Fereydoun Ave

 

Born in 1945 in Teheran, Iran; lives and works in Teheran and Paris.

Education

New York University, Film School, New York, USA

University of Seven Seas, Orange, California, USA

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Career

1984 - Today

Permanent Artistic Director: 13 Vanak Street Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Resident designer: N.I.R.T. Theatre workshop, Teheran, Iran; Ave Gallery, Dubai; City Theatre, Teheran, Iran

International Festival of Arts Shiraz, Iran

Artistic Director: Zand Gallery, Teheran, Iran; Hayden Zand Gallery, Washington, USA

Member of La Maison des Artistes

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1970 - today

The Sacred Elements: Wind, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

Rostam in the Dead of Winter, B21 Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Lal Dahlias, B21 Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Seyhoun Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Herve Van der Straeten Gallery, Paris, France

13 Vanak Street Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Silk Road Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Événement du Jeudi, Paris, France

Sheikh Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Omega Gallery, Athens, Greece

13 Vanak Street Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Seyhoun Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, France

Zand Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Litho Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Iran - America Society Cultural Centre, Teheran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions

1970 - today

What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?, Rossi and Rossi, London, UK

Inaugural Exhibition, JAMM, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

Roundabout, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Boys and Girls Come out to Play, Summer exhibition, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

The Sacred Elements: Wind, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

Rostam in the Dead of Winter, B21 Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Demons and D-Artboards, with Malekeh Nayiny, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

Contemporary Art Museum, Teheran, Iran

The Contemporary Persian Scene: The American and European Experience, LTMH

Gallery, New York, USA

Welcome, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA

Gods Becoming Men, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece

Iran Under the Skin, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain

Regards Persans, Espace Electra, Paris, France

Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK

Iran Heritage Show, London, UK

Salon d’Automne de Paris, Paris, France

Contemporary Art Museum, Teheran, Iran

Zand Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Hayden Zand Gallery, Washington DC, USA

Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

Publications

2001 - 2009

Contemporary Art in the Middle East, Paul Sloman, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK

Canvas Magazine, artist profile (September 2007)

Gods Becoming Men, Edward Lucie-Smith, Edition Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece

Erotica, The Fine Art of Sex, Edward Lucie-Smith, Hydra Publishing, New York, USA

Art Tomorrow, Edward Lucie-Smith, Pierre Terrail Editions, Paris, France

Art Review Magazine (February 2002)

Regards Persans: Iran, Une Revolution Photographique, Michket Krifa, Fondation

Électricité de France, Espace Electra, Editions des Musees de la Ville de Paris, France

Iranian Contemporary Art, The Barbican, Booth-Clibborn Editions, UK

Collections

The British Museum, London, UK

La Caisse des Dépôt et Consignation, Paris, France

Contemporary Art Museum, Teheran, Iran

Lloyds Bank, Geneva, Switzerland

Centre Georges Pompidou Collection, Paris, France

Cy Twombly Foundation, USA