Artist and painter, born in Tehran, Iran, 1935.

Lives and works between Tehran and California

 

Education

1967 M.A. in Interior Design, College of Decorative Arts, Tehran, Iran

1965 B.A. in Sculpture and Painting, College of Decorative Arts, Tehran, Iran

 

His First solo exhibition at the Iran-India Centre, Tehran, in 1964, even before before graduating from the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran. Work includes oil painting, sculptures and architectural reliefs (including commissions for the Office for Industry and Mining, Tehran, 1971, and the California Insurance Building, Santa Rosa, USA, 1985). Inspiration from Achaemenid and Assyrian art, Babylonian carvings and inscriptions, combining tradition and modernity. Associated with the ‘Saqqakhaneh’ movement.

 

    Solo Exhibitions

2013 Iran Modern at The Asia Society, New York

2001 Modernist Iranian Pioneers , Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art,Iran

2001 Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, London, UK

2016 Great works, Shahrivar Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2007 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2006 Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2006 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2002 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

2000 Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1999 Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1996 The Association of Architects in California, USA

1995 Keyhan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1995 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1994 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1994 Massoud Arabshahi Retrospective, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1994 Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1993 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1990 Los Angeles International Gallery, California, USA

1984 Leila Taghinia Gallery, New York, USA

1977 Saman Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1973 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1972 Litho Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1971 Negar Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1970 Modern Iranian Art: A Retrospective, Iran America Society, Tehran, Iran

1969 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1967 Galerie Solstice, Paris, France

1964 Tehran University, Iran

1964 India Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran

1962 Iran-Indian Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran

 

     Group Exhibitions

2017 Art Dubai Modern, with Shahrivar Gallery, UAE

2016 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2015 1960’s Iranian Modern Art, Shahrivar Exhibition, Tehran, Iran

2015 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2014 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013-14 Iran Modern, Asia Society Museum, New York, USA

2013 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2012 Tehran Art Expo, Vahdat Hall, Iran

2011-13 Permanent Collection, Pasargad Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

2011 Art Expo, Los Angeles, California, USA

2011 The Collection, An Exhibition of Master Fine Persian Artists, Abra Gallery, Westlake Village California, USA

2011 Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2002 The scent of heaven in the Works of Iranian Painters, Los Angeles, California, USA

2001-03 New Art from Iran, Meridian International Centre, Washington DC, USA

2001 Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, London, UK

2001 Two Modernist Iranian Pioneers, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

2000 Inheritance, Leighton House Museum, London, UK

2000 Bob Ravah, with Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Morocco

2000 Contemporary Iranian Artists, Museum of National, Folk and Popular Art, Rome, Italy

2000 Art of 20: One Century of Iranian Contemporary Painting, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

2000 Group exhibition, with Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Ravagh Yahya Gallery, Tunisia

1999 First Drawing Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

1999 Tehran Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Iran

1999 Reflection of Tradition in Modern Iranian Painting, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran 1998 Tehran Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Iran

1991 Art Deca, Los Angeles, California, USA

1991 Los Angeles Art Expo, California, USA 1986-87 Los Angeles Art Expo, California, USA

1983 Paris International Art Festival, France

1976 Basel Art-78, Switzerland

1977 Washington Art, D.C. Armory, USA

1977 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

1977 Contemporary Art Museum, Kerman, Iran

1977 International Exhibition, Washington, USA

1976 Volume and Environment-2, Saman Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1976 Basel Art-76, Switzerland

1975 Exhibition Gallery Association

1975 Fifty Years of Iranian Art, Iran-America Society, Tehran, Iran

1975 Volume and Environment, Iran-America Society, Tehran, Iran

1975 Blue, Takhte Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1975 Mess Gallery, Tehran

1974 Washington Art, USA

1974 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland

1974 First Tehran International Exhibition of Arts, Iran

1973 Galerie Guillot, Paris, France

1973 Grand Palais, Paris, France

1973 Monaco International Exhibition, Monte Carlo, Monaco

1970 Modern Iranian Art: A Retrospective, Iran American Society, Tehran, Iran

1968 Iran’s Contemporary Artists, Mobile exhibition, USA

1967 Tehran Biennial, Iran

1967 Sacred Art, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France

1965 The Paris Biennial, France

1964 Fourth Tehran Biennial, Iran

1964 Talar-e Iran, Tehran, Iran

1962 Third Tehran Biennial, Iran

 

 

     Auctions

2018-March Christi’s , Post War and Contemporary Art , Dubai , UAE

2017 : Bonhams Modern and Contemporary Middle East Art ,London

2016 Bonhams , The Art of Lebanon and Modern & Contemporary Middle East Art , London UK

2016 Christie’s , Modern & Contemporary Art, Dubai , UAE

2016 Sotheby’s , 20TH Century Art/Middle East , London UK

2016 Tehran Auction Classic & Modern Iranian Art , Iran

2015: Tehran Auction Classic & Modern Iranian Art , Iran

2015 Bonhams , A Century of Iraqi Art & Modern and Contemporary Middle east Art, London UK

2015 Christie’s , Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art , Dubai , UAE

2014 Christie’s , Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art Including Masterpieces from The Pharos Art Collection & From The Maath Alousi Collection , Dubai, UAE

2014 Tehran Auction Classic & Modern Iranian Art , Iran

2012 Christie’s , Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II , Dubai, UAE

2011 Sotheby’s , Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian, London UK

2010 Bonhams , Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asia Art, Dubai , UAE

2009 Bonhams, Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asia Art, Dubai , UAE

2009 Christie’s , International Modern and Contemporary Art , Dubai , UAE

2008 Bonhams , Modern & Contemporary Arab,Iranian , Indian & Pakistani Art , Dubai, UAE

2008 Christie’s , International Modern and Contemporary Art , Dubai , UAE

2007 Christie’s , International Modern and Contemporary Art , Dubai , UAE

 

    Collections

Arabshahi’s works are in the public collections of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; Fine Arts Museum, Sa’d-Abad Palace Museums, Kerman Museum of Contemporary Art as well as private collections in Iran, UAE, France and the USA

 

    Awards

1974 First Prize, Sculpting Competition, Farah-Abad Park, Tehran

1973 First Prize, Monaco International Exhibition

1973 Mother’s Day Exhibition Prize, Tehran

1964 First Nation-wide Fine Arts Prize, Fourth Tehran Biennial

 

Available Artworks