Iman was born on 1976 in
Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of Painting
since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the
mastery of his first and only teacher - Morteza Katouzian - who is the greatest
realist painter of Iran. Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally. In 1999 he
graduated in Graphic Design from the Art University of Tehran. Since 1998, he
has participated in several exhibitions. In the year 2000, he got married and in
the following year he established KARA Painting Studio and started to teach
painting, considering classical and traditional values.
The most important exhibitions he has participated in, are: The Exhibition of
Realist painters of Iran at Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art (1999) and The
Group Exhibition of KARA Studio Painters at
SABZ Gallery (1998) and at
SA'AD ABAD
Palace(2003). In 2005, Iman received the
William Bouguereau award and the
Chairman's Choice award in the second international
ARC salon competition.