Parviz Kalantari
Parviz Kalantari is a painter born in 1931 in Tehran, Iran and died in 2016.
Many works by the artist have been sold at auction, including ‘Untitled’ sold at Tehran Auction ‘2014 Modern & Contemporary Iranian Art’ in 2014 for $123,511. There have been many articles about Parviz Kalantari, including ‘Iranian Artists Band Together to Reach a Global Audience’ written for ARTINFO in 2010.
Education
1959 B.A in Painting, School of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
1992 Pariz Art Gallery, Rafsenjan ,Kerman, Iran
1991 Classic Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
1991 Houriyan Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1990 Ketab Sara Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1987 Ketab Sara Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1975 Seyhun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1973 Kerman Art Museum, Kerman, Iran
1972 Seyhun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1970 School of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran
1961 School of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2001 Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art, London
2000 Exhibition at Aztec Gallery, Madrid
1999 The First Biennial Art Exhibition, Tehran, Iran Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art in cooperation with the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, London, Bern, and Geneva, .
1998 Exhibition at the UN Building, New York, USA
1997 MK2 Exhibition, Paris, France
1997 The Fourth Biennial Art Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
1996 Exhibition, California, USA
1995 The Third Biennial Art Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
1993 Lalit Cala Exhibition, New Delhi, India The Second Biennial Art Exhibition, Tehran, Iran, .
1991 Taijan Expo, South Korea
1988 Wagner Gallery, Wagner Gallery
1983 Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena, California, USA
1977 Iranian Section, Wash Art Exhibition, Washington D.C, USA
1976 Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art, Iran-America Society, Tehran, Iran
1976 Iranian Section, International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1974 Exhibition commemorating Tehran Asian Games, Tehran, Iran
1974 Exhibition marking Qandriz Gallerys 100th show, Tehran, Iran
1970 Exhibition entitled 25 Years of Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran, Iran
1967 Exhibition of Modern Iranian Art, Columbia University, New York, USA
Auctions
2017 Sotheby’s 20th Century Art Middle East , London UK
2016 Tehran Auction, Contemporary Iranian Art , Tehran, Iran
2015 Tehran Auction Classic & Modern Iranian Art , Iran
2015 Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2015 Christy’s , Modern & Contemporary Art , Dubai , UAE
2014 hristie’s , Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art , Dubai , UAE
2014 Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2013 Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2012 Tehran Auction, Modern & Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2011 Christie’s , International Modern and Contemporary Art, Dubai , UAE
2009 Christie’s , International Modern and Contemporary Art, Dubai , UAE
2008 Christie’s , International Modern and Contemporary Art, Dubai , UAE
Achievements & Activities
1988 Delivered a lecture on contemporary Iranian painting at the University of California, Berkley, USA
1978 Participation in the seminar entitled Education Through Art at the University of Adelaide, Australia
1970 Participating in a course on the teaching of art to children at the Junior Art Center, California, USA
1960 Participating in a seminar on the preparation and production of textbooks and a period of training at the Denrow Studio on book illustration, New York, USA
From 1980 Writing a number of articles on art and artists in Iran, which have been published in various Tehran periodicals
1968-1978 Director of art education at the institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and young Adults, Tehran, Iran
From 1960 Teaching painting at the School of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran