Siavash Mahvis - Brief Biography
SIAVASH MAHVIS
Born in 1965 in
Tehran,
Iran.
Graduated in painting from University of Tehran
in 1993.
Founded
Icarus Art Center in 2002 and
started teaching on drawing and painting in this
art center.
Lecturer in
University of Tehran since 2002.
Lecturer in Al-Zahra Art University
since 2003.
Participated in the International
Contemporary Drawing Exhibition in
Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Art in 1999.
Participated in the
Contemporary Iranian drawing exhibition in
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in
2000.
Participated in the 6th and 7th exhibition
of contemporary Iranian drawing in
Barg Gallery (2002 and
2003).
Participated in the exhibitions of
Contemporary Iranian Drawing in
Atashzad Gallery in
2003, 2004, and 2005.
Participated in the masters of
Al-Zahra University
group exhibition in
Kamaleddin Behzad Gallery
in 2003, twice.
Awarded with Certificate of Merit in the 6th exhibition of
contemporary Iranian drawing in
Barg Gallery
in 2002.
Presented art works created between 1994
till 2003 in the first, second and third
exhibits of Barg Gallery
in 2003, a review of 10 years’ drawing (including 3 periods
of Dark, Emptiness and Bright) with over
one hundred figurative drawings.
Participated in
the Persian Contemporary Realist and Hyper
Realist Painting Exhibition in
Niavaran Artistic Creations
Foundation in 2006.
Participated in the
exhibition of Devotion Art, painting exhibition:
A Window To Heaven in
Saba Institute of Culture and Art in 2007.
Participated in the 7th National Biennial of Iranian
Contemporary Painting in Saba Institute of Culture and Art
in 2008.
Participated in a selection of paintings by instructors of art colleges in
Tehran,
Tehran
Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008.