Gallery in California: 2010
Kremlin Museum in Russia: 2011
National Museum of Kazan in Russia: 2011
Cultural Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Bosnia: 2012
National Museum of Belarus: 2014
National Museum of Kazakhstan : 2017
 
Published Artworks:
Several Posters with various publications
In the 3rdFestival of CJ Illustration in Korea: 2010
(CJ 3rd Picture Book Festival)
Divan of Hafez
Divan of Omar Khayyam
Divan of Baba Taher
Divan of  shams tabrizi
Masnavi Ma'navi
Biennial of CJ in Korea
The cultural book of the Philippines
Cooperation with the international committee of the Red Cross and publishing the artwork in Al-Ensani Magazine, 2004
Workshop at  philippines art university , 2008
Workshop at Kazakhstan art university , 2017
Cooperation with the Belgium embassy , 2016-2017