A course on Basis of workshop

Specialized Painting Course (super advanced level)

Introduction to current photography

History of world art

Bavand Behpoor, 1980

Education:

        ·       Online postgraduate course ‘Transition in Eastern Europe’, jointly organised by University of Illinois, Springfield, and Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Spring 2008.

        ·       MA Contemporary Art Theory, Dept. of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2006

        ·       Continuous Master of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 2005

        ·       High School Diploma, Shiraz, Iran, 1998

Professional Experience:

        ·        Member of editorial board and secretary of international relations, Research Journal of the Iranian Academy of Arts, Tehran, Iran, 2008.

        ·        Member of Comparative Criticism Commission, Iranian Academy of Arts, Tehran, Iran, 2008.

        ·        Member of Tehran Building Order Organisation.

        ·        Visiting lecturer at Honar University, Dept of  Photography, Tehran, Iran, 2008.

        ·        Visiting lecturer at Sooreh Institute of Higher Education, Dept of MA Dramatic Literature, Painting and Handicrafts, Tehran, Iran, 2008.

        ·        Lecturer at Mah-e-Mehr institute, Tehran, Iran, Autumn 2008.

        ·        Visiting lecturer at Facutly of Art, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran, Autumn 2007.

        ·        Design architect and architectural programmer, Bonsar Architectural Office, Tehran, Iran, Aug. 2007 – Jan. 2008. (full-time paid work)

        ·        Writer, editor and translator of Memar, Iranian quarterly on Persian contemporary architecture, Tehran, Iran, 2000-4 and 2006-7. (part-time paid work)

        ·        Head of design team in Prototype School Design Schema, a joint project for School Renovation Organisation by Firouz Firouz & Afshar Naderi Associates, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2006-Jan 2007.

        ·        Design Architect, Residential complex, Shiraz, Iran, 2003. (paid work)

        ·        Exterior design for a Coffeeshop in Sattar Khan Street, Shiraz, Iran, 2004. (paid work)

        ·        Design Architect, Residential house, Karaj, Iran, Autumn, 2002.

        ·        Computer Programmer, Sunlight Reflection Programme, Kashef Architectural Office, Shiraz, Iran, 2003. (paid work)

        ·        Mehr Gallery interior design, Eram, Shiraz, Iran, Feb. 2002.

        ·        Architect, residential house, Shahrak Golestan, Shiraz, Iran, Autumn, 2001.  (paid work)

        ·        Design Architect, residential house (extension), Chowgiya, Shiraz, Iran, 2001. (paid work)

        ·        Assistant Architect, Shiraz Building Material Exposition Centre, Pooya Tarh Shahr Architectural Office, Oct. 2001 to March 2002. (paid work)

Video Art:

        ·        ‘A kiss for Tzara’ & ‘Highly Problematic’, River’s Edge Film Festival, August 17-20, 2006, Paducah, Kentucky, USA.

        ·        ‘Madder Lake Dream’, 2nd Athens Video Art Festival, 6 April 2006, Athens, Greece.

        ·        ‘Freehand Rachmaninoff’, Bodylicious exhibition, presented by JIL Project, Flux Laboratoy, 31st March-1st April, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.

Set Design and Performances:

        ·        Set designer of ‘Quartet’, by Amir Reza Koohestani, Mowlavi Theatre, Tehran, Iran, Sept 2007.

        ·        Performance with Dimitra Natskouli, in front of Tate Modern, Feb. 2006, London, UK.

        ·        Directed group performance, Goldsmiths College, Feb. 2006, London, UK.

        ·        Set designer of ‘Amid the Clouds’, by A.R.Koohestani, Kunsten Festival Des Arts, Brussels, May 2005,  London International Festival of Theatre(LIFT), Royal Court Theatre, London, July 2005 and other festivals at Paris, Vienna, Zurich and Tehran. (paid work)

        ·        Writing consultant, ‘Dance on Glasses’, by A.R.Koohestani, Theater der Welt, Bonn, Germany, June 2002, 5th International Chekhov Olympiad, Moscow, Russia, May 2003, and also shown in France, Italy, Switzerland and Canada . 

        ·        Attended Contemporary Dance class at Laban Centre, London, UK.

        ·       Attended Mitra Najmabadi’s Set Design Workshop, Shiraz, Iran, 2002.

Exhibitions:

        ·        Text Installations, Ave Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 5-11 Oct. 2007. 

        ·        NOISE Festival (cross-media virtual arts festival), Oct. 2006, Manchester, UK.

        ·        Curated ‘Contemporary Persian Artists Group Exhibition’, Goldsmiths College, London, UK, 9-23 Jan 2006.

        ·        ‘Group Exhibition with Salim Sefidbakht’, Vesal Gallery, Shiraz, Iran. 20-25 Feb. 2000.

        ·        ‘11th Iranian Artists Festival’, Fars Gallery, Shiraz, Iran. Sept. 1999.

        ·        ‘Mehr Gallery Third Group Exhibition’, Mehr Gallery, Shiraz, Iran. Sept. 1999.

        ·        ‘Fars Artists Group Exhibition’, Fars Gallery, Shiraz, Iran. March 1999.

        ·        ‘Mehr Gallery Second Group Exhibition’, Fars Gallery, Shiraz, Iran. 8-15 Jan. 1998.

        ·        ‘Hafiz First Annual Memorial’, Shiraz, Iran. 12 Oct. 1997.

        ·        ‘Mehr Gallery First Group Exhibition’, Vesal Gallery, Shiraz, Iran. 11-20 Jun. 1996.

        ·         ‘Adolf Loos on Ornament: Aesthetics of Our Architecture Today’, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran, 21 April 2008.

        ·        ‘The Role of The New and Persian Contemporary Arts’, Visual Arts Festival, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran, Dec. 2008

        ·        ‘Performance and Performativity’, Cinema and Theatre University, Tehran, Iran, 16 Oct. 2007.

        ·        ‘Kant’s Aesthetic Theory’, Darvag Art Institute, Shiraz, Iran, Sept. 2007.

        ·        ‘The Role of Creativity in the Design of Architectural Ornamentation in Qājar Period,’ Arts and Crafts Second Student Festival, Shiraz, Iran, 7 Oct. 2004.

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Contemporary history of art

Figure Drawing

photography workshop

Lighting workshop

Advertising photography workshop (Elementary & Advanced)

A Drawing and painting comprehensive Course

Visual artist, graduated from Beaux Arts, and, Sorbonne, France

Exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Museums in Europe, collaborations with the divers galleries institutions CNC, and universities in three continents of Europe, America and Asia.

Alireza Sahafzadeh teaches and writes about the social history of American art in modern and postmodern eras. He is concerned  with the relationships between art and society and more specifically the interaction of art and politics, feminism, gender and the art of minorities and their cultural representations.
He is the author of  The Art of Identity and the Politics of Representation (2010), a study on the social history of American art since 1945. His other publications include “Pluralism vs. Globalization?” (۲۰۰۷), “Postmodernism: A Necessity?” (۲۰۰۰). He is currently completing a book-length study on visual analysis and art criticism.
He received his M.A. in Art Studies (Art History) from the University of Art, Tehran 2005 having previously graduated  with a B.F.A. in painting from the same university. Since then he has been teaching the history of modern art and theories of modern art at the University of Art and other major universities and art institutes of Tehran.
He was born on October 25th, 1978. He lives and works in Tehran, Iran

Inverted Sculpture