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Iranian painter
Mohammad Ali Taraghijah
Born 1943 Died August 12, 2010 Occupation(s) Painter, Artist Spouse Firoozeh Navabi Children Mohammad Taraghijah Ali Taraghijah Website
http://www.taraghijah.com
Mohammad-Ali Taraghijah (
Persian : محمدعلی ترقیجاه ; 1943 – August 12, 2010)
[1] was an
Iranian painter, whose work often featured rural, Iranian, landscape imagery.
Born 1943 in Tehran, Iran.
[2] He graduated from the College of Science & Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, yet his heart was set on creating art.
[3] He participated in the Iran National Art Competition in 1968 and he won the Golden Award that year.
[3] In 1970 he returned to Tehran and decided to take up painting professionally.
In 1994, the
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art selected some of his works for the museum collection and printed a collection of these works. In 1998, UNICEF selected two of his paintings for their Christmas cards.
His beautiful works have been exhibited in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, United States and Japan. His paintings were selected by the International Museum of 20th Century Arts to present Iran's art.
His elder son,
Mohammad Taraghijah , is an architect,
[4] and his younger son,
Ali Taraghijah , is also a painter.
[5]
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996
Galerie Arcade Chausse-Coqs , Genève, Switzerland.
2009
Christie's Auction , Dubai, UEA (International Modern and Contemporary Art)
2009 The First
Fadjr International Visual Arts Festival .
2008 Christie's Auction, Dubai, UEA (International Modern and Contemporary Art)
2008 Bonhams auction Royal Mirage Hotel Dubai (Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian, and Pakistani Art)
2008 The 7th National Biennial of Iranian Contemporary Painting
Saba cultural Center
2007 Christie's Auction, Dubai, UEA (International Modern and Contemporary Art)
2007 The First Iranian Biennial of Printmaking,
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2007 Persian spring's exhibition
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art .
2006-2004-2002-2000 the International Painting Biennial of the Islamic World (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art)
2006 International visual Arts Festival of Resistance, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2006
Gallery Artefiz , Zurich, Switzerland
2006 Beijing International Art Expo 2006, China
2005
Museu da Agua , Lisbon Portugal + Palácio da Bolsa Porto Portugal
2005
X-Cathédrale Sacré Coeur , Casablanca, Morocco
2005 Modern Art Movement, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2004
Capua , Chiosto di San Domenico, Italy.
2004
Villa Dutoite , Genève, Switzerland.
2003 Museum of Art & Science, Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
2003
Al Bidda Gallery , Doha, Qatar.
2003
Art Museum of Southeast Texas , U.S.
2003 Spiritual Vision Exhibition,
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2003, 2000, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1991 Iranian Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2002
Los Angeles (Central) Public Library , U.S.
2002
Christie's , London, U.K.
2001 Meredian International Center, Washington D.C., U.S.
2001 Sharjeh Art Biennial, U.A.E.
2001
Queens Library Gallery , New York, U.S.
2001 United Nation, Genève, Switzerland
2001
Barbican Art Galleries, London, U.K.
2001
Galerie Amber , Leiden, Netherlands
2000
Gallery Azteca , Madrid, Spain
2000
The International Contemporary Arts Center , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2000 Symbolic Expression in Iranian Modernist Painting, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
2000 Art Expo New York, New York, U.S.
2000 International Trade Center, Washington DC.
2000 1st. Drawing Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
1999
Islamic Cultural Centre , London, U.K.
1998
Art Triennal of India , Delhi, India
1998 Expo 98 Lisbon, Portugal
1997 China Art Expo 97, Beijing, China
1997
Maison de l'Iran , Paris, France
1997,1993,1990
Rathaus Pavillon Pforzheim, Germany
1996 Feria Internacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico
1995 27e Festival International de Peinture, Canges-sur-Mer, France
1995 Galerie Reindle, Innsbruck, Austria
1994 Fortezza de Basso, Florance, Italy
1994,1988 Galerie Galeothek, Innsbruck, Austria
1993,1991 Gallery Seyhoon, Tehran, Iran
1992 Galerie Art & Decor, Wien, Austria
1992,1989,1988,1986, 1986 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
1991,1989 Galerie im Ried, Zürich, Switzerland
1988 Galerie Modus-Vivendi, Zürich, Switzerland
1988 Gallery Taichi, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Galerie 8, Yverdon, Switzerland
1986 Galerie d'Art du vieux Montreux, Switzerland
1986, 1984 Galerie 8, Yverdon, Switzerland
1985 Corsh Gallery, Chicago, U.S.
1985 Galerie Milton, Yverdon, Switzerland
1983 Solo show Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
1984 Galerie Shaller, Stuttgart, Germany
1983 2nd Asian Art Bienniale, Bangladesh
1983 Galerie Migros, St.-Croix, Switzerland
1978 Art 9'78, The International Art Fair Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1976 Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1974 First Tehran International Art Expo Iran
1967 Winner of the gold medal in the Art Competition of the Universities in Iran