Artists
Farzad Adibi
20th February, 1967
Graduated of Graphics Major from Fine Arts
Official Member of the Iranian Graphic Design Society
Written Stuff I’ve Done: Translator of: “April Grimann, the Queen of New Wave of Graphical Design”, Iran Daily Newspaper, No. 757, 1997 , Author of: “Mannerism in Iranian Contemporary Graphics,” Iran Daily Newspaper, No. 1006, 1998 , Author of: “Author Imaging,” Ketab-e-mah (Art) Monthly, No. 13 & 14, 1999 , Author of: “Formalism in Iranian Contemporary Graphics,” Ketab-e-mah (Art) Monthly, No. 37 and 38, Exclusive for Graphics, 2001 , Author of: “Harmony of the Fields of Display and Content (Author Graphics)”, Hamshahri Newspaper, No. 2682, 2002 , Author of: “Image Satire (Caricature), a Straight and Easy Way of Life,” Iran Newspaper, No. 4739, 1997 , “Interview with Amirsadeq Tehrani (Graphic Calligrapher),” Iran Newspaper, No. 973, 1998 , “A Review on ‘Imagination and Illustration’ by Morteza Momayez,” Ketab-e-mah (Art) Monthly, No. 37 and 38, Exclusive for Graphics, 2001 , “A Review on ‘Painting Exhibition of Mohammad Mad’dah Amiri’,” Farhang-e-Afarinesh, No. 115, 1995 , Lecture on “Photography in Author Graphics,” at IranianPhotographers’ Forum, 2000 , Lecture on “Graphics in Learning-Aids,” at the 8th District of Iranian Ministry of Education, 2002 , Roundtable on “Typography,” with the Presence of Qobad Shiva and Masoud Nejabati, Tehran Sura University, 2003 , Lecture on “Graphics in Books,” at the International Book Fair, 2005
Awards I’ve Achieved:
. Winner of the First Prize for Editorial Design at “Third Press Festival”, 1996
. Winner of the First Prize and Crystal Pen for Designing Magazine Cover at “Sixth PresFestival” 1999
. Winner of the First Prize and Crystal Pen for Illustration at “Sixth Press Festival,” 1999
. Winner of the First Prize and Crystal Pen for Editorial Design at “Seventh Press Festival,” 2000
. Winner of the First Prize and Crystal Pen for Designing Magazine Cover at “Ninth Press Festival,” 2002
. Winner of the First Prize for Designing Poster at the “Sixth International Book Fair of Tehran,” 1993
. Winner of the Second Prize for Editorial Design at “Fifth Press Festival,” 1998
. Winner of the Second Prize and Crystal Pen for Designing Magazine Cover at “Seventh Press Festival,” 2000
. Winner of the Third Prize for Designing Poster at the First Exhibition of “Graphics to Fight Narcotics,” 1998
. Winner of the Second Prize at the “First Exhibition of Tehran University Graphics Students,” 1993
. Winner of the Third Prize for Designing the Poster of Women’s Day at “Fine Arts Faculty,” 1993
. Achieving Honourary Medal at “First Exhibition and Competition of Book Cover Designing,” 2003
. The Selected Candidate of the Best Deigning of Magazine Cover at “Fourth Press Festival,” 1997
. The Selected Candidate of the Best Editorial Design at “Sixth Press Festival,” 1999
. The Selected Candidate of the Best Illustration at “Seventh Press Festival,” 2000
. The Selected Candidate of the Best Editorial Design at “Ninth Press Festival,” 2002
Exhibitions I’ve had: Imagination and Illustration (Individual Exhibition), Laleh Gallery, 1998 , Face of Poem, (Individual Exhibition), Abtin Gallery, 2002 , Artworks of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Echirolles Architecture University, France, 2002 , Krakov Fourth Poster Festival, (Group Exhibition), Gallery of the Krakov Fine Arts Academy, Poland, 2002 , Artworks of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Chaumont, France, 2003 , Artworks of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Marie de Paris Six, France, 2004 , Artworks of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), La Lovier, Belgium, 2004 , Artworks of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Russia, 2004 , The Fifth Biennal of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Tehran Museum of contemporary Art, 1996 , The Sixth Biennal of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Tehran Museum of contemporary Art, 1999 , The Seventh Biennal of Iranian Graphic Designers, (Group Exhibition), Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, 2001 , The Eighth Tehran International Biennal of Poster, (Group Exhibition), Khiyal Gallery, 2003 , The Third Press Festival, Exhibition of Editorial Design, Illustration, Layout, and Cover Design, (Group Exhibition), Tehran, 1996 , The Fourth Press Festival, Exhibition of Editorial Design, Illustration, Layout, and Cover Design, (Group Exhibition), Tehran, 1997 , The Fifth Press Festival, Exhibition of Editorial Design, Illustration, Layout, and Cover Design, (Group Exhibition), Tehran, 1998 , The Sixth Press Festival, Exhibition of Editorial Design, Illustration, Layout, and Cover Design, (Group Exhibition), Tehran, 1999 , The Seventh Press Festival, Exhibition of Editorial Design, Illustration, Layout, and Cover Design, (Group Exhibition), Tehran, 2000 , The Ninth Press Festival, Exhibition of Editorial Design, Illustration, Layout, and Cover Design, (Group Exhibition), Tehran, 2002 , Experimental Posters of Iranian Graphic Designers(Self Promotional Posters), (Group Exhibition), Tehran Museum of contemporary Art, 2001 , Exhibition of Iranian Artists’ Forum Inauguration, (Group Exhibition), Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran 1999 , The First Exhibition and Contest of Cover Designing, (Group Exhibition), Tehran International Fair, 2003 , “The Keystone,” Poster Group Exhibition, Iranian Artists’ Forum, 2002, Invited by “5th Colour Group” , “Self-Posterait,” Poster Group Exhibition, Elahe Gallery, 2003, Invited by “5th Colour Group” , “The Blind Owl,” Poster Group Exhibition, Seyhun Gallery, 2002, Invited by “5th Colour Group” , “Mowlavi,” Poster Group Exhibition, Iranian Artists’ Forum, 2004, Invited by “5th Colour Group” , “The Image of the Year 2002,” (Group Exhibition), Iranian Artists’ Forum, 2003 , “The Image of the Year 2003,” (Group Exhibition), Iranian Artists’ Forum, 2004 , “The Image of the Year 2004,” (Group Exhibition), Iranian Artists’ Forum, 2005 , Group Exhibition to Commemorate Morteza Momayez, Tehran Gallery, Invited by Passage Group, 2004 , Group Exhibition “Poster For Poster” Tehran Gallery, Invited by Fellow-Rider Group, 2005 , The Posters of the 4th Generation, (Group Exhibition), Freelance Designers Gallery, 1999 , Group Exhibition to2th festival of qurans art “installation” , Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, 2005 , “An Image of the Sky,” (Group Exhibition), Iranian Modern Arts Museum, 2001 , Imam Ali, (Group Exhibition), Shafaq Gallery, 2000 , Inauguration of Sonqor Decorative Arts Society, (Group Exhibition), 2001 , The First Exhibition of Experimental Painting and Graphics, (Group Exhibition), Sura House, 1992 , The Exhibition of the Students of Fine Arts Faculty, (Group Exhibition), the Gallery of Fine Arts Faculty, 1993 , The Students of Fine Arts Faculty, (Group Exhibition), the Gallery of Akbariye Garden of Birjand, 1993 , The Artworks of the Teachers and the Students of Decorative Arts College, Honar Cultural Centre, 2002 , The First Biennial of the Islam World Poster, (Group Exhibition), Arts Academy of Iran, 2004
Interviews with Me:
. Journalist Graphics the Language of Image Translation 'Salaam Newspaper, No. 2214 and 2216,
. “The Bases Are Collapsed,” Akhbar Newspaper, No. 1019, 1998
. “Illustration: Journey from Text to Image,” Iran Newspaper, No. 1183, 1998
. The Periodical of Iranian Graphic Design Society, Jaht-e-Et’tela,” No. 12, 2000
. “Image Language, International Language,” Afarinesh Newspaper, No. 1354, 2002
. “Everybody See As Much As His Glasses,” Entekhab Newspaper, No. 909, 2002
. “We Are Not the Citizen of the World Village Yet,” Entekhab Newspaper, No. 921, 2002
. “Image Poems,” Hamshahri Newspaper, No. 114, 2002
Other Activities . . .
. Teacher of: Fine Arts Faculty (Tehran University), Tehran Sura University,Shiraz Sura University
. Varounge State University (Russia), Tehran Decorative Arts College
. The Art Director of the Exhibition of Iranian Deeds and Documents, and Peripheral Part of Eighth International Biennial Poster of Tehran, 2003
. Member of the Jury of Ninth Press Festival, Graphics Part, 2002
. Designing and Managing the Exhibition of Graphics Students, Tehran University, 1993
. Collaboration with Many Publishing Houses as the Designer of the Book Covers and Illustration
. Art Director and graphicist of Ahang-e-Digar Publication
. Art Director and graphicist of Hamshahri Publication
. Art Director, Illustrator, and graphicist of the She’r Magazine (No. 5 to 29), Adabiyat-e-dastani . Magazine (No. 39 to 54), Ketab-e-mah (Literature and Philosophy) Magazine (No. 16 until Now), Shahryar Magazine (No. 1), Fasl va Vasl Magazine (No. 1), Zamaneh Magazine (No. 1), Reyhaneh Magazine (No. 1 to 5), Sokhan-e-Eshq Magazine (No. 18 until Now),
. Illustration for Some Issues of the Newspapers and Periodicals: Sorush, Sorush-e-Nojavan, Shahrdariha, Jam-e-Jam Newspaper, Zan Newspaper, Farda Newspaper, Hamshahri Newspaper