Reza Derakshani Private view: Wednesday 10 March, 6-9pm Exhibition dates 11 – 31 March 2010 RSVP Tel: 020 7493 7939 Email: bchhohan@osbornesamuel.com CLICK HERE to download the exhibition PDF catalogue Hunting Heads Bloody Polo, 2010 Mixed media on canvas Signed & dated lower right, titled upper left 180 x 200 cm Just Married 1, 2009 Mixed media on canvas 220 x 90 cm Talented, painter, musician and performance artist Derakshani was born in Sangsar, a small village in the north east of Iran. His nomadic childhood had an enormous impact on his appreciation for his surroundings and its natural beauty, which is so often evident in his works. A child prodigy receiving his first commission at nine, he held his first solo exhibition at the renowned Ghandriz Gallery, Tehran at the age of nineteen. Graduating in 1976 from the faculty of Fine Art at the University of Tehran, he continued his studies at the Pasadena School of Art, California, USA. Returning to Iran, he taught Art and Graphic Design at the University of Tehran and the school of Decorative Arts. His teaching career was curtailed in 1983 following the Islamic Revolution, when he left Tehran to settle in New York for the next twenty years. Returning to live and work in Iran only in the last seven years, where his shows attract a massive reception. Music no 2, 2010 Oil on canvas Signed lower right, titled lower left 200 x 180 cm Distortion no 3, 2010 Mixed media on canvas Signed & dated lower right 120 cm diameter Distortion no 4, 2010 Mixed media on canvas Signed & dated lower right 120 cm diameter Please visit our website for more information on Reza Derakshani. Do also follow this link to our new FACEBOOK site which has installation photographs and plenty more.

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