Amir Mobed

Artist

Amir Mobed is a sculptor and installation artist. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1974 and studied Fine Arts at Tehran's Azad University of Art and Architecture from 1995-2001. He is the recipient of First Prize at the Festival of Iranian Young Visual Artists in three successive years (1993, 1994, and 1995) and was also awarded Third Prize at Tehran's third Biennial of Sculpture in 2001. Other accolades include receipt of a residency at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, awarded by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts in 2003.

Mobed's work has been shown as part of the New Art Biennial in Doha, Qatar, (2004); the second and third New Media Exhibitions, Tehran (2003 and 2004); and the first, second and third Tehran Biennial of Sculpture (1997, 1999 and 2001).

Other shows include: Spiritual Look (2003) and Iranian Garden (2004) at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; and Iranian Sculpture in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006.

In 2011, Amir Mobed was part of SHOWstudio's exhibition In Your Face, which explored the confrontation and language of the portrait through works by fine artists, photographers and filmmakers.

Amir Mobed is a sculptor and installation artist. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1974 and studied Fine Arts at Tehran's Azad University of Art and Architecture from 1995-2001. He is the recipient of First Prize at the Festival of Iranian Young Visual Artists in three successive years (1993, 1994, and 1995) and was also awarded Third Prize at Tehran's third Biennial of Sculpture in 2001. Other accolades include receipt of a residency at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, awarded by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts in 2003.

Mobed's work has been shown as part of the New Art Biennial in Doha, Qatar, (2004); the second and third New Media Exhibitions, Tehran (2003 and 2004); and the first, second and third Tehran Biennial of Sculpture (1997, 1999 and 2001).

Other shows include: Spiritual Look (2003) and Iranian Garden (2004) at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; and Iranian Sculpture in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006.

In 2011, Amir Mobed was part of SHOWstudio's exhibition In Your Face, which explored the confrontation and language of the portrait through works by fine artists, photographers and filmmakers.

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