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Tahereh Vahedian is an Iranian painter, sculptor and installation artist. She graduated in painting from Iran’s Association of Visual Arts. She is a Member of Tehran’s Visual Arts Development Center and Senior Member of Mashhad‘s Visual Arts Association. She has received recognitions and awards from the Iranian Artists’ Forum (2013), the Embassy of India (2012), Saba Art and Cultural Institute (2009, 2008), Mashhad City Hall (2012, 2010, 2009, 2008), Turkmenistan’s International Exhibition (2008), Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture and Iran’s Embassy (2006), the Vahdat Hall (1993), the Museum of Contemporary Arts (1991, 1989), Fajr Festival (1989) and Niavaran Museum (1989). Her artworks were selected to exhibit in the Biennial Painting Exhibitions of Iran (2011, 2008, 1993, 1991). She judged the first National Festival of ‘Hozour for Arts and Culture’ (2006) and Khorasan’s Second ‘Youth Visual Arts’ Festival (2005). She also organized the First Painting Workshop of Mashhad (2006) and curated the first group exhibition of Mashhad’s conceptual art (2005).

Painting
Among the exhibitions she has held is a solo exhibition at the Iranian Artists’ Forum (2013) in Tehran. At this event, she put on display a collection of her paintings called ‘Blue Mirror’. The exhibition received the Forum’s acclaim and Jamshid Haghighatshenas, the director, purchased one of the artworks for the permanent collection of the Museum of the Iranian Artists’ Forum. In 2012, Golestan Gallery hosted another solo exhibition of her artworks. In 2012, she also took part in the ‘Cultural Exchange Program of Iran and India’ at the Iranian Artists’ Forum. This participation earned her an award for outstanding performance from D. P. Srivastava, the ambassador of India and Majid Sarsangi, president of the Forum. In 2009, Saba Art and Cultural Institute hosted an exhibition for ‘Avant-garde Artists of Khorasan’ where she put on display her painting collection of ‘Big-eyed Women’.

She was an awarded artist at Turkmenistan’s International Exhibition and World’s Masterpieces in 2008. Two years before, she presented Iranian painting and culture in the exhibition of ‘Selected Artists from Iran’ where Kyrgyzstan was the host to the event. This exhibition earned her an award for active presence and cooperation in cultural exchange between the two countries from Mohammad Reza Saboori, ambassador of Iran, and Sultan Rayef, Kyrgyzstan’s minister of culture. Moreover, in 2006, the Welfare Organization of Khorasan-e-Razavi – Fayazbakhsh Hospice for the Disabled invited her to judge the first National Festival of ‘Hozour for Arts and Culture’. For this competition, she designed and made the Hozour Trophy. She also judged Khorasan’s Second ‘Youth Visual Arts’ Festival the year before. In addition, she organized and held the First Painting Workshop of Mashhad in 2006. This workshop was held at Rezvan Gallery in Mashhad. In 2002, she contributed to the ‘Lost Land’ project by Aliasghar Kafshchian Mosghadam in order to paint a mountain in Neyshabur. Kafshchian Mosghadam describes Vahedian as creative in new arts and active, committed and interested in practical and theoretical development of painting.

Her works of art were selected to enter in the Biennial Painting Exhibitions of Iran at the Museum of Contemporary Arts (1991), the Vahdat Hall (1993) and Saba Art and Cultural Institute (2008). Her artwork was printed in a special issue by the Museum of Contemporary Arts on the first Biennial Painting Exhibition of Iran. In the article ‘A Reflection from the Depth of Thought’, Mohsen Ebrahim explains that the exhibition was given a different atmosphere because of the distinct styles of a number of participants including Tahereh Vahedian. In 2011, she participated in the 8th National Biennial Workshop of Painting in Neyshabur.

In 1989, she was awarded at three exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Fajr Festival and Niavaran Museum. She was also awarded at the first Experimental Exhibition of Painting and Graphics (1988) and Ranked first in painting at the National Exhibition of Visual Arts (1998). Her artworks have been published in the Painting Encyclopedia of Iran (1991), Special Issue of the Museum of Contemporary Arts (1991), Special Issues of Mashhad City Hall (2008 – 2012), Khorasan Newspaper and Shahrara Newspaper (Multiple Issues). Between 2003 and 2007, she taught specialized arts courses at Imamreza Complex of Arts and Culture. She established Vahedian Visual Arts Institute in 1998 where she has been working as an arts manager and instructor ever since.

City Hall’s Projects: Installation, Mural and Sculpture
Between 2008 and 2012, she designed and made four installation artworks in city squares for Mashhad City Hall’s projects. These projects called ‘Welcoming Spring’ celebrated Norouz, Iranian new year, which starts with Spring. The installation artworks, which go by the names of ‘A Boat shall be Built’ (2012), ‘Spinning Tops’ (2010), ‘Shopping Bags’ (2009) and ‘Chocolates and Gifts’ (2008), earned her awards for excellent performance in beautifying the city by the mayor of the time, Mohammad Pejman. The artworks were published in special issues of ‘Mashhad, Bahar Street’ (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012) by Mashhad City Hall.

She also collaborated and assisted in the making of the Tiger Statue (2008). This statue is installed in Pooneh Park in Mashhad. Moreover, she took part in the First Mural Festival of Khorasan. This festival was organized and held by Mashhad City Hall in 2012.

Conceptual Art
Tahereh Vahedian held the first solo exhibition of Mashhad’s conceptual art in 2004. This exhibition was held at Imamreza Complex of Arts and Culture. On a follow-up interview, she stated that ‘Conceptual Art Reduces Tensions and Reaches the Entity of the Universe’. The next year, in 2005, she curated the first group exhibition of Mashhad’s conceptual art of arts masters. She also exhibited another collection of her conceptual artworks at this event.

Media Appearances
Tahereh Vahedian has participated in several TV and press interviews regarding arts issues. In 2013, she appeared on a TV program called ‘Toranj’ on Khorasan Channel. On this program, she spoke about art economics and arts in city atmospheres. She had already challenged the topic on the press interview ‘Arts Economics is the Main Subject’ with Khorasan Newspaper in 2010. In 2013, Shahrara Newspaper hosted an interview which was called ‘Forming a Thought Room in not Enough’. She went on an interview about buying works of art with Mashhad City Hall in 2008. She has also targeted other challenges regarding creativity in the arts. A case in point is her article ‘Creative Artist’ which was printed in a special issue by the Welfare Organization of Khorasan-e-Razavi on the First National Festival of Hozour for Arts and Culture in 2006. Another case in point is the interview ‘To Learn the Arts Language Gives Way to Creativity’ with Khorasan Newspaper in 2006.

Awards and Honors

 * 2008: Awarded artist at ‘Turkmenistan’s International Exhibition and World’s Masterpieces’, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 * 1993: Awarded artist at the exhibition of ‘Women’s Day’, Espahbodi Visual Arts Institute, Mashhad, Iran
 * 1989: Ranked first in drawing at Regional Festival of ‘Cities’ Visual Arts’, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran
 * 1989: Awarded artist at Fajr Festival, Tabriz, Iran
 * 1989: Awarded artist at the exhibition of ‘Women’s Day’, Niavaran Museum, Tehran, Iran
 * 1988: Ranked third in drawing at First Regional Festival of Visual Arts of Cities, Isfahan, Iran
 * 1988: Awarded artist at First Experimental Exhibition of Painting and Graphics, Tehran, Iran
 * 1988: Ranked first in painting at First National Exhibition of Visual Arts, Tabriz, Iran

Links
‘Iran Avant-garde Artists’, KHP Ateliers and Kulturzentrum D-mitte, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2018

'Blue Mirror, Golestan Gallery', Tehran, Iran, 2012

Hichaa Gallery, 2018-present

Caroun Art and Cultural Center, Vancouver, Canada, 2005-present