Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar
Born in Tehran, Iran (1977)
Works and lives in Tehran
Education
1995 Graphics Diploma, Tehran
2001 Sculpture B.A., Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
Solo Exhibition
2007 Solo Show (Namayeshgah-e-Enferadi), Ave Gallery, Tehran
2006 Mahmoud’s Driving School, Tehran Gallery, Tehran
2004 Oh ABOLFAZL, three openings - exhibition (Bazaar mosque, at Enghelab street, at Golestan gallery), Tehran
2002 Barg Gallery, Tehran
2001 Barg Gallery, Tehran
2000 Barg Gallery, Tehran
Group Exhibition
2009 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2008 Iran: New Voices (Exploring contemporary Iranian film and video art) Barbican Centre, London
Lion under the rainbow (contemporary art from Tehran), Athens
In the state of weightlessness, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
2006 2006 asia art now, Alternative space Loop, Seoul; 2007 Arario Gallery, Beijing
Iran.com - Iranian Art today, Museum of New Art, Freiburg
Eastern Expressway, Evangelische Stadtakademie, Frankfurt
2005 Rebel minds gallery, Berlin
2004 Victim, Niavaran artistic creations foundation, Tehran
11th Bangladesh Biennial, Daka
2003 Exhibition of a spiritual vision, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Cite international des Arts, Paris
2002 Exhibition of New Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
3rd Tehran sculpture Biennial, Niavaran artistic creations foundation, Tehran
2001 1st exhibition of conceptual Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
2000 2nd Tehran sculpture Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Awards and Residency
2002 Second prize of the third Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Niavaran artistic creations foundation, Tehran
Research scholarship in Cite international des Arts, Paris
2000 Honor plaque from the second Tehran Sculpture Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran.
2007 Six months residency in Changdong Art Studio, Seoul
Publications and related activities
2004 Author of Sculpture, a textbook for art schools in Iran
2004 Creation of Bongah Publication www.bon-gah.com
2001 Editor in chief and art director of Mojassameh (sculpture) magazine, (No.1-7)
Contact
mahmoud@bakhshimoakhar.com
moakhar@gmail.com