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REZA LAVASSANI

CV

1962 Tehran, Iran

Education
1991 BA, Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran
1981 High School Diploma in Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions
2018 Assar Art Gallery, Curtain, Tehran, Iran
2016 Assar Art Gallery, Ghazal in Lines, Tehran, Iran
2015 Assar Art Gallery, Life, sculpture-installation exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2011 Assar Art Gallery, Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2007 Assar Art Gallery, Painting Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2006 Azad Art Gallery, Installation Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2005 Mah Art Gallery, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2004 Assar Art Gallery, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2003 Elaheh Gallery, Hand printing and Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2003 Iranian Artists' Forum, Hand printing and Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2002 Aria Gallery, Sculpture Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2001 Azad Art Gallery, Hand printing Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2000 Barg Gallery, Painting Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
1998 Barg Gallery, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Tehran, Iran
1994 Aria Gallery, Painting Exhibition, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Dar Al-Funoon Gallery, Planting New roots, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1994-2007 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan
2006 University of Fine Arts, Mexico

Biennales
2019 Venice Biennale (58th International Art Exhibition), Iran Pavillion, Venice, Italy
2007 Illustrations Biennial, International House of Art for Children, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006 The 12th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 4th Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2005 Illustrations Biennial, International House of Art for Children, Bratislava, Slovakia
2000 2nd Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2000 6th Tehran Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1999 6th International Illustration Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1993 3rd International Illustration Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran

Art Fairs
2019 TeerArt, Tehran, Iran
2014 ArtInternational Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2010 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Art Residencies
2016 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Awards
2007 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Exhibition of Rumi’s Stories, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 4th Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1999 6th International Illustration Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, , Tehran, Iran
1993 2nd International Flower and Plant Exhibition Tehran, Iran
1994 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan

Other Activities
Speeches made at different occasions and articles printed in various periodicals on the subject of illustration, sculpting and painting in Iran
2006 Works printed in the book Contemporary Graphic Design in Iran in Netherlands
2006 Works printed in Vroom Journal: The journal of drawn and handmade illustration, England
1995-1996, Works printed in The UNESCO calendar