1982 Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions
2016 10/17, 10 Years of Iman Safaei’s Designs for Assar Art Gallery, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Popular, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Routine-ness, Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Awl, Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 Âbtani, Pool of Sa’d Abad Palace and Cultural Complex, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 MardaaMard, Lajevardi Art Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2016 10th Anniversary of Shirin Art Gallery, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 Return, Drawing Exhibition, Curated by Aydin Khankeshipour, Not Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 The List, Drawing Exhibition, Curated by Ashkan Saneie, O Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Takhti, Curated by Arash Tanhai, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 The Feeling of Happiness, Drawing Week 2, Curated by Saeed Ensafi, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Black Gold, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Machine, Curated by Hossein Soltani, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Merxout2, Curated by Amirhossein Bayani, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 My Name Is Not Rouge, Curated by Ali Bakhtiari, Shirin Art Gallery, New York, USA
2013 Peace, Opera Gallery, London, UK
2013 Light, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Silence, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Inanimate Life, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Occupy Me!, Curated by Amirhossein Bayani, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 TV, Curated by Peyman Shafieezadeh, Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 body language, Curated by Simin Dehghani, FA Gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait city
2011 100 Iranian Logotypes, Novosibirsk, Russia
2010 Jungle 3, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Art 20×30, Dar-Al-Funoon Gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait city
2010 The Iranian Look, Exhibition of Iranian Poster, Lima, Peru
2010 CARTA CANTA, Festival Expo, Civitanova Marche, Italy
2010 22nd International Poster Biennial, Warszawa, Poland
2010 A Colorful day, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2010 Tarahan-e Azad, Poster Exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Tehran- Seattle, Poster Exhibition, Seattle, USA
2009 Persianissimo, An Iranian Contemporary Poster Exhibition, On the Occasion of the 16th International Invitational Poster Exhibition [CIIPE], Colorado, USA
2009 Jungle 2, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Iranian Typography, Kabul, Afghanistan
2008 Chicago International Poster Biennial (CIPBA), Tehran, Iran
2008 Shahnameh Ferdowsi, Fourth Iranian Typography Exhibition, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2008 Palexpo, “Un cri Persian 4” [Iranian Scream: 80 Contemporary Iranian Posters], Geneva, Switzerland
2007 Group Painting Exhibition, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Art 20×30, Dar-Al-Funoon Gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait city
2007 2nd International Poster Biennial of the Islamic World, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2007 9th Tehran International Poster Biennial, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2007 16th Lahti International Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
2007 Iranian Typography, Switzerland
2006 2nd Biennale of Poster Typography, Contemporary Posters of World of Islam, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2006 Selections from the 5th Generation of Iranian Poster Designers, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 Anti AIDS-Ukraine, 2nd International Poster and Computer Animation Competition, Kharkov, Ukraine
2004 Human Rights, Poster Exhibition, Italy

Public Collection
2016 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, USA

Art Fairs
2014 Scope, Miami, USA
2014 Scope, New York, USA
2014 London Art Fair 14, London, UK
2013 Scope, Miami, USA
2013 Scope, Basel, Switzerland
2012 Vienna Art Fair, Vienna, Austria
2012 Scope Miami Art Fair, Florida, USA

Awards
2008 Best artist, Iranian Graphic Design Yearbook Exhibition, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2008 Best artist, Shâhnâmeh Ferdowsi, 4th Iranian Typography Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2007 Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation, International Biennial of Islamic World Poster, Tehran, Iran
2006 3rd Place Winner, 2nd Biennale of Poster Typography, Tehran, Iran

Other Activities
2014 Curator of the Zoo #1, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012-2014 Art Director and Graphic Designer at Shirin Art Gallery
2013 Curator of the Light Exhibition, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Curator of the Silence Exhibition, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008-2012 Art Director at Mahriz Institute for Culture and Art
2011-2013 Art Director and Graphic Designer at Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008-2011 Art Director and Graphic Designer at Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Curator for the 13×18-Portrait Exhibition, Etemad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Art Director for the 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Isfahan, Iran
2006 to Present Art Director and Graphic Designer at Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Member of the creator’s team for the 5th Generation Poster Exhibition
2005-2011 Member of IGDS [Iranian Graphic Designers Society]
2004 Art Director & Member of the creators team for the First Poster Exhibition Morteza Momayez
2000-2005 Graphic Designer for the Society of Protection of Children’s Rights

Publications
2016 10/17, 10 Years of Iman Safaei’s Designs for Assar Art Gallery, 100 Editions, Tehran, Iran
2010 Eye 25, The Soldier Series, Mahriz Publications, Tehran, Iran
2008 A Selection of Iman Safaei Posters, Mahriz Publications, Tehran, Iran