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Seyed Mohammad Ehsai

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Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran He is a student of Seyyed Hossein Mirkhani in Nastaliq and is considered one of the pioneers of modern Iranian graphics and one of the inventors of calligraphy A significant part of his work is dedicated to lettering and the connection of traditional calligraphy with contemporary expression. His works have been presented in numerous domestic and international art exhibitions and events and are kept in the collections of important museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. And so far, nearly 200 of his works have been offered at prestigious auctions such as Sotheby's, Christie's, and Tehran Auctions

Biography

Ehsai was born in Qazvin and moved with his family to Tehran at the age of six. He developed an early interest in Persian calligraphy and later studied with the calligrapher Gholam Hossein Amirkhani. Before entering university, he taught literature and calligraphy in Tehran schools and worked as a calligrapher and graphic designer for the Iranian Red Lion and Sun Society and the national textbook organisation.

He studied painting and graphic design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran. He later joined its academic staff and introduced courses examining the graphic and visual qualities of calligraphy. He also taught at other Iranian art institutions.

Work

Ehsai's work combines the discipline of traditional Persian and Islamic calligraphy with the compositional principles of modern painting and graphic design. His paintings often enlarge, repeat or interlace letters until their linguistic meaning becomes secondary to rhythm, colour and form.

His non-traditional works have commonly been divided into two principal groups: his calligraphic paintings and the series known as the Eternal Alphabet. In these works, individual words and letters are transformed into monumental abstract structures, frequently painted in bright colours against dark backgrounds.

Ehsai has also produced traditional calligraphy in scripts including Nastaʿlīq, shekasteh nastaʿlīq, thuluth and muhaqqaq. His major calligraphic projects include manuscripts of the Divan of Hafez and the Quran.

His work is represented in the collection of the British Museum and in several Iranian public collections.

Nationality

Iranian artist

Themes

Painter, calligrapher and graphic artist

1937–1978 Official member of the Ministry of Culture, later the Ministry of Education 1939–1965 Cooperation with the Pars and Gerdoon Institute 1961–1965 Calligrapher and graphic director of the Youth Organization of the Red Lion and Sun Society of Iran 1961 "Applied calligraphy" experiences and the first experiences to invent the "calligraphy painting" style 1964–1974 Graphic artist, calligrapher, author, art expert and editor of the Textbook Organization (illustrator of elementary school textbooks and three-year middle school course and art book - calligraphy and calligraphy section) 1966–1978 Participation in cultural and artistic associations, individual and collective exhibitions in Iran and in 1972 as the first selected painting of the year and several times as selected in Iran and once in France. 1978–1980 Numerous trips to Asian, European and American countries to study and study and participate in art associations and collective and individual exhibitions. 1349 Started research and work at the Institute of Type Design and Typography at the New York Process Technical Institute 1350 Started teaching in the field of graphics at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and taught calligraphy for the first time 1351 Selected painter of the exhibition of the Ministry of Culture and Art 1354–1357 Writing "Calligraphy Painting" commissioned by the University of Tehran for the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies and executed by Professor Maghsoud Pashaei with an area of ​​four hundred and fifty square meters on relief pottery. 1355 Received the first prize at the Kani Surmer exhibition 1357 Currently an official member of the faculty of the University of Tehran 1359–1361 Writing five pieces of inscriptions in Mohaghegh calligraphy for the Al-Ghadir Mosque in Tehran, writing the relief calligraphy of the Iranian inscription executed on pottery by Professor Maghsoud Pashaei at the entrance to the National Museum of Iran, ordering the execution of 230 square meters of relief pottery work executed by Professor Maghsoud Pashaei for the Iranian embassy in the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. 1364–1366 Member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution in the Art Department and participated in planning calligraphy and graphics courses in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution 1364–1367 Two terms as member of the Supreme Council of the Iranian Calligraphers Association and the Supreme Council for Determining the Qualification of Professors 1364 Writing the logo of the Cultural Heritage Organization, which was executed by Professor Maghsoud Pashaei in the form of a relief ceramic carving and has been installed on the Citadel of the Cultural Heritage Organization on Azadi Street in Tehran since then. 1988 Member of the Supreme Council of Visual Arts of Iran 1986 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Iranian Calligraphers Association 1986 Member of the Founding Board of the Iranian Painting Artists Association 1988–1990 Member of the Supreme Council of the Iranian Graphic Designers Guild Association 1997–2007 Participated in most activities of the Museum of Contemporary Arts as a member of the artistic advisory board, member of the selection of works and the jury of numerous works, and a judge in the painting, graphic arts and painting and calligraphy biennials and festivals of the Islamic world 1999 Member of the Expert Expert Committee for the Evaluation of Calligraphers 1999 Honorary member of the Association of Painters 1999 Senior Advisor to the Association of Graphic Designers of Iran 1999 Permanent member of the Academy of Arts 1999 Selected member of the Calligraphers-Graphicists of the Lasting Figures by the Islamic Republic of Iran Radio and Television 1999–2000 Member of the Evaluation Council of Painting-Graphic Artists in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance 1999–2010 Member of the Final Committee of the Evaluation Council of the Calligraphers of the Country 1999 Received the First Degree National Medal of Culture and Art from the President As approved by the Council of Ministers