REZA LAVASSANI

1962 Tehran, Iran

Education
1991 BA, Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran
1981 High School Diploma in Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions
2016 Ghazal In Lines, Drawing exhibition, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Life, sculpture-installation exhibition, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Sculpture Exhibition, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Painting Exhibition, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 Installation Exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 Hand printing and Sculpture Exhibition, Elaheh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 Hand printing and Sculpture Exhibition, Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
2002 Sculpture Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2001 Hand printing Exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000 Painting Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1998 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1994 Painting Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Planting New roots, Dar Al-Funoon Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2007 Illustrations Biennial, International House of Art for Children, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994-2007 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan
2006 12th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 University of Fine Arts, Mexico
2006 4th Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2005 Illustrations Biennial, International House of Art for Children, Bratislava, Slovakia
2000 2nd Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2000 6th Tehran Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1999 6th International Illustration Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1993 3rd International Illustration Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran

Art Fairs
2014 ArtInternational Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2010 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Art Residencies
2016 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Awards
2007 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Exhibition of Rumi’s Stories, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 4th Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
1999 6th International Illustration Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, , Tehran, Iran
1993 2nd International Flower and Plant Exhibition Tehran, Iran
1994 Noma Concourse, Tokyo, Japan

Other Activities
Speeches made at different occasions and articles printed in various periodicals on the subject of illustration, sculpting and painting in Iran
2006 Works printed in the book “Contemporary Graphic Design in Iran” in Netherlands
2006 Works printed in Vroom Journal: The journal of drawn and handmade illustration, UK
1995-1996, Works printed in The UNESCO calendar