Biography:

ALI VAZIRIAN WAS BORN IN 1960, IN TEHRAN, IRAN. HE COMPLETED HIS STUDIES IN TEHRAN UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING FROM THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT(College of fine arts, university of Tehran, B.A. in painting 1985-1990). HE HAS CREATED A GREAT VARIETY OF WORKS INCLUDING POSTERS, BOOK AND MAGAZINE DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION, SIGNS AND LOGOS ETC., AND HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED AND INTRODUCED IN VARIOUS GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS.HE HAS FOUNDED TWO PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTS AND HAS MADE A CAREER AS A SUCCESSFUL CREATIVE DIRECTOR. HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF WORKS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN WAS PUBLISHED IN 1990 AND THE SECOND ONE IN 1997 & COLLECTION OF POSTERS IN 2003.


Exhibitions:
• Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran(Painting)1981
• Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran(Painting)1982
• Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran(Painting)1987

• An Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings & Graphic works
Khane-e-sooreh (solo) 1988

• Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran(Painting)1988
• Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran(Painting)1991

• The First Biennial of Iranian Painters
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran1991

• Coruscation of Iranian contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran (Painting)1993

• The 4th. Biennial of Iranian Painters
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran1997

• The Reflection of Tradition on the Iranian Modern Painting
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/1999

• The 6th. Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/1999

• Islamic Revolution Reflected in Painting
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/1999

• Nature in Iran's Contemporary Painting
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/1999

• Symbolic Expression in Iranian Modern Painting
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/2000

• Art of 20th. century of Iranian Contemporary Painting
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/2000

• The 5th. Biennial of Iranian Painting
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/2000

• The First International Painting Biennial of The Islamic World
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/2000

• An Exhibition of Posters
Brag Gallery (solo)2000

• International Art Expo of New York
Selected works by Iranian contemporary painters/2000

• Iranian art exhibitions in London, Bern, Geneva
Selected works by Iranian contemporary painters/2000

• Iranian Contemporary Graphic Design
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/2001

• A Heavenly Portrayal
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran/2001

• Participation in over 30 group and biennial exhibitions of
Paintings and graphics in Iran


Awards:
• Golden Plaque, Honorary diploma & memorial medal of
Foundation of Arts & Literature of the Sacred Defence (1988)
• Plaque of honor & the golden statuette of the 3rd. Biennial
of Iranian Graphic Designers for the Best cover design.(1992)
• Plaque of honor & the golden statuette of the 3rd. Biennial
of Iranian Graphic Designers for the Best Sign design.(1992)
• One of the three semifinalist designs of the UPU's International stamp design
competition to promote the UN Year for Dialog among Civilization
and Also won a national competition. (2000)
• Golden butterfly for the best short film "Rain Again" of 18th. Isfahan International
Children Film Festival (2003)
• Diploma of Honor, Isfahan Festival of Film & Video for Children & Young
Adults, 2003 (International Competition)
• License of Honor for best director, Isfahan Festival of Film & Video for Children &
Young Adults, 2003 (Competition of Iranian Films)
• Special Jury Prize, Short Film Section, 38th. Worldfest International
film Festival (Houston). 2005, USA

Festivals:
• 18th. Isfahan International Children Film Festival (2003)
• 33rd. Roshd International Film Festival (2003)
• Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Lebanon/Competition Section, (2004)
• 28th. Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil/Competition Section, (2004)
• 38th. Worldfest International Film Festival, Houston. USA/Short Film Section, (2005)


Executive positions:
• Art director & Editor-IN-Chief "HONAR-MOASER" a bimonthly
Plastic and visual arts. Review/Tehran 1993-1994
• Art director & Editor-IN-Chief "NEGAREH" art Review/Tehran 1991-1996
• Chairman of the Plastic Art Committee in the First Mehr Art Festival
(Niavaran Foundation of Artistic Creation 1999)
• The Member of Consulting & Planning Council in the 6th. Biennial of
Iranian Graphic Designers. (1999)
• The member of Selection Committee in the Exhibition of Symbolic Expression in
Iranian Modernist Painting (Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran,2000)
• The Member of Supervision Committee in the Self Promotional Exhibition
of Iranian Graphic Designer(Museum of Contemporary Art Tehran,2001)
• The Member of Board of Directors in the Iran Visual Arts Association
• Art director & graphic designer of "Suroosh" weekly Art magazine
• Art director of the 7th. International Fajr-Film Festival, Tehran (1989)
• Art director of the 4th. International Caricature Exhibition, Tehran
• Art director of Resistance Poster Exhibition, Tehran 2005.
• President of Biennial of Typography Poster in Iran 2005.

Judging career:
• The member of jury in Advertisement Items in Sixteen Fajr Film Festival (1998)
• The member of jury in Advertisement Items in Khane-cinema Festival (2000)
• The member of jury in the 9th. book Festival for Children and Young Adults (Illustration section) / Foundation of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults(2000 & 2002)

Teaching career:
Teacher College of fine arts, university of Tehran
Teacher, College of fine arts, university of Al-zahra 1989-1992
Teacher College of fine arts, university of Shahed 1992-1993

Publications:
• A Collection of works in graphic design Vol.1/ Barg Publication (Tehran 1990)
• Introducing Contemporary Artists/An article in "NEGAREH" Art review, Vol.1(Tehran 1991)
• Newspaper & Magazine Illustration/An article in "NEGAREH" Art review, Vol.3(Tehran 1993)
• A Collection of works in graphic design Vol.2/Issargaran Publication (Tehran 1997)
• A Collection of Posters Vol.3/ Suroosh Publication (Tehran 2003)

Website: www.vazirian.com
Contact: ali@vazirian.com