Behnam Kamrani

Artist / Painter

Kamrani, Behnam

Born in 1968 Shiraz/ Iran

Education:

2008 PhD/ Art research/ Art University/Tehran

1999 MA/ Painting/Art University/Tehran

1995 BA / Painting/Fine Arts Tehran University

Solo Exhibition:

2015 Always / with collaborated Banafshe Hemati / 26 Gallery / Tehran

2014 Where it doesn't matter Where / Aun Gallery / Tehran

2013 Fire in … /Aun Gallery/ Tehran

2012 Edge / Aun Gallery / Tehran 

2010 Iran traveling on Banknote/Aun gallery/Tehran

 2008 Flura / Tarahan Azad Gallery/Tehran

2006 Clothes for us ,Clothes for Gabriel/Khak Gallery/Tehran

 2004 Minature of Paradise / Laleh Gallery / Tehran

2003 Horses and Secret numbers / Elaheh Gallery / Tehran

 2001 Mystical Flowers/ Barg Gallery / Tehran

2000 Mystical clothes / Barg Gallery/ Tehran

 1999 Ancient memories / Fereshteh Gallery/ Tehran

1999 Fire and stone/ Haft Samar Gallery/ Tehran

1998 Mr. New Year / Shive Gallery / Tehran

1995 Fine Arts/ Tehran University

1989 Atrvash Gallery/ Shiraz

Selected Group  Exhibitions:

2020/1 Illusion, Virtualism & Surrealism in Iranian Contemporary Art, Curator: Farnaz Mohammadi, Shirin Gallery

2020/1 Mythography, curator: Shyma Khashkhashi, Iranian artist' s Forum

2019 Drawing Event, curator: Ehsan Nasri, Seyhoun gallery,Tehran,Iran

2019 Circular Garden of Memory , curator: Farnaz mohammadi, Barg gallery,Tehran ,Iran

2019 Evreyday life, Ace gallery,Tehran,Iran

2018 Deutsch-Persische Begegnung in der Kunst , vernissage am Freitag ,curated by Farnaz Mohammadi, Landsberg, Germany 

2017 Landscape up close, curated by Rozita Sharafjahan, Niavaran Art cultural Foundation, Tehran

2016  shahnameh, Aran gallery ,curated by Akram tavana ,Tehran

2015  3th Grand Festival Of Art For Peace,Niavaran Cultural Center,Tehran 

Mr. President ,Tarahan Azad Gallery,Tehran   2015

2014 Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Iranian Art / curator:Farnaz Mohammadi/ Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

2014 The winter video Art .Iran-Japan /curated by Hamed Noori/Tarahan Azad Gallery/Tehran

2013 Caspian Biennal /Baku/Azerbaijan

2013 Don Quixote/Aun gallery/Tehran

2013 Video Persi Art /Nature Art biennale /Gongiu ,Chungnam/ Korea

2013 Peace/Opera gallery/London

2013 Ayyam Gallery/The Young collector auction/Dubai

2013 Opera Gallery/ Dubai

2012 9^th Shanghai Biennale /china 

2012 Jury Part of Persbook Festival/Iran artist 's House/Tehran

2012 Video art Festival MADATAC/ Curated by Mona Mohagheghi / MUSEO NACIONALCENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA

 2012 In betweeness/Curated by Hamid Severi/Mahe mehr gallery/ Tehran-Iran

2011 Digital Festival / Mohsen Gallery/Tehran-Iran

2011 Human Emotion Project( HEP) /Curated by Sohrab M. Kashani and Alison Williams/New York-USA

2011 Padiglione esterno /Iran and India video art/Rome-Italy

2011 Unified in Diversity/Total Arts gallery/Dubai-UAE

2011 Postcards from Tehran/curated by Nazila Noebashari/18th Street Art Center/ Santa Monica, United States

2010 Iran preview of the past/contemporary Iranian videoartists and photographers/university of applied Arts/vienna

 2010 Transverse Video-seances Specialis-Lycee des Arenes-Toulouse-France

2010 Iranian Glances/ Cam-Casoria contemporary Art museum /Naple-Italy 

2009 Experimenta-Alberobello citta'spettacolo-xi edizione/Rome-Italy

2009 Facts and illusion/Henry Moore gallery, Royal Academy of Art/London-UK

2007-2008 Art-action/Paris-Berlin-Madrid

2007 New media festival/Chicago,USA

2007 Video Festival- Line/Macedonia

2007 Retracing Territories / Fribourg, Switzerland

2007 Wishes and Dreams: A New Generation of Artists from Iran /Meridian International center/Los Angeles-New York-/ USA

2006 Conscious in Coma /Video projection/Turkey

2006 Eastern Imagination / Museum of Contemporary Art / Tehran

2006 Deeper Depression / Tarahan Azad Gallery / Tehran

2006 Contemporary Iranian Painting / Museum of Contemporary Art / Tehran

2005 Nature in Eastern Art/ Khial Gallery / Tehran

2005 Spiritual Art Exhibition / Niavaran Creation Foundation / Tehran

2004 Victim / Niavaran artistic creation foundation /Tehran 

2004 Spiritual Vision / Museum of contemporary art / Tehran

2004 New arts of 30+ Group / Hi art cultural center / Yerevan /  Armenia

2003 Edges of the Earth/Migration of Contemporary Asian Art/China Academy of Art/China

2002 Contemporary drawing / Barg Gallery /Tehran

2002 Group Exhibition / Art Gallery/Tehran

2002 Paris Triennial / Grand Arch / France

2002 New art / Museum of contemporary art/ Tehran

2001 Conceptual art / Museum of Contemporary art / Tehran

2001 30+ Group Exhibition / Isfahan Contemporary art Museum

2001 30+ Group Exhibition / Ginza gallery / Tokyo /Japan

2001 30+ Group Exhibition / Metropolitan art museum / Japan

2000 Contemporary drawing Exhibition / Museum of contemporary art / Tehran

2000 Group exhibitions / Armenia 

1999 Contemporary Painters of Iran / Jordan

1999 Contemporary Painters of Iran / Syria

1999 The dream of angles Museum of contemporary art / Tehran

1999 First International Exhibition of drawing/Museum of contemporary art/Tehran

Activities:

Curator of exhibition :

Victim / Niavaran artistic creation foundation /Tehran 2004

To paint Cinema/Mohsen gallery/Tehran/Sep 2010

Kichen/Mohsen gallery/Tehran/Des 2010

Doll/Shirin gallery/Tehran/Feb 2011

Membership:

 Member of Iranian Society painters

Member of 30+Group 2004-2007

Member of jury of Iranian Students Exhibition 2004

Member of jury (New Arts) Tehran museum of contemporary Arts / 2002-2003

Nominator of MOP CAP 2009

Editorial Board of Art tomorrow Magazine 

Member of jury, Damoon far Festival,2010

Prize:

1999 First International contemporary Drawing / Museum of contemporary Arts / Tehran

1996 encouraging letter /Third Biennial of painting / Museum of Contemporary Arts /Tehran