Draft:Morteza Ahmadvand

Morteza Ahmadvand works and lives in Tehran. He is a multimedia artist and filmmaker who was originally trained in painting, a medium that informs his video work. He holds an MA from Tehran University. His video pieces speak about freedom and generational changes. Ahmadvand’s career started in painting and traces of his painterly gestures can be observed when watching his videos as they possess characteristics, which allude to painting. Recently he collaborated with a documentary called “Radiograph of a family” as the Art director. He has participated in a number of solo exhibitions in galleries and museums, including Becoming, at the Etemad Gallery, Tehran (2018),To become, at the Etemad Gallery, Tehran (2014), Regards Persans, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris (2013), Video Installation Exhibition, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2011);

The video installation "Flight" 2009, by Morteza, is part of the permanent collection of the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. He has participated in the Venice Biennale 2019. In 2020, he showed the video installation "Becoming" at the Aga Khan Art Center Toronto, the asia society new york, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions

 * 2021 Abbe, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2018 Becoming, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2014 To Become, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2013 Regards Persans, Kiarostami & Ahmadvand, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France
 * 2011 Video Art, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2009 The Visual Art Gallery of the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
 * 2006 Picha Pouch, Tehran Gallery, University of Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions

 * 2021 Progetto Genesi, ASSISI, Museo Diocesano and Italy Chiesa di Santa Croce
 * 2021 Progetto Genesi, VARESE, Villa Panza Italy
 * 2021 Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians, Asia Society New York, USA
 * 2019 The Spark Is You: Parasol unit in Venice, Collateral Event of the 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia, Venice, Italy
 * 2019 Nine Iranian Artists in London: The Spark Is You, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK * 2018 Spring Group Exhibition, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2017 Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, USA
 * 2017 Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
 * 2012 Rewind, Pause, Fast Forward Mirrors on Iran, Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
 * 2012 Iranian Pulse, Contemporary Art from Iran in São Paulo, Brazil
 * 2012 Rising Images – Lowave celebrates its 10 years, Cinéma du Réel/Centre Pompidou, Paris
 * 2011 International Video Art Festival, Katara Art Center, Doha, Qatar
 * 2011 Iranian Pulse, Contemporary Art from Iran, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 2011 MOP CAP 2011 Shortlist Exhibition, Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize, Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2009 Iran without Border, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
 * 2007 New Art Exhibition, Saba Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2006 The Fourth International Painting Biennial of Islamic World, Saba Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2006 Young Artists Exhibition, University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
 * 2005 Exhibition of Art Schools, Bahman Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2005 First Annual Drawing Exhibition, Karaj, Iran Young Artists Exhibition, University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
 * 2004 Exhibition of Art Universities, Bahman Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 * 2004 Young Artists Exhibition, Kamal-el-Din Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Public Collections

 * Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
 * Musee de la chasse et de la nature, Paris, France * Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
 * San Patrignano Foundation, Milan, Italy

References/Notes and references

 * centrepompidou
 * Beoming at associazione genesi
 * Etemad Gallery
 * Iranian exhibit at the Aga Khan Museum
 * Cradle of Religions
 * Mutual Art
 * The Spark is You
 * Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet
 * de la chasse