•  From Tehran With Love  Exhibition and an art auction by Magic of  Persia Fondation 
          Exhibition 10-12 Feb 2020,  7080 Hollywood Blvd PH, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United.
          Auction (conducted with sotheby’s) 12th Feb. (This event is private and by invitation only)
           Catalogue  Link Page N 36 in PDF version and 70-71 in printed catalogue 
        • Contributing Artists
          Azra Aghighi Bakhshayesh | Reza Aramesh | Alireza Astaneh | Fereydoun Ave | Yousha Bashir | Nima Behnoud | Katty Biglari | Mohammad Bozorgi | Sepand Danesh | Bijan Daneshmand | Darvish Fakhr | Mehdi Farhadian | Firouz Farman-Farmanian | Mehdi Ghadyanlou | Bita Ghezelayagh | Mohammad Hossein Gholamzadeh | Sara Issakharian | Farideh Lashai | Ali Mashadioasl | Farbod Mehr | Dehghan Mohamrnadi | Afshin Naghouni | Steven Naifeh | Marjan Nemati | Shirin Neshat |Nicky Nodjourni | Jason Noushin | Peybak | Mohammad Piryaee | Taher Pourheidari | Alireza Rasoulzadeh | Maryam Rastghalam | Ali Razghandi | Elham Rokni | Abo Shahi | Vahid Sharifian | Maryam Shirinlou | Koorosh Shishegaran | Slavs & Tatars | Soheila Sokhanvari | Farah Soltani | Siavash Talaei | Sadegh Tirafkan | Patricia Torkan
        • Interview with Insideart Magazine December 2018 about Talentprize  (pages 39-40-41)

 

 

        •  Magicinmonaco ( A Tale of Two Cities) Exhibition and an art auction
          Exhibition 18-27 july 2018 at Kamil Art Gallery in Monte Carlo.
          Auction (in collaboration  with Christie’s) 28th july at Yacht Club de Monaco.
           Catalogue  link
        • Contributing Artists
          Afsoon | Alaleh Alamir | Hojat Amani | Pooya Aryanpour | Fereydoun Ave | Mohammad Bahabadi | Nima Behnoud | Mohammad Bozorgi | Alireza Chalipa | Josiane Cohanim | Hanieh Delacroix | Younes Faghihi | Mehdi Farhadian | Shadi Ghadirian | Mehdi Hamedi | Hamed Heidari | Abbas Kiarostami | Shokoufeh Malekkiani | Farbod Mehr | Arsia Moghaddam | Ahmad Morshedloo | Dana Nehdaran | Dariush Nehdaran | Fereydoun Omidi | Peybak | Maryam Rastghalam | Ali Razavi | Shadi Rezaei | Natasha Riboud | Bahar Sabzevari | Bijan Saffari | Melika Shafahi | Peyman Shafieezadeh | Shirin Tabeshfar | Siavash Talaei

           

          Ogallery , Tehran, Iran.
          Click here to  view catalog
          www.ogallery.net

           

          My interview with Zoya Sardashti Magic of Persia’s CURATE ARCHIVE online resident about my trilogy painting “The All-seeing eye”.
          Montedomini, Florence ,Italy.
          25 November 2016 to  8 January 2017
          Lajevardi foundation , Tehran, Iran.
              • Artists :  FEREYDOON AVE, SADEVH TIRAFKAN, KHOSRO HASANZADEH, TOORAJ KHAMENEZADEH, ALI ZANJANI, HOSSEIN SOLTANI, ALI SHAYESTEH, MOEEN SHEYKH SHOAIE, PEYMAN SHAFIEE ZADEH, IMAN SAFAEI, SIAVASH TALAIE, HOSSEIN EDALATKHAH, MOHSEN FOULADPOUR, NAVID AZIMI SAJADI, MORTEZA GHASEMI, ABBAS KOVISARI, BEHDAD LAHOOTI, MEHRDAD MOHEBALI, MOHAMMAD MOHEBBI, ARDESHIR MOHASSESS, AHMAD MORSHEDLOO, MOHAMMAD MARVASTI, NIKZAD NOJM.IMI, AHMAD AMIN NAZAR, PEYMAN HOOSHMANDZADEH.
              • MOP CAP 2015 Shortlist Exhibition
                16 – 20 March 2015
              • Artists: Abdolreza Aminlari, Azi Amiri, Negar Jahanbakhsh, Amirnasr Kamgooyan, Nader Koochaki, Shahrzad Malekian, Nafise Mighani, Hani Najm, Pendar Nabipour, Mahdieh Pazoki, Farnaz Rabieijah, Hamed Rashtian, Mamali Shafahi, Melika Shafahi, Peyman Shafieezadeh, Alma Sinai, Sona Safaei Sooreh, Siavash Talaei, Pezhman Zahed, Mohsen Zare.

          Exhibition Opening Monday 16 March 7-10pm
          Inaugurated by HE Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak Al Nahayan

          Held in a residential villa, five minutes drive from Art Dubai at Madinat Jumeirah, the MOP CAP 2015 Shortlist Exhibition will feature artwork by 20 emerging Iranian artists identified from over 280 applicants through an online open call.

          Up to seven Finalists will be selected by the Judging Panel, comprised of leading figures from the Iranian and International art scenes.  The 2015 judges are: Jananne Al-Ani, Artist, Dr. Sussan Babaie, Professor, Courtauld Institute of Art, Matthew Collings, Art Critic, Writer and Broadcaster, Isaac Julien, Artist and Filmmaker, Dr. Andrew Patrizio, Art Historian and Curator. Dr. Patrizio will act as the Chair of the 2015 Judging Panel.


                    April 24 – May 24, 2014.
                    Rush Arts Gallery, Newyork
              • Artists: Tammam Azzam, Alonzo Brown (the original Mr. Hyde), Caitlin Cherry, Aline Dolinh, Farid Farlek, Humans of Tehran artists collective, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Immortal Technique, Kinetics, Kim Noble, Shahpour Pouyan, Rakim, Sadra Shahab, Elias Shalhoub, Sham MCs, Spiritual Mic, Siavash Talaei (Sis Tan), Francis A. Willey, Fred Wilson, Ehsan Ziya (Atour).

          Curated by Julie Ashcraft

          This exhibition explores the geostrategic and cultural diplomacy aspects of Hip Hop. Handwritten lyrical poems, paintings, sculptures, photographs and videos by Iranian, Syrian and American visual and performing artists Tammam Azzam, Caitlin Cherry, Farid Farlek, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Kinetics, Nooshafarin Movaffagh, Shahpour Pouyan, Ali Quf, Rakim, Sadra Shahab, Elias Shalhoub, Edward Shalash, Sham MCs, Siavash Talaei, Fred Wilson, and Ehsan Ziya/Atour Divar are included in this exhibition in addition to music videos by outstanding rappers from Iran, Syria and the USA.

          Hip Hop began in New York City and has taken root in Iran & Syria. Now Hip Hop comes back to our shores refreshed with a wider point of view, long poetic history context –– and sometimes a Middle Eastern 6/8 beat. In the meanwhile some Hip Hop artists here in the U.S.A. have also been paying close attention to foreign affairs, international cartels, ancient history, human rights, and social justice. This is reflected in their lyrical poems and songs.

          As curator of this exhibition, I don’t necessarily agree with all the viewpoints expressed by all the artists. Instead, I am trying to encourage artists to express themselves and I’m inviting artists with various viewpoints and backgrounds. After all, artists in a rap cypher express contrasting viewpoints and this is part of what makes it interesting.