Bahman Borojeni
Bahman Borojeni is an Iranian painter born in 1942, he was a pioneer in introducing Iranian painting to the West. He trained at Tehran University of Art, where he came to notice while still a student, when he won rst prize for engraving at the 1964 Tehran Biennale. Jacques Lassaigne (director of the Paris Museum of Modern Art) offered him a grant to participate in the Paris Biennale. In 1972, he won rst prize for painting at the Iranian Contemporary Art Exhibition and, in 1976, received a commission for a monumental 67 m2 fresco for the lobby of the Ministry of Agriculture in Tehran.
He taught painting at Tehran University of Art from 1970 to 1990, including a two years appointed as head of the University. He also contributed to the supervision and training of art professors in Iran, helping to found a specialist Arts Division at the Teacher Training University. In this period he has had a signi cant in uence on the evolution of contemporary painting in Iran.
In 1990, after receiving another grant, from the Cité Internationale des Arts artists’ residence, he relocated to Paris to dedicate himself exclusively to painting. He now paints out of his Montmartre studio and have regular local and international exhibitions. His style, both mystical and contemporary, sublimates everyday life, transforming it into almost calligraphic pictorial composition.
During his career so far, Bahman Borojeni has had more than 110 solo and group exhibitions internationally, including Iran, France, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. His work can be found in public and private collections, from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Kerman Museum of Art, the Farah Pahlavi Collection to the Jacques Lassaigne Collection. More recently, his work has been sold at a number of auctions, including Christie’s.
Exhibitions
2014 Art House of Châtillon, France - Exhibition «Passerelle» /
2013 Shams Gallery, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Gallery VV Drouot, Paris, France - Sale-Exhibition « Modern & Contemporary art» /
2012 Theatre of Cambrai, France - Exhibition « Iranian Artists in Europe» /
White House of Châtillon, France - 48th Art Exhibition of ADAC /
2011 Christie’s, Paris, France - Sale-Exhibition «East Visions, from Orientalism to contemporary Art» /
Gallery Nicolas Flamel, Paris, France - Exhibition «Effect» /
2010 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran - Exhibition «Masters of Iranian Painting» /
White House of Châtillon, France - 46th Art Exhibition of ADAC /
2009 Vali Gallery, Téhéran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
City hall of the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France - Solo Exhibition /
White House of Châtillon, France -4th Biennale of the Spring Show /
2007 Art Studio, Paris, France - Group Exhibition /
2004 City hall of Mandal, Norway -nGroup Exhibition /
2002 Palais des Congrès de Paris, France - Salon «Art Sud» /
Hotel Dar Zakarya, Hammamet, Tunisia - Group Exhibition /
2001 Club Venus, Hammamet, Tunisia - Group Exhibition /
1998 Gallery Sandoz, Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris / - Group Exhibition
1997 Itinerant Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan - Group Exhibition /
Gallery Vâli, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
Gallery Sandoz, Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris, France - Group Exhibition /
1996 Palais des Exhibitions de Nice, France - Salon International d’Art Contemporain /
1993 Grand Palais, Paris, France - 90 ans du Salon d’Automne de Paris /
EDF-GDF Exhibition Hall in Versailles, France - Group Exhibition /
1992 Gorky Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis - Solo Exhibition /
1991 Gallery Pierre Hautot, Paris, France - Solo Exhibition /
1990 Gallery Sandoz, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France - Solo Exhibition /
1989 Gallery Nashre Noqreh, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1988 Gallery Golestan, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1986 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
1982 Gallery Ketabsara, Téhéran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1980 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran - Exhibition «Iranian Contemporary Sculptors» /
1977 Gallery Sirus, Paris, France - Group Exhibition /
Gallery Seyhoun, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
Museum of Kerman, Téhéran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1976 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art - Group Exhibition /
1975 Tehran, World Fair, Iran - International Art Exhibition /
Gallery Takhte Jamshid, Téhéran, Iran - Group Exhibition «Blue Works» /
1973 Gallery Seyhoun, Tehran, Iran -Group Exhibition /
1972 Gallery Mes,oehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Musée de la Perse Antique, Tehran, Iran - Exhibition of Contemporary Arts of Tehran /
Gallery Seyhoun, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1970 Faculty of Decorative Arts, Tehran, Iran - Faculty of Decorative Arts, Tehran, Iran /
1969 Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France - 6th biennial event of Paris /
Exhibition hall of Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Gallery Borojeni, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1968 Gallery Borojeni, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
Columbia University, New York, United States - Group Exhibition «Modern Art» /
1967 Palais Blanc, Tehran, Iran - Exhibition «25 years of Iranian Art» /
Persepolis, Shiraz, Iran - Shiraz Art Festival /
1966 Palais Blanc, Tehran, Iran - 5th biennial event of Tehran /
Gallery Borghese, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Gallery Borojeni, Tehran, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1965 Iran-America Society, Téhéran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Faculty of Decorative Arts, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France - 4th biennial event of Paris /
Tehran University of Art, Iran - Solo Exhibition /
1964 Palais Blanc, Tehran, Iran - 4th biennial event of Tehran /
Gallery Borghese, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Gallery of Modern Art, Iran - Group Exhibition /
Gallery Mes, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
1962 Palais Blanc, Tehran, Iran - 3rd biennial event of Tehran /
Gallery Gilgamesh, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
1961 Gallery Gilgamesh, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
1959 Iran-America Society, Tehran, Iran - Group Exhibition /
